bass Paul S. Denman
tracks 7 to 10 co-producer Ben Rogan
tracks 7 to 13, 15, 16 co-producer Mike Pela
design Peter Brawne
guitar [guitars], saxophone [sax] Stuart Matthewman
keyboards Andrew Hale
management [manager] Roger Davies
mastered by Ian Cooper
photography by [andrew/stuart/paul by] Jo Strettel
photography by [sade adu by] Albert Watson
tracks 1 to 6 producer Robin Millar
tracks 7 to 16 producer Sade
vocals Sade Adu
tracks 6, 8 to 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 written-by Andrew Hale
tracks 5 written-by Martin Ditcham
tracks 9, 13 written-by Paul S. Denman
tracks 14 written-by Percy Mayfield
tracks 3 written-by Raymond St. John
tracks 1 to 13, 15, 16 written-by Sade Adu
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 to 13, 15 written-by Stuart Matthewman
Distributed By Sony Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Made By Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Published By Angel Music Ltd.
Published By Peermusic (UK) Ltd
Published By ATV Music Ltd.
Recorded At Power Plant Studios
Recorded At Compass Point Studios
Recorded At Studio Miraval
Recorded At Studio Marcadet
Recorded At Condulmer Recording Studios
Recorded At Ridge Farm Studios
Recorded At The Hit Factory, London
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Ameraycan Studios
Mastered At Metropolis Mastering
Release appears with sticker reads The Best of Sade affixed to the front of a jewel case and barcode and other identifiers on sticker affixed to the rear of a jewel case. Copies distributed in Poland come also with ZPAV hologram affixed to the jewel case.

The Best Of Sade is almost identical, but the barcode sticker on the rear of the jewel case has price code CB 821 and text at bottom of case insert differs.

The copyright in this sound recordings is owned by Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
1 2 3 ℗ 1984 / 4 5 6 7 ℗ 1985 / 8 9 10 ℗ 1988 / 11 12 13 15 16 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd
14 ℗ 1994 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. © 1994 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd

Barcode: 5 099747 779329 (Text)
Barcode: 5099747779329 (Scanned, EAN-13)
Rights Society: MCPS BIEM SDRM
Rights Society: ZPAV (Hologram affixed to Polish copies)
Label Code: LC 0199
Price Code: CB 811
Other: 01-477793-10 (Sony code)
Other: CX
Other: CDE
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-01 13 87 (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-10 23 (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-10 43 D3 (Variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music 01-477793-10 13 A4 (Variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-10 23 B4 (Variant 5 mirrored)
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-10 23 B8 (Variant 6 mirrored)
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-10 13 A1 (Variant 7 mirrored)
Matrix / Runout: 01-477793-10 13 B5 (Variant 8 mirrored)
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music 01-477793-10 43 A1 (Variant 9 mirrored)