Album: The Ultimate Collection by Sade (2011)
Genre: Soul | Style: Urban/R&B | Mood: Dreamy
Record Label: Epic
Format: Compilation

Description: The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album by English soul band Sade, released on 29 April 2011 by RCA Records and Epic 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.

Artist Background: Sade (pronounced "shah-day") is a Grammy-winning British smooth jazz band named after their lead singer Sade Adu. The band's music features elements of jazz, funk, soul and rnb. Sade was formed in 1982, when members of a Latino-soul band Pride - Sade Adu, (real name Helen Folasade Adu - born 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria) Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman - together with Paul Cook formed a splinter group and began to write their own material. Sade made their debut in December 198... Part of the Ibadán, Nigeria music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Erykah Badu, Solange, Anita Baker, Sweetback

Music Scene: Part of the Ibadán, Nigeria music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: Soul, Urban/R&B, Dreamy, 2010s, Compilation, Epic

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The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album by English soul band Sade, released on 29 April 2011 by RCA Records and Epic 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.

The Ultimate Collection

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