Customer Reviews:
 Review of Vinyl Version: Sade "Soldier of Love" May 13, 2010
Drury Road (Canada)
For prospective buyers of the vinyl version of this album, I would like to make a couple of comments so you know what you're getting.
First of all, this is not an audiophile pressing. It is pressed on heavyweight vinyl (180g?). Quality is acceptable, though somewhat disappointing. My copy does have some surface noise and slight clicks that really shouldn't be present on a new pressing. It does come in a gatefold sleeve, which is nice. Inside there is a download coupon for an MP3 version of the album. However, when you go to the website, you will find that it is only available to people in America.
Overall, a good record for the price. Music is good, 1st side is best. Just don't expect a high quality pressing and you should be okay.
 Long time Sade fan April 23, 2010
P. Leanage (Toronto, Canada)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wanted to love this CD as much as I love Sade. I have every one of her albums since she began her career and she holds a huge place in my heart. Unfortunately, the only reason I really like this album, I think, is because it's Sade. Otherwise, I can't really say I would listen to it as much. Of course, there are a few amazing tracks, but overall I can't honestly say it is one of her best. Still, it is Sade. As such, it is still dear to me.
 This CD was well worth the wait. April 2, 2010
Musicman (London, Ontario, Canada)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This beautiful CD was well worth the long wait.
Sade does not veer very far at all from her patented sound and that is a good thing.
The hypnotic rhythms, great lyrics and magical harmonies are all present and accounted for.
I would have liked more than 10 songs after all this time but when it comes to Sade I will take whatever I can get.
Hopefully the wait for the next CD will not be as long.
 Disappointment March 23, 2010
Saleem Sinai (Kitchener, Ontario)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
For Sade fans who have long anticipated this comeback, her latest album does not deliver in the least. While the first cut "Moon and the Sky" teases listeners into thinking that Sade has resurrected her customary jazz-inflected velveteen sounds that have been truly missed on the airwaves, the subsequent cuts are all one big let-down after another. Apart from one moderately reggae-inspired tune, the album is more derivative of Sade's own signature style than it is the kind of evolution one might expect of a mature artist with almost a decade (or more?) between albums. And worse than this, I wish the other cuts HAD given us more of the same! The unfortunate reality is that they barely hold up as tunes at all; they are utterly self-indulgent, and dare I say, whiny, eulogies to a failing marriage or romance - the stuff of great art, one might otherwise assume. But in this case, they end up adding up to a dead-on-arrival album that disappoints at every turn, and rather than moving the listener to tears, it bores the listener to tears.
Be Sure to Enlist! March 8, 2010
LP Quagmire (Canada)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While hardly a departure from previous efforts, SOLDIER OF LOVE is a winner. The enticing title track seems tailor-made for a 007 film, so hopefully the Bond people are listening...
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