Sade
Fronted by Sade Adu, the band brought cool jazz restraint to 80s pop and sold millions without raising their voice. 'Diamond Life' (1984) won the Brit Award for Best British Album and made 'Smooth Operator' a worldwide standard of sophisti-pop.
Origin: London, England · Years active: 1982–present
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Biography
Fronted by Sade Adu, the band brought cool jazz restraint to 80s pop and sold millions without raising their voice. 'Diamond Life' (1984) won the Brit Award for Best British Album and made 'Smooth Operator' a worldwide standard of sophisti-pop.
Key 1980s albums
- Diamond Life (1984) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Promise (1985) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Stronger Than Pride (1988) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
Essential songs
- Smooth Operator (1984) — 80s songs
- Your Love Is King (1984) — 80s songs
- The Sweetest Taboo (1985) — 80s songs
- Is It a Crime (1985) — 80s songs
- Paradise (1988) — 80s songs
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Sade — quick answers
- Who are Sade?
- Sade — London, England, active 1982–present. Fronted by Sade Adu, the band brought cool jazz restraint to 80s pop and sold millions without raising their voice. 'Diamond Life' (1984) won the Brit Award for Best British Album and made 'Smooth Operator' a worldwide s
- What did Sade release in the 1980s?
- RADIO 1980 lists 3 albums and 5 essential songs for Sade, covering 1984–1988.
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