Sade - Diamond Life - Just The Riffs

Diamond Life is the debut studio album by English band Sade, released in the United Kingdom on 16 July 1984 by Epic Records and in the United States on 27 February 1985 by Portrait Records.

After studying fashion design, and later modelling, Sade Adu began backup-singing with British band Pride. During this time Adu and three of the original members of “Pride”—Paul Anthony Cook, Paul Denman and Stuart Matthewman—left the group to form their own band called Sade.

After various demos and performances, Sade received interest from record labels and signed to Epic.

Recording for the album began in 1983 at Power Plant Studios in London and took six weeks to complete. The album’s content was written by the group Sade and the production was handled by Robin Millar.

Fifteen songs were recorded. The album contained a variety of musical elements including soul, jazz and sophisti-pop, mostly with love lyrics. The album spawned four singles, including “Your Love Is King” and “Smooth Operator“.

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Recording Personnel

Genre(s): Adult Contemporary, Chillout, Cool Jazz, Downtempo, Funk & Soul, Jazz & Fusion, Lounge, Neo Soul, Pop, Pop Soul, Quiet Storm, Smooth Jazz, Soul, Soul Jazz

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Tracklist

001 - Smooth Operator
002 - uncle salty
003 - adam's apple
004 - walk this way
005 - big ten inch record
006 - sweet emotion
007 - no more, no more
008 - round and round
009 - you see me crying

This album was recorded on instruments tuned down 1/2 a step to E♭ Standard tuning (E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭).

Everything is transcribed "as if" in E Standard to make it easier to read and play. All Keys/Modes and Accidentals are written as per E Standard tuning.