Love Deluxe proves how far ahead Sade was of her American counterparts Angie Stone and Erykah Badu. Her calm, oh-so-cool and yet fragile vocals are reinforced by the minimal arrangements, enabling the listener to focus on her engaging lyrics filled with love, heartbreak and compassion. Including the hit "No Ordinary Love".
2010's Soldier Of Love proved Sade to be the queen of British NuSoul, and now Music On Vinyl is re-releasing one of her other gems: Love Deluxe. The album, recorded in 1992, proves how far ahead she was of her American counterparts Angie Stone and Erykah Badu.
Her calm, oh-so-cool and yet fragile vocals are reinforced by the minimal arrangements, enabling the listener to focus on her engaging lyrics filled with love, heartbreak and compassion.
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