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

Ugh, I need this album now.

oh you can listen to "sam," the sheeran track, on streaming services now. you'll get what i mean

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?

lol ok alex

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

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

“sam” is great. pino palladino on bass.

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.

let me reassure you kitchen person: it is

Can't wait!

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/

lmao that Over/Under is fucking great

I've never seen anyone less amused by the conceit and it rules

lmao her ed sheeran answer. lmaoooooo

that was a great watch. shes funny

when i saw her live i think everyone in the crowd was expecting someone more self-serious, but she was exactly like she is in that video.

Agreed on the over/under love. Much respect for backing her friend.

My favourite bit is, "I'm also on the soundtrack".

that's what she's like live in between songs

just a naturally funny and down to earth person

Yeah another echo to the "she's like that live" brigade.

Saw her on devotion tour, she's so classic - can't wait to hear the new one

lmao that Over/Under is fucking great

^^

the two bonus tracks on the deluxe edition are amazing

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

the two bonus tracks on the deluxe edition are amazing

yeah "Love To Love" might even be my favourite of the unreleased songs! that or the obvious banger "Your Domino"

"love to love" sounded like the best song on the album to me yeah

Your Domino is the one. Definitely should have been the lead single.

hyped for this, definitely going to get the deluxe edition. the bonus tracks on Tough Love were incredible i thought.

If "Your Domino" had been the lead single I think there would've been enormous disappointment once the album itself arrived as nothing else even approaches its pace.

Yeah, you're right. It is a one off.

Just finished my first listen and I'm really surprised how much I enjoyed this. I loved Midnight, but the other singles didn't grab me that much. Even though it's her most mellow record, I found it so much more instant than Tough Love which took a long time to click (there's a couple of songs that still haven't).

My main complaint is that there isn't enough Paul Buchanan. It's a gorgeous song, I just wanted to hear his presence more.

who knew that a song like "your domino" could exist in these times! pure bliss.

right there with you re: the lack of paul buchanan

Finish What We Started is gorgeous, my favourite on first listen

Thoughtful of her to have stuck the Sheeran collaboration right at the end this time.

like i said

“your domino” is great obv but at the moment i am very high on “stay awake wait for me”

oh wow the bonus tracks are wonderful

i was like "the only flaw with this record is nothing (except 'first time' maybe) is really on the level of 'champagne kisses'" and then i heard "love to love"

y'all need to stop

some interesting collaborators on this... "slow me down" was done w/ the guy who did "love on the brain," "finish what we started" w/ john ryan & julien bunetta of one direction fame

last of the true believers was co-written & produced by two of the maccabees??

this sounds quite good so far. I'm surprised some of these chordally simple songs have as many as six co-writers.

every collaborator adds a new chord

This album is not good. It is kitschy schmaltz of the worst kind. No tunes, only pathetic ballads. Only good for the waste bin.

Meaningless post.

well obv this album is going to own

i came here to post the Over/Under, she is amazing

thanks alex

i kinda agree. love jessie's personality, and ok the """confessional""" lyrics here, but miss the intimacy (and palette) of her earlier records. this is all very spotlit and vampy.

the best songs are def the ones people have highlighted - "domino" etc. but they lack the rare colour of light i got from songs like "12", "wildest moments", "110%" etc. reading laura's interview in the guardian, maybe what i liked best about Jessie's music was a sound imposed on her from without?

how is this any different?

are you serious? there's tons of brass and shiny backing vocals and blah blah blah. something like "midnight" is at times halfway to benny and the jets