The Best of Sade
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Entertainment Weekly | A[2] |
Robert Christgau | ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Best of Sade is the first greatest hits album by English band Sade. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 1994 and in the United States on 4 November 1994 by Epic Records. The retrospective was digitally remastered in 2000. The Best of Sade chronicles Sade's first four albums, while also including non-single songs "Jezebel", "Like a Tattoo" and "Pearls", as well as "Please Send Me Someone to Love", which appeared in the soundtrack for the film Philadelphia.
The singles from Diamond Life, as well as Stronger Than Pride's "Paradise" and "Nothing Can Come Between Us", are presented in their 7" edit forms; "Never as Good as the First Time" and "Cherish the Day" are remixes produced by Sade, also taken from their respective singles. None of this information is listed within the packaging.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Your Love Is King" | Robin Millar | 3:41 | |
2. | "Hang On to Your Love" (Short Version) |
| Millar | 4:29 |
3. | "Smooth Operator" (7″ Edit) |
| Millar | 4:16 |
4. | "Jezebel" |
| Millar | 5:23 |
5. | "The Sweetest Taboo" |
| Millar | 4:25 |
6. | "Is It a Crime" |
| Millar | 6:16 |
7. | "Never as Good as the First Time" (Remix Edit) |
| 3:58 | |
8. | "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" |
| 4:17 | |
9. | "Paradise" (Remix) |
| 3:36 | |
10. | "Nothing Can Come Between Us" (Radio Edit) |
| 3:52 | |
11. | "No Ordinary Love" |
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| 7:19 |
12. | "Like a Tattoo" |
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| 3:36 |
13. | "Kiss of Life" (Radio Edit) |
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| 4:10 |
14. | "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Percy Mayfield |
| 3:40 |
15. | "Cherish the Day" (Sade Remix) |
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| 6:17 |
16. | "Pearls" |
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| 4:35 |
- Notes
- ^a signifies a co-producer
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Best of Sade.[5]
- Sade
- Sade – production (tracks 7–13, 15, 16); arrangement (tracks 8–13, 15, 16)
- Sade Adu – vocals
- Andrew Hale – keyboards
- Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
- Paul S. Denman – bass
- Additional personnel
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[32] | Platinum | 60,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[33] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[34] | Gold | 25,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[35] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[36] | Gold | 100,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[37] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[38] | Gold | 34,474[38] |
France (SNEP)[39] | 2× Gold | 200,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[40] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[41] | Platinum | 100,000* |
Netherlands (NVPI)[42] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[44] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[46] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[47] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
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- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Sade". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 712. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ The Best of Sade (CD liner notes). Sade. Epic Records. 1994. 477793 2.
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