Sade - Is It A Crime

Is It A Crime opened Sade's second album, Promise, released in 1985. It has all the hallmarks of a typical Sade number - cool, laid-back, jazzy arrangement and Sade's phenomenal voice.

The issue here is a "Best Of" compilation released by Music-On-Vinyl, and the video gives a first outing to another Ortofon moving coil cartridge - a Synergy GM from the unmistakable SPU series. The "stereo pick-up" was released in 1958, and variants, and developments of it have been in Ortofon's line up ever since. Ortofon's website gives a nice potted history of the series.

The name "synergy" seems very appropriate since it performs so well with the SME M2-12-r - a modern variant of the original, 50 year old SME 3009 tonearm which was made with cartridges like the SPU in mind. Add these to the venerable, but improved Lenco drive of the Solid12 and you have an almost vintage record player with 21st century performance.

Cartridge: Ortofon Synergy GM SPU

Phono amp: Graham Slee Accession + Elevator EXP

Turntable: PTP Audio Solid12 + SME M2-12-r tonearm

This may come, this may come as some surprise

But I miss you

I could see through all of your lies

But still I miss you

He takes her love, but it doesn't feel like mine

He tastes her kiss, her kisses are not wine, they're not mine 

He takes, but surely she can't give what I'm feeling now

She takes, but surely she doesn't know how 

Is it a crime,

Is it a crime,

That I still want you

And I want you to want me too?

My love is wider, wider than Victoria Lake

My love is taller, taller than the Empire State 

It dives and it jumps, and it ripples like the deepest ocean

I can't give you more than that. Surely you want me back 

Is it a crime,

Is it a crime?

I still want you

And I want you to want me too

My love is wider than Victoria Lake

Taller than the Empire State

It dives and it jumps

I can't give you more than that. Surely you want me back 

Is it a crime,

Is it a crime,

That I still want you

And I want you to want me too?

It dives and it jumps

And it ripples like the deepest ocean

Can't give you more than that

Surely you want it back 

Tell me

Is it a crime?