It’s that poignant clarity that captures what makes “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” so powerful - a triumphant cry of acceptance and moving on. The Sweetest Taboos Words & Music by Martin Ditcham & Helen Adu Performed by Sade Am x02210 Em 022000 F 022100 G 320003 Capo 1 Intro Am. “It’s all too clear things come and go,” she sings toward the end of the song. Accompanied by softly-strummed acoustic guitar and earthy sounds, Sade’s lyrics feel comforting and strong. She has accepted that this love she invested in has come to an end and that she still loves this person, but she has her own life to live. The “ I’m good luv, enjoy” of Sade songs. “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” is what it sounds like when you’ve risen above the bullshit.
A sentiment that’s all too fucking real if you’ve ever experienced it before.
It’s a quiet storm diss track - the “Marvins Room” before “Marvins Room.” It’s the last attempt at salvaging something, or maybe the last attempt at feeling something that she’s so familiar with but knows it has come to an end. Who else’s love is wider than the Victoria Lake or taller than the Empire State? No one but Sade’s. If anything it’s a sequel to “No Ordinary Love.” Sade couldn’t give one fuck that this man has lied to her or that he’s seeing someone else. Now I know what you’re thinking: “‘Is It A Crime’ over ‘No Ordinary Love?’ She literally says ‘I keep crying’ in the latter.” “No Ordinary Love” is obviously a tear-jerker but “Is It A Crime” is tragic. It’s a question that punctuates her declarations - a sign that this love truly meant so much to her and still does. “Didn’t I give you/All that I’ve got to give, baby?” Sade croons in the track’s pre-chorus. Even now, as their relationship has presumably come to an end, he’s taking. She gave and gave and gave, and he took and took and took. “I gave you all the love I got/I gave you more than I could give.” This is how Sade starts off one of her saddest songs of all time. That uncertainty hangs over “Hang on to Your Love” and adds a melancholy that stays with you until the very end.
Sade conveys a frustration in this track as she sings “In heaven’s name why do you play these games,” but wants to persevere through it all - even if her partner doesn’t seem to feel the same way. 70sbestblackalbums: sade - the sweetest tabooTheres a quiet storm And it never. The xx revel in these moments, realizing their power to move the body and the soul.Similar to “Never as Good as the First Time,” “Hang on to Your Love” has an upbeat feel that contrasts the lyrics. Sade-Gorgeous Quiet Storm, Marvin Gaye, Easy Listening, Sade Adu, Non. In “Say Something Loving,” Madley Croft sings, “Don’t let it slip away,” a line from Sade’s “The Sweetest Taboo.” It’s not only a callback to the kind of music that influenced I See You, it’s also a surrender to feeling. On I See You the trio, which is rounded out by producer and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Smith, makes that connection explicit. Part of the xx’s appeal is the way the band echoes the gently sensual strain of quiet-storm R&B exemplified by the likes of Luther Vandross and Sade. Madley Croft, whose impeccable vocals provide the album’s emotional core, takes center stage on the swirling “Brave for You,” her contralto breaking as she professes her faith in love’s ability to embolden her. The horns and a siren underneath signal the treacherous territory ahead. The song that follows, “Dangerous,” is sparse and kinetic, with vocalists Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim exchanging declarations that they’re ready to plunge into each other. I See You opens with the sort of clarion-horn blast that might accompany the swinging open of wrought-iron gates.
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