Lovers Rock (album)

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Lovers Rock
Studio album by Sade
Released 14 November 2000 (UK, U.S.)
Recorded September 1999–August 2000;
Deliverance Studios, Sarm Hook End (London, England)
El Cortijo (Spain)
Genre Soul, R&B, soft rock, folk
Length 44:10
Label Epic
Producer Sade Adu, Mike Pela
Sade chronology
Love Deluxe
(1992)		 Lovers Rock
(2000)		 Soldier of Love
(2010)
Singles from Lovers Rock
  1. "By Your Side"
    Released: 13 October 2000
  2. "King of Sorrow"
    Released: 12 March 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Mixmag 5/5 stars[2]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[3]
Spin 8/10 stars[2]
Vibe 4/5 stars[2]
Yahoo! Music 8/10 stars[4]
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars[5]

Lovers Rock is the fifth studio album (sixth overall) by English band Sade, released on 14 November 2000 by Epic Records. The album reached number 18 on the UK Albums Chart and number three on the U.S. Billboard 200. It has since been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,[6] having sold 3.9 million copies in the United States.[7] On 27 February 2002, the album earned Sade the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.

According to the booklet, the track "The Sweetest Gift" is dedicated to the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity caring for children who have a life-threatening or terminal illness and their families, both in their own homes and at the Trust's two UK family respite centres.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman, except where noted.

  1. "By Your Side" – 4:34
  2. "Flow" – 4:34
  3. "King of Sorrow" – 4:53
  4. "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" – 5:01
  5. "All About Our Love" – 2:40
  6. "Slave Song" – 4:12
  7. "The Sweetest Gift" – 2:18
  8. "Every Word" – 4:04
  9. "Immigrant" (Adu, Janusz Podrazik) – 3:48
  10. "Lovers Rock" – 4:13
  11. "It's Only Love That Gets You Through" (Adu, Podrazik) – 3:53
Target limited edition bonus disc
  1. "The Sweetest Taboo" (Live)
  2. "Smooth Operator" (Live)
  3. "Nothing Can Come Between Us" (Live)
  4. "No Ordinary Love" (Live)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2000/2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 28
Austrian Albums Chart[8] 5
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[8] 16
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[8] 10
Canadian Albums Chart[9] 13
Danish Albums Chart[10] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 20
Finnish Albums Chart[8] 9
French Albums Chart[8] 4
German Albums Chart[11] 4
Hungarian Albums Chart[12] 8
Irish Albums Chart[13] 26
Italian Albums Chart[8] 4
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 26
Norwegian Albums Chart[8] 5
Polish Albums Chart[14] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[8] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 6
UK Albums Chart[15] 18
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 3
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[9] 2

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification
Australia Gold[16]
Austria Gold[17]
Canada 2× Platinum[18]
Denmark Gold[19]
Europe Platinum[20]
Germany Platinum[21]
Netherlands Gold[22]
New Zealand Gold[23]
Norway Gold[24]
Poland Platinum[25]
Sweden Platinum[26]
Switzerland Gold[27]
United Kingdom Gold[28]
United States 3× Platinum[6]

[edit] Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Golec uOrkiestra 2 by Golec uOrkiestra		 Polish Albums Chart number-one album
4 December 2000		 Succeeded by
A Day Without Rain by Enya

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c "Sade Lovers Rock CD". CD Universe. Muze Inc. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1140917/a/Lovers+Rock.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2008. 
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ Yahoo! Music review
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ a b "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. 18 July 2001. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Lovers%20Rock&artist=Sade&perPage=25. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  7. ^ Caulfield, Keith (10 February 2010). "Sade To Take No. 1 On Billboard 200 Next Week". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/news/sade-to-take-no-1-on-billboard-200-next-1004066346.story#/news/sade-to-take-no-1-on-billboard-200-next-1004066346.story. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Sade – Lovers Rock". Ultratop. Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Lovers+Rock&cat=a. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  9. ^ a b c "Lovers Rock – Sade – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/lovers-rock-r505829/charts-awards/billboard-album. Retrieved 31 May 2008. 
  10. ^ "Sade – Lovers Rock". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. TOP20.dk. http://top20.dk/album/561-553. Retrieved 8 February 2009. 
  11. ^ "Musicline.de – Chartverfolgung – Sade – Lovers Rock" (in German). Media Control. PhonoNet GmbH. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/SADE/Lovers+Rock/longplay. Retrieved 10 October 2008. 
  12. ^ "Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2001. 1. hét" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2001&het=1&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 31 May 2008. 
  13. ^ "Irish Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 23 November 2000". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2000&year=2000&week=47. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  14. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży". OLiS. 4 December 2000. http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=6&lang=en. Retrieved 29 November 2008. 
  15. ^ "Chart Stats – Sade – Lovers Rock". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=5826. Retrieved 10 October 2008. 
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2001.htm. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  17. ^ "IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. 21 December 2000. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  18. ^ "CRIA: Gold & Platinum – November 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. 11 November 2001. http://www.cria.ca/gold/1101_g.php. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  19. ^ "Album Top-40 – Uge 01 – 2001" (in Danish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Hitlisten.NU. 1 January 2001. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/lister.asp?w=1&y=2001&list=a40. Retrieved 8 February 2009. 
  20. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2000 Awards". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2000.html. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  21. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Lovers+Rock')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Lovers%2BRock&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  22. ^ "Goud/Platina" (in Dutch). NVPI. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1237882&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  23. ^ "New Zealand Top 50 Albums". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp. Retrieved 8 February 2009.  Note: The reader must select "Chart #1245 – Sunday 4 February 2001".
  24. ^ "Salgstroféer" (in Norwegian). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  25. ^ "ZPAV platinum certification awards – 2002". Związek Producentów Audio Video. 18 December 2002. http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/platynowe/index.php?lang=2. Retrieved 8 February 2009. 
  26. ^ "IFPI Sweden – Guld & Platina – År 2001" (in Swedish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. 4 April 2001. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20013.pdf. Retrieved 8 February 2009. 
  27. ^ "Swiss Certifications – Awards 2001". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2001. Retrieved 6 June 2008. 
  28. ^ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. 24 November 2000. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx. Retrieved 4 December 2009. 

[edit] External links

Sade
Sade Adu · Stuart Matthewman · Paul Spencer Denman · Andrew Hale · Paul Anthony Cook
Studio albums
Other albums
Singles
"Your Love Is King" · "When Am I Going to Make a Living" · "Hang on to Your Love" · "Smooth Operator" · "The Sweetest Taboo" · " Never as Good as the First Time" · "Is It a Crime" · "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" · "Paradise" · "Nothing Can Come Between Us" · "Turn My Back on You" · "No Ordinary Love" · "Feel No Pain" · "Kiss of Life" · "Cherish the Day" · "Pearls" · "By Your Side" · "King of Sorrow" · "Lovers Rock" · "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Live) · "Soldier of Love" · "Babyfather" · "The Moon and the Sky" · "Still in Love with You"
Concert tours
1984 Tour (1984) · Promise Tour (1985-86) · Sade in Concert (1988-89) · Love Deluxe World Tour (1993) · Lovers Rock Tour (2001) · Sade Live (2011)
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