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9.0
9129
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
Since Sade so rarely enter the studio together, Soldier Of Love is a rare thing indeed, and one to be treasured
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8.0
8937
8.0 |
PopMatters
The qualities that millions of devoted fans enjoy about Sade are placed in new contexts on Soldier of Love... In this first year of a new decade, Sade bravely soldiers on, ever-committed to her artistic vision
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8.0
8654
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
8652
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
8827
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The Moon And The Sky and the title track offer hushed drama, while Babyfather is almost upbeat
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7.0
8993
7.0 |
Pitchfork
Sade hasn't changed, and Solider of Love will likely be the year's most relaxing album
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7.0
8835
7.0 |
The Observer
Succinct, masterful and adventurous, "Soldier…" sounds unequivocally like vintage hoop-earring Sade while knocking preconceptions over like ninepins
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7.0
9197
7.0 |
Sydney Morning Herald
Yes, Soldier of Love is smooth enough to be the soundtrack to a dinner party but if your guests catch a sharp angle or two from some of these songs, conversation over dessert could be a little tart
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7.0
8908
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Sumptuously melancholy, exquisitely beautiful R&B, perfect for crying on a very expensive sofa
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7.0
9096
7.0 |
The Quietus
...for the most part, this is an album far too complex to overlook, and an object lesson – as if Sade fans needed one - in the guiltlessness of pleasure
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6.0
9017
6.0 |
The Guardian
Has the usual hallmarks – lushness and understatement, balanced by lyrics of surprising transparency, and few signs of engagement with the rest of the pop world
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6.0
8831
6.0 |
The Times
Forget genre-lines for a second and you could almost be listening to a female David Sylvian
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6.0
8653
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
8785
6.0 |
The Times
On an album bordering upon ambient in its statuesque stillness, Soldier of Love suffers for the lack of a Sweetest Taboo or Paradise — hits that attest to Sade’s ability to navigate a funkier tempo with joyous aplomb
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6.0
8799
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Exudes the kind of effortless, whipped-cream pop-and jazz-inflected rhythms that, if they're still around at all, have been wilfully spiked by über- contemporary digital trickery
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4.0
8819
4.0 |
The Independent
...poise has always been Sade's byword, but this time the understated restraint has started to sound too mechanical, the musical equivalent of a sex toy
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4.0
8841
4.0 |
The Sunday Times
Despite a promising start... the album soon lapses into all-too-familiar territory
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4.0
8893
4.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
...everything here has the emotion polished from it
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