The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album by English band Sade, released on 29 April 2011 by RCA Records.

[6] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone stated, "Few singers have the consistency of vision to produce a career retrospective that doubles as a seamless 'let's make out on the carpet' mixtape.

From 1985's jazzy 'Smooth Operator' to tracks from last year's excellent Soldier of Love, it's all state-of-the-art slow-jams all the time, driven by Sade Adu's touch-me-now contralto.

"[4] Lloyd Bradley of BBC Music commented, "The best thing about this set is it'll allow anybody who didn't quite get the band first time around to catch up.

As things stand, a more accurate title would be The Adequate Collection because there's little ultimate about this bare bones piece of product.