Trackademicks on Sade's "Lover's Rock" (2000)

After the amazing success of Sade's previous album, Love Deluxe, fans were eagerly awaiting the band's next album. Fans had to wait for 8 long years before Lovers Rock dropped in the fall of 2000. And the wait was most definitely worth it. As the title suggests, the band moved more towards  soul, R&B, and, well, lovers rock.

Producer/Remixer Trackademicks sits down with us to discuss Lovers Rock on its 20th anniversary. We get into the crazy amount of Sade remixes, (including Trackademicks' own remixes), Sade's impeccable voice, and the space and patience throughout the album.

More on Trackademicks

Trackademicks on BandcampSF Weekly's Interview with TrackademicksTwitter | Instagram

More on Lovers Rock

The Making of Lovers RockThe Fader's 2000 cover story on Sade A Peek Behind Sade's Veil of Heartbreak (The New York Times)

Song Tracklisting (all songs from Lovers Rock unless otherwise indicated):

By Your Side2 Player Co-Op:  No Ordinary LoveEvery WordImmigrantDroop-E: I'm LoadedSlave SongSade: No Ordinary LoveThe Neptunes: By Your Side (Remix)Cottonbelly Fola: By Your Side (Remix)Naked Music: By Your Side (Remix)Ben Watt: By Your Side (Remix)Trackademicks: Give It Up (Remix) Lovers RockSlave SongEvery WordAll About Our LoveKing of SorrowIt's Only Love That Gets You ThroughSomebody Already Broke My HeartFlowLovers RockMassive Attack: Better ThingsMassive Attack: Five Man ArmyAstrud Gilberto: Beber de AguaEsthero: Breath From AnotherAlex Isley: Into OrbitAlex Isley: Road to You (Trackademicks Remix)

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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