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'{{About|the Sade album|the British group|Love De-Luxe}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2011}} {{Use British English|date=December 2011}} {{Infobox album | Name = Love Deluxe | Type = studio | Artist = [[Sade (band)|Sade]] | Cover = Sade - Love Deluxe.png | Border = yes | Released = {{Start date|1992|10|26|df=yes}} <small>{{flagicon|US}}</small><br>{{Start date|1992|11|1|df=yes}} <small>{{flagicon|UK}}</small> | Recorded = 1991–1992 | Studio = Studio Condulmer<br>{{small|([[Venice]])}} <br /> Ridge Farm<br>{{small|([[Surrey]], [[England]]}}) <br /> [[The Hit Factory]]<br>{{small|([[New York City]])}} <br /> Image Recording<br>{{small|([[Los Angeles]])}} | Genre = {{flatlist| * [[Ambient music|Ambient]]<ref name="ew"/> * [[cool jazz]]<ref name="allmusic"/>}} | Length = 45:07 | Label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] | Producer = {{flatlist| * [[Mike Pela]] * Sade}} | Last album = ''[[Stronger Than Pride]]''<br>(1988) | This album = '''''Love Deluxe'''''<br>(1992) | Next album = ''[[The Best of Sade]]''<br>(1994) | Misc = {{Singles | Name = Love Deluxe | Type = studio | Single 1 = [[No Ordinary Love]] | Single 1 date = 8 October 1992 | Single 2 = [[Feel No Pain]] | Single 2 date = 28 November 1992 | Single 3 = [[Kiss of Life (Sade song)|Kiss of Life]] | Single 3 date = 12 April 1993 | Single 4 = [[Cherish the Day]] | Single 4 date = 31 July 1993 }} }} {{Album reviews | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev2score = B<ref name="ew"/> | rev3 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8262828&fulldesc=T |title=Sade – Love Deluxe CD |publisher=[[CD Universe]] |accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Brackett |first=Nathan |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian |year=2004 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA712#v=onepage&f=false |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |location=New York |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |page=712 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' | rev5Score = B−<ref name="christgau"/> }} '''''Love Deluxe''''' is the fourth studio album by English band [[Sade (band)|Sade]]. It was released in the United States on 26 October 1992 and in the United Kingdom on 1 November 1992 by [[Epic Records]]. ==Commercial performance== The album peaked at number three on the US [[Billboard 200]]<ref name="AMcharts">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-deluxe-mw0000616233/awards |title=Love Deluxe – Sade {{!}} Awards |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> and has sold 3.4 million copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Caulfield|first1=Keith|title=Ask Billboard: Keith Caulfield Answers Readers' Questions about Shania Twain, Mya, and Sade|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71199/ask-billboard|accessdate=16 September 2015|work=Billboard|date=May 7, 2003}}</ref> The album was later certified four times platinum by the RIAA for shipments of four million copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIAA's Gold & Platinum Program > Love Deluxe|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Love+Deluxe%22|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)|accessdate=16 September 2015}}</ref> The album was also commercially successful else where reaching number one in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1992.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1992 par InfoDisc |language=French |publisher=InfoDisc |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> and reaching the top ten in New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=charts.org.nz. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> Sweden,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> Switzerland<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=swisscharts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=30 May 2008}}</ref> and the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1992-11-07/ |title=1992 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=7 November 1992 |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> The album went on to be certified Gold in the United Kingdom. ==Critical reception== In a contemporary review for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', music critic [[Robert Christgau]] felt that half of the album cannot qualify with Sade's most memorable songs and particularly panned the lyric about a Somalian woman who "hurts like brand-new shoes" on the song "Pearls".<ref name="christgau">{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts93-93.php |title=Turkey Shoot |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |date=23 November 1993 |accessdate=5 July 2013}}</ref> Amy Linden of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated that the album "surges with emotion, but the mostly lush ambient music on ''Love Deluxe'' is low on the oomph meter."<ref name="ew">{{cite journal |last=Linden |first=Amy |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312347,00.html |title=Love Deluxe (1992) |journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |issue=144 |date=13 November 1992 |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> In a retrospective review, [[AllMusic]]'s [[Ron Wynn]] wrote that it "marked a return to the detached cool jazz backing and even icier vocals that made [[Diamond Life|her debut album]] a sensation" with an "urbane sound."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Wynn |first=Ron |authorlink=Ron Wynn |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-deluxe-mw0000616233 |title=Love Deluxe – Sade |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> ==Aftermath== Following the release of ''Love Deluxe'' the band would embark on a seven-year hiatus, during this time she came under media scrutiny with rumors of depression and addiction and later went on to give birth to her first child.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eshun|first1=Ekow|title=Sade's Complex Relationship With Fame Can Still Teach Us Something, 15 Years Later|url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/01/16/sade-lovers-rock-cover-story-interview|accessdate=16 September 2015|work=The Fader|issue=6|date=Winter 2000}}</ref> During this time the other members of the band Matthewman, Denman, and Hale went on to other projects, including the low-key Sweetback, which released a self-titled album in 1996. Matthewman also played a major role in the development of Maxwell's career, providing instrumentation and production work for the R&B singer's first two albums.<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|title=iTunes Preview - Sade - Biography|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/sade/id475591|website=iTunes|accessdate=16 September 2015}}</ref> ==Track listing== {{Track listing | writing_credits = yes | title1 = [[No Ordinary Love]] | writer1 = {{flatlist| * [[Sade (singer)|Sade Adu]] * [[Stuart Matthewman]]}} | length1 = 7:20 | title2 = [[Feel No Pain]] | writer2 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Andrew Hale * Matthewman}} | length2 = 5:08 | title3 = I Couldn't Love You More | writer3 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Hale * Matthewman * [[Paul S. Denman]]}} | length3 = 3:49 | title4 = Like a Tattoo | writer4 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Hale * Matthewman}} | length4 = 3:38 | title5 = [[Kiss of Life (Sade song)|Kiss of Life]] | writer5 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Matthewman * Hale * Denman}} | length5 = 5:50 | title6 = [[Cherish the Day]] | writer6 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Hale * Matthewman}} | length6 = 5:34 | title7 = Pearls | writer7 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Hale}} | length7 = 4:34 | title8 = Bullet Proof Soul | writer8 = {{flatlist| * Adu * Matthewman * Hale}} | length8 = 5:26 | title9 = Mermaid | writer9 = {{flatlist| * Hale * Adu * Matthewman * Denman}} | length9 = 4:23 }} ==Personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Love Deluxe''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Love Deluxe |type=CD liner notes |others=[[Sade (band)|Sade]] |publisher=[[Epic Records]] |year=1992 |id=472626 2}}</ref> ;Sade * Sade – arrangement, production * [[Sade (singer)|Sade Adu]] – vocals * Andrew Hale – keyboards *[[Stuart Matthewman]] – guitar, saxophone * [[Paul S. Denman]] – bass ;Additional personnel {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * Peter Brawne – design * Tom Coyne – remastering * Martin Ditcham – drums {{small|("Kiss of Life")}}; percussion {{small|("No Ordinary Love", "Kiss of Life")}} * Sandro Franchin – assistant engineering * [[Nick Ingman]] – string arrangements {{small|("Kiss of Life", "Pearls")}} * [[Chris Lord-Alge]] – engineering, mixing {{small|("Mermaid")}} * [[Stephen Marcussen]] – mastering {{col-2}} * Adrian Moore – assistant engineering * Leroy Osbourne – vocals * [[Mike Pela]] – co-production, engineering * [[Anthony Pleeth|Tony Pleeth]] – solo cello {{small|("Pearls")}} * [[Albert Watson (photographer)|Albert Watson]] – photography * Marc Williams – assistant engineering * [[Gavyn Wright]] – orchestra leader {{col-end}} ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1992–93) !scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |13 |- !scope="row"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |language=German |publisher=austriancharts.at. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |11 |- !scope="row"|[[RPM (magazine)|Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1730&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=hthv24q653qn9udua0a2nf2p53 |title=RPM100 Albums |journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=57 |issue=4 |date=6 February 1993 |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |16 |- !scope="row"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |language=Dutch |publisher=dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |10 |- !scope="row"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1992.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1992 par InfoDisc |language=French |publisher=InfoDisc |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Sade&title=Love+Deluxe&country=de |title=Sade, Love Deluxe |language=German |publisher=charts.de. [[Media Control Charts|Media Control]] |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |14 |- !scope="row"|[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Hungarian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1993&het=24&submit_=Keresés |title=Top 40 album- és Válogatáslemez-lista – 1993. 24. hét |language=Hungarian |publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]] |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6AddhXcKv |archivedate=13 September 2012 |accessdate=30 May 2008}}</ref> |38 |- !scope="row"|[[Musica e dischi|Italian Albums Chart]]<ref name="italy">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1992.htm |title=Gli album più venduti del 1992 |language=Italian |publisher=Hit Parade Italia |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |2 |- !scope="row"|[[Oricon|Japanese Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/76816/ranking/cd_album/ |script-title=ja:シャーデーのアルバム売り上げランキング |trans_title=Sade album sales ranking |language=Japanese |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |10 |- !scope="row"|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=charts.org.nz. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |5 |- !scope="row"|[[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA61#v=onepage&f=false |title=Hits of the World |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=104 |issue=48 |page=61 |date=28 November 1992 |issn=0006-2510 |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |6 |- !scope="row"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |7 |- !scope="row"|[[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Love+Deluxe&cat=a |title=Sade – Love Deluxe |publisher=swisscharts.com. Hung Medien |accessdate=30 May 2008}}</ref> |6 |- !scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1992-11-07/ |title=1992 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=7 November 1992 |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |10 |- !scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="AMcharts">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-deluxe-mw0000616233/awards |title=Love Deluxe – Sade {{!}} Awards |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |3 |- !scope="row"|US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top R&B Albums]]<ref name="AMcharts"/> |2 |} {{col-2}} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1992) !scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|Italian Albums Chart<ref name="italy"/> |15 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1993) !scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277414/sade/chart?f=412 |title=Sade – Chart history: Billboard 200 Albums (Year end) |work=Billboard |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |12 |- !scope="row"|US Top R&B Albums<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/year-end/1993/r-and-and-b-hip-hop-albums |title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – 1993 |publisher=Billboard.biz. Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |3 |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1994) !scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|US Top R&B Albums<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277414/sade/chart?f=415 |title=Sade – Chart history: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Year end) |work=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref> |51 |} {{col-end}} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Platinum|type=album|certyear=2011|accessdate=8 March 2012|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1992|date=18 March 1993|accessdate=31 March 2014|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1992|certref=<ref name="infodisc">{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_P.php?debut=700 |title=Les Albums Platine |language=French |publisher=InfoDisc |accessdate=31 March 2014}}</ref>|salesamount=578,500|salesref=<ref name="infodisc"/>|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certref=<ref>{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|accessdate=31 May 2008}}</ref>|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1236265&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes |title=Goud/Platina: Sade – Love de luxe |language=Dutch |publisher=[[NVPI]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209230221/http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1236265&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes|archivedate=9 February 2009|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref>|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|date=10 November 1993|accessdate=27 July 2009|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|accessdate=31 March 2014|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|date=1 June 1993|accessdate=31 March 2014|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Sade|title=Love Deluxe|award=Platinum|number=4|type=album|date=9 November 1994|accessdate=31 March 2014|autocat=yes}} {{Certification Table Bottom}} ==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Sade}} [[Category:1992 albums]] [[Category:English-language albums]] [[Category:Epic Records albums]] [[Category:Sade (band) albums]] [[Category:Trip hop albums]]'