feel like the singles are the stand outs and there's lot of filler on here. Still relatively enjoyable though. Amazing voice
― marginal victory, Thursday, 20 September 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
i find the diversity of opinion re: the quality of the singles compared to the rest of the tracks interesting
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:17 (eleven years ago) link
five of 11 tracks have been singles now, right? six if you include "strangest feeling".
― lex pretend, Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:26 (eleven years ago) link
All these so-called post-dubsteppers, RnB-deconstructivists, indie-beatmakers etc., it's all really some form of (neo)trip-hop, don't you think? Or is that reductionist? It's not meant as an insult.. I like many of these artists, Jessie Ware among them.
― Mule, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
To my ears Ware hovers outside trip-hop, closer to Blue Lines-era Massive Attack
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
I've always considered Blue Lines trip-hop (because of after the fact-categorization, probably, I was 7 in '91) so I guess we agree on Ware, then.
― Mule, Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
Something about the poses she strikes reminds me of Shara Nelson: mechanized soul with space for a billowy presence.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
I really like the title track, can't get enough of it. Incidentally, some of the harmonic stuff and the arpeggio effects going on in it reminds me a lot of "Bloom" by Radiohead.
― some white dude (Turangalila), Thursday, 20 September 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
it's all totally trip-hop revival. it confused me the first time i saw someone use that as an insult.
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:46 (eleven years ago) link
If so, we're still at the early, warm, Wild Bunch bit of trip-hop, rather than the dead-eyed Sneaker Pimps 1998 zombie incarnation. The latter bit would be the insult.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:53 (eleven years ago) link
i actually liked that sneaker pimps album at the time
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:55 (eleven years ago) link
Having lived with this album for a month or so now I'm pretty sure that most of its faults come from the presence of the dude from The Invisible. There's a sort of damp and dusty worthiness to some of the production.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:08 (eleven years ago) link
Ooof, not very good on Later.
Love the album 111% though.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 13 October 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
It's like an X-Factor cover, maybe she's just nervous though.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 13 October 2012 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
Later last night was the first time I'd heard her. I thought that song sounded a bit like Roxette.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
she was better at Maida Vale -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/sessions/2012-10-18_jessieware
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 19 October 2012 09:47 (eleven years ago) link
i listen to this album all the time. I wouldn't really think to slot it anywhere near Blue Lines, it seems much more straightforward R&B to me. but it's very good.
― akm, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
I'm in love with the Ewan Pearson remix of No to Love
http://soundcloud.com/jessieware/sets/no-to-love-remixes/
― Deafening silence (DL), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
Brownstone cover (produced by Japanese teenagers - ?!), Kate Moross video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXJl5Gf05zg
― nashwan, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
I love both of these things
― owenf, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:02 (eleven years ago) link
i didnt think i liked the todd mix but it's v beautiful once it gets going
almost tempted to do a ware remixes poll but meh
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkF7PZhVlNw
<3 this one
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
"Taking In Water" has become my jam .
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
it's my favorite from the album
well other than maybe "sweet talk"
or "110%"
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
as great as this album is, (still top 5 of the year for me) the remixes that have emerged for songs from it have been fucking great. the joe goddard "night light" remix is RIDICULOUS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZrThWeqmzs
― childish bambino (rennavate), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
This "sweet talk" remix too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvOQHC4Muxs
― childish bambino (rennavate), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
love that "Night Light" remix
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Finally got around to hearing this after months of loving "Wildest Moments." Good album, though I find that with the exception of the song I already liked (which is terrific both melodically and lyrically), the songs tend to live or die depending on the strength of the drum programming, which is odd.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 November 2012 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
I've not really wanted to go back to this that much of late but I might have a go at making a remix comp this evening.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 22 November 2012 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
"Still Love Me" sounds too much like Annie Lennox for me
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
the joe goddard remix of "night light" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
There's been some very smart remix commissioning by Jessie Ware's people, in contrast to Lana Del Rey's label, which seems to have commissioned so many that even the good ones (eg Lindstrom, Photek, AlunaGeorge) have got lost in the pile.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 23 November 2012 10:25 (eleven years ago) link
That makes sense though, Jessie Ware is embedded in a scene and building a profile in the dance world as well as the pop world, in a way that Lana Del Rey isn't.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2012 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
Oh sure, it definitely makes sense, but there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the LDR remixes. You can't even buy most of them - they're just floating about.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 23 November 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
Haha I thought that "just floating about" was the default state for pop/indie remixes. The idea that anyone might actually pay money for most of them never really occurred to me.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2012 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
I like paying when I can (eg Ewan Pearson's Ware remix) because it helps the remixer get more work. But I'm old and like paying for music so there's that.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 23 November 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link
Aeroplane told me that major labels deliberately overcommission remixes on spec, knowing that the ones they turn down and refuse to pay for will end up online anyway via the remixer and get them free publicity and kudos. That's what happened with their MGMT remix. It's a lousy trick, although we benefit either way.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 23 November 2012 10:56 (eleven years ago) link
It's more that I thought most of them were either unofficial or sat on by the label in the first place, a lot of them just seem to exist in Hype Machine land independent of any commercial imperatives at all bar getting a bit of attention for the producers.
(xpost - or that I suppose)
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2012 10:58 (eleven years ago) link
I mean I doubt anyone's profile suffered as a result of doing a 'Video Games' remix last year.
― Matt DC, Friday, 23 November 2012 10:59 (eleven years ago) link
The nebulous idea of "profile" is fine when you're starting out but when you're established it's nice to get some £££ if you're doing work for a major label. If it's unofficial obviously that's different.
― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, 23 November 2012 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
"video games" "vip mix"
About 452,000 results (0.35 seconds)
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 23 November 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
though er, most of those results aren't actually that - n/m
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 23 November 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
'110%' is now ‘If You’re Never Gonna Move’
― Chinchilla! Chinchilla! Chinchilla! (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
I guess I'm the only one that thinks "Still Love Me" is the standout here? Also yeah this was on Spotify 2 wks ago and now it is totally gone!!
― "poop floats" starring sandra buttock (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
I think they took it off US Spotify only?
"Night Light" is the album's clear winner, imo.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
"Taking in Water," hoss.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
when she suddenly wails I'M TAKING WATER MY BROTHER I'm destroyed
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
This is like Born This Way, where everyone agrees to like the album and everyone's favorite track is different.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently "'Taking Water' is about my little brother." And I'd already constructed a fiction in which the singer falls in love with a gay man.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Strangest Feeling and Devotion are my favorites.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link