Love Deluxe is the fourth studio album by English band Sade, released by Ep… Read Full Bio ↴Love Deluxe is the fourth studio album by English band Sade, released by Epic Records in the United States on October 26, 1992, and in the United Kingdom on November 1, 1992.
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau felt that half of the album cannot qualify with Sade's most memorable songs and particularly panned the lyric about a Somali woman who has a life that "hurts like brand-new shoes" on the song "Pearls". Amy Linden of Entertainment Weekly stated that the album "surges with emotion, but the mostly lush ambient music on Love Deluxe is low on the oomph meter." In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Ron Wynn wrote that it "marked a return to the detached cool jazz backing and even icier vocals that made her debut album a sensation" with an "urbane sound."
In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album 247th on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau felt that half of the album cannot qualify with Sade's most memorable songs and particularly panned the lyric about a Somali woman who has a life that "hurts like brand-new shoes" on the song "Pearls". Amy Linden of Entertainment Weekly stated that the album "surges with emotion, but the mostly lush ambient music on Love Deluxe is low on the oomph meter." In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Ron Wynn wrote that it "marked a return to the detached cool jazz backing and even icier vocals that made her debut album a sensation" with an "urbane sound."
In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album 247th on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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Love Deluxe
Sade Lyrics
Bullet Proof Soul I was so in love with you You rarely see a…
Cherish the Day You're ruling the way that I move And I breathe your…
Feel No Pain Mama been laid off Papa been laid off My brother's been laid…
I Couldn't Love You More I couldn't love you more If time was running out I couldn't…
Kiss Of Life There must have been an angel by my side Something heavenly…
Like A Tattoo He told me sweet lies of sweet loves Heavy with the…
No Ordinary Love I gave you all the love I got I gave you…
Pearls There is a woman in Somalia Scraping for pearls on the…
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The lyrics to Sade's song Tar Baby are full of emotional depth and metaphorical meaning. The song seems to tell the story of a woman who is loved by her grandmother but is perceived as naive and has made a mistake that the grandmother cannot believe. The title "Tar Baby" is derived from an African-American folk tale about a doll made of tar, which represents a trap. The grandmother seems to think that her granddaughter has fallen into a trap and is going down the wrong path. However, the woman has found love, represented by the "tar baby" who has shared a secret with her.
Sade's lyrics seem to convey the power of love to overcome obstacles and healing pain. The song refers to how the woman's love is like a sharp blade that cut through two decades of pain like hot coal on ice. The lyrics also suggest that the woman's love has transformed her life, leading to a golden thread inside the web that she was caught in. The words are full of gratitude and wonder for this love, represented by the magical ability to charm the birds out of the skies with the Tar Baby's magic.
Overall, Sade's song is a testament to the power of love to transform our lives and help heal our pain. The metaphors and allusions used in the lyrics give the song a rich depth of meaning.