Love Deluxe
by Sade

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Love Deluxe by Sade
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-10-26
Overall rank: 951st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 212 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1992 (18th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (176th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (951st)

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Sade bestography

Love Deluxe is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Sade on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sade is Diamond Life which is ranked number 596 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,808.

Sade album bestography « Higher ranked (596th)
Diamond Life This album (951st)
Love Deluxe Lower ranked (2,632nd) »
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Love Deluxe track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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No Ordinary Love
Average Rating: 85 (82 votes)Comments: View 1
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Feel No Pain
Average Rating: 80 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
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I Couldn't Love You More
Average Rating: 77 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
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Like A Tattoo
Average Rating: 79 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
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Kiss Of Life
Average Rating: 82 (58 votes)Comments: View 0
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Cherish The Day
Average Rating: 81 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
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Pearls
Average Rating: 82 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bullet Proof Soul
Average Rating: 80 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
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Mermaid
Average Rating: 78 (44 votes)Comments: View 0

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Love Deluxe rankings

Love Deluxe rankings summary
Overall rank: 951st | 1990s rank: 176th | 1992 rank: 18th  Overall chart history
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Love Deluxe ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 212 votes)
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 !		07/05/2026 19:35 jtrizzle35  Ratings distribution  68580/100
 
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 !		07/01/2026 21:14 LebowskiRams  Ratings distribution  1,46377/100
 
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 !		06/24/2026 11:45 stanchoiaz  Ratings distribution  37075/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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Love Deluxe forum mentions

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Love Deluxe comments

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From 08/30/2017 01:39 | #196931 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
25 years later, this record is still so magical. Going into my decade and greatest chart at some point. Killer stuff Sade.
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75/100
From 08/15/2020 00:41 | #257023 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Sade is a different kind of pop star. She is a pop star but she aims for subtlety not flashiness.
And that's what you hear in her compositions and arrangements. Everything is extemely sutble but meticulously present.
There's a great respect and interaction between all the musical elements.
There's no other instrument calling for attention when the other is leading. Great instrumental space management.
Also perfect drums and bass combination. Those bass lines are insanely infectious.
Even though there are some chessy options, the production is really good.
In what concerns Sade is there something need to be said? Truly unique singer (besides everything else).
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65/100
From 12/18/2020 15:46 | #262862 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A step down from Diamond Life. I was losing interest by the end. (Edited)
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85/100
From 07/20/2023 22:08 | #298243 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great album with dark and at the same time calming vibe, production is amazing, songwriting is very good and her voice is absolutely stunning.
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From 10/22/2025 17:00 | #311424
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Ciertamente cuando se habla de que un disco "crea un ambiente" se habla exactamente de lo que crea Sade en su Love Deluxe. Todo el album destila una sensualidad, un incandescente incienso que baila en círculos por el aire, un aroma al perfume más seductor, a una dama en un vestido y un caballero en un tuxedo. Los saxofones de I Couldn't Love You More, la pasión desaforada de No Ordinary Love, la poesía de Like a Tattoo, el cierre instrumental con Mermaid. Este disco exude una sensualidad sensorial en cada segundo. (Edited)
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