SADE – PROMISE LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 1985  SOUL POP JAZZ

Sade – Promise
(Epic Records  1985  EPC86318)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Sleeve / EU Vinyl

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– some slight wear to edges

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sade are an English band formed in London in 1982. Sade Adu is the lead singer of the eponymous band.

Helen Folasade Adu, OBE; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade, is a Nigerian-born English singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and record producer.

Promise is the second studio album by English group Sade. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1985 by Epic Records and in the United States on 21 December 1985 by Portrait Records.

LP

1. “Is It a Crime” – 6:20
2. “The Sweetest Taboo” – 4:37
3. “War of the Hearts” – 6:47
4. “Jezebel” – 5:30
5. “Mr Wrong” – 2:52
6. “Never as Good as the First Time” – 5:00
7. “Fear” – 4:10
8. “Tar Baby” – 3:59
9. “Maureen” – 4:20

Personnel

• Sade Adu – vocals, producer, arranger
• Andrew Hale – keyboards
• Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
• Paul S. Denman – bass
• Terry Bailey – trumpet
• Pete Beachill – trombone
• Carlos Bonnell – guitar
• Jake Jacas – vocals
• Martin Ditcham – percussion
• Dave Early – drums, percussion
• Nick Ingman – arranger

Additional personnel

• Lee Barrett – management
• Pete Brown, Simon Driscoll – assistant engineer
• Tom Coyne – remastering
• Phil Legg – assistant engineer
• Robin Millar – producer
• Mike Pela – producer, engineer, mixing, production engineer, strings
• Ben Rogan – producer
• Graham Smith – design
• Toshi Yajima – photography