New Sade Album

Hi Mega. I am a Sade fan as well. Unfortunately I think this time around I think the mixes on her album falls very short of my expectations. The vocals lack weight and seem to be buried in the mix on some of her tracks. I've e-mailed her (Sadeonline.com) and told her that although I love the material(writing and production), I truly feel that the only disappointment was the mix. Case and point, Jill Scott who's first album release titled "Who's Jill Scott" has a similar feel to the Sade album as far as musical attitude and feel but the mix is far superior on Jill's as opposed to Sade's in my opinion. Hopefully you'll disagree with me and enjoy the album for it's mix as well as it's content but I cringe when I hear her honeyful voice on that terribly mixed material.

yeah, it's well recorded, synth drum tracks and all, but, hey, it's really booooooring.

Hey All -- I haven't bought the new Sade album yet. However, I have heard what may be the feature cut off of the new CD and I think that I can still dissect her honeyed voice from the instrumental background. I have yet to hear the new Sade CD in its full context. But if its like the other Sade classics from the 1980's (1985's "Diamond Life" and "Promise" (I didn't care much for the one she released in 1988 -- "Stronger Than Pride") and 1993's "Love Deluxe"), then I don't see any reason for me to be disappointed when the new Sade CD is added to my collection. Whether it's borring or not, or that all of the authentic instrumentation that has made three out of the past four Sade albums classic is lost remains to be seen. If all of the ingredients are there that has made most of her past albums hit albums are there on THIS album as well, then it will remain in my CD rack right along with her other classics. If not, then I will relegated it to the back of the CD rack, go back to "Diamond Life", "Promise", and "Love Deluxe", and I will never play the Sade CD again. That's my take on that. I'll let everyone know how the new Sade CD turns out in my opinion. Stayed tuned everyone

Going to purchase it on SACD. Can't wait!