Sade   Diamond Life
4.0
excellent
Ranking: #26 for 1984

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2.0 poorEggnog Addict | February 16th 24

smooth jazz funk pops but only 2 carats

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3.0 goodBritch2tiger | December 30th 20

The instrumentals sound on point but the lyrics within some songs appear rather repetitive (my usual gripe from r&b generally) & uncomplimentary to the music playing. Sounds as a promising start. Tracks 1, 4, 5, and 7 serve as my highlights for this album.

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3.7 greatErwann S. EMERITUS | July 10th 20

Classy. Jazzy textures, salient basslines, delicate guitar, sultry brass instruments and smooth drums make for a sweet bossa nova/sophisti-pop/smooth soul/smooth jazz ride, Sade-the-singer's voice bringing sensuality to Sade-the-backing-band's groovinness. It's an extremely pleasant aesthetic reminiscing of the most soothing aspects of nocturnal music (ie: it's sexy shit), but it does follow the same formula throughout the whole record without truly bringing anything new to the table past the 10 minute mark. Still, it's very good sexy shit, "Smooth Operator" being a trve 80s banger and a contender as sexiest SOAT.

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3.0 goodlz41 | November 7th 16

It's smooth enough but what is "Diamond Life" trying to be? No single element stands out from the mix: the music is awaiting an outstanding vocal from Sade and Sade is awaiting some ear-catching music. Neither come.

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4.0 excellentmandan | February 7th 13

While it has good songs, I'm pretty sure that Sade did better things in her career (Love Deluxe certainly tops this). Nevertheless, a strong debut in my book.

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