Stronger Than Pride

Stronger Than Pride
Studio album by Sade
Released	5 April 1988 (US) 3 May 1988 (UK)
Recorded	1987–1988; Compass Point Studios (Nassau, Bahamas) Studio Marcadet (Paris, France) Studio Miraval (Le Val, France)
Length	48:06
Label	Portrait (US) Epic (UK)
Producer	Mike Pela Ben Rogan Sade
Sade chronology
Promise (1985) Stronger Than Pride (1988) Love Deluxe (1992)
Singles from Stronger Than Pride
"Love Is Stronger Than Pride" Released: 2 April 1988 (UK) "Paradise" Released: 2 July 1988 "Nothing Can Come Between Us" Released: 5 November 1988 (US) "Turn My Back on You" Released: 21 November 1988 (UK) "Haunt Me" Released: February 1989 (UK)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Stronger Than Pride is the third studio album by English band Sade, first released in the United States on 5 April 1988 by Portrait Records, and in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1988 by Epic Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Love Is Stronger Than Pride"	Adu Andrew Hale Stuart Matthewman	4:18
2.	"Paradise"	Adu Hale Matthewman Paul S. Denman	4:02
3.	"Nothing Can Come Between Us"	Adu Matthewman Hale	4:22
4.	"Haunt Me"	Adu Matthewman	5:50
5.	"Turn My Back on You"	Adu Hale Matthewman	6:05
6.	"Keep Looking"	Adu Hale	5:21
7.	"Clean Heart"	Adu Matthewman Hale	4:01
8.	"Give It Up"	Adu Matthewman Hale	3:50
9.	"I Never Thought I'd See the Day"	Adu Leroy Osbourne	4:13
10.	"Siempre Hay Esperanza"	Matthewman Adu Osbourne	5:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Stronger Than Pride.^[5]

Sade

• Sade – arrangement, production
• Sade Adu – vocals
• Andrew Hale – keyboards
• Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
• Paul S. Denman – bass

Additional personnel

• Olivier de Bosson – assistant engineering
• Martin Ditcham – drums, percussion
• Gordon Hunte – guitar ("Paradise", "Give It Up")
• Nick Ingman – string arrangements ("Haunt Me", "I Never Thought I'd See the Day")
• Jake Jacas – trombone
• Alain Lubrano – assistant engineering
• Vince McCartney – assistant engineering
• James McMillan – trumpet
• Leroy Osbourne – vocals
• Levon Parian – cover photograph
• Mike Pela – co-production, engineering
• Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering
• Ben Rogan – co-production, engineering
• Franck Segarra – assistant engineering
• Graham Smith – artwork, design
• Jean-Christophe Vareille – assistant engineering
• Melanie West – assistant engineering
• Gavyn Wright – solo violin ("Haunt Me")
• Toshi Yajima – inlay photograph

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[6] 11 Austrian Albums Chart[7] 6 Canadian Albums Chart[8] 9 Dutch Albums Chart[9] 1 European Top 100 Albums[10] 1 French Albums Chart[11] 4 German Albums Chart[12] 4 Italian Albums Chart[13] 1 Japanese Albums Chart[14] 8 New Zealand Albums Chart[15] 8 Norwegian Albums Chart[16] 7 Swedish Albums Chart[17] 2 Swiss Albums Chart[18] 2 UK Albums Chart[19] 3 US Top Pop Albums[20] 7 US Top R&B Albums[20] 3 US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums[20] 21

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Peak position Austrian Albums Chart[21] 18 Dutch Albums Chart[22] 22 Italian Albums Chart[13] 12 Swiss Albums Chart[23] 17 US Top Pop Albums[24] 37

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[25]	Platinum	100,000
France (SNEP)[26]	2× Platinum	533,200[27]
Germany (BVMI)[28]	Gold	250,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[29]	Platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[30]	Platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[31]	Platinum	300,000
United States (RIAA)[32]	3× Platinum	3,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

• List of European number-one hits of 1988

References

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4. Tannenbaum, Rob (11 August 1988). "Sade: Stronger Than Pride". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
5. Stronger Than Pride (CD liner notes). Sade. Epic Records. 1988. 460497 2.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 263. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and June 19, 1988.
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