Lovers Live
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| Live album by Sade | |||||
| Released | 5 February 2002 | ||||
| Recorded | 20–21 September 2001; |
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| Length | 69:55 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Director | Sophie Muller | ||||
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| Rolling Stone | favourable |
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Lovers Live is the first live album by English band Sade, released on 5 February 2002 by Epic Records. It was recorded at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on 20 September 2001 and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California on 21 September as part of the band's Lovers Rock Tour. The CD contains thirteen tracks while the DVD contains twenty-two tracks as well as special features.
Lovers Live reached number ten on the US Billboard 200 and number fifty-one on the UK Albums Chart, Sade's first album to miss the top twenty in the UK. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002, having sold US sales of 562,000 copies, while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for shipping 100,000 copies.
The album and DVD were recorded during the band's Lovers Rock Tour in September 2001. The tour ranked number thirteen on Billboard's year-end tally, grossing $26,488,293 million and drawing 491,151 audience members to forty-two concerts. The tour featured India.Arie and Youssou N'Dour as the opening acts.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lovers Live.
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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