I went overboard in some reviews as whatever I don't have to give excuses, but anyway I find it funny how the shadow of this album (and previous from Sade) were everywhere in the downtempo and electronica during the 90s and 00s. Sade and her band - all four are an integral part of the looks, the brand, the sound, the mood - go a bit further than the home listening and blend it a bit with soul and disco jazz, which on one hand gave them quite a success in mainstream because on how accessible they were and on the other that the production is so rich and complicated that it predates all the craze with slow disco so many years later. And it was funny, because on one hand the Sade albums were considered the easy listening, the listening for dinners, but on the other 'Turn my back on you', 'Keep looking', 'Paradise', 'Nothing can come between us' are incredibly moody ambient jazzy disco tunes with a so careful use of call and response and syncopation that makes them so unique and catchy. There are things here that take you back to the year it was made as the instrumental and some ballads, but the influence, oh the influence. You go to Dekmantel and someone drops Sade. You go to a Church or Coastal Haze party and Sade is there. You hear hints of Sade in the Latin years of John Beltran.
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If this band are still that admired in the electronic scene is because we grew up with that and our love with rhythm and melody is related to what is exposed here. And the title song is one of the most beautiful love songs ever and 'sitting here waiting for you would be like waiting for winter' gets me every time and I rest my case members of the jury.
Love is stronger than pride I still really really love you MM MM MM MM MM Sitting here wasting my time Would be like Waiting for the sun to rise It's all too clear things come and go Sitting here waiting for you Would be like waiting for winter It's gonna be cold There may even Be snow I still really really love you Love is stronger than pride.