Sade - It's Only Love That Gets You Through

To say that I eagerly awaited Lovers Rock , Sade's 2000 album, would be an understatement. This is a singer/songwriter I truly cherish, and Lovers Rock was her first new release in eight years. Spearheaded by the wonderful single "By Your Side" it's my favourite album of hers along with the 1984 debut Diamond Life, full of exquisitely beautiful songs. Those are the best words to describe "It's Only Love That Gets You Through", the album's closing track that is not much more than a whisper of a song. These are four minutes of rare beauty. By the way, she left us waiting for another ten years before we got another album, Soldier Of Love, so who knows when there will be a new one...

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