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Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club felt that the album "benefits from a divine sense of intimacy; Sade seems to be whispering secret thoughts directly into the listener's ears." [20] Benjamin Boles of Now wrote that its production "sounds a bit tougher and chunkier than the band's early work, but the classic Sade vibe we love is still front and ...
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that plays a patron's selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons with letters and numbers on them, which are used to select specific records. Some may use compact discs instead. Disc changers are similar devices for home use; they ...
"Smooth Operator" is about a fashionable con-man who moves within high social circles. He is popular with women and breaks many hearts. The lyrics "Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male / Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale" [6] imply that he also uses women to obtain his income.
A jukebox musical is a stage musical or musical film in which a majority of the songs are well-known, pre-existing popular music songs, rather than original music composed for the musical. Some jukebox musicals use a wide variety of songs, while others confine themselves to songs performed by one singer or band, or written by one songwriter.
Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ), also known as Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, is a rotating musical collective founded by New York-based pianist Scott Bradlee in 2011. Postmodern Jukebox is known for reworking popular modern music into different vintage genres , especially early 20th century forms such as swing and jazz .
"Juke Box Saturday Night" was later covered by Nino and the Ebb Tides, [4] whose version charted at #57 on Billboard's Top 100 on September 4, 1961. [5] This was an updated version of the 1942 song in a rock and roll style. The Modernaires recorded a version in 1946 on Columbia Records featuring Paula Kelly with Mitchell Ayres.
Following the release of their debut album, Sade went on to release a string of multi-platinum-selling albums. Their follow-up, Promise , was released in 1985 and peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the UK Albums Chart , and went two times platinum in the US at the time of its release, and now stands at four times platinum.
Her solo performances of the song "Smooth Operator" attracted the attention of record companies, and in 1983, Adu and Matthewman split from Pride, along with bassist Paul Denman and drummer Paul Anthony Cook to form the band Sade. [6] [7] In May 1983, Sade performed for the first time in the United States, at Danceteria Club in New York. On 18 ...