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1	Is It A Crime	6:18
2	The Sweetest Taboo	4:31
3	War Of The Hearts	6:46
4	You're Not The Man	5:27
5	Jezebel	5:27
6	Mr. Wrong	2:46
7	Punch Drunk	5:21
8	Never As Good As The First Time	4:57
9	Fear Arranged By [Strings] – Nick Ingham*Guitar – Carlos Bonnell*	4:06
10	Tar Baby Arranged By [Strings] – Nick Ingham*	3:55
11	Maureen	4:18

Credits

• Arranged By – Sade Adu
• Backing Vocals – Jake Jacas
• Bass – Paul S Denman*
• Design [Sleeve Design] – Graham Smith
• Drums, Percussion – Dave Early
• Engineer [Production] – Mike Pela
• Keyboards – Andrew Hale
• Lyrics By – Adu* (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B6)
• Mastered By – Herb Powers, Jr.*
• Music By – Hale* (tracks: A1, B1, B2, B6), Ditcham* (tracks: A2), Denman* (tracks: B1, B6), Adu* (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B6), Matthewman* (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1, B3 to B5)
• Percussion – Martin Ditcham
• Photography By – Toshi Yajima
• Producer – Rogan* (tracks: A4, B3), Ben Rogan (tracks: B6), Pela* (tracks: B3), Robin Millar (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3, B4), Millar* (tracks: A4, B3), Sade Adu (tracks: A4, B3, B6)
• Saxophone, Guitar – Stuart Matthewman
• Trombone – Pete Beachill
• Trumpet – Terry Bailey
• Vocals – Sade Adu

Notes

Recorded at Power Plant Willesden and Studio Miraval, France. Mastered at Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, New York, NY.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5099708631888

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
EPC 86318	Sade	Promise ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Epic	EPC 86318	UK	1985
RK 40263	Sade	Promise ‎(CD, Album)	Portrait	RK 40263	US	1985
40 86318, 40-86318	Sade	Promise ‎(Cass, Album)	Epic, Epic	40 86318, 40-86318	Europe	1985
EPC 86318	Sade	Promise ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Epic	EPC 86318	Greece	1985
CD EPC 86318	Sade	Promise ‎(CD, Unofficial)	Epic	CD EPC 86318	Unknown