Lovers Live

Lovers Live
Live album by Sade
Released 5 February 2002 (U.S.)
18 February 2002 (UK)
Recorded September 2001;
Arrowhead Pond
(Anaheim, California)
Great Western Forum
(Inglewood, California)
Genre Soul, R&B, jazz
Length 116:19 (DVD)
Label Epic
Producer Mike Pela
Sade chronology
Live Concert Home Video
(1994)		 Lovers Live
(2002)		 The Ultimate Collection DVD Videos
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Lovers Live is the first live album (seventh overall) by the English group Sade. It was released in the United States on 5 February 2002 and in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2002 by Epic Records, and was recorded during one of the shows of 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 contains only thirteen tracks while the DVD is packed with twenty-two tracks plus special features.

Lovers Live debuted and peaked at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200, and became Sade's first album to miss the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002 with U.S. sales of 562,000 copies,[2] while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for shipping 100,000 copies.

Contents

Lovers Live Tour

The album and DVD were recorded during the band's Lovers Live Tour in 2001. The tour ranked No. 13 on Billboard's year-end tally, grossing $26.5 million and drawing more than 491,000 audience members to 42 concerts. The tour was produced by Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation) and featured India.Arie as the opening act.[3]

Track listing

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" (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

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

Personnel

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[4] 40
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[4] 34
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[4] 11
Dutch Albums Chart[4] 43
French Albums Chart[4] 36
German Albums Chart[5] 41
Hungarian Albums Chart[6] 21
Italian Albums Chart[4] 16
Norwegian Albums Chart[4] 25
Swedish Albums Chart[4] 50
Swiss Albums Chart[4] 27
UK Albums Chart[7] 51
U.S. Billboard 200[8] 10
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[8] 5

Certifications

Region Certification
Germany (BVMI)[9]
for the DVD		 Gold
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold
United States (RIAA)[11]
for the DVD		 Platinum

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Caulfield, Keith (22 February 2006). "Ask Billboard – Class Acts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/story.1002073420. Retrieved 9 February 2009. 
  3. ^ Peters, Mitchell (19 August 2011). "Sade: The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard Magazine. http://www.billboard.com/#/features/sade-the-billboard-cover-story-1005322442.story. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sade – Lovers Live". Ultratop. Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Sade&titel=Lovers+Live&cat=a. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Musicline.de – Chartverfolgung – Sade – Lovers Live" (in German). Media Control. PhonoNet GmbH. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/SADE/Lovers+Live/longplay. Retrieved 10 October 2008. 
  6. ^ "Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2002. 13. hét" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2002&het=13&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 5 June 2008. 
  7. ^ "Chart Stats – Sade – Lovers Live". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=14204. Retrieved 4 December 2009. 
  8. ^ a b "Lovers Live – Sade – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/lovers-live-r570922/charts-awards/billboard-album. Retrieved 5 June 2008. 
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sade; 'Lovers Live')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Lovers+Live&strInterpret=Sade&strTtArt=video&strAwards=checked. 
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Sade – Lovers Live". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Lovers+Live%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  11. ^ "American video certifications – Sade – Lovers Live". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Lovers+Live%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH
Sade
Sade Adu · Stuart Matthewman · Paul Spencer Denman · Andrew Hale · Paul Anthony Cook
Studio albums
Other albums
Singles
"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" · "Pearls" · "By Your Side" · "King of Sorrow" · "Lovers Rock" · "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Live) · "Soldier of Love" · "Babyfather" · "The Moon and the Sky" · "Still in Love with You"
Concert tours
1984 Tour (1984) · Promise Tour (1985-86) · Sade in Concert (1988-89) · Love Deluxe World Tour (1993) · Lovers Rock Tour (2001) · Sade Live (2011)
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