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| 1 | The Moon and the Sky | Adu/Matthewman | 4:27 |
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| 2 | Soldier of Love | Adu/Matthewman | 5:58 |
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| 3 | Morning Bird | Adu/Matthewman | 3:55 |
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| 4 | Babyfather | Adu/Matthewman | 4:40 |
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| 5 | Long Hard Road | Adu | 3:02 |
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| 6 | Be That Easy | Adu/Matthewman | 3:40 |
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| 7 | Bring Me Home | Adu/Matthewman | 4:08 |
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| 8 | In Another Time | Adu/Matthewman | 5:05 |
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| 9 | Skin | Adu/Matthewman | 4:13 |
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| 10 | The Safest Place | Adu | 2:46 |
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Soldier of Love
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Epic
Category: Pop/Rock
Style: French Rock,Glam Rock,International Pop,Emo,Electro-Industrial,Early British Pop/Rock,British Punk,American Punk,Detroit Rock,Neo-Glam,Hong Kong Pop,Teen Pop,Jam Bands,Progressive Metal,Comedy Rock,Rap-Metal,Sadcore,Latin Rock,Oi!,Rap-Rock,Psychobilly,Ska-Punk,Cowpunk,Chamber Pop,Hot Rod,Neo-Prog,Alternative/Indie Rock,Soft Rock,Folk-Rock,Stoner Metal,Doom Metal,Psychedelic Pop,Hard Rock,Baroque Pop,Indie Rock,Indie Pop,J-Pop,Canterbury Scene,Twee Pop,C-86,Indie Electronic,Goth Metal,Power Metal,College Rock,Bar Band,Neo-Classical Metal,Retro-Rock,British Folk-Rock,Dance-Pop,New Wave of British Heavy Metal,Post-Grunge,Third Wave Ska Revival,Mod,Space Rock,Speed Metal,Proto-Punk,Queercore,Garage Punk,Early Pop/Rock,L.A. Punk,Hair Metal,Roots Rock,Psychedelic,Shibuya-Kei,Swedish Pop/Rock,Instrumental Rock,Hardcore Punk,British Trad Rock,Garage Rock Revival,Madchester,French Pop,Frat Rock,Neo-Psychedelia,Cocktail,Punk-Pop,Rockabilly,Sports Anthems,American Trad Rock,Heartland Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop-Metal,Brill Building Pop,Euro-Rock,Post-Punk,New Wave/Post-Punk Revival,Emo-Pop,Power Pop,New York Punk,Straight-Edge,Sophisti-Pop,Anarchist Punk,Obscuro,Industrial,Grindcore,Merseybeat,Alternative Pop/Rock,Avant-Prog,Punk Metal,Alternative Singer/Songwriter,Aussie Rock,Slowcore,Urban Folk,Blues-Rock,Freakbeat,British Invasion,Experimental Rock,Country-Rock,New Zealand Rock,AM Pop,Scandinavian Metal,Skiffle,Ambient Pop,New Wave,Prog-Rock,Arena Rock,Pub Rock,Mod Revival,Lo-Fi,Shoegaze,Britpop,No Wave,British Metal,Southern Rock,Punk/New Wave,Symphonic Black Metal,Synth Pop,Rock & Roll,Surf,Glitter,Jazz-Rock,Tex-Mex,Noise Pop,British Psychedelia,Retro Swing,American Underground,Post-Hardcore,Grunge,New Romantic,Jangle Pop,Alternative Metal,Dream Pop,Bubblegum,Teen Idols,Alternative Dance,Math Rock,Japanese Rock,Boogie Rock,Noise-Rock,Rockabilly Revival,Surf Revival,Acid Rock,Funk Metal,Alternative Country-Rock,Kraut Rock,Contemporary Pop/Rock,Paisley Underground,Post-Rock,Punk Revival,Country Soul,Riot Grrrl,British Blues,Industrial Metal,Euro-Dance,Club/Dance,Hot Rod Revival,Girl Groups,Ska Revival,Goth Rock,Aboriginal Rock,Sunshine Pop,Singer/Songwriter,Punk,Folk-Pop,Guitar Virtuoso,Swamp Pop,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Death Metal,Skatepunk,Album Rock,Euro-Pop,Garage Rock
Soldier of Love
UPC: 886976393328
Release Date: 02/09/2010
Original Release Date: 02/09/2010
Number of Discs: 1
- Sade
Producer
- Sade Adu
Composer
- Sade Adu
Programming
- Sade Adu
Vocals
- Sade Adu
Lyricist
- Michael Brauer
Mixing
- Paul S. Denman
Bass
- Martin Ditcham
Percussion
- Martin Ditcham
Drums
- Andrew Hale
Keyboards
- Andrew Hale
Programming
- Noel Langley
Trumpet
- Peter Lewinson
Drums
- Stuart Matthewman
Guitar
- Stuart Matthewman
Programming
- Stuart Matthewman
Saxophone
- Leroy Osbourne
Vocals
- Mike Pela
Producer
- Mike Pela
Engineer
- Mike Pela
Mixing
- Mark "Spike" Stent
Mixing
- Gordon Matthewman
Trumpet
- John Davis
Mastering
- Sophie Muller
Ukulele
- Sophie Muller
Art Direction
- Sophie Muller
Photography
- Everton Nelson
Violin
- Tony Momrelle
Vocals
- Ian Burdge
Cello
- Andrew Nicholls
Pre-Production
- S. Matthewman
Composer
- Clay Matthewman
Vocals
- Juan Janes
Guitar
- Sade
Main Performer
Andy Kellman
Sade?s longest absence yet did not prevent their return from being an event. It at least seemed eventful whenever ?Soldier of Love,? released to radio a couple months prior to the album of the same title, was heard over the airwaves. Even with its brilliantly placed lyrical allusions to hip-hop past and present and its mature sound, the single stuck out on stations aimed at teens and twentysomethings, as well as points on the dial that court an older audience. It was the most musical and organic, while also the most dramatic yet least bombastic, song in rotation. Crisp snare rolls, cold guitar stabs, and at least a dozen other elements were deployed with tremendous economy, suspensefully ricocheting off one another as Sade Adu rewrote ?Love Is a Battlefield? with scarred, assured defiance. While the song was an indication of its parent album?s reliance upon organic instrumentation -- the band?s use of synthesized textures and programming is greatly diminished -- it merely hinted at the dark, even fatalist, depth of heartache conveyed throughout the set. On ?Bring Me Home,? Adu is content in resignation (?Send me to slaughter/Lay me on the railway line?), while on ?The Moon and the Sky,? she projects a bruised and angered bewilderment (?You lay me down and left me for the lions?). The focus at least switches temporarily to a loved one on ?In Another Time,? in what resembles a love letter to (what is likely) a young daughter mistreated by members of both sexes (?Their whispers are hailstones in your face?; ?Soon they?ll mean nothing to you?). The bleakness is tempered with themes of survival and recovery, and a song that is truly sweet (?Babyfather"). Relatable most to those who are experiencing solitude created by romantic desertion, this is not your mother's Sade album. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi


