Lovers Rock (Sade album)
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Lovers Rock (Sade album)
Lovers Rock is the fifth studio album by English band Sade, released on 13 November 2000 by Epic Records. Following the release of Love Deluxe (1992), the band began an eight-year hiatus, during which time some band members began recording with American musician Maxwell and produced his debut album, Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite.-Wikipedia
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Slant Magazine
April 15, 2001. Her new album Lovers Rock is the simplest of concept albums. It’s a soundtrack for lovers, lovers who are in love and making love and lovers who have been scorned. The album finds Sade doing what she does best, but for some reason it hasn’t gotten tired at all.
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AllMusic
The singer/songwriter is reunited with co-producer Mike Pela and musician/songwriters Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, and Paul S. Denman; and Lovers Rock finds them all in fine form.
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NME
September 12, 2005. ‘Lovers Rock’ is a jazzy, soulful, occasionally mournful, easy-like-Sunday-morning listen. The only thing that has changed is the enhanced subtlety of Sade’s vocals.
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PopMatters
November 13, 2000. New and old listeners will not be disappointed by this project. Although many of the tracks have similar tempos, Sade's style and finesse will always be unmatched.
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AV Club
November 14, 2000. No one turns a limited artistic palette into an asset like Sade, whose adherence to simple soul makes her virtually incapable of making a wrong move.
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Jazz Music Archives
September 20, 2011. Like all of their material, this is music you can rely on to reassure that there are still modern groups on the planet that can consistently make mature, jazz-influenced music with a touch of genuine class.
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The Guardian
That voice has matured: once frigid and frosty, she is now queen of pain - never yielding control merely exacerbates the effect. . . . An extraordinary record from a most unlikely source. John Aizlewood
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Entertainment
November 17, 2000. One pretty song melts into the next; the result is an undifferentiated dreaminess.
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Rolling Stone
On Lovers Rock, the groove is light, the voice is chilly and the songs change titles every five minutes or so, although nobody told the drummer. . . . Dim the lights and let Sade be Sade.
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Culture Court
Musically, this album is the usual tasty treat we've come to associate with all Sade's albums. . . . They're not as free-swinging on Lovers Rock as they have been in the past, but this album contains not one upbeat, uptempo, or uplifting song.
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ojmrpad.tk
October 2, 2012. Her new album Lovers Rock is the simplest of concept albums. It's a soundtrack for lovers. Lovers' Rock ranks among the finest albums of the year, as Sade, nimbly utilizing that distinctively smoky, vulnerable instrument that is her voice, weaves gentle.
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Exclaim!
December 1, 2000. With the songs intimately fixated on the themes of love, loss and rejection, her delicate phrasing, delivery and deft use of repetition often imbues a deeper meaning than the lyrics themselves suggest.
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Plugged In
The Nigerian-born singer scores a direct hit with Lovers Rock, an uplifting mainstream release draped in audio velvet.
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Rantings of An 80s Nut
November 17, 2000. Although it says rock in the title, don't expect to be banging your head. This is more like light reggae/jazz. The production is beautiful and takes you to another place. If this is the true return of Sade, it's well welcomed.
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Brett Hetherington
The production is pleasingly sparse and benefits greatly from the silky bass of Paul S. Denham and tastefully understated guitar, while the drum programming is done well enough to suggest human-driven beats.
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CD Shakedown
February 2, 2001. Sade plays her cards close to her chest, too close for my taste: I'd like more of the dance floor material. Lovers Rock is a well-made album, but wake me up when it's over.
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JB Hi-Fi
'Lovers Rock' was seen as a departure from the band's previous use of jazz elements, opting instead for a wider use of musical elements from soul music, R&B, soft rock, folk music, dub, reggae and lovers rock.
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