After a hiatus of 10 years, Sade Adu has made her reappearance onto the music scene by releasing “Soldier of Love, her remarkable new album. Upon close review of the set you will find that where secular and sacred meet, at the crux is where Sade lies.

The ten Soldier tracks flow together seamlessly showing the spiritual and harmonious connection between Sade Adu, lead singer, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman. According to the electronic press kit for the band, they don’t ever go into the studio with prepared lyrics or a set agenda. They allow the music to organically create itself.

That type of free-flowing natural process occurs only rarely in today’s contemporary scene, particularly over the last thirty years. Originally the band was formed in 1982. However to date they have released only five studio albums. When the musical history of Sade’s is considered, the wait of ten years for the new album “Soldier of Love,” wasn’t intentional. The group believes ultimately that the only time music should be created is when is when there is something to say.

Sade band members, being the “soldiers of love” that they are, trust and know love does have the power for conquering all- confusion, tragedy and pain. “The Moon and the Sky,” the opening track for the album addresses a lover unknown. The song’s final notes make a segue into “Soldier of Love’s” military cadence. Adu finds herself situated on the “hinterland of her devotion” and “border line of her faith.” Despite the drama, rays of sunshine are on the fringes of Sade’s despair. On “Morning Bird,” the following track, delicate notes from a piano rise softly as the morning sun.

Sade, with her spirits refreshed, moves into “Babyfather.” The songs speaks of a fine man catching her eye with her being “stuck in a daze.” On the song “Long Hard Road” Sades assures that “everything is gonna be alright.” On the next track Sade asserts everything won’t be easy, however in the end love “will light the sky.”

“Bring Me Home” is a standout track from the album. Sades notes during the second verse she’s “seen the Devil’s eyes,” feeling at times “close, yet so far from God.” However, love brings her home although “the last leaf has fallen” while “the ground is full of broken stones.”

“In Another Time,” another remarkable track on the album, is where Sade vents and is “tired of waiting for something to change.” After spending plenty of time with love that didn’t know when something was good, Sade assures “tears won’t leave a trace.”

“Skin,” fittingly enough is a very appropriate track as the kiss-off. Adu starts to wash him from her skin. The task turns out to not be all that simple, “but sometimes love has to let go.” Sade, with her body and mind free, discovers her heart has a soft spot. “Safest Place,” closes out the album. Sade’s love for her beau gets stored in her sacred place.

The singer Sade, former resident of Ocho Rios, is topping the jazz charts online with the “Soldier of Love” single just one day after the song was released.

Since it was released on January 1, the song has been played over 55,000 a day and topped the jazz charts of MySpace. The video is for the title single from her forthcoming album set to be released February 8.

The growth of plays has slowed with a total of 68,580 plays. MySpace is a very popular social networking website. The plays may not be in the millions, however the chart shows comparatively that interest for the songstress from Nigeria is still strong.

“Soldier of Love,” set to be released on Epic Records, is the first studio album for Sade since “Lovers Rock” in 2000. In 2002 she released a live album as well. Every one of Sade’s seven albums has peaked in Billboard’s top 200 in the Top 10 positions. Since 1984 with the release of “Diamond Life,” her debut album, her sales worldwide have exceeded 50 million albums. The new album “Soldier of Love” was produced by Mike Pela, long time collaborator, and her band. They recorded the album in England.

There are ten tracks on the album, including The Safest Place, Skin, In Another Time, Bring Me Home, Be That Easy, Long Hard Road, Baby Father, Morning Bird, Soldier Of Love and The Moon And The Sky.

During the 1990s, Sade was a resident of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. She lived there with a producer from Jamaica. However, Sade left the island after failing to appear in court and face dangerous driving charges.

Last month, “Soldier Of Love,” Sade’s new single, came out. The music video today premiered on Amazon. Sade Adu, the front woman, doesn’t appear to have aged even a day since 1984 when “Diamond Life” was released.

The entire “Soldier of Love” album is due to be released on February 8. It will be the first studio album released by Sade in ten years. That must be nice to get to the point where you can take a decade off.

For all Sade fans who are web savvy, it looks like they are looking for moderators for their official website. The due date for applications is Wednesday so you will need to brush up quickly on your skills.

The sultry, dark video for the Sade single “Soldier of Love” features red smoke, crashing waves and sexy people twirling lassos while in the desert and doing push ups.

With Sade’s first album to be released in nine years scheduled for a February 8 worldwide release date, the singer is gearing up for her first European tour and then a US trek to support “Soldier of Love,” her new album. It’s been nine years since Sade toured as well.

Preliminary plans for Sade, who on January 16 will turn 50, is to have her tour Europe during March. During April and May she will then tour the U.S. Additional details will be announced during the next few weeks.

“Soldier of Love,” Sade’s sixth album, is the first new album for her since “Lover’s Rock” from 2000. The title track from the album has been released already online and to radio. According to data from Nielsen Soundscan, her first five albums to date have sales of over 17 million units.