not mad about this on the first few listens
also Sheeran is on the album again :(
― Number None, Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:10 (six years ago) link
def. my least favourite of the first-run singles from the last 2 albums.
I've mentioned before but I always edit Ware's albums because there's always a few real duds IMO, hoping this album is more consistent
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
well, most albums have duds. She's not much different.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
yeah, sure
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
There were duds on Devotion?
― kitchen person, Friday, 28 July 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link
title track
― dyl, Friday, 28 July 2017 06:06 (six years ago) link
i love "midnight" -- hearing her powerhouse diva vocals over a "bennie and the jets" pastiche gave me much-needed life -- but i hate how i get bruno mars' "that's what i like" stuck in my head after listening to it.
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 28 July 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
― dyl, Friday, July 28, 2017 2:06 AM (fourteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's a great intro track.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 28 July 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
otm
― nomar, Friday, 28 July 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
devotion title track rules
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 28 July 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I love the title track. It works perfectly as a build up to Wildest Moments. No To Love and Still Love Me are the weakest songs, but I still wouldn't call them duds.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 29 July 2017 01:08 (six years ago) link
the only dud imo is "pieces" on TOUGH LOVE -- otherwise they all bang in one way or another
― joshywinty (josh), Saturday, 29 July 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8T9vB1zIVM
― moullet, Thursday, 31 August 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
Not sure about this one. Weird single choice.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 31 August 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
yeah i'm with ya, totally on the fence
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 31 August 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I really like this, Sade's always been an obvious comparison point but this is proper Smooth Operator wine lodge vibes.
Video is 10/10 too, clearly going for hype via ~controversy~ but I think she pulls it off.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 31 August 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
sounds like...... lovefool??
― adam, Thursday, 31 August 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
It reminds me more of Miss Chatelaine by K.D. Lang.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
at first blush I was reminded of Tom Waits/ Lana Del Rey, perhaps that's a litle OTT
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 1 September 2017 05:05 (six years ago) link
It reminds me of "Twist in My Sobriety" with a bossa laid on top.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 1 September 2017 05:14 (six years ago) link
lol i thought lovefool too
like it tho, all her last album tended to be grower for me
― nxd, Friday, 1 September 2017 08:35 (six years ago) link
I think it's better than "Midnight".
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 2 September 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
The third album is called Glasshouse - out "very soon" according to instagram
― monotony, Tuesday, 5 September 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
Just saw on the Popjustice forum that there is a song on the new album called The Last Of The Believers that features Paul Buchanan! That's a dream collaboration right there.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
are you fucking kidding me
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
i'll die immediately when i hear that song
https://www.instagram.com/p/BY-m1Xcg-8f/?hl=en&taken-by=jessieware
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:07 (six years ago) link
The Blue Nile ❤❤❤— Jessie Ware (@JessieWare) September 30, 2012
― willem, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:12 (six years ago) link
didn't they write together before Tough Love but nothing made the album? that's great news
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
Just found this from 2013 where she mentions revealing her new single co-written with Paul.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-week-in-music-jessie-ware-is-still-pulling-all-the-strings-8970990.html
One of the results from my Google search also took me to The 1975 thread on here where someone mentioned that she was the one who introduced Matt to The Blue Nile. Good work Jessie!
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
oh the song she performed then was 'True Believers' so it must be the same one
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
Whoa @ Blue Nile collab
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
And the album is out on October 20th
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/glasshouse-deluxe-edition/id1277731802
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
imo this is her best album though it won't set this board on fire in the same way devotion did, prob bc this board is v different now and also she doesn't really occupy a connective space between dance music and quiet storm anymore. but like every track is good to excellent and rewards attention, even the sheeran track, again, which is mercifully the final song on the record and the arrangement takes it to such a cool, unexpected place that i don't mind that it's the same circular melody sheeran generates automatically/unconsciously whenever he picks up a guitar. paul buchanan track is probably exactly what a modern blue nile song would sound like; i find it crushing
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 16 October 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
I'm excited to hear the live band tracks with Chris Dave and Pino, although on 'Selfish Love' they sound tastefully anonymous.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 16 October 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
Buying this on release day, and will again if there's a bonus track reissue next year. Good to hear it feels like her best yet.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 16 October 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Ugh, I need this album now.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 16 October 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
oh you can listen to "sam," the sheeran track, on streaming services now. you'll get what i mean
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 16 October 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
God is that Sheeran track awful. A slow generic ballad with a Jessie Ware on sleeping pills. What happened to her? This has absolutely nothing to do with the Jessie Ware I knew. As if she had aged by 30 years from one day to the other. Where is the spark and sexiness gone?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 16 October 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
lol ok alex
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 16 October 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
i'm sure this was not your intention but to listen to a woman performing pop music and remark initially on her seeming age and the absence of spark and sexiness is... not great, imo. besides the other songs on this record (i.e. not the closer) contain what you seek
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 16 October 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
Yeah I'm on board with all the pre-release tracks so far save for "Sam" which to me has the air of Sheeran writing his usual stream-of-consciousness gush over the melody to "Fields of Gold". But I've really liked the art direction generally for this era (the videos have included some serious interior design porn) and I'm confident it will be an enjoyable listen on the whole
― monotony, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
“sam” is great. pino palladino on bass.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 October 2017 01:39 (six years ago) link
Sam is giving me Nana/She Lays Down vibes. I'm hoping the penultimate song with Paul Buchanan can act as the Paris of the album and be the closer that the album deserves.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
let me reassure you kitchen person: it is
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
Can't wait!
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
I like how much she swears
https://pitchfork.com/tv/22-over-under/watch-jessie-ware-rate-ed-sheeran-eating-placenta-and-50-shades-of-grey/
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
lmao that Over/Under is fucking great
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 19 October 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
I've never seen anyone less amused by the conceit and it rules
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 19 October 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
lmao her ed sheeran answer. lmaoooooo
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 October 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link