Why does Sade have such a poor reputation in the UK?

In the States, she is heralded the epitome of class and sophistication, but Sade's first album in a decade received little fanfare in this countryThey call her music a "quiet storm" but there hasn't been much of a storm, quiet or otherwise, about the huge success of Sade's first album in a decade, Soldier of Love – not in this country anyway. It sold 1.5m copies worldwide in its first week of release – including 500,000 in the US, where it enjoyed the best sales-week since AC/DC's ...

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