Lovers live

Lovers Live is the first live album (seventh overall) by the English group Sade. It was released in the United States on 5 February 2002 and in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2002 by Epic Records. It 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, and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. The CD contains only thirteen tracks while the DVD is packed with twenty-two tracks plus special features.
Lovers Live debuted and peaked at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200, and became Sade's first album to miss the top twenty of the UK Albums Chart. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002 with U.S. sales of 562,000 copies,[1] while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

Track listing

[edit]CD
"Cherish the Day" (Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman) – 6:37
"Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Paul S. Denman) – 5:13
"Smooth Operator" (Adu, Ray St. John) – 4:16
"Jezebel" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:44
"Kiss of Life" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:58
"Slave Song" (Adu, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:35
Contains an excerpt of The Abyssinians' "African Race" (Donald Manning)
"The Sweetest Gift" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 2:32
"The Sweetest Taboo" (Adu, Martin Ditcham) – 6:01
"Paradise" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:32
"No Ordinary Love" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:09
"By Your Side" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:54
"Flow" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 5:01
"Is It a Crime" (Adu, Matthewman, Hale) – 8:23

DVD
"Cherish the Day"
"Your Love Is King"
"Somebody Already Broke My Heart"
"Cherry Pie"
"Pearls"
"Every Word"
"Smooth Operator"
"Redeye"
"Jezebel"
"Kiss of Life"
"Slave Song"
"Sweetest Gift"
"The Sweetest Taboo"
"Lovers Rock"
"Immigrant"
"Paradise"
"King of Sorrow"
"No Ordinary Love"
"By Your Side"
"Flow"
"Is It a Crime"
"It's Only Love That Gets You Through"
Backstage Footage
Message to Sade
"King of Sorrow" (Video)
Tour Photo Gallery

Musicians
[edit]Sade
Sade Adu – vocals
Andrew Hale – keyboards
Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
Paul S. Denman – bass

Additional musicians
Pete Lewinson – drums
Tony Momrelle – vocals
Leroy Osbourne – flute, guitar, vocals
Karl Vanden Bossche – percussion
Ryan Waters – guitar

Production
Mike Pela – mixing
Andrew Nichols – assistant mixer
Howard Page – engineer
Eric Johnston – assistant engineer
Charlie Bouis – recording engineer
Ian Duncan – digital editing
Sophie Muller – image design
Lynn Jeffrey – personal assistant

Chart positions
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 40
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[2] 34
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[2] 11
Dutch Albums Chart[2] 43
French Albums Chart[2] 36
German Albums Chart[3] 41
Hungarian Albums Chart[4] 21
Italian Albums Chart[2] 16
Norwegian Albums Chart[2] 25
Swedish Albums Chart[2] 50
Swiss Albums Chart[2] 27
UK Albums Chart[5] 51
U.S. Billboard 200[6] 10
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[6] 5

Certifications
Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
United States Gold (album)[7]
Platinum (DVD)[7]
Germany Gold (Video)[8]