Promise (1985) is Sades second album, featuring the singles The Sweetest Taboo, Is It
A Crime?, and Never As Good As The First Time. The album was recorded at Power Plant Studios (England) and Studio Miraval (France). The vinyl audio uses high-resolution digital transfers of the stereo master mixes, from the original studio recordings, remastered at half-speedat Abbey Road Studios. The elaborate, half-speed mastering process has produced exceptionally clean and detailed audio whilst remaining faithful to the bands intended sound. No additional digital limiting was used in the mastering process, so the album benefits from the advantage of extra clarity and pure fidelity, preserving the dynamic range of the original mixes, presented on pure 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl. The original album sleeve and packaging elements have been meticulously reproduced in exact detail with authentic paper and printing methods.

Sade’s songs have been heavily sampled from the likes of MF DOOM, Snoop Dogg, Big K.R.I.T, Mobb Deep, and Larry June to name a few.

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Is It A Crime
2. The Sweetest Taboo
3. War Of The Hearts
4. Jezebel

Side B

1. Mr Wrong
2. Never As Good As The First Time
3. Fear
4. Tar Baby
5. Maureen