February's releases in brief

The new year is usually slow to start in the music world, and January '10 was no exception. Fortunately for music lovers everywhere, February promises a spate of exciting new releases. Our 6 most highly anticipated selections follow, along with the relevant links:

February 9th:

Massive Attack - Heligoland
Sade - Soldier Of Love
k.d. lang - Recollection (Best Of-)
The Pretenders - Live In London (CD/DVD)

February 23rd:

David Byrne/Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love
Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave

Sade set to release their first album in 10 years.

The wait is now over. RCA Label Group are pleased to announce the release of Soldier of Love, the highly anticipated new body of work from Sade. Soldier of Love will be released worldwide on 8th February, 2010 and is Sade's first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000.

Known for their smooth sounds and rhythmic melodies, Sade has enjoyed phenomenal success both internationally and stateside throughout the span of their twenty-five year career.

Since the release of their debut album, Diamond Life in 1984 the band have seen all five of their studio albums land in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart selling a total of more than 50 million albums worldwide to date. They've been nominated for American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and have won a Brit Award for Best Album for Diamond Life, three Grammy Awards - first in 1986 for Best New Artist, then in 1994 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for 'No Ordinary Love', and again in 2002 for Best Pop Vocal Album with Lovers Rock.

Visit Sade's official website here for more info.