Sade Promise 180 Gram Vinyl LP, Audio Fidelity (Sealed)

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Serial #2286!
Numbered, Limited Edition 180 Gram + Pure Virgin Vinyl!
Gatefold Jacket! Mastered by Kevin Gray!

The silky-smooth, smoky and sensuous voice of Sade Adu rings true and clear and  the smoldering brand of jazz and Latin-tinged soul are featured on Promise,  Sade's second album. Released just nine months after Diamond Life, the 1984  Grammy award-winning Best New Artist continues the cool-cat jazz of their debut  while exploring more exotic influences. Sade is hard to define. She is not quite  jazz, not quite R&B, not quite pop, and not quite "easy listening." Sade the  band really defies all attempts at categorization.

1985's Promise is a personal journey of a broken heart and a bruised soul. It  bleeds with emotion, and it captivates the listener through its refined and  understated grace. This album has a cohesiveness rather than just a collection  of songs, there is a development of a theme here, and the songs of love and  betrayal and just being a woman blend together into a whole. "The Sweetest  Taboo," easily one of the group's signature songs, went on to be a huge hit and  "Never as Good as the First Time" landed in both the R&B and pop Top 20. "Is It  a Crime" was also released as a single. The unreleased tracks are also  standouts, Sade doesn't just sing with instrumental accompaniment, she dialogs  with the instruments, conversing and gossiping with them about the melancholy  inhabitants of her songs: "Mister Wrong," "Jezebel," "Maureen"  (you-were-a-pearl-in-my-world).

Promise became the band's first album to top the album charts in both the United  Kingdom and the United States while matching its predecessor's quadruple  platinum certification. Sade was once again the personification of cool, her  sultry contralto is more assured and expressive. Sade's voice and the band's  music create a foreboding atmosphere that is practically spellbinding. This  album is gorgeous. Sade is a timeless singer who makes her mark with refreshing  refinement and beauty.

Sade continues to be Sade on a world-wide basis - just a phenomena. The  "Promise" album followed Sade's debut album "Diamond Life" and has sold more  than 8 million copies world-wide. The sound is magnificent! Plus, the gatefold,  high-gloss cover is as beautiful as the sound!

Features:
• 180g+ Pure Virgin Vinyl
• Mastered by Kevin Gray

Selections:
Side 1:
1. Is It A Crime
2. The Sweetest Taboo
3. War Of The Hearts
4. Jezebel
Side 2:
1. Mr. Wrong
2. Never As Good As The First Time
3. Fear
4. Tar Baby
5. Maureen