A Diva

Adeva burst onto the dance music scene in 1988 with blazing House tracks like her radical re-working of "Respect" and the titanic "Musical Freedom" the following year. While she had the paint-peeling tonsil power of the best House Divas and an image that made Grace Jones look shy and retiring she had her sensitive side and the soul chops to sing gorgeous ballads like this one. "Beautiful Love" was a single in 1989 that was only a minor hit, her previous singles had all made the UK Top 20 (she did far better in Europe than the States) but this one didn't do as well. I've always loved it though, especially in this 12" extended version remixed by Frankie Knuckles. This has that classic 80s slow jam sound, electronic but warm and smooth as butter, the backing vocals are especially nice.

The original version of this is on her debut album Adeva! (love the exclamation mark) which seems to be out of print now as is most of the rest of her catalogue, unfortunately including the compilation Ultimate Adeva.

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Beautiful Love - Adeva