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Release date: 27-06-2010(originally released in 1993) 2010 Dutch exclusive limited Music On Vinyl edition 11-track LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL, originally released in 1993 All tracks have been digitaly remastered. presented in deluxe picture sleeve, stickered. Tracks: A1 No Ordinary Love Percussion - Martin Ditcham A2 Feel No Pain A3 I Couldn't Love You More A4 Like A Tattoo B1 Kiss Of Life Arranged By [Strings] - Nick Ingman Drums, Percussion - Martin Ditcham B2 Cherish The Day B3 Pearls B4 Bullet Proof Soul B5 Mermaid "No Ordinary Love" won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Rhythm-and-Blues Duo or Group With Vocal." With her smooth, smoky, soul-pop sound and elegant image, Sade became a ubiquitous figure in the mid 1980s, turning out hit after hit with her first three albums. After an unusually long gap of four years, she delivered the final album of her career's initial phase, LOVE DELUXE. None of the songs here radically depart from the style Sade established on her earlier recordings; her soft, cooing, breathy vocal style--sort of a Julie London for the '80s--and mellow, jazz-tinged arrangements are still at the forefront. If anything, there's an even more languorous feel to such tunes as "No Ordinary Love" (which would be her last Top 40 hit) and "Cherish the Day." No matter how close to slow-jam/quiet-storm heaven things get, though, the low-key funk inflections that pop up periodically still keep things percolating--simmering but never boiling over. Sade wouldn't release another album until 2000's LOVER'S ROCK, but she left her fans plenty to remember her by with LOVE DELUXE.
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