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	Sade: Lovers Rock (2000): Reviews
		Lovers' Rock ranks among the finest albums of the year, as Sade, nimbly utilizing that distinctively smoky, vulnerable instrument that is her voice, weaves gentle yet insinuating odes to love and loss.
		While Lovers Rock is not any sort of departure from the quiet ballads that marked the group's first three albums, there is an element of freshness that aligns Sade with the current electronic music insurgence while still maintaining a distinctly analog outlook on love's foibles.
		Lovers Rock is her first in eight years, and guess what -- it sounds exactly like Sade, heavily influenced by Diamond Life with a bit of Love Deluxe thrown in.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/sade/loversrock (475 words)

	Sade: Lovers Live
		Lovers Rock CD, and 2001 was even more exciting with her band's first North American tour in almost a decade.
		Lovers Rock songs do tend to standout against the lovestruck classics as being thematically more involved with social commentary or motherly concerns, and I'm happy to report all of them sound a lot fuller and more dynamic live, as they're worked over with the extended band and more singers to boost the arrangements.
		Lovers Live comes with a pleasant enough little booklet, listing all the tour gigs, personnel and credits, and is brightened by quite a few colour pix grabbed from the film that was shot for the aforementioned DVD - - a nice example of a little cross marketing and but tastefully done.
	www.culturecourt.com /Ajo/media/sade3.htm (883 words)

	Lovers rock
		Lovers Rock is Britain's main contribution to reggae.
		A style which developed in the UK in the 1970s, Lovers Rock represented an apolitical counterpoint to the conscious Rastafarian sound dominant in Jamaica.
		Lovers rock is a more lovers style of music and a music derived from reggae by the slowing down of the reggae beat.
	www.jahsonic.com /LoversRock.html (578 words)

	CD Baby: JERRY HARRIS: Lovers Rock Tonight
		Lovers' reggae/lovers' rock they called it in the UK- cool, sweet and smooth for all lovers in the world.
		Jerry's newest album, Lovers Rock - Tonight, is a best of album with bonus tracks which makes it even more of a "must have." Released on his Listen Up record label, distributed by jetstar records, it's filled with lover's rock, rock steady, and jazzy reggae songs soon to be classics.
		Then came Rock This Session in 1990, Smile And Be Happy in 1991, all of which were released by Alpha Enterprise based in Japan.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/jerryharris (694 words)

	Lovers Rock - The History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The term Lovers Rock inadvertently came from a South London based label of the same name.
		Over the years some of the Jamaican artistes who have become known as Lovers Rock artiste on the UK scene are Sugar Minott, Beres Hammond, Freddie Mcgeregor, Sanchez, Gregory Isaacs and the late Dennis Brown.
		Currently, in the UK the top Lovers Rock artiste are Peter Hunnigale (British male vocalist 1997/8), Vivian Jones (British male vocalist 1991), Slim Batson, Richie Davis, Lloyd Brown, Don Campbell, Neville Morrison, Mike Anthony and Robbie Valentine.
	www.loversrock.com /history.htm (464 words)

	Live Sade soothes - The Heights - Arts & Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lovers Rock Live highlights the best from Sade's 2001 U.S. tour, which followed the release of Lovers Rock in 2000.
		This album is mellow and at times the songs seem to blend together if the listener does not pay attention, but that, too, is a tribute to the flow and unity of her work.
		Overall, Lovers Rock Live shows the spirited, strong confidence of a musician who has taken the time to mature and find her own voice.
	www.bcheights.com /news/2002/02/12/ArtsReview/Live-Sade.Soothes-180828.shtml (414 words)

	Armchair DJ: Music Review: Sade: Lovers Rock; Erykah Badu: Mama's Gun; Nicole Willis: Soul Makeover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Softly crooning lyrics that treat romantic disappointment and racial injustice with equal restraint, Anglo-Nigernian superstar Sade takes her her sensitive-yet-serene persona to new extremes on "Lovers Rock." Her first album in eight years, the 11-track LP sounds closer to Enya than to Erykah Badu.
		The closest the singer or her band come to breaking a sweat is when a gentle hip-hop beat intrudes on the multi-tracked vocals of the hypnotic "Flow." Elsewhere, dub and, of course, lover's rock accents color the acoustic guitars and low-key basslines that make up the substance of almost every track.
		One thing's certain, though: "Lovers Rock" is the most sedate unit-shifter since those Gregorian monks hit the Billboard charts.
	www.armchair-dj.com /reviews/l/lovers_rock.asp (929 words)

	BBC - Reggae - The Story of Reggae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There were sound systems that played nothing but lovers rock and on more than one occasion it bubbled into the national charts.
		The trio Brown Sugar were still at school, another were called 15,16,17 because of their ages, while the grand old ladies of lover’s rock, Janet Kay and Carroll Thompson, hadn’t yet turned twenty.
		Lovers rock was also one of the rare instances UK reggae has influenced Jamaica, as artists like Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs and Johnny Osbourne spent so long in London they got into it and took it back home with them.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/features/reggae/history_loversrock.shtml (562 words)

	Lovers Rock
		After an eight-year layoff, Sade and her core band (and long-time producer Mike Pela), are back with an album that is both a stunning reaffirmation of her artistry and a solid soulful collection.
		Perhaps the best thing that can be said about Lovers Rock is that it picks up where Sade left off, meaning that you will hear no cool beats or hot hired hands or hip-hop cameos.
		Lovers Rock was the product you were looking for.
	www.blueballweb.co.uk /loversrock.html (221 words)

	CD Baby: JERRY HARRIS: Lover's Paradise
		Released on his Listen Up record label, distributed internationally, it's filled with lover's rock, a touch of dancehall, and jazzy reggae songs soon to be classics.
		Lover's Paradise is very enjoyable to listen to, with a great combination of reggae, jazz and ballads.
		Lover's Paradise is truly a must-have for anyone who loves real music from the heart.
	www.cdbaby.com /jerryharris2 (896 words)

	entertainment.iafrica.com \| music \| archives Lovers Rock
		Sade does stray away from the sounds "Lovers Rock", which has helped her sell over 40 million albums but manages to incorporate an element of freshness that aligns her with the current electronic music revolution.
		"Lovers Rock" is heavily influenced by her previous albums “Diamond Life” and “Love Deluxe” but still remains fresh.
		This smooth operator knows exactly what she is doing on this album, which is nothing short of amazing - the groove is light, the voice is chilly, and the songs are as real as they come.
	entertainment.iafrica.com /music/archives/183018.htm (484 words)

	the Bigger Lovers rock 'n' roll website
		The towering debut from Philadelphia's Bigger Lovers is proof that delusions of indie-pop grandeur needn't be frontloaded with heaps of emasculated, self-absorbed baggage.
		What ultimately distinguishes the Lovers, however, is not their knowledge of primordial pop-rock, but their ability to make old ploys sound fresh.
		The Bigger Lovers exist at a crossroads where fiery guitars and crashing drums meet gorgeous melodies and delicate piano parts.
	www.thebiggerlovers.com /thepress.html (799 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Lovers Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Its still music for lovers and believers in love (eternal love optimists?) and, yes, her voice is still fab and, additionally, its great that the band are still together BUT does that mean we won't hear from her again until 2008?...(around the time of the next appearance of Haleys comet..)..
		In "Lovers Rock" we have an easy and peaceful portrait of a heart that has someone to cling to even in the darkest moments.
		She is the rock we cling to and the artist we swim to in a storm....
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000050XNT (1697 words)

	Reviews of Sade \| Lovers Rock, Beautiful South \| Painting it Red, and Paddy Casey \| Amen (so be it)
		Lovers Rock has landed in the top ten with a set of late night ballads that emphasize intimacy and sensitivity.
		Now age 41, Sade (born in Nigeria, but raised in England), rocketed up the chart in the eighties with such hit singles as "Your Love is King" and "Smooth Operator." With a voice that mixes beauty, sensuality, and elegance, Sade achieved icon status alongside Annie Lennox.
		Lovers Rock is a well-made album, but wake me up when it's over.
	www.cdshakedown.com /020201.htm (784 words)

	Boston Rock Storybook - Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
		If it seemed to Jonathan that Gram was drowning, it may have seemed to Gram that Jonathan was a piece of solid ground amidst the human flotsam and jetsam of the LA music industry.
		The idea of what the first Modern Lovers album would sound like with John Felice playing on it is interesting; the idea of what it would have sounded like with Gram Parsons playing on it is beyond intriguing, a musical tease of parallel dimension proportion.
		It was like he was stripping away the assembly line ingredients for 70's rock- "angst-ridden" lyrics, excessive volume, self-absorbed lead guitar solos, screamed vocals, barely veiled or obvious sexual metaphor -to reveal the chassis beneath it all: Chuck Berry, doo-wop, pure tones and a backbeat.
	www.rockinboston.com /mlovers.htm (3693 words)

	Headlines - Natty Dread - A Weh We Want (Roots meets Lovers Rock)
		In 1975 he shifted from the lovers rock sensibility of recent efforts towards the more explicitly Rastafarian approach of records like 'Natty Dread Ina Greenwich Farm' and 'Natural Fact' later that year Campbell and Lee also launched 'The Gorgan' a boastful smash which yielded a series of hit sequels.
		In 1976 the emerging punk rock movement was professing an affection for reggae's rebellious spirit; the Clash became the first band to make that connection on record when they covered 'Police and Thieves' on their seminal debut album that year.
		With the release of Blood and Fire's 'Ride On Dreadlocks' and the reissues of his catalogue of classic roots material, Linval Thompsons reputation as one of the finest reggae singers from the roots-renaissance was rightfully assumed.
	www.daintycrew.com /nattydread-head0404.htm (754 words)

	RollingStone.com: Lovers Rock : Sade : Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She didn't spend the Nineties frittering away her mystique by trying trip-hop or speed garage; all she ever does is make Sade records.
		On Lovers Rock, the groove is light, the voice is chilly and the songs change titles every five minutes or so, although nobody told the drummer.
		A few stand out on their own, like "Every Word" and "King of Sorrow," but individual songs aren't the point with Sade, despite such enduring flukes of soul brilliance as "Your Love Is King" in 1985 and "Kiss of Life" in 1992.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/album/_/id/193053/sade?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1 (293 words)

	ttgapers.com store - Lovers Rock/ Lovers Live (CD & DVD) - Sade - Product Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sade fans may experience a range of emotions while watching the first-rate Lovers Live, but one thing they won't feel is shortchanged--not with nearly two hours of concert footage, 22 songs (including almost all of her Lovers Rock album), and DVD bonus features galore.
		Of the nine songs from Lovers Rock, "Slave Song" and "Immigrant" are especially moving, revealing that Sade added some new flavors to her sound during her protracted layoff from performing.
		Recorded during the Lover's Rock tour of a couple of years ago, Lover's Live features a CD of the show (with 13 songs), and a DVD of the concert (with 22 performances).
	www.ttgapers.com /ttStore-index2-asin-B0000DG06B.html (936 words)

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		'Lovers Rock' is the first collection of new work by Sade in eight years.But it's a record that says less about those years gone by than the promise and vitality of the here and now.
		It's an album which has garnered worldwide critical acclaim, 'Lovers Rock' (released on 13th November, 2000) - has been certified gold in the UK, stormed into the U.S. charts at No.3 and also dominated the top of the European charts selling almost 5 million copies worldwide.
		On 'Lovers Rock', Sade continues to describe the secret murmurs of the heart's desire, remaining true to herself in her work by always reaching further, always stretching higher.
	www.nigerianachievers.com /nigerianbritishachievers_sade2.html (487 words)

	Vintage Rock: Lovers of Real Music
		We appreciate "real music'" which includes music from classic rock legends and music of our generation that will continue to be played on the radio and touching people's lives for many years to come.
		In lieu of Kristy's "Top Frontmen of Rock" I have to say that her definition of Plant's voice as sex was damn freaking close.
		In the male-dominated world of rock music, Patti defied the limits of established artistic expression and pioneered a sound not yet fashionable in the mid-'70s.
	vintagerock.blogdrive.com (9082 words)

	Amazon.com: Lovers Rock: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After an eight-year layoff, Sade and her core band (and longtime producer Mike Pela) are back with a CD that is both a stunning reaffirmation of her artistry and a solid soulful collection.
		I love all of Sade's music, but "Lovers Rock" is her most awful work ever and wasn't worth the wait.
		To all of you Sade fanatics, "Lovers Rock" is one CD that you wouldn't even want to add to the collection.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000051VWW?v=glance (1819 words)

	Voice, The : Can Lovers' Make a Comeback? Whatever happened to lovers' rock? That @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That unique reggae genre spanning the mid-'70s and mid-'80s is a distinctively Black British sound that seemed to disappear almost as quickly as it came.
		When blues parties were popular and rave was still a word that belonged exclusively to the Black vernacular, lovers' rock symbolised an era of unprecedented creativity.
		Lovers' was less rootsy than the conscious, Rasta-oriented vibes coming out of Jamaica at the time and even lighter than sentimental numbers from the likes of Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Errol Dunkley and Freddie McGregor.
	static.highbeam.com /v/voicethe/january251999/canloversmakeacomebackwhateverhappenedtoloversrock/index.html (186 words)

	JAMMIN REGGAE ARCHIVES Web Site
		This album was nominated for the 2002 Reggae Grammy Award and features some of the finest Lovers Rock selection, a great album recorded at Beres' own Sesion studio with pure live instrument.
		The mad professor himself, a foundation producer of lovers rock, brings out the finest in Kofi, who incidentally was a member of the original group Brown Sugar.
		A great combination of lovers rock dub music from artistes who have graced the studios of Ariwa Sounds.
	niceup.com /recco/recco_lovers.html (412 words)

	Lovers Rock - Sade - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		That was until she came back from a self imposed break of eight years, and released 'Lover's Rock', which was lapped up by her fans who had waited eagerly for her return, and there are...
		Lovers' Rock is a strong return from Sade, but really there was no excuse for anything less, given the amount of time the band has been away.
		It is and has been my girlfriends favourite album, and with 'rock' in the title I borrowed it and gave it a go.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /music-records/lovers-rock-sade (291 words)

	Sade: Lovers Rock
		In Lovers Rock Sade is much less interested in throwing matches on the gasoline-soaked landscape of new love than she is in rummaging through the ashes of early love and offering a more mature analysis of what can happen and what it may all mean.
		Their usual technique is to lay down a funk groove against which Sade breathes/sings/speaks her personal, confessional lyrics, and Lovers Rock is no exception.
		It's quite a leap from No Ordinary Love to Every Word, a Lovers Rock song of unique bitterness, as Sade writes a letter of accusation, disbelief, and finally rejection over an act of betrayal: "I saw a picture/ how could you be so careless/ how could you have done that to us…;".
	www.culturecourt.com /Ajo/media/sade2.htm (789 words)

	Budhist lovers of Rock'n'roll
		AP - Two gay lovers — a man in a fl dress and a boy in only a pair of shorts — protested their families' lack of understanding for their relationship by climbing a Central Park tree on Thursday, having sex in front of the crowd that gathered and refusing to come down for hours.
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	www.stargeek.com /item/54377.html (4133 words)

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