Music : Stronger Than Pride
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 6969985242246
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: November 14, 2000
Sales Rank: 7664
Studio: Sony
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I was quite nervous ordering a used CD, but the price was incredible so I said, 'what the heck', and am still reaping the benifits. Not only did it arrive promplty, it was in better condition than I thought. Great Job. I would definitely order from the person in the future.
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'Stronger than Pride' follows the jazz-pop 'Diamond Life' and the darker 'Promise'. On this one Sade goes for a more 'World Music' style with spanish & southamerican/caribbean influence.The result is an unbeatable album from top to bottom. This is another masterpiece from Sade. 'Love is Stronger than Pride' is my all time favorite Sade song.
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This is my second favorite Sade album but it's also the one that I truly remember critics trying to tear down because of what they deemed the "Sade" sound - being too commercially slick and not going outside the box of their signature sound. To those claims, I say "if it ain't broke, why try to fix it?"
The songs just flow into each other so seamlessly that it is one of the discs that I can listen to from start to finish - the only song that kept me from giving it a full 5 is the last track - I like the music production but not the song as a whole.
My favorite tracks are: KEEP LOOKING - love this song, always encourages me to look to the positive side of life and not to let things get me down; LOVE IS STRONGER THAN PRIDE - love the spare beauty of her voice with the very low key music; NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN US - very catchy; CLEAN HEART - again, the spare production of this song is perfection; PARADISE & NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY.
For those who are trying to build a Sade collection, I'd recommend this disc - the strong songs and excellent music production will have you reaching for this disc over & over again.
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"Paradise" is the song of note on this album. Taking nothing away from the other songs, it's just that Sade and her band went in a slightly different direction with this effort. Still, not bad! It's remastered which yields a "cleaner" and "brighter" sound that one can appreciate! Get your copy and enjoy it!
Three stars!!
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Stronger Than Pride is probably Sade's most stripped down and sparse album. Rather than offer any particular standout singles, it seems more like a concept album. I'm not saying it doesn't offer good individual songs, but that all songs meld together to create a continuous sense of sophistication and understated elegance, two hallmarks of the Sade sound. But the elegance and sophistication is so understated, so refined, so austere, that it is perhaps best for a diehard fan and not a good place for the new fan to start. For a new fan, I would recommend starting with Diamond Life or perhaps Best of Sade.
The other sensation this album evokes, also a hallmark of the Sade sound, is melancholy. Haunt Me, Keep Looking, I Never Thought I'd See the Day, and many of the other songs (save for the tropical and romantic Paradise) have a somewhat lonely, sad undertone. It reminds me of Eddie Murphy's comments in the movie "Boomerang." He tells Halle Berry that he is having the kind of sad day where he just wants to go home, stare at the wall, and listen to Sade. I'm sure he listened to Love is Stronger Than Pride quite a few times that day.
There are, however, two songs that stand out for me.
Love is Stronger Than Pride is almost a hymn. After the betrayal of a lover, Sade is opening her heart again, admitting that though she's not good at forgiving she may give her lover another chance because, after all, love is stronger than pride. And since this ... Read More
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