Best Of : Slide Pack

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Editorial reviews

From Amazon.com
With her exotic beauty and steamy voice, Sade couldn't help but be a star. Taking the more sensuous elements of island beats, smooth jazz, and R&B, Sade scored major hits with the continental feel of "Smooth Operator" and the sultry stylization of "Your Love Is King." Her voice was often criticized for being thin, yet she made it work to her advantage with songs like the haunting "Jezebel," on which her delivery added the vulnerability necessary to the song. Sade sounded best when she stuck to the lower register, and there is nothing thin about her dynamic handling of her torch song "Is It a Crime." "The Sweetest Taboo" was one of her last great moments before years of mediocrity, chronicled here by the lifeless "Stronger Than Pride" and the limp "Nothing Can Come Between Us." "No Ordinary Love" was a return to form with the smoky richness back in her vocals and the urban/island feel of her first release. Best of Sade goes right up to her hit "Pearls," which, remixed, became a dance floor hit. The nicest surprise here is "Please Send Me Someone to Love," with Sade proving that although her range may be limited vocally, she doesn't suffer the same fate artistically. --Steve Gdula

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 1999-11-16 rating:
Smooth and steamy
She's the best! This Nigerian goddess captures you with her incredible suede-and-velvet voice. A unique combination of elements of jazz, samba, reggae and pop that will continue to endure for decades. Percussion and acoustic guitar and Stewart Matthewman's saxophone to counter are an absolute delight. I listen to all of her releases from Diamond Life to Love de Lube, but this is a particular jewel. If you want to get in a kind of sweet and smooth mood, you will play this endlessly.


review by: date: 1999-11-14 rating:
A wonderful cd for anyone who is a Sade fan
Although there are a few songs from each of her individual cd's that are among some of my favorites, this cd does a terrific job of incorporating most of the best songs from each of them. This does have quite a few songs from "No Ordinary Love" so if you have this cd you may be disappointed - but it incorporates a great selection of the rest of Sade's songs. If you like Sade (and even if you don't know if you do) this cd can be listened to from beginning to end.

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