{"id":1387,"date":"2011-12-02T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T22:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcellee.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:53:39","slug":"audio-soldier-of-love-sade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcellee.com\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"audio review : Soldier Of Love ( album ) … Sade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Songstress Sade has a thing for Love. This is her third album in a row with that word in the title. For her, it’s a catch-all for romantic allure, which this time comes with the theme of war. Even the Babyfather ballad, presumably dedicated to her own daughter, has “troops and extra backup standing by”.<\/p>\n

It’s a waste of resources though. The one place Sade needs back-up is on the hooks of these songs, which rarely sway from the narrow melodic range we’ve come to expect from her. It, along with the smooth jazz grooves it’s presented upon, represents her comfort zone. But neo-soul only goes so far.<\/p>\n

There’s some impressive, subtle yet sporadic, instrumentation happening during the last third of the title track, which marches like the beat of a military band. The best song though doesn’t come until the album’s end. “In my heart, your love has found the safest hiding place,” she sings to her soldier.<\/p>\n

my rating : 3 of 5<\/p>\n

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Songstress Sade has a thing for Love. This is her third album in a row with that word in the title. For her, it’s a catch-all for romantic allure, which this time comes with the theme of war. Even the Babyfather ballad, presumably dedicated to her own daughter, has “troops and extra backup standing by”. … Continue reading audio review : Soldier Of Love ( album ) … Sade<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9761],"tags":[5353,102,72,74],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-reviews-with-a-3-of-5-rating","tag-mike-pela","tag-romance","tag-sade","tag-war"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t