Artist:Sade
Song:Soldier of Love
Album:Soldier of Love
Of course most music fans are familiar with Helen "Sade" Adu's 80s hits like Smooth Operator. But what is remarkable about Sade is that in the fickle music business she has gone on hiatus several times and had success upon her return. Usually if an artist is inactive, he or she is forgotten. Sade went on hiatus after the 1992 album Love Deluxe. Helen divorced her first husband and moved to Jamaica in 1995 to live with record producer Bob Morgan. They had a daughter in 1996. Meanwhile the rest of the band recorded as Sweetback. Guitarist Stuart Matthewman produced Maxwell's first two albums. Sade returned with the 2000 album Lovers Rock. And though there were no hit singles from the album, it was certified Platinum. Sade went on hiatus again. Epic released a live album in 2002. Again, Helen moved back to Jamaica to raise her family. She split with Morgan and moved back to England. The others were living in the US. The album Soldier of Love was released in 2010. Not only was the album certified Platinum, the single Soldier of Love reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. I don't know if anyone else has had that kind of success after a long hiatus but I can assure you it is unusual. Soldier of Love is available as a budget CD. It is also Sade's latest album. They recorded Flower of the Universe for the 2018 film A Wrinkle in Time and The Big Unknown for the 2018 film Widows. Stuart Matthewman told Rated R&B in 2019 that the band is working on a new album. But they won't rush it and it will be ready when it is ready. Here's the video for Soldier of Love by Sade.
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