| After a 9 year hiatus, Sade, the famous one-name | | | | though pared down, is thick with bass guitar and |
| neo-soul Jazz singer, on February 9, 2010 released her | | | | drums. As a matter of fact, fans are calling the hit |
| new CD, Soldier of Love. While Sade has said that | | | | single, Soldier of Love, primarily a drum and bass song. |
| she wants to always try something different, this new | | | | But with their foreboding insistence, the drums and |
| CD is very close in style and theme to her prior | | | | bass make a wonderful cushion for Sade's aggressive |
| release, Lover's Rock. | | | | call to war for lovers. |
| The majority of songs on Soldier of Love continue to | | | | Morning Bird with it's piano adagio is the most haunting |
| eke out all the pain from Sade's main themes, which | | | | song on the CD and continues Sade's affair with pain, |
| are often about love found with sorrow, and love lost | | | | chains, and passion. The high piercing cries of the |
| with even greater sorrow. Even though it may be | | | | melody reinforce the title, Morning Bird. Long Hard |
| more of the same, for those of us who love Sade, | | | | Road suggests that no matter how long the road, |
| that's fine. Her fans have heaped overwhelming praise | | | | everything will be alright. The sad and somewhat slow |
| on Soldier of Love and it is perched firmly at the top of | | | | loping music suggest otherwise. |
| Billboard's Euro Charts. | | | | Be That Easy, could be an homage to Nora Jones |
| It's been almost 10 years since her last CD release, | | | | with it's easy country waltz flavor. Babyfather, with it's |
| Lover's Rock, and another ten years before that when | | | | slight island flavor is the most hopeful and forward |
| she released Love deLuxe. It could just be a case of | | | | looking, as Sade sings about a father's protective love |
| us being so excited at finally getting some new music | | | | for his new baby daughter and the chorus echoes |
| from this star whom we love, that we're all over the | | | | words about the fierceness of this love. |
| new CD without question. | | | | Skin and The Safest Place close out the CD. Skin |
| Sade is once again accompanied by her perennial | | | | sees the singer washing away the debris of another |
| sidemen, Stuart Matthewman on guitar, sax and | | | | love gone wrong while The Safest Place reprises the |
| programming, the keyboardist Andrew Hale and the | | | | theme of love being a war. Sade and her band have |
| bassist Paul S. Denman. A bunch of her good friends | | | | scored another definite hit. If you love a somewhat |
| helped out with duo and background work. | | | | dark outlook and lots of drum and bass, and you love |
| So what's the verdict? It's good. It's very good. The | | | | Sade, you will love this new release, Soldier of Love. |
| accompanying music produced by Matthewman, et al, | | | | |