Sade - Promise
Allmusic review
Sade's second album improved on the performance of her debut, as Sweetest Taboo was a huge hit and Never as Good as the First Time landed in both the rhythm and blues and pop Top 20. She was once again the personification of cool, laid-back singing, seldom extending or embellishing lyrics, registering emotion, or projecting her voice. This demeanor made her more desirable in the minds of many fans and was perhaps the ultimate misapplication of the notion of sophis...
Sade - Promise
Allmusic review
Sade's second album improved on the performance of her debut, as Sweetest Taboo was a huge hit and Never as Good as the First Time landed in both the rhythm and blues and pop Top 20. She was once again the personification of cool, laid-back singing, seldom extending or embellishing lyrics, registering emotion, or projecting her voice. This demeanor made her more desirable in the minds of many fans and was perhaps the ultimate misapplication of the notion of sophistication. But this album topped the pop charts and eventually went triple platinum.
Track listing
1 Is It a Crime (Adu, Hale, Matthewman) - 6:22
2 The Sweetest Taboo (Adu, Ditcham, Matthewman, Sade) - 4:38
3 War of the Hearts (Adu, Matthewman) - 6:49
4 You're Not the Man (Adu, Matthewman) - 5:11
5 Jezebel (Adu, Matthewman) - 5:31
6 Mr. Wrong (Adu, Denman, Hale, Matthewman) - 2:53
7 Punch Drunk (Hale) - 5:27
8 Never as Good as the First Time (Adu, Matthewman) - 5:01
9 Fear (Adu, Matthewman) - 4:11
10 Tar Baby (Adu, Matthewman) - 4:20
11 Maureen (Adu, Denman, Hale) - 4:21
Credits
Sade Adu - Arranger, Vocals, Producer
Terry Bailey - Trombone, Trumpet
Lee Barrett - Management
Pete Beachill - Trombone
Carlos Bonnell - Guitar
Tom Coyne - Remastering
Paul S. Denman - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Martin Ditcham - Percussion
Dave Early - Percussion, Drums
Andrew Hale - Keyboards
Nick Ingman - Arranger
Jake Jacas - Vocals
Stuart Matthewman - Guitar, Saxophone
Robin Millar - Producer
Rogan Millar - Producer
Robin Miller - Producer
Pela - Producer
Mike Pela - Strings, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Production Engineer
Ben Rogan - Producer
Sade - Arranger, Producer
Graham Smith - Design
Toshi Yajima - Photography
Chart & Awards
1985 - Promise - R&B Albums No. 1
1985 - Promise - The Billboard 200 No. 1
1986 - Promise - Top Jazz AlbumsNo. 4 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
