Lovers Live is the first live album

Live album

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 (seventh overall) by the English group Sade

Sade (band)

Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....

. It was released in the United States on 5 February 2002 and in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2002 by Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

, and was recorded during one of the shows of their Lovers Live Tour in 2001. The recording was taken from two concerts, held respectively at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

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, and at the Great Western Forum

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 in Inglewood, California

Inglewood, California

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. The CD

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 contains only thirteen tracks while the DVD

DVD

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 is packed with twenty-two tracks plus special features.

Lovers Live debuted and peaked at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, and became Sade's first album to miss the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America

Recording Industry Association of America

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 on 7 March 2002 with U.S. sales of 562,000 copies, while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for shipping 100,000 copies.

Lovers Live Tour

The album and DVD were recorded during the band's Lovers Live Tour in 2001. The tour ranked No. 13 on Billboard's year-end tally, grossing $26.5 million and drawing more than 491,000 audience members to 42 concerts. The tour was produced by Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation

Live Nation

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) and featured India.Arie

India.Arie

India.Arie is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and record producer . She has sold over 3.3 million records in the U.S. and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.-Background:Simpson was born in Denver, Colorado...

 as the opening act.

CD

1. "Cherish the Day
   Cherish the Day
   "Cherish the Day" is a song by the English band Sade, released in 1993 as the fourth and final single from their fourth studio album, Love Deluxe .-Track listings and formats:UK CD single#"Cherish the Day" – 5:18...
   
   " (Sade Adu
   Sade Adu
   Helen Folasade Adu OBE , is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade.-Biography:Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria...
   
   , Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman) – 6:37
2. "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Paul S. Denman) – 5:13
3. "Smooth Operator
   Smooth Operator
   "Smooth Operator" is a song by the English group Sade, released as the fourth and final single from their debut album Diamond Life . It was released as a 7" single with "Spirit" as its B-side, and as a 12" maxi single with "Smooth Operator" and "Red Eye" on side A and "Spirit" on side B...
   
   " (Adu, Ray St. John) – 4:16
4. "Jezebel" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:44
5. "Kiss of Life" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:58
6. "Slave Song" (Adu, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:35
   • Contains an excerpt of The Abyssinians
     The Abyssinians
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     ' "African Race" (Donald Manning)
7. "The Sweetest Gift" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 2:32
8. "The Sweetest Taboo
   The Sweetest Taboo
   "The Sweetest Taboo" is the lead single from the English group Sade's second studio album, Promise . While the song peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, it fared considerably better in the United States, where it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1986, remaining in the...
   
   " (Adu, Martin Ditcham) – 6:01
9. "Paradise" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:32
10. "No Ordinary Love
    No Ordinary Love
    "No Ordinary Love" is the lead single from the English artist Sade's fourth studio album, Love Deluxe . Released in 1992 on Epic Records, it peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released in October 1992, but reached number 14 when re-released in June 1993.-Awards:The song won a Grammy...
    
    " (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:09
11. "By Your Side
    By Your Side (Sade song)
    "By Your Side" is the lead single from the English group Sade's fifth studio album, Lovers Rock . The track was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, losing out to Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird"...
    
    " (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:54
12. "Flow" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 5:01
13. "Is It a Crime" (Adu, Matthewman, Hale) – 8:23

DVD

1. "Cherish the Day"
2. "Your Love Is King
   Your Love Is King
   "Your Love Is King" a song by the English group Sade from their debut album, Diamond Life . It was released in 1984 as the album's lead single and in 1985 as the album's third and final US single...
   
   "
3. "Somebody Already Broke My Heart"
4. "Cherry Pie"
5. "Pearls"
6. "Every Word"
7. "Smooth Operator"
8. "Redeye"
9. "Jezebel"
10. "Kiss of Life"
11. "Slave Song"
12. "Sweetest Gift"
13. "The Sweetest Taboo"
14. "Lovers Rock"
15. "Immigrant"
16. "Paradise"
17. "King of Sorrow
    King of Sorrow
    "King of Sorrow" is the second single from the English group Sade's fifth studio album, Lovers Rock .-Music video:The music video, directed by Sophie Muller, was filmed at and around the Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, one of the world's most famous examples of Art Deco architecture...
    
    "
18. "No Ordinary Love"
19. "By Your Side"
20. "Flow"
21. "Is It a Crime"
22. "It's Only Love That Gets You Through"
23. Backstage Footage
24. Message to Sade
25. "King of Sorrow" (Video)
26. Tour Photo Gallery

Personnel

• Sade Adu
  Sade Adu
  Helen Folasade Adu OBE , is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade.-Biography:Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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• Andrew Hale – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Stuart Matthewman – guitar
  Guitar
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  , saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Paul S. Denman – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Karl Vanden Bossche – percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Charlie Bouis – recording engineer
• Ian Duncan – digital editing
  Digital media
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• Lynn Jeffrey – personal assistant
• Eric Johnston – assistant engineer
• Pete Lewinson – drums
  Drum kit
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• Tony Momrelle
  Tony Momrelle
  Tony Momrelle is a British R&B singer and is one of the current lead vocalists of the band, Incognito....
  
   – vocals
• Sophie Muller
  Sophie Muller
  Sophie Muller is a British music video director, noted for her long-time collaborations with artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, No Doubt, Sade, Shakira, Shakespears Sister, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox and Eurythmics.-Background:...
  
   – image design
• Andrew Nichols – assistant mixer
• Leroy Osbourne – flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Howard Page – engineer
  Audio engineering
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• Mike Pela – mixing
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• Ryan Waters – guitar

Peak positions

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart	40
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Flanders)	34
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Wallonia)	11
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	43
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	36
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	41
Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	21
Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	16
Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	25
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	50
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	27
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	51
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	10
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	5

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