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2014 best of compilation. Definitive, career-spanning and comprehensive, the ESSENTIAL series features the biggest hits and best-loved songs from the most famous names in music history! An incredible value, each 2-CD package features classic hits and signature songs by superstar artists, plus full liner notes and photos for the complete experience. Includes 'Smooth Operator,' 'Your Love is King,' 'Hang on to Your Love,' 'The Sweetest Taboo' and more.

A re-release of 2011's The Ultimate Collection, The Essential Sade contains all but two of the Sade singles -- "When Am I Going to Make a Living" and, unfortunately, "Turn My Back on You" -- released through the first six studio albums. There are six well-chosen album cuts, highlighted by the exceptionally spacious Love Deluxe ballads "Bullet Proof Soul" and "Pearls." For some Sade followers, the one rarity (a restrained Neptunes mix of "By Your Side") and four new songs will be enough to justify re-acquiring the old material. The best of the new songs is a cover of Thin Lizzy's anguished ballad "Still in Love with You," a surprising but strikingly appropriate choice that is granted a hint of sweetness. On the opposite end, a remix of Soldier of Love's "The Moon and the Sky," featuring Jay-Z, marks Sade's first and hopefully last collaboration with an MC. The greater part of this two-hour anthology condenses a rich catalog of impeccably sophisticated and subtly stimulating pop, from 1984's seductive "Your Love Is King" to 2009's chilling "Soldier of Love." ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

Performer	Sade
Music genre	Pop Rock
Music subgenre	Pop
Media format	CD
Original release date	2014
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	2
Series title	The Essential
Track listing	Your Love Is King, Smooth Operator, Hang on to Your Love, The Sweetest Taboo, Is It a Crime, Never As Good As the First Time, Jezebel, Love Is Stronger Than Pride, Paradise, Nothing Can Come Between Us, No Ordinary Love, Kiss of Life, Feel No Pain, Bullet Proof Soul, Cherish the Day, Pearls, By Your Side, Immigrant, Flow, King of Sorrow, The Sweetest Gift, Soldier of Love, The Moon and the Sky, Babyfather, Still in Love with You, Love Is Found, I Would Never Have Guessed, The Moon and the Sky (Remix Feat. Jay Z), By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)
Record label	RCA
Songwriter	Sade
Track name	Smooth Operator
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N