Tracks
Side A
- 11984Your Love Is King3:39E major
- 21985Dutch Top 40: peak position 28 in week 5 of 1985, 4 weeks in the chartHang on to Your Love4:30A major
- 31984Dutch Top 40: peak position 19 in week 42 of 1984, 6 weeks in the chartSmooth Operator4:19E major
- 41985Jezebel5:29E major
Side B
- 51985Dutch Top 40: peak position 14 in week 45 of 1985, 9 weeks in the chartThe Sweetest Taboo4:37F minor
- 61985Dutch Top 40: peak position 32 in week 5 of 1986, 3 weeks in the chartIs It a Crime6:21G minor
- 71986Dutch Top 40: peak position 35 in week 23 of 1986, 3 weeks in the chartNever as Good as the First Time3:58G♯ minor
- 81988Dutch Top 40: peak position 18 in week 19 of 1988, 6 weeks in the chartLove Is Stronger Than Pride4:18C major
Side C
- 91988Dutch Top 40: peak position 26 in week 27 of 1988, 4 weeks in the chartParadise3:37F minor
- 101988Nothing Can Come Between Us3:55G♯ minor
- 111992Dutch Top 40: peak position 19 in week 46 of 1992, 5 weeks in the chartNo Ordinary Love7:20D major
- 121992Like a Tattoo3:38F minor
Side D
- 131992Kiss of Life4:11G♯ minor
- 141993Please Send Me Someone to Love3:41E major
- 151992Cherish the Day5:32C major
- 161992Pearls4:33
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Best of
The Best of sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 109 bpm.
Quietest track: Pearls · most energetic: The Sweetest Taboo
Across 16 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All six members of Sade over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Sade
Sade Adu
Paul S. Denman
Andrew Hale
Stuart Matthewman
Paul Cooke
Dave Early198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Frequently asked questions
When was The Best of by Sade released?
The Best of came out in 1994.
How many tracks are on The Best of?
The Best of has 16 tracks, 74 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Best of made the Dutch Top 40?
Eight tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Hang on to Your Love, Smooth Operator, The Sweetest Taboo, Is It a Crime, Never as Good as the First Time, Love Is Stronger Than Pride and two others. The highest was The Sweetest Taboo, at number 14 in week 45 of 1985.
Which category is The Best of in?
The Best of is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Sade.
Who was in Sade when The Best of came out?
In 1984–1993, Sade consisted of Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, Paul Cooke and Dave Early. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Best of mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Best of?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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