Sade - The Ultimate Collection

Sade - Just in time for her 2011 world tour comes this 29-track double disc anthology -- basically her "Best of" with more songs from '01's "Lovers Rock" and last year's Soldiers of Love plus a few unreleased tracks and mixes // Release: Ultimate Collection // Sounds like: the dark, gritty edge explored on the hit "Soldier of Love" goes even deeper on the quite amazing "Love Is Found", a song that moves from stringed noir cabaret to metal (!) tinged riffs and the most menacing beats you've heard in a while...it works // What we like: the cover of Phil "Thin Lizzy" Lynott's 1974 song "Still In Love With You" has some nice touches, though it could have used a bit more of kick here and there -- interesting how she can make any song her own...

Sade - "Love Is Found" (from Ultimate Collection)

Sade - "Still In Love With You" (from Ultimate Collection)

Sade – The Ultimate Collection

Disc 1

1. Your Love Is King
2. Smooth Operator
3. Hang On to Your Love
4. The Sweetest Taboo
5. Is It a Crime
6. Never as Good as the First Time
7. Jezebel
8. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
9. Paradise
10. Nothing Can Come Between Us
11. No Ordinary Love
12. Kiss of Life
13. Feel No Pain+
14. Bullet Proof Soul+

Disc 2

1. Cherish the Day
2. Pearls
3. By Your Side+
4. Immigrant+
5. Flow+
6. King of Sorrow+
7. The Sweetest Gift+
8. Solider of Love+
9. The Moon and the Sky+
10. Babyfather+
11. Still in Love With You**
12. Love Is Found**
13. I Would Never Have Guessed**
14. The Moon and the Sky (Remix Featuring Jay-Z)**
15. By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)+

+ Not on The Best of Sade
** Never Before Released