Love Deluxe
by Sade
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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 649 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,555.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Love Deluxe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 16 hours ago |  sszwalbenest | 1,759 | 76/100 | |
| 04/28/2026 23:57 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 267 | 78/100 | |
| 04/13/2026 11:59 | Liks_on_music | 583 | 81/100 | |
| 03/18/2026 23:49 |  Rhyner | 1,712 | 59/100 | |
| 03/10/2026 10:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,585 | 70/100 |
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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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LukasAntoine00s 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.
Great album with dark and at the same time calming vibe, production is amazing, songwriting is very good and her voice is absolutely stunning.
VictorVale 12/13/2021 12:56 | #277442
O senso estético das músicas é incrível!
planetneutral 12/18/2020 15:46 | #262862
A step down from Diamond Life. I was losing interest by the end.
JoaoMoreira 08/15/2020 00:41 | #257023
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).
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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