Singer: Sade
Title: Promise
Label: Portrait ‎– FR 40263
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Carrollton Pressing
Country: US
Date of released: 1985
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Funk, Soul
Size MP3 zip: 1493 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1672 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 MOD AIFF AHX AA MP2 MP1 RA FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Is It A Crime Music By, Written-By – Hale*, Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Robin Millar	6:18
A2	The Sweetest Taboo Music By – Adu*Producer – Robin MillarWritten-By – Ditcham*, Adu*	4:31
A3	War Of The Hearts Music By, Written-By – Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Robin Millar	6:46
A4	Jezebel Music By, Written-By – Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Robin Millar	5:27
B1	Mr. Wrong Music By, Written-By – Hale*, Denman*, Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Robin Millar	2:46
B2	Never As Good As The First Time Music By, Written-By – Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Rogan*, Pela*, Millar*, Sade	4:57
B3	Fear Music By, Written-By – Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Robin Millar	4:06
B4	Tar Baby Music By, Written-By – Adu*, Matthewman*Producer – Robin Millar	3:55
B5	Maureen Mixed By – Mike PelaMusic By, Written-By – Hale*, Denman*, Adu*Producer – Ben Rogan, Sade	4:18

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – Modern Media Ltd.
• Recorded At – Studio Miraval
• Recorded At – Power Plant Willesden
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Published By – Silver Angel Music, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Silver Angel Music, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records
• Manufactured By – Portrait Records
• Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
• Record Company – CBS Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA

Credits

• Arranged By – Sade*
• Arranged By [Strings] – Nick Ingham* (tracks: B3, B4)
• Bass Guitar – Paul S Denman*
• Drums, Percussion – Dave Early
• Engineer [Production] – Mike Pela
• Guitar – Carlos Bonnell* (tracks: B3), Stuart Matthewman
• Keyboards – Andrew Hale
• Mastered By – Herb Powers, Jr.*
• Percussion – Martin Ditcham
• Performer [Sade Are] – Andrew Hale, Paul S Denman*, Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman
• Saxophone – Stuart Matthewman
• Trombone – Pete Beachill
• Trumpet – Terry Bailey
• Vocals – Jake Jacas, Sade Adu
• Words By – Adu*

Notes

Initially released in a gatefold jacket.

This version is the Carrollton pressing of the repress and can be identified by the "G1" etched in the runout grooves. There is also another version of the repress with different runout groove etchings.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 7464-40263-1
• Barcode (Compact text): 07464402631
• Barcode (UPC scanned): 074644026313
• Barcode (EAC scanned): 0074644026313
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL-40263
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL-40263
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched): AL-402630-1E HERbiE JR :-) G1 DIO
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B etched): BL-402630-1D HERbiE JR :-) G1 D-1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout both sides stamped): MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
EPC 86318	Sade	Promise ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Epic	EPC 86318	UK	1985
RK 40263	Sade	Promise ‎(CD, Album)	Portrait	RK 40263	US	1985
40 86318, 40-86318	Sade	Promise ‎(Cass, Album)	Epic, Epic	40 86318, 40-86318	Europe	1985
EPC 86318	Sade	Promise ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Epic	EPC 86318	Greece	1985
CD EPC 86318	Sade	Promise ‎(CD, Unofficial)	Epic	CD EPC 86318	Unknown

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