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Title: The Delcine of Sade
Review: Sade went 8 years without a new studio album. You would think the resulting release would blow your socks off. Compare this album to Basia's new album and you'll see what I mean. Stuart Matthewman's great sax work (once a vital part of the band's sound) is nowhere to be found. What's that all about? He gets in a few long background long tones (not even a solo) on the album's first tune on tenor sax, but you can't hear it without headphones. The instrumental backing in mostly keyboard washes, synthesizer bass, distorted guitar chords and drum machines, making it sound more dated than the band's original albums released several years earlier.The album is mostly SLOW, SLOW, SLOW depressing songs about Sade Adu's broken heart. She's in fine voice, but so what? After one listen I wanted to throw this one in the garbage but opted for selling it instead. Sadly, the new album, "Soldier of Love," is even worse. Stick to Sade's "Best Of," or the material from the '80s/'90s instead.
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