![]() ![]() But something's happened in recent years, and a different Sade is emerging. Her music has often seemed stylized-beautifully constructed but ultimately lacking any really convincing passion. What is she so sad about, I wondered? What's she mourning? I've thought some of these same thoughts each time I've listened to the new record from Sade. Like that novel, Lovers Rock is underscored by a non-specific melancholy, as though Sade's world had been soured beyond hope. I thought of The Great Gatsby, where doomed love is set against the thrum and hiss of the jazz age. ![]() For a long time after first hearing the album I struggled to identify what it recalled, mentally thumbing through my old albums, before realizing that the feeling it evoked had less in common with music than it did with literature. Welcome to the complex world of Sade.Įach listen of Sade's Lovers Rock started the scratching at the back of my head, setting off a nagging reminding me of something out of reach, the half-revived memory of a previously-forgotten loss. Guess there was nothing left to do but bring out a new album. She lost a marriage and a house too, but rebuilt the house and rediscovered love, gave birth to a daughter, and finally figured out how to deal with fame. She's sold 50 millions records and doesn't need to work again. She's been out of the spotlight for eight years, yet never out of the charts. ![]()
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