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

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

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 26, 2020 8:15 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

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

personally i'm not sure whether i've felt it as an *album* yet, and devotion had that in spades, so ymmv

i love the way it ends though, "the kill" -> "remember where you are" is just great

"the kill" is like a fuckin evil madonna song, it rules

Ooh La La is a lost Prince song as far as I'm concerned; it's a fucking wrecking ball.

I want to say that the album feels frontloaded to me but it's probably just that I'm having a hard time not restarting every time I get to Adore You. I'll catch up with you guys soon enough.

i wasn't that big on "ooh la la" as a single but it works way better in context of the album

yeah, i missed all the singles after adore you and they are going off like dynamite for me... spotlight in particular is just spinning in place under a mirror ball forever

(i really tried to stop listening to this and get through the new HAIM but not now)

I think the repeat tempos and structures hampers it as a record a tiny bit. all the songs rule tho

this is how I felt about the last kelis also iirc

if you wanna know the truth...

stop
go
fast
slow

here together
what's your pleasure

*SYNTH STAB*

so grateful to have the summer dominated by Jessie and a new Róisín album in August

THE HEART OF THE CITY IS ON FIIIIIIIRRRREEE

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 26, 2020 8:06 AM

This album and the Haim have really lifted my spirits this week. What a career Ware has had. Hard to imagine anything topping Devotion for me, but this is close, and all her records have been superb. The run from "Ooh La La" through "Adore You" is stunning.

the end of "ooh la la" is my favorite song

I like this album but there are still no good songs called 'Ooh La La'.

i will brook no slander to Ooh La La; it's a banger

Yeah it would seem odd to me to like the title track or “mirage (don’t stop)” or “soul control” but then take issue with “ooh la la”.

Exhaustion with the general approach by the time of about “step into my life” would make more sense to me but, idk, the whole album’s touch is so light that I don’t have that issue myself.

yeah I (quite unfairly) usually get tuckered out by the midway point then skip ahead to the glorious closing two-fer

I like this album but there are still no good songs called 'Ooh La La'.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, July 1, 202

what the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WNwTpOKf1o

there's a poll in here for sure

https://www.allmusic.com/search/songs/ooh+la+la

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4AYtQggFA&

i mean this came out like two months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sff7Kc77QAY

Tbh I just find titling a song 'Ooh La La' to be an indicator of trying just that little bit too hard. The Suzi Lane one might be an exception.

That one is a minor moroder masterpiece

Spotlight is a little more aggressively dancefloor but get some Rhye vibes from it

Slandering RTJ's Ooh La La is also slandering Nice & Smooth how rude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLE-2ZSa_Dg

Suzi Lane, Jessie Ware, Faces, Goldfrapp “Ooh La La”s are good songs and I wont hear otherwise.

Also Blossom Dearie and The Raincoats; they’re not amazing songs but they’re not bad.

Let this be the end of the thread derail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1jI4LQbvQ

Oh that’s a great one too!

Yesss Willem. Arno <3

I got distracted by Haim for a bit but now I realise: this is the best album

The thing about most modern "X goes disco" albums is that they channel other modern "X goes disco" albums rather than anything that feels like the 70s. This album is still more 80s than 70s but I do hear flashes of Salsoul, Cerrone, Patrick Adams,...and I hadn't really thought much before about how novel that is.

ooh la la is my fav on this album probably? idk. I have trouble listening to the whole thing. Its very mannered at times in its disco obsession. ive been ruined for it by a guy who kept using it as a stick to beat the dua lipa album which ... theyre very different obv, but i kind of appreciate how dua lipa is less oriented around capturing the correct disco blueprints ... anyway i do love several songs on this though.

which songs do u like on the dua lipa deej? i didn’t love it the couple times i put it on

it seems odd to even compare this to dua lipa's album; the two occupy pretty different aesthetic territory, and it's pointless to say which is intrinsically more valuable. both are very well executed. the odd-but-apt 'too perfect' argument that was applied by some to future nostalgia and lipa herself could easily apply here as well. each sound, every aspect of the arrangement sounds like it was deeply considered. it builds beautifully on tracks like "save a kiss" and "the kill" without overblowing things. the referential signposts unsurprisingly tend to point to those works and artists that various cults of 'good' dance music remain devoted to. though many of these styles, particularly rendered so thoughtfully, remain genuinely thrilling, her music can sometimes seem like it's built more around excellent aesthetic judgment than depth of feeling. i know grading the apparent rawness of a performer's emotions is largely bullshit, but i prefer an artist who can at least temporarily sell me on the illusion. at times ware's voice simply lacks the idiosyncrasy to fully embody some of the styles and situations she dons.

with all of that said, it's a very impressive record and i do personally prefer it to future nostalgia