It constantly surprises Sean but I am a big Sade fan. Truthfully, musically it’s not my usual milieu (in as much as I have one), but it does fit my habit of liking the top 10% of every genre. Sade is by far the best at what she does. Plus, she is also given to saying things like this:

I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I’m not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand.

New album Soldier of Love is out February 9th. The title track has been floating around for a few weeks. I quite like it – it almost sounds like a Bond theme.