Sade – Diamond Life
Tracklist
| A1 | Smooth Operator | 4:58 | |
| A2 | Your Love Is King | 3:40 | |
| A3 | Hang On To Your Love | 5:54 | |
| A4 | Frankie's First Affair | 4:38 | |
| A5 | When Am I Going To Make A Living | 3:25 | |
| B1 | Cherry Pie | 6:20 | |
| B2 | Sally | 5:20 | |
| B3 | I Will Be Your Friend | 4:43 | |
| B4 | Why Can't We Live Together | 5:27 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – CBS Inc.
- Published By – Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records
- Copyright © – CBS Records
- Recorded At – Power Plant Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – CBS Studios, London
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Credits
- Bass – Paul S. Denman
- Design [Sleeve] – Graham Smith (5)
- Drums – Dave Early, Paul Cooke
- Engineer – Ben Rogan
- Engineer [Production] – Mike Pela
- Keyboards – Andrew Hale
- Lacquer Cut By – timtom* (tracks: A1 to A5), TY* (tracks: B1 to B4)
- Management – Lee Barrett (2)
- Percussion – Dave Early, Martin Ditcham
- Photography By – Chris Roberts (10)
- Producer – Robin Millar
- Saxophone, Guitar – Stuart Matthewman
- Trumpet – Gordon Matthewman, Terry Bailey
- Vocals – Sade Adu
- Written-By – Hale* (tracks: B1), Denman* (tracks: B1), St. John* (tracks: A1), Adu* (tracks: A1 to B3), Matthewman* (tracks: A2 to B3), Timmy Thomas (tracks: B4)
Notes
Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Has light blue labels (with fading effect not solid) with yellow Epic logo.
℗ 1984 CBS Records
© 1984 CBS Records
(A1 to B3) MCPS (B4) Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Original sound recording made by CBS Records
May have one of various hype stickers on the cover (or not)
Made in England
℗ 1984 CBS Records
© 1984 CBS Records
(A1 to B3) MCPS (B4) Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Original sound recording made by CBS Records
May have one of various hype stickers on the cover (or not)
Made in England
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: none
- Rights Society: MCPS / BIEM
- Label Code: LC 0199
- Price Code: CB 271
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): EPC 26044 A*
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): EPC 26044 B*
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 1): EPC 26044 A4 timtom +cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 1): EPC 26044 B3 TY
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 2): EPC 26044 A4 timtom +cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 2): EPC 26044 B1
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 3): EPC 26044 A5 timtom
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 3): EPC 26044 B▦9 TY
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 4): EPC 26044 A1 timtom
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 5): EPC 26044 A3 timtom +cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 5): EPC 26044 B3 TY
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 6): EPC·26044·A1 timtom
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 6): EPC·26044·B1
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 7): EPC 26044 A3 A timtom · cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 7): EPC 26044 B1 D
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 8): EPC · 26044 · A6 [] [] >
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 8): EPC 26044 B4 >
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 9): EPC 26044 A4 C timtom
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 9): EPC 26044 B5 A
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 10): EPC 26044 A4 timtom :cbs D
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 10): EPC 26044·B2 TY C
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched, D stamped, Variation 11): EPC 26044 A4 D timtom ∙ cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched, 1 2 A stamped, Variation 11): EPC 26044·B2 1 2 A
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched, '4', '7', 'D' stamped, Variant 12): EPC 26044 A4 4 7 D timtom +cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched, '<' stamped, Variant 12): EPC 26044 B3 TY <
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 13): EPC 26044 A6 b timtom
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 13): EPC 26044 B6 TY
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched except C stamped. Variation 14): EPC 26044 A4 C timtom:cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched except Λ stamped. Variation 14): EPC 26044 B4 TY Λ
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 15): EPC.26044 A3 timtom.cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 15): EPC 26044.B2 C
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 16): EPC 26044 A 9 timtom
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 16): EPC 26044 B 9 ty
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 17): EPC 26044 A7 timtom
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 17): EPC 26044 B6
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 18): EPC . 26044.A6
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 18): EPC ,26044 . B3 ty
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched. Variation 19): EPC.26044 A4 timtom.cbs
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched. Variation 19): EPC.26044 B4 V
Other Versions (5 of 279)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Diamond Life (LP, Album) | Epic | ELS 4445 | 1984 | |||
Recently Edited | Diamond Life (LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold, Snakebite) | Epic | ELPS 4445 | Australia | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Diamond Life (Cassette, Album) | Epic | 40-26044 | Europe | 1984 | ||
| Diamond Life (LP, Album, Stereo, Dark Blue Labels, Gatefold) | Epic, Epic | EPC 26044, 26044 | Europe | 1984 | |||
Recently Edited | Diamond Life (LP, Album) | Epic, Epic | EPC 26044, 26044 | Greece | 1984 |
Recommendations
Reviews
An iconic album that is as sublime as it is different for that era.- Edited 6 months agoVery happy with this original UK A4/B3 pressing! Full range, natural sound, never harsh even on the higher notes. Got this one because I wanted the 'original' non US version of Smooth Operator to supplement my Sade's The Best Of compilation.
UK original pressings of this album are the way to go if you want a great sounding vinyl album. Without doubt demo quality.
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