{"product_id":"sade-promise-vinyl-lp","title":"Sade: Promise Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReleased just 12 months after Diamond Life\u003c\/i\u003e (they’ve now slowed to a cool album-every-ten-years average…), \u003cem\u003ePromise\u003c\/em\u003e retains much of the cool lounge chic of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=sade\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s debut while branching out into more latin and balearic sounds, with \u003cstrong\u003eSade Adu\u003c\/strong\u003e herself producing and arranging several tracks alongside \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Diamond%20Life\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Sade%22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiamond Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e producer \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Millar\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePromise\u003c\/em\u003e opens in full-blown jazz mode with the dynamic big band drama of \"Is It A Crime\" before moving into one of their best known songs, the rainy confessional \"The Sweetest Taboo.\" \"Tar Baby,\" \"Jezebel\" and \"Never As Good As The First Time\" are sultry jazz ballads in the vein of \u003cem\u003eDiamond Life\u003c\/em\u003e, but the rest of the record is peppered with balearic and experimental touches that hint at the promise of the band’s subsequent work. The macabre theatrics and borderline free jazz of \"Fear\" (with Adu trading off English and Spanish verses), shuffling fusion of \"Mr. Wrong,\" sultry bossa nova of \"War Of The Hearts\" and upbeat jazz-funk of \"Maureen\" are other major standouts. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egatefold sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 1985\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEpic 2024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by hannibal chew 11\/2017\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Sade","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":40922239860826,"sku":"lp-15009","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/files\/sade-promise-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1762285329","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/sade-promise-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}