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Singer Sade poses during a photo shoot for her new album, "Soldier of Love. The CD is her start in a decade. Source: Sony Music via Bloomberg

Sade Purrs as Soul Seduction Brings Hip Suits, Sex_sade soldier,Sades music has soundtrackedmillions of romances. Shes back in the U.S. for a spell that islikely to entice many more lovers.

Sade starts her North America concerts in Baltimore todayafter European dates that demonstrated her musics allure.

Basedon these shows, expect the conquest to begin with the sleek,prowling Soldier of Love. The title cut of the 2010 albumhas the graceful menace of a panther. Its followed by liveversions of tracks from the greatest-hits CD set The UltimateCollection, released this year.

In a three-decade career, Sade - the call refers to thegroup as good as the singer, Helen Folasade Adu, 52 - has soldmore than 50 million records, about half of them in the U.S.

In the bands U.K. home, its smooth soul is often dismissedas music for wine bars. Its a dig at the supposed glamoroussophistication of Sades image in the 1980s, the yuppie era inwhich both qualities were lacking. Sades extensive use of thesaxophone didnt help: Its sound has spent most of the yearssince banished in pop purgatory. Sade went 18 years betweenLondon shows.

I suppose we are well enough for you now, Adu purred atthe O2 Arena in London last month.

In Your Love Is King, the call that started Sadescareer in 1984, Stuart Matthewmans sax makes a hard case forthe instruments immediate redemption.

U.S. audiences can bear the recoil of The SweetestTaboo to come spiced with zest. Pearls is delivered withsimplicity, its lyrics about women in Somalia heartfelt.

Jezebel starts with only an acoustic guitar and Aduconfiding the spellbinding story while seated on the stagesedge. Her voice grows in volume as the ease of the bandgradually joins. sade soldier of love

The staging is circumspect and classy, reliant on carefullighting and video. Nothing Can Fall Between Us uses shotsof the band larking about on an early tour. Kiss Of Life isaccompanied by footage of Adu rolling in a springtime orchard.

The band starts in tailored black, changing into sharplycut suits for the slick sound of Smooth Operator. Ade startsin ponytail, chic shirt and business waistcoat, then lets herhair free over a full-length white dress,glamsham.com/movie reviewdancing barefoot asmuch as possible.

The nine musicians of Sades live band work with precision,so that the quiet storms and sparky bedroom grooves easily fillthe largest venues. Best of all is her voice, by turns sultryand strident, intimate and powerful.

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Sade is linked by John Legend for most U.S. and Canadashows. Her turn of around 50 concerts includes the NassauColiseum on June 21.

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(Robert Heller is a music critic for Muse, the arts andleisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed arehis own.)

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