Lovers Live

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Lovers Live
Lovers Live cover
Live album by Sade
Released 5 February 2002 (U.S.)
18 February 2002 (UK)
Recorded September 2001 at
Arrowhead Pond
(Anaheim, California)
Great Western Forum
(Inglewood, California)
Genre Soul, R&B, jazz
Length 116:19 (DVD)
Label Epic
Producer Mike Pela
Professional reviews
Sade chronology
Lovers Rock
(2000)		 Lovers Live
(2002)

Lovers Live is the first live album (seventh overall) by the English group Sade. It was recorded at one of the shows on their Lovers Live Tour in 2001. The recording was taken from two concerts, held respectively at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. The CD features only thirteen tracks while the DVD is packed with twenty-two tracks plus special features. The album debuted and peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200, and became Sade's first album to miss the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

  1. "Cherish the Day" (Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman) – 6:37
  2. "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Paul S. Denman) – 5:13
  3. "Smooth Operator" (Adu, Ray St. John) – 4:16
  4. "Jezebel" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:44
  5. "Kiss of Life" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:58
  6. "Slave Song" 1 (Adu, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:35
  7. "The Sweetest Gift" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 2:32
  8. "The Sweetest Taboo" (Adu, Martin Ditcham) – 6:01
  9. "Paradise" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:32
  10. "No Ordinary Love" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:09
  11. "By Your Side" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:54
  12. "Flow" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 5:01
  13. "Is It a Crime" (Adu, Matthewman, Hale) – 8:23

1 Contains an excerpt of The Abyssinians' "African Race" written by Donald Manning.

[edit] DVD

  1. "Cherish the Day"
  2. "Your Love Is King"
  3. "Somebody Already Broke My Heart"
  4. "Cherry Pie"
  5. "Pearls"
  6. "Every Word"
  7. "Smooth Operator"
  8. "Redeye"
  9. "Jezebel"
  10. "Kiss of Life"
  11. "Slave Song"
  12. "Sweetest Gift"
  13. "The Sweetest Taboo"
  14. "Lovers Rock"
  15. "Immigrant"
  16. "Paradise"
  17. "King of Sorrow"
  18. "No Ordinary Love"
  19. "By Your Side"
  20. "Flow"
  21. "Is It a Crime"
  22. "It's Only Love That Gets You Through"
  23. Backstage Footage
  24. Message to Sade
  25. "King of Sorrow" (Video)
  26. Tour Photo Gallery

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Sade

[edit] Additional musicians

[edit] Production

  • Mike Pela – mixing
  • Andrew Nichols – assistant mixer
  • Howard Page – engineer
  • Eric Johnston – assistant engineer
  • Charlie Bouis – recording engineer
  • Ian Duncan – digital editing
  • Sophie Muller – image design
  • Lynn Jeffrey – personal assistant

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002)[1][2] Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 40
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders) 34
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 11
Dutch Albums Chart 43
French Albums Chart 36
German Albums Chart[3] 41
Hungarian Albums Chart[4] 21
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Italian Albums Chart 16
Norwegian Albums Chart 25
Swedish Albums Chart 50
Swiss Albums Chart 27
U.S. Billboard 200 10
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 5
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 10

[edit] Certifications

  • Gold
Flag of the United States RIAA: 500,000[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lovers Live > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  2. ^ Sade – Lovers Live – swisscharts.com. SwissCharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  3. ^ Charts-Surfer: Music. Charts-Surfer. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  4. ^ Top 40 album – 2002. 13. hét (Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  5. ^ RIAA – Searchable Database. RIAA (7 March 2002). Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
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"Your Love Is King" · "When Am I Going to Make a Living" · "Hang on to Your Love" · "Smooth Operator" · "The Sweetest Taboo" · "Never as Good as the First Time" · "Is It a Crime" · "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" · "Paradise" · "Nothing Can Come Between Us" · "Turn My Back on You" · "No Ordinary Love" · "Feel No Pain" · "Kiss of Life" · "Cherish the Day" · "By Your Side" · "King of Sorrow" · "Lovers Rock" · "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Live)
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