The Ultimate Collection (Sade album)
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The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album by English band Sade, released on 29 April 2011 by RCA Records. The album includes several singles from the band's career, including the hit singles "Your Love Is King", "Smooth Operator", "By Your Side", "No Ordinary Love" and "Soldier of Love". It also contains four previously unreleased tracks—a cover of Thin Lizzy's 1974 song "Still in Love with You", a remix of "The Moon and the Sky" featuring Jay-Z, and the songs "I Would Have Never Guessed" and "Love Is Found". The band promoted the album with their first concert tour in ten years, Sade Live.[3]
Commercial performance
The Ultimate Collection debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 15,184 copies, becoming Sade's seventh top-10 album in the United Kingdom.[4] In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number seven with 38,000 copies sold in its first week, earning the band their ninth consecutive top-10 album on the chart.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Your Love Is King" (from Diamond Life) | Robin Millar | 3:42 | |
2. | "Smooth Operator" (from Diamond Life) |
| Millar | 4:18 |
3. | "Hang On to Your Love" (from Diamond Life) |
| Millar | 4:32 |
4. | "The Sweetest Taboo" (from Promise) |
| Millar | 4:27 |
5. | "Is It a Crime" (from Promise) |
| Millar | 6:22 |
6. | "Never as Good as the First Time" (from Promise) |
|
| 3:58 |
7. | "Jezebel" (from Promise) |
| Millar | 5:27 |
8. | "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" (from Stronger Than Pride) |
| 4:20 | |
9. | "Paradise" (from Stronger Than Pride) |
| 3:38 | |
10. | "Nothing Can Come Between Us" (from Stronger Than Pride) |
| 3:54 | |
11. | "No Ordinary Love" (from Love Deluxe) |
|
| 7:21 |
12. | "Kiss of Life" (from Love Deluxe) |
|
| 4:14 |
13. | "Feel No Pain" (from Love Deluxe) |
|
| 5:11 |
14. | "Bullet Proof Soul" (from Love Deluxe) |
|
| 5:25 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Cherish the Day" (from Love Deluxe) |
|
| 6:20 |
2. | "Pearls" (from Love Deluxe) |
|
| 4:34 |
3. | "By Your Side" (from Lovers Rock) |
|
| 4:41 |
4. | "Immigrant" (from Lovers Rock) |
|
| 3:50 |
5. | "Flow" (from Lovers Rock) |
|
| 4:34 |
6. | "King of Sorrow" (from Lovers Rock) |
|
| 4:47 |
7. | "The Sweetest Gift" (from Lovers Rock) |
|
| 2:21 |
8. | "Soldier of Love" (from Soldier of Love) |
|
| 5:58 |
9. | "The Moon and the Sky" (from Soldier of Love) |
|
| 4:29 |
10. | "Babyfather" (from Soldier of Love) |
|
| 4:40 |
11. | "Still in Love with You" | Phil Lynott |
| 4:26 |
12. | "Love Is Found" |
|
| 4:11 |
13. | "I Would Never Have Guessed" |
|
| 2:57 |
14. | "The Moon and the Sky" (Remix featuring Jay-Z) |
| Noah "40" Shebib | 4:27 |
15. | "By Your Side" (Neptunes Remix) |
|
| 3:59 |
No. | Title | Director[7] | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Hang on to Your Love" | Brian Ward | 3:59 |
2. | "The Sweetest Taboo" | Ward | 5:02 |
3. | "Is It a Crime" | Ward | 7:03 |
4. | "Never as Good as the First Time" | Ward | 3:55 |
5. | "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" | Sophie Muller | 4:24 |
6. | "Paradise" | Alex McDowell | 3:35 |
7. | "Turn My Back on You" | Muller | 4:05 |
8. | "Nothing Can Come Between Us" | Muller | 3:52 |
9. | "No Ordinary Love" | Muller | 4:01 |
10. | "Feel No Pain" | Albert Watson | 3:48 |
11. | "Kiss of Life" | Watson | 4:12 |
12. | "Cherish the Day" | Watson | 4:23 |
13. | "By Your Side" | Muller | 4:27 |
14. | "King of Sorrow" | Muller | 4:42 |
15. | "Soldier of Love" | Muller | 5:01 |
16. | "Babyfather" | Muller | 4:01 |
Total length: | 70:30 |
- Notes
- ^a signifies a co-producer
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Ultimate Collection.[8]
- Sade
- Sade – production (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–13, 15); arrangement (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–7, 15)
- Sade Adu – vocals, programming
- Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming
- Stuart Matthewman – guitar, programming, saxophone
- Paul S. Denman – bass
- Additional personnel
- Mat Arnold – assistant engineering (disc 2: track 11)
- Terry Bailey – trumpet (disc 1: tracks 4, 5)
- Pete Beachill – trombone (disc 1: tracks 4, 5)
- Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion (disc 2: tracks 3–6, 11)
- Olivier de Bosson – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Richard Bowe – archiving
- Adam Brown – tape transfer
- Pete Brown – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 1–7)
- Jamie Brownlow – assistant engineering (disc 2: track 11)
- Ian Burdge – cello (disc 2: tracks 8, 9)
- Noel Cadastre – engineering (disc 2: track 14)
- Noel 'Gadget' Campbell – mixing (disc 2: track 14)
- Paul Cooke – drums (disc 1: tracks 1, 3)
- Andy 'Nipper' Davies – assistant engineering (disc 2: tracks 3–6)
- Brendan Davies – assistant engineering (disc 2: tracks 12, 13)
- Roger Davies – management
- John Davis – mastering
- Martin Ditcham – percussion (disc 1: tracks 1–6, 8–12, 14; disc 2: tracks 8–10); drums (disc 1: tracks 8–10, 12; disc 2: track 10)
- Simon Driscoll – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 1–7)
- Dave Early – drums, percussion (disc 1: tracks 1–7)
- Sandro Franchin – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 11–14; disc 2: tracks 1, 2)
- Isobel Griffiths – contractor (disc 2: track 12)
- Simon Hale – conductor (disc 2: track 12)
- Gordon Hunte – guitar (disc 1: track 9)
- Jake Jacas – vocals (disc 1: track 6)
- Jay-Z – featured artist (disc 2: track 14)
- Lynn Jeffrey – band assistant
- Gimel 'Young Guru' Keaton – recording (disc 2: track 14)
- Noel Langley – trumpet (disc 2: track 8)
- Phil Legg – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 4–7)
- Pete Lewinson – drums (disc 2: tracks 10, 11)
- Alain Lubrano – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Gordon Matthewman – trumpet (disc 1: track 1; disc 2: track 10)
- Vince McCartney – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Robin Millar – production (disc 1: tracks 1–7)
- Tony Momrelle – vocals (disc 2: tracks 8–11)
- Adrian Moore – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 11–14; disc 2: tracks 1, 2)
- Greg Morrison – mixing assistant (disc 2: track 14)
- Sophie Muller – photography
- Everton Nelson – violin (disc 2: track 9)
- The Neptunes – mixing, remix (disc 2: track 15)
- Mike Nyandoro – assistant engineering (disc 2: tracks 12, 13)
- Leroy Osbourne – vocals (disc 1: tracks 6, 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–6, 8–11); guitar (disc 2: track 11)
- Mike Pela – engineering (disc 1: all tracks; disc two: tracks 1, 2, 8–13); production (disc 1: track 6); co-production (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–13, 15); recording (disc 2: tracks 3–7, 15); mixing (disc 2: tracks 8, 11–13)
- Tony Pleeth – solo cello (disc 2: track 2)
- Nick Poortman – assistant engineering (disc 2: tracks 12, 13)
- Ben Rogan – production (disc 1: track 6); co-production, engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Franck Segarra – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Noah "40" Shebib – engineering, production (disc 2: track 14)
- Owen Shiers – assistant engineering (disc 2: track 11)
- Mark 'Spike' Stent – mixing (disc 2: tracks 9, 10)
- David Strickland – mixing assistant (disc 2: track 14)
- Gary Thomas – engineering (disc 2: track 12)
- Ben Travers – guitar (disc 2: track 12)
- Kevin Vanbergen – tape transfer
- Jean-Christophe Vareille – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Ryan Waters – guitar (disc 2: track 11)
- Melanie West – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–10)
- Marc Williams – assistant engineering (disc 1: tracks 11–14; disc 2: tracks 1, 2)
- Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader (disc 1: track 12; disc 2: track 2)
Charts
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Hungary (MAHASZ)[48] | Gold | 3,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[49] | Gold | 25,000* |
Poland (ZPAV)[50] | 4× Platinum | 0* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Australia | 29 April 2011 | Sony | [51][52] | |
Germany |
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[53][54][55] | ||
France | 2 May 2011 | [56][57][58] | ||
United States | 3 May 2011 |
|
Epic | [59][60] |
United Kingdom | 9 May 2011 |
|
RCA | [61][62][63] |
Germany | 20 May 2011 | LP | Sony | [64] |
United Kingdom | 23 May 2011 | RCA | [65] | |
United States | 24 May 2011 | Epic | [66] | |
Japan | 22 June 2011 | CD | Sony | [67] |
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