Promise (Sade album)
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| Studio album by Sade | ||||
| Released | 4 November 1985 (UK) 15 November 1985 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1985; Power Plant Studios (London) Studio Miraval (Correns, France) |
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| Length | 54:10 | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B |
| Rolling Stone | mixed |
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Promise is the second studio album by English band Sade, first released in the United Kingdom on 4 November 1985 by Epic Records and in the United States on 15 November 1985 by Portrait Records. In 1984 the band released their debut album Diamond Life, the album became highly successful selling six million copies, and became the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist. Following the release of the album the band began planning its follow up, recording for Promise began in February and lasted until August 1985, the band enlisted the same team of producers they worked with on their debut, including Robin Millar, Mike Pela, Ben Rogan and lead singer Sade Adu. The album's title comes from a letter from Adu's father where he refers to the "promise of hope" to recover from cancer.
Upon release Promise was met with acclaim from music critics. Commercially the album was a success peaking at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, the album was later certified multi platinum in both regions. Promise became the band's first album to top the album charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The album also reached number one in Switzerland and Italy and the top five in numerous countries including Canada, Germany and New Zealand. The album spawned three singles, including the highly charting single "The Sweetest Taboo", which became a success worldwide.
After studying fashion design, and later modeling briefly, Sade backup singing with British band Pride, during this time she formed a writing partnership with Pride's guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman; together, backed by Pride's rhythm section, they began doing their own sets at Pride gigs. In 1983 Sade and Matthewman split from Pride along with keyboardist Andrew Hale, bassist Paul Denman, and drummer Paul Cooke and formed Sade; later that year they got a record deal. Following this Sade released their debut album Diamond Life (1984) which became a success in the United Kingdom and later became a success in the United States following the release of its single "Smooth Operator".Diamond Life had international sales of over 6 million copies, becoming one of the top-selling debut recordings of the 1980s and the best-selling debut ever by a British female vocalist.
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