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Lovers Rock

by Sade

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of 455,735

3,934
2000's

of 265,982

554
2000

of 38,671

43

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.9688 Lovers Rock is ranked overall as 2.9688 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.9850 Lovers Rock has an avg. critic score of 2.9850 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

Never before has the singer infused more mainstream rock elements (prominent strummed guitars) into her music. ...more

All Music Guide

Lovers Rock, the title of Sade's first album of the 21st century, could be taken on many levels. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Eight years ago Helen Folasade Adu said she was just popping down to the shops for some coffee and croissants and the morning papers. She never returned. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

One pretty song melts into the next; the result is an undifferentiated dreaminess

Rolling Stone

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. Needless to say, it's also pretty damn good, because this smooth operator shrewdly sticks to the tricks she'd already mastered before turning pro. ...more

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Spin

Lovers Rock is an airy album, demo-like in its simplicity. It has none of the agression of a "comeback." In fact, Sade has never put out anything quite so...read the complete review at Spin

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Q Magazine

If there's nothing on Lovers Rock as naggingly memorable as past triumphs Diamond Life or Your Love Is King, then the refined ache and minimalist chic of By Your Side and Somebody Already Broke My Heart are persuasive enough....read the complete review at Q Magazine

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The A.V. Club

Nothing foreshadows commercial disinterest like an interminable wait between albums: Just ask Don Henley, or Elastica, or Paul Simon, or just about any other slow-moving act who has forced fans to move on to other sounds. Part of the problem is that...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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