Sade by Carrie Braybrooks

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10 OF SADE’S BEST TRACKS OF ALL TIME AS SELECTED BY CARRIE BRAYBROOKS

This zine is designed as a tribute to my favourite artist of all time. As a music lover of many different eras and genres, that title is difficult to award. There are many contenders but none quite as worthy as the queen herself. I had no idea my love and appreciation for her could grow to be more than it was, but through this project it has. I first heard her music as a child– she is one of my Dad’s favourite artists as well and her CDs would always play in our house. I feel that her music has always been ingrained in me. Sade is timeless. Sade is for every occasion. There is no other artist whose music has had the same profound effect on me. There is not a single track of hers that does not resonate with me; they are all a masterpiece in their own way. It was near impossible to compile this top 10 list! Almost as impossible as finding the right words to describe how much her music means to me. -CB

Why Can’t We Live Toge

No O Cherish The Day PG. 18

I Never Thought I’d Se Paradis

Clean Heart

PG. 34

The Sweetest

ether

PG. 6

Bullet Proof Soul

Ordinary Love

PG. 14

Pearls ee The Day se

PG. 22

PG. 26

PG. 30

Taboo

Flow PG. 42

PG. 10

PG. 38

Tell me why tell me why tell me why Mmm, why can't we live together? Tell me why tell me why Mmm, why can't we live together? Everybody wants to live together Why can't we be together? No more war, no more war, no more war Mmm, just a little peace No more war, no more war All we want is some peace in this world Everybody wants to live together Why can't we be together? No matter, no matter what color Mmm, you are still my brother I said no matter, no matter what color Mmm, you are still my brother Everybody wants to live together Why can't we be together? Everybody wants to live Everybody's got to be together Everybody wants to live Everybody's got to be together

Everybody's got to be together Everybody wants to be together I said no matter, no matter what color Mmm, you are still my brother I said no matter, no matter what color You are still my brother Everybody wants to live together Why can't we be together? Gotta live together Together!

1984

RANK #1

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

why can’t we live together power plant, london

diamond life epic

Why Can’t We Live Together

TELL ME WHY TE TELL ME WHY. M WE LIVE TOGETH WHY, TELL ME W CaN’T WE LIVE T EVERYBODY Wa N TOGETHER. WHY TOGETHER?

NO MORE WaR, N NO MORE WaR. M LITTLE PEaCE. N NO MORE WaR. a SOME PEaCE IN T

ELL ME WHY MMM, WHY CaN’T HER? TELL ME WHY. MMM, WHY TOGETHER? NTS TO LIVE Y Ca N’T WE BE

NO MORE WaR, MMM, JUST a NO MORE WaR, aLL WE WaNT IS THIS WORLD.

Bullet Proof Soul 10

I was so in love with you You rarely see a love that true Wasn't that enough for you? Wasn't that enough for you? I would climb a mountain I wouldn't want to see you fall Rock climb for you And give you a reason for it all You kept on thinking You were the only one Too busy thinking Love is a gun Hit me like a slow bullet Like a slow bullet Took me some time to realize it You kept on thinking You were the only one Too busy thinking Love is a gun I know the end before The story's been told It's not that complicated But you're gonna need a bullet proof soul You kept on thinking You were the only one Too busy thinking Love is a gun I know the end before The story's been told It's not that complicated But you're gonna need a bullet proof soul You were trigger happy, baby You never warned me, let me free It's not that complicated But you're going to need a bullet proof soul Think you got it but you got all the trouble you need I came in like a lamb But I intend to leave like a lion It hit me like a slow bullet It hit me like a slow bullet

1992

RANK #2

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

bullet proof soul condulmer, venice ridge farm, surrey the hit factory, nyc image recording, la

love deluxe

epic

YOU WERE TRIGG YOU NEVER WaRN LET ME FREE. IT’S THaT COMPLICaT BUT YOU’RE GOIN

a BULLET

THINK YOU GOT I aLL THE TROUBL I CaME IN LIKE a L INTEND TO LEaV IT HIT ME LIKE IT HIT ME LIKE

a a

GER HaPPY, BaBY. NED ME. ’S NOT TED NG TO NEED

ROOF SOUL.

IT BUT YOU GOT LE YOU NEED. LaMB, BUT I VE LIKE a LION. SLOW BULLET. SLOW BULLET.

I I I I

gave you all the love I got gave you more than I could give gave you love gave you all that I have inside And you took my love You took my love

No Ordinary Love Didn't I tell you What I believe? Did somebody say that A love like that won't last? Didn't I give you All that I've got to give, baby?

I gave you all the love I got I gave you more than I could give I gave you love I gave you all that I have inside And you took my love You took my love

I keep crying I keep trying for you There's nothing like you and I baby

This is no ordinary love No ordinary love This is no ordinary love No ordinary love

When you came my way You brightened every day With your sweet smile

Didn't I tell you What I believe? Did somebody say that A love like that won't last?

Didn't I give you All that I've got to give, baby? This is no ordinary love No ordinary love This is no ordinary love No ordinary love

I keep crying I keep trying for you There’s nothing like you and I baby This is no ordinary love No ordinary love This is no ordinary love No ordinary love

Keep trying for you Keep crying for you Keep flying for you Keep flying and I’m falling And I’m falling Keep trying for you Keep crying for you Keep flying for you Keep flying and I’m falling And I’m falling

1992

RANK #3

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

no ordinary love condulmer, venice ridge farm, surrey the hit factory, nyc image recording, la

love deluxe

epic

WHEN YOU CaME YOU BRIGHTENED WITH YOUR SWE DIDN’T I TELL YO WHaT I BELIEVE? DID SOMEBODY S a LOVE LIKE THa DIDN’T I GIVE YOU GOT TO GIVE, Ba

THIS IS NO ORDIN NO THIS IS NO ORDIN NO

E MY WaY D EVERY DaY EET SMILE. OU ? SaY THaT aT WON’T LaST? U aLL THaT I’VE aBY?

NaRY LOVE. ORDINaRY LOVE. NaRY LOVE. ORDINaRY LOVE.

You’re ruling the way that I move And I breathe your air You only can rescue me This is my prayer If you were mine If you were mine I wouldn’t want to go to heaven Cherish the day I won’t go astray I won’t be afraid You won’t catch me running You’re ruling the way that I move You take my air You show me how deep love can be You’re ruling the way that I move And I breathe your air You only can rescue me This is my prayer Cherish the Day I won’t go astray I won’t be afraid You won’t catch me running Cherish the Day I won’t go astray I won’t be afraid Won’t run away

You show me how deep love can be You show me how deep love can be This is my prayer Cherish the Day I won’t go astray I won’t be afraid Won’t run away Won’t shy Cherish the Day I won’t go astray I I I I I

Cherish Cherish Cherish Cherish Cherish

the the the the the

Day Day Day Day Day

1992

RANK #4

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

cherish the day condulmer, venice ridge farm, surrey the hit factory, nyc image recording, la

love deluxe

epic

Cherish The Day

YOU’RE RULING T MOVE. aND I BRE YOU ONLY CaN RE TH IF YOU WERE MIN IF I WOU

CHERISH

I WO I W YOU WON’T CaT C

THE WaY THaT I EaTHE YOUR aIR. ESCUE ME. HIS IS MY PRaYER. NE, YOU WERE MINE, ULDN’T WaNT TO GO TO HEaVEN.

THE DaY.

ON’T GO aSTRaY. WON’T BE aFRaID. TCH ME RUNNING. CHERISH THE DaY.

There is a woman in Somalia Scraping for pearls on the roadside There’s a force stronger than nature Keeps her will alive This is how she’s dying She’s dying to survive Don’t know what she’s made of I would like to be that brave She cries to the heaven above There is a stone in my heart She lives a life she didn’t choose And it hurts like brand-new shoes Hurts like brand-new shoes There is a woman in Somalia The sun gives her no mercy The same sky we lay under Burns her to the bone Long as afternoon shadows It’s gonna take her to get home Each grain carefully wrapped up Pearls for her little girl Hallelujah Hallelujah

She cries to the heaven above There is a stone in my heart She lives in a world she didn’t choose And it hurts like brand-new shoes Hurts like brand-new shoes

1992

RANK #5

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

pearls condulmer, venice ridge farm, surrey the hit factory, nyc image recording, la

love deluxe

epic

Pearls

THERE IS a WOM SCRaPING FOR

ON THE ROaDSID T STRONGE KEEPS HER WILL THIS IS HO SHE’S DYING TO DON’T KNOW WH OF. I WOULD LIKE

SHE CRIES TO TH

Ma N IN SOMa LIa

PEaRLS

DE. THERE’S a FORCE ER THaN NaTURE. L aLIVE. OW SHE’S DYING. SURVIVE. HaT SHE’S MaDE E TO BE THaT BRaVE. HE HEaVEN aBOVE.

I Ne I’d S

1988

RANK #6

SONG

ALBUM

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LABEL

i never thought i’d see the day compass point, nassau miraval, le val marcadet, paris

stronger than pride

epic

ever Thought See The Day You shed a shadow on my life Shed a shadow on a love Took the shelter out of my life Took the shelter of a lie I could see it in your restless eyes The truth I was hiding The truth you could not disguise But I never thought I’d see the day I knew I’d need a miracle to make you stay I knew I needed a miracle And I never thought I’d see the day

You put a shadow on a love Took a shelter of a lie Took the shelter out of my life I wish you could shelter me Shelter me now I need a miracle And I never thought I’d see the day

YOU SHED a SHaD LIFE. SHED a SHa LOVE. TOOK THE OF MY LIFE. TOO OF a LIE. 28

I COULD SEE IT IN RESTLESS EYES I WaS HIDING. TH COULD NOT DISG

BUT I NEVER THO THE DaY. I KNEW MIRaCLE TO MaK

DOW ON MY aDOW ON a E SHELTER OUT OK THE SHELTER

N YOUR S, THE TRUTH HE TRUTH YOU GUISE.

OUGHT I’D SEE W I’D NEED a KE YOU STaY.

Para dise

I’d wash the sand off the shore Give you the world if it was mine Blow you right to my door Feels fine

Feels like You’re mine Feels right So fine I’m yours You’re mine Like paradise I’d give you the world if it was mine Feels fine Feels like You’re mine I’m yours So fine Like paradise

I’d wash the sand off the shore Give you the world if it was mine Blow you right to my door Feels fine

Feels like You’re mine Feels right So fine I’m yours You’re mine Like paradise Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh,

what what what what

a a a a

life life life life

I wanna share my life Wanna share my life with you Wanna share my life I wanna share my life Wanna share my life with you Wanna share my life I wanna share my life Wanna share my life with you (Ooh, what a life) Wanna share my Wanna share my (Like paradise) Wanna share my Wanna share my Wanna share my Wanna share my

life life with you life life with you life life with you

1988

RANK #7

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

paradise compass point, nassau miraval, le val marcadet, paris

stronger than pride

epic

I’D WaSH THE Sa OFF THE SHORE. GIVE YOU THE W IF IT WaS MINE. BLOW YOU RIGHT FEELS FINE. FEELS LIKE... YOU’RE MINE... FEELS RIGHT... SO FINE...

aND

. WORLD

T TO MY DOOR. 33

I’M YOURS. YOU’RE MINE. LIKE PaRaDISE.

Clean Heart

1988

RANK #8

Clean heart Clean and sharp Clean dream Bad start

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

clean heart compass point, nassau miraval, le val marcadet, paris

stronger than pride

epic

He loved his brother and his sister Luke and Tony called him mister They made him feel much more Like a man He loved his daddy though he never told him And how he loved his mama He loved, he loved, loved, loved her like an Italian Little Janet said you look so fine So fine But something in his smile Made them feel like strangers And then he straightened his belt With a lover’s touch And he said I’m gonna bring home The things that are out of your clutch Seemed like the hottest night in summer A heat that makes you feel like dying Somewhere in the next block There was a baby crying Finger on the trigger for the years to come Finger on the trigger for the years to come And as the moon slid up over the restless streets Sirens mocking, people stop to see Ooh, their greedy eyes don’t realize He’s someone’s son Finger on the trigger for the years to come Finger on the trigger for the years to come

CLEaN HEaRT. CLEaN aND SHaR

...SEEMED LIKE T NIGHT IN SUMME MaKES YOU FEEL SOMEWHE BLOCK, TH

FINGER ON THE T THE Y

RP.

CLEaN DREaM. BaD STa RT.

THE HOTTEST ER. a HEaT THaT L LIKE DYING. ERE IN THE NEXT HERE WaS a BaBY CRYING.

TRIGGER FOR YEaRS TO COME.

Flow 38

2000

RANK #9

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

flow

lovers rock

sarm hook end, london el cortijo, san pedro de alcántara deliverance, london

epic

Ooh baby mm When you hold me Oh Oh When you hold me the sound Is it possible I could feel this good I could really love you the way I do Is it possible I would feel this good I could really love you the way I do See me (within the light) Flowing (take me to you) Like the river to the sea You come down (I’m in the light) You cover (pull me to you) And the waves rush over me I feel a love light rush over me I feel the love turn to me And then your love just creeps over me Over me See me (within the light) Flowing (take me to you) Like the river to the sea You come down (I’m in the light) You cover (pull me to you) The waves rush over me Ooh baby mm When you hold me Oh oh When you hold me closer And I won’t let I won’t let you And I won’t let I won’t let you

you go go you go go

Take up your love Take up your love Take up your love And come to me This love’s not a liar To cold it’s a fire I’m on the run And it’s a comfort to me I won’t let it go Take up your love Take up your love Take up your love And come to me This love’s not a liar To cold it’s a fire I’m on the run And it’s a comfort to me And I won’t let I won’t let you And I won’t let I won’t let you

you go go you go go

IS IT POSSIBLE I I COULD REaLLY SEE ME (WITHIN 40

(TaKE ME TO YOU LIKE THE RIV YOU COME DOWN (I’ YOU COVER (PUL aND THE WaVES

WOULD FEEL THIS GOOD. LOVE YOU THE WaY I DO. THE LIGHT)

FLOWING

U), VER TO THE SEa. N ’M IN THE LIGHT). LL ME TO YOU) S RUSH OVER ME.

The Sweetest Taboo If I tell you If I tell you now Will you keep on Will you keep on loving me? If I tell you If I tell you how I feel Will you keep bringing out the best in me?

You give me, you give me the sweetest taboo You give me, you’re giving me the sweetest taboo Too good for me There’s a quiet storm And it never felt like this before There’s a quiet storm That is you There’s a quiet storm And it never felt this hot before Giving me something that’s taboo (Sometimes I think you’re just too good for me) You give me the sweetest taboo That’s why I’m in love in with you (with you) You give me the sweetest taboo Too good for me (Sometimes I think you’re just too good for me)

I’d do anything for you, I’d stand out in the rain Anything you want me to do, don’t let it slip away There’s a quiet storm And it never felt like this before There’s a quiet storm I think it’s you There’s a quiet storm And I never felt this hot before Giving me something that’s taboo You give me the (you give me, you give me the) sweetest taboo That’s why I’m in love with you (with you) You give me, keep giving me the sweetest taboo Too good for me You’ve got the biggest heart Sometimes I think you’re just too good for me Every day is Christmas, and every night is New Year’s Eve Will you keep on loving me Will you keep on, will you keep on Bringing out the best in me

1985

RANK #10

SONG

ALBUM

STUDIO

LABEL

the sweetest taboo power plant, london miraval, le val

promise

epic

THERE’S a QUIET STORM, aND I NEVER FELT THIS HOT BEFORE. GIVING ME SOMETHING THaT’S TaBOO.

YOU GIVE ME THE (YOU GIVE ME, YO

SWEETES

E OU GIVE ME THE)

ST TaBOO.

APPLE GARAMOND DESIGNER(S)

tony stan EDITORIAL NEW DESIGNER(S)

mathieu desjardins francesca bolognini

FOUNDRY

bitstream 2019 FOUNDRY

pangram pangram

CoLoP GATWICK DESIGNER(S)

valerio monopoli HANSON

DESIGNER(S)

finn hanberg

1977

IVY PRESTO

DESIGNER(S)

jan maack MIGRA

DESIGNER(S)

valerio monopoli MOCHE DESIGNER(S)

vivien gorse NEUE HAAS GROTESK DESIGNER(S)

christian schwartz NEW YORK DESIGNER(S)

artem nevsky

2019

FOUNDRY

pangram pangram 2019

FOUNDRY

hanson method 2020

FOUNDRY

ivy foundry 2020

FOUNDRY

pangram pangram 2019 FOUNDRY

pépite 2011 FOUNDRY

monotype 2020 FOUNDRY

nevsky type design

PARALUCENT DESIGNER(S)

rian hughes

2001 FOUNDRY

device fonts

ROSLINDALE DESIGNER(S)

david jonathan ross

2018 FOUNDRY

djr

SWEAR

2020

PHoN DESIGNER(S)

james edmondson

FOUNDRY

oh no type co

WHO MADE THIS? DESIGNER

carrie braybrooks

WEBSITE

carriebraybrooks.com

WHO INSPIRED THIS? SINGER / SONGWRITER

helen folasade adu BAND MEMBERS / SONGWRITERS

paul s. denman andrew hale stuart matthewman

WEBSITE

sade.com

Sa 48

aDE Helen Folasade Adu

CBE

(Yoruba: Folásadé Adú; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade (shah-DAY), is a Nigerian-born British singer, songwriter, and actress, known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. One of the most successful British female artists in history, she is often recognised as an influence on contemporary music. Her influence on music was recognised in the UK with an award of the OBE in 2002, and a CBE in 2017. Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and brought up partly in Essex, England, from the age of four. In the early 1980s she formed the band Sade, and secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1983. A year later the band released the album Diamond Life (1984), which became one of the best-selling albums of the era, and the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist. Late the next year, they released Promise (1985) which peaked at number one in both the UK and the US and became the band’s first album to reach number one on the US Billboard 200. Following the band’s successful third and fourth albums, Stronger Than Pride (1988) and Love Deluxe (1992), they went on hiatus after the birth of Sade’s child. After a spell of eight years without an album, the band reunited in 1999, and released Lovers Rock (2000). The album departed from the jazz-inspired inflections of their previous work, featuring mellower sounds and pop compositions. The band then underwent another hiatus, not producing music for another ten years until the release of Soldier of Love (2010). The band currently has a new album in the works.

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10 OF SADE’S BEST TRACKS OF ALL TIME AS SELECTED BY CARRIE BRAYBROOKS