Lovers Live

Live album by Sade

Released

5 February 2002

Recorded

20–21 September 2001;

Genre

Length

69:55

Sade chronology

Lovers Rock
(2000)

Lovers Live
(2002)

Soldier of Love
(2010)

Sade video chronology

Live
(1994)

Lovers Live
(2002)

Bring Me Home: Live 2011
(2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Q	^[2]
Rolling Stone	favourable^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Lovers Live is the first live album by English band Sade, released on 5 February 2002 by Epic Records. It was recorded at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on 20 September 2001 and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California on 21 September as part of the band's Lovers Rock Tour. The CD contains thirteen tracks while the DVD contains twenty-two tracks as well as special features.

Lovers Live reached number ten on the US Billboard 200 and number fifty-one on the UK Albums Chart, Sade's first album to miss the top twenty in the UK. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002, having sold US sales of 562,000 copies,^[5] while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for shipping 100,000 copies.

Lovers Rock Tour

The album and DVD were recorded during the band's Lovers Rock Tour in September 2001. The tour ranked number thirteen on Billboard's year-end tally, grossing $26,488,293 million and drawing 491,151 audience members to forty-two concerts.^[6] The tour featured India.Arie and Youssou N'Dour as the opening acts.^[7]

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cherish the Day"	Sade Adu Andrew Hale Stuart Matthewman	6:37
2.	"Somebody Already Broke My Heart"	Adu Matthewman Hale 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 Matthewman Hale Denman	4:58
6.	"Slave Song"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:35
7.	"The Sweetest Gift"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	2:32
8.	"The Sweetest Taboo"	Adu Martin Ditcham	6:01
9.	"Paradise"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:32
10.	"No Ordinary Love"	Adu Matthewman	6:09
11.	"By Your Side"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:54
12.	"Flow"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	5:01
13.	"Is It a Crime"	Adu Matthewman Hale	8:23
Total length:			69:55

DVD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cherish the Day"	Adu Hale Matthewman	6:46
2.	"Your Love Is King"	Adu Matthewman	4:38
3.	"Somebody Already Broke My Heart"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	5:15
4.	"Cherry Pie"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	6:06
5.	"Pearls"	Adu Hale	4:47
6.	"Every Word"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:13
7.	"Smooth Operator"	Adu St. John	4:06
8.	"Redeye"		4:11
9.	"Jezebel"	Adu Matthewman	6:43
10.	"Kiss of Life"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	5:05
11.	"Slave Song"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:21
12.	"The Sweetest Gift"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	2:45
13.	"The Sweetest Taboo"	Adu Ditcham	6:29
14.	"Lovers Rock"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:24
15.	"Immigrant"	Adu Janusz Podrazik	4:13
16.	"Paradise"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:30
17.	"King of Sorrow"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	4:51
18.	"No Ordinary Love"	Adu Matthewman	5:47
19.	"By Your Side"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	5:52
20.	"Flow"	Adu Matthewman Hale Denman	5:35
21.	"Is It a Crime"	Adu Matthewman Hale	11:21
22.	"It's Only Love That Gets You Through"	Adu Podrazik	4:01
23.	"Exclusive backstage footage"		7:41
24.	"Message to Sade"		10:16
25.	"King of Sorrow" (video)		4:47
26.	"Black and white stills from the tour"
Total length:			138:43

Notes

"Slave Song" contains an excerpt from "African Race" performed by The Abyssinians and written by Donald Manning, Neville Bernard Collins and Linford Elijah Manning.^[8]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lovers Live.^[8]^[9]

Sade Adu – vocals
Andrew Hale – keyboards
Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
Paul S. Denman – bass

Additional personnel

Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion
Charlie Bouis – recording engineering
Steven Chivers – director of photography
Ian Duncan – Pro Tools editing
Idea – imaging
Intro – design
Lynn Jeffrey – personal assistant to Sade
Eric Johnston – assistant engineering
Pete Lewinson – drums

Tony Momrelle – vocals
Sophie Muller – film director
Andrew Nichols – mixing assistant
Leroy Osbourne – flute, guitar, vocals
Howard Page – FOH sound engineering
Mike Pela – audio mixing
Rob Small – film producer
Ryan Waters – guitar

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart^[10]	40
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[11]	34
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[12]	11
Dutch Albums Chart^[13]	43
French Albums Chart^[14]	36
German Albums Chart^[15]	41
Hungarian Albums Chart^[16]	21
Irish Albums Chart^[17]	54
Italian Albums Chart^[18]	16
Japanese Albums Chart^[19]	94
Norwegian Albums Chart^[20]	25
Swedish Albums Chart^[21]	50
Swiss Albums Chart^[22]	27
UK Albums Chart^[23]	51
US Billboard 200^[24]	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[24]	5

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Hungarian Music DVD Chart^[25]	17
Swedish Music DVD Chart^[26]	1
US Top Music Videos^[27]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)^[28] DVD	Gold	25,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[29] Album	Gold	562,000^[5]
United States (RIAA)^[30] DVD	Platinum	100,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
United States	5 February 2002	CD	Epic Records	^[31]
Germany	18 February 2002	CD	Sony Music	^[32]
United Kingdom	18 February 2002	CD DVD	Epic Records	^[33]^[34]
Japan	20 February 2002	CD	Sony Music	^[35]
Germany	25 February 2002	DVD	Sony Music	^[32]
United States	26 February 2002	DVD	Epic Records	^[36]
Australia	8 March 2002	CD	Sony Music	^[37]
Australia	12 April 2002	DVD		^[38]
Japan	29 June 2002	DVD		^[39]

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Sade

Sade Adu Paul Denman Andrew Hale Stuart Matthewman

Studio albums	Diamond Life Promise Stronger Than Pride Love Deluxe Lovers Rock Soldier of Love

Live albums	Lovers Live Bring Me Home: Live 2011

Compilation albums	The Best of Sade The Ultimate Collection

Extended plays	Solid Gold Series — Sade Remix Deluxe

Singles	"Your Love Is King" "When Am I Going to Make a Living" "Hang On to Your Love" "Smooth Operator" "The Sweetest Taboo" "Is It a Crime" "Never as Good as the First Time" "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" "Paradise" "Nothing Can Come Between Us" "Turn My Back on You" "Haunt Me" (UK only) "No Ordinary Love" "Feel No Pain" "Kiss of Life" "Cherish the Day" "By Your Side" "King of Sorrow" "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Live) "Soldier of Love" "Babyfather" "The Moon and the Sky" "Still in Love with You"

Video albums	Life Promise Pride Love Live Lovers Live Live in Munich 1984 Bring Me Home: Live 2011

Concert tours	Diamond Life Tour Promise Tour Stronger Than Pride Tour Love Deluxe World Tour Lovers Rock Tour Sade Live

Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Roger Davies Robin Millar Sweetback Paul Anthony Cook Dave Early

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