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

and I like the lyrics of the last two tracks just fine

i take it back about the lyrics, they're good actually, i just heard a few clunkers on "read my lips" the other day and extrapolated

any good remixes so far? the album has if anything just grown on me more over the course of the summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHwsQHvmQ-c

i think that's literally the only one though? (i wish i liked it more.) hoping for more.

jessie needs rave synth drama not a moodymann-lite treatment imo

Georgia's remix of "What's Your Pleasure" is closer to rave synth drama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgZilR39_BY

ty

i think that's literally the only one though? (i wish i liked it more.) hoping for more.

Only good one or only one? (as there's quite a lot of remixes on Spotify)

ok a bunch more since the last time i checked

hey yall who invoked Azana, thanx so much! Just now listed, then commented & linked to Frank Kogan, who had sent South African picks:
Here's a good -sounding playlist, all from her currrent album, Ingoma, I think--might seem a bit ballad-y at first, but mostly of a smooth pulsation, luxury class but never wasteful---or wasted, alas; I wouldn't something a little less reasonable, but she's as good, as that gets. Relatively mainstream "Your Love" is even a fave---first single, and I totally get that, ditto the plainer version of "Goodbye," but most faves make more overt use of "ethnic" elements, like the other version of "Goodbye," feat. Just Bheki and Afriikan Papi, and another fave, "Uthando Lwangemela" (that might be my No.1), also "Sikelela", with 0 guests listed. Ditto the mystique of "Egoli," with clipped accents drawing catchy verses around the sidewalk, then chorus stretching some syllables toward dreamtime--here's the playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgV3lUftsRbYnDhoIIwZoqvIfFN4gOYkF
And one of several not on the list, v. catchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCml8NfC8I
There's also a live at the Redbox set, where she performs the whole album, apparently, haven;t listened to that yet (several African artists with vids from the Redbox, I see) (Oh also on the list: "Lovers and Best Friends," feat. Disciples of House.)

Somebody in YT comments said, like, "If she were Anita Baker or Sade, people would be raving." Yeah she's in there between them, vibe-wise, also found/from her own nexus.

Also think of Sade re more sensuous phrasing (of Jessie) brushing by on the beat train, overall effect also recalling that Sade is a band. Agree that while JW has her Granny's disco collection down as ground, she's also learned from subsequent releases, sounds like she might like Robyn, for inst.

"More sensuous" sometimes than others on *her* album, I mean, not comparing her to Azana.

She has her own thread if you're curious: Azana - Ingoma

that's right - I c+p'd your post to that thread, dow.

in case you (or anyone else) missed it, the new album by kindred spirit Simmy is out today, more here: THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists

Thanks so much! I like her track w Sun-El Musician, and dazzled by prospects of all the vids etc. on his thread, incl. Simmy.

Do you like the Ware?

O hell yes, did I not say enough about her? Very much! You guys have covered it pretty well. How does it compare to her previous?

Bass-ier, faster, sensual-er.

ooo-wee!

it's her best album imo

Stunning archive Ware performance on tonight's Jools Holland (selected by, er, Mel C).

Ahh I love this, this is like the polar opposite vibe of the original (and I fucking love the original)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpaihnd2a4Y

that took a turn!

Jessie's gonna be a judge on Drag Race UK's upcoming season and if the two queens up for elimination on her ep don't LSFYL to WYP's title track, I will plotz

but knowing it's Drag Race and they never give us what we want, they probably won't even lip sync to a Jessie Ware song on her ep

yesssssss

Just so you all know. There's gonna be a deluxe. I have listened to your calls (demands 😉) and I'm trying to get this shit together as quick as possible for you. I got you XXX

— Jessie Ware (@JessieWare) January 8, 2021

THANK U QUEEN

maybe the deluxe will over Overtime #justice4overtime

She’s so underrated outside the UK.

is she?

this album was probably rated more highly by american critics than just about anything she's ever released which is insane

is it

yes

her first two albums -- even the imperfect second one -- where she was trying to carve out a voice of her own & interacting w/ contemporary pop music >>>> trad disco revivalism

you know there's more going on than "trad disco revivalism" but ok

devotion is still a classic and was very well received critically also, it just probably had less crossover to us critics because it was only released in the us nearly a year after its uk release

no way is tough love better than what's your pleasure though

are we really arguing about whether she's underrated here? Check Metacritic in 2012 and 2020.

it is weird to me that this album is comparably well received to devotion which is imo more interesting and emotionally resonant

No she’s not underrated and Devotion = WYP

both questions settled, next

imo Pleasure > Tough Love > Devotion >>>>>> Glasshouse

Neat how different people hear things differently.

She’s so underrated outside the UK.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, January 9, 2021 7:01 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Apparently she has a sizable following in Poland -- Devotion apparently made a successful impact there. I believe she has performed on The Voice Poland

There's been a whole Polish nu-disco scene for at least 15 years, most visibly to me (as a dilettante) in the Kathy Diamond albums or the film The Lure. What's Your Pleasure is a neat fit, and really its only fault (to me) is its single-minded lyrical focus.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rym5

Jessie will be on Graham Norton in a few weeks' time and the rumour is she will perform "Remember Where You Are"

ooooh

love this rumour

Still have absolutely no idea which track to vote for in the poll

Remember Where You Are is finally coming out as a single because Barack Obama gave it the seal of approval & because I know how many of you love it. A brand new edit will be yours from midnight & I’m so excited to be performing it on @TheGNShow tmrw night so make sure you tune in pic.twitter.com/CIBxkyep0s

— Jessie Ware (@JessieWare) February 4, 2021

Remember Where You Are is finally coming out as a single because Barack Obama gave it the seal of approval & because I know how many of you love it. A brand new edit will be yours from midnight & I’m so excited to be performing it on
@TheGNShow tmrw night so make sure you tune in

She also has a food memoir, Omelette, coming out in June.

such delicious news!

hahahahaha omg that cover photo

god I love her so much

major bond theme vibes on the single edit