Jessie Ware - 110% (and everything else she's done)

weird how "adore you" felt so monumental when it came out last year and yet amongst all this it feels slight and subtle. still such an incredible song!

also shout out to the title track

glad I mostly steered clear of the singles, this is massive

jesus

I like that this week has brought us multiple albums seemingly designed in a lab to please each and every single ILMer between them

xpost the last track my god

I haven't responded this well to a record in this vein since...the second Natalie Prass album, I wanna say?

this is a very different beast (much more upbeat for starters) but the combo of new and 'retro" sounds/signifiers brought it to mind

The album mix of "Spotlight" mutes that weird synth (?) noise I loved in the single edit

Sorry I should probably know what that sound is as an ilxor whatever who cares

yeah, my only qualms with this are that she dialed down spotlight slightly on the album version and also that overtime should've been included

Omg the synth bips were what MADE spotlight

As much as I love "Overtime", its exclusion makes sense considering the sound of the rest of the album

Yeah, I also thought those little synth hiccups had been quietened on the album version for some reason. I thought it might have just been the vinyl.

This should be a massive record for her. Why haven't all these singles been huge?

Too retro and/or lack of label push imo

This is ILM bait not chart bait

I guess with something like Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now becoming such a huge worldwide hit, it wouldn't have been that weird if some of these single could have at least cracked the top 100 somewhere.

The extended intro of the album mix of “Save A Kiss” doesn’t really introduce elements that we didn’t hear in the single version but it still makes the song so much better. The value of an intro, y’all

Oh shit I just got to Remember Where You Are

floored

“Step Into My Life” is the best Roisin Murphy song

Well well, if it isn't the best album ever made.

And yes, the (sorta) "Les Fleur" tribute on the final track is superb.

this is everything

"That's the Way of Les Fleurs"

"The Kill" is quite something.

THE HEART OF THE CITY IS ON FIIIIIIIRRRREEE

Very strong Rotary Connection vibes to the last track.

This is magnificent

I… don't hate this.

the closer is EXTREMELY familiar / reminds me of something specific but I can't quite reach what it is yet

Between this and the also brilliant HAIM album this is such a great weekend for music.

not to mention we had Bobby D and Phoebe Bridgers just last week (the latter of which I haven't even gotten to yet).

and Hum!!!!

this is probably the best album of the year that I will virtually never listen to as an album

that's not a dis really

Johnny Jewel is going to cry with joy or jealousy if/when he hears "The Kill"

fuck

Everyone’s said nearly everything I wanted to already, but my god, “The Kill”: starts off like a freakin’ Pye Corner Audio track but then the switch to a major key and THEN the gospel ending holy shit

and THEN the Rotary Connection tribute to close the record!

this is a killer fuckin disco boogie

"in your eyes" is fucking ridiculous

the closing track is like too perfect, the fucking nerve

and THEN the Rotary Connection tribute to close the record!

― Jeff W, Friday, June 26, 2020

otm

Everybody otm re: the new album

i'm overwhelmed by pretty much everything happening on this record

*listens* It is good.

"in your eyes" is fucking ridiculous

The handclaps on that one are very interesting sounding. (Not a criticism, but there's something unusual about them I can't put my finger on.)

Ending the album with the slow build of "The Kill" and "Remember Where You Are" is the year's most satisfying sequencing decision.

and THEN the Rotary Connection tribute to close the record!

― Jeff W, Friday, June 26, 2020

otm

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for sure, reminds me of roy ayers too

"in your eyes" is amazing. the whole thing is great. still not sold on "oo la la" but that's ok.

Great album yeah. How do hardcore fans find it, compared to the others?

it's certainly either her best or very close to it (Devotion being its competition)

song for song it's her best