Stronger Than Pride Explained

Stronger Than Pride
Type:studio
Artist:Sade
Cover:Sade - Stronger Than Pride.png
Recorded:1987–1988
Studio:
Genre:
Label:Epic
Producer:Sade
Prev Title:Promise
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Love Deluxe
Next Year:1992

Stronger Than Pride is the third studio album by English band Sade, released by Epic Records in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1988 and in the United States on 10 May 1988.[1] [2] In September 2018, Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s".[3] The album spawned five singles.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau of The Village Voice stated, "I'm glad this self-made aristocrat has a human side, but I prefer her image: now that she's singing billets-doux, she's even further from rewarding the concentration she warrants than she used to be. Touching your beloved with a few true cliches is hard enough. For an audience you have to come up with something that doesn't fade into the background like the new age jazz she went pop with."

Kristine McKenna of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "The nine songs on Stronger Than Pride add up to one long plea of desire, and as the album makes its way up the charts—as it surely will—armies of love-struck men will no doubt dream of losing themselves in Sade's quiet storm of passion."

AllMusic's Ron Wynn commented that "Sade demonstrated some intensity and fire on her third release. Whether that was just an attempt to change the pace a bit or a genuine new direction, she had more animation in her delivery on such songs as 'Haunt Me,' 'Give It Up,' and the hit 'Paradise.' Not that she was suddenly singing in a soulful or bluesy manner; rather, Sade's dry and introspective tone now had a little more edge, and the lyrics were ironic as well as reflective. This was her third consecutive multi-platinum album, and it matched the two-million-plus sales level of her debut."

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Stronger Than Pride.[4]

Sade

Additional personnel

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (Australian Music Report)[5] 11
European Albums (Music & Media)[6] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 3
French Albums (IFOP)[8] 4
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[9] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 8
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[11] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)! scope="col"
Position
Australian Albums (Australian Music Report)[12] 62
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 18
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[14] 46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 22
European Albums (Music & Media)[16] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 17
UK Albums (Gallup)[19] 51
US Billboard 200[20] 37
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 26

See also

Notes and References

  1. New Albums . . 30 April 1988 . 27 . 0265-1548 . World Radio History.
  2. Rosenbluth . Jean . Record Labels Turn Up the Heat in May with Bevy of Sizzling Album Releases . . 100 . 19 . 7 May 1988 . 5 . 0006-2510 . World Radio History.
  3. Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s . . 10 September 2018 . 6 February 2019.
  4. Sade . Sade (band) . Stronger Than Pride . liner notes . . 1988 . 460497 2.
  5. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . illustrated . St Ives, N.S.W. . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 263 . 0-646-11917-6.
  6. Eurochart Hot 100 Albums . . 5 . 22 . 28 May 1988 . 30 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
  7. Book: Pennanen, Timo . Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Helsinki . . 2006 . 978-951-1-21053-5.
  8. Web site: Les Albums (CD) de 1988 par InfoDisc . InfoDisc . fr . 31 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330180938/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1988.php . 30 March 2014.
  9. Hits of the World . Billboard . 100 . 24 . 11 June 1988 . 77 . 0006-2510 . World Radio History.
  10. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/76816/ranking/cd_album/ . ja:シャーデーのアルバム売り上げランキング . Sade album sales ranking . ja . . 31 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331100640/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/76816/ranking/cd_album/ . 31 March 2014.
  11. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . es . 1st . September 2005 . Madrid . . 84-8048-639-2.
  12. Web site: National Top 100 Albums 1988 . australian-charts.com . 4 August 2021.
  13. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1988 . austriancharts.at . de . 6 February 2019.
  14. Top 100 Albums of '88 . RPM . 49 . 10 . 24 December 1988 . 13 . 0033-7064 . World Radio History.
  15. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – CD 1988 . nl . . 31 March 2014.
  16. 1988 Year End Eurocharts – Top 100 Albums . Music & Media . 4 . 51/52 . 1 January 1989 . 30 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
  17. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1988 . de . Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 6 February 2019.
  18. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1988 . hitparade.ch . de . 17 March 2021.
  19. Top 100 Albums – Year-End Chart 1988 . Music Week Awards . . 4 March 1989 . 8 . 0265-1548 . World Radio History.
  20. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988 . Billboard . 6 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180917160922/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-billboard-200-albums . 17 September 2018.
  21. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1988 . Billboard . 6 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705184242/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums . 5 July 2018.

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