lol that was my first thought too
― dyl, Monday, 30 January 2023 02:41 (one year ago) link
I couldn’t help but think of Smokey singing, but that’s just me, I guess
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Monday, 30 January 2023 07:05 (one year ago) link
That! Feels GASMS!
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 January 2023 07:36 (one year ago) link
lfgggggg
Pearls. Coming Thursday. https://t.co/SutsVM8cDN pic.twitter.com/qAAmJ1jUgM— Jessie Ware (@JessieWare) February 7, 2023
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
excited for this! was a latecomer to what's your pleasure, but it keeps on keeps on giving.
i haven't loved any of the remixes, but the og "free yourself" is an absolute beauty. i was hooked as soon as the piano kicked it off, which brought immediately to mind the opening countrypolitan piano from "9 to 5." then whooooosh! what a jam.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 7 February 2023 19:50 (one year ago) link
yeah, "free yourself" is a jam. agree on the remixes. the woolford one is a snooze. sorry to do "hi i dj" anecdotes, but i played it a lot this summer to mixed, overall tepid reactions, then brought it back out a few weeks ago and everyone seemed to know & love it. probably just the right people at the right time.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 19:56 (one year ago) link
there's such an immense storm of orchestra and blown out gospel house underlying "free yourself". i used to kind of ? at the breakdown but now i love its impressionistic meltdown feel.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
anticipating!
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
"Free Yourself" is samazing.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
yeah on the breakdown it's like another tune snuck in the back and took over the stage for a bit, but it works.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 7 February 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
there's a 1 minute snippet of "pearls" doing the rounds and it sounds absolutely wonderful. can't wait for this record
― monotony, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 22:44 (one year ago) link
I don’t think y’all are ready for the food Jessie Ware’s been cooking..09.02 pic.twitter.com/oV8gxB0Sr0— BlackoutZone (@blackoutzoned) February 7, 2023
here's the snippet, sounds great
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 00:46 (one year ago) link
exquisite
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:14 (one year ago) link
tracklist:
That! Feels Good!Free YourselfPearlsHello LoveBegin AgainBeautiful PeopleFreak Me NowShake the BottleLightningThese Lips
― ufo, Thursday, 9 February 2023 05:43 (one year ago) link
Dig Pearls sounds very boogie.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 9 February 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
It’s not really my style and I was more into the less flashy style of WYP? but it’s good.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 9 February 2023 13:44 (one year ago) link
I loved the clip yesterday but I’m not really connecting w the full song for whatever reason
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
Stoked for this, though I’ll wait for the deluxe edition to buy it.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 9 February 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvB-iPmmIQw
it's good but i don't quite expect the album to live up to what's your pleasure, seems to be going for a bolder, brighter sound
― ufo, Thursday, 9 February 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
I saw someone on reddit I think describe it as What’s Your Pleasure? with glitter which sort of makes sense to me.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 9 February 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
It's not a big deal if one of her tracks is okay so long as it fits the gestalt. I had the same trouble with a couple tracks on WYP, my album of the year.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 February 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
There's just enough of Wham!'s "Everything She Wants" in "Pearls" to tickle my ear, but probably not enough to have to share the songwriting credit.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 February 2023 05:38 (one year ago) link
Because I have standards for my pop music, I will say this chorus is really bad.
― Nabozo, Friday, 10 February 2023 07:33 (one year ago) link
is it just me or is the production on this a lot more muted than on the clip posted earlier? I kinda preferred the sound on the clip :/
(n/b might be a streaming quality issue, spotify version seems closer to the clip than the youtube one, though still not the same)
― Roz, Friday, 10 February 2023 07:48 (one year ago) link
This is not great but I'm not mad at it. Not on the same level as anything on WYP? for sure.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 February 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
idk i love this. sounds great on a loud system. the high bit on the chorus is luxurious camp like faux fur like the press photo, obvious is a good look for her, she's going for the queers, 'shake it till the pearls fall off' is a catchier, more delicious line than anything on wyp afaict.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 10 February 2023 21:45 (one year ago) link
After repeated listens ,I am also loving it, especially everything after the bridge, this is the highest notes I have heard her sing in any of her songs, very impressed.
― aguzman1990, Friday, 10 February 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
“Please” is still absolute god-tier Jesse
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
JessIe
I think I might be on my own in thinking this is better than Free Yourself. I like them both a lot, but there's something about Pearls that really clicks with me. The build up to the chorus is so soothing.
The reaction to Pearls reminds me of how Ooh La La was seen as a lesser Jessie single. It did seem slight as a single but then ended up being one of my favourites on the album.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 12 February 2023 01:33 (one year ago) link
ooh la la was definitely a grower for me. i think the breakdown with the lyrics about driving fast with cigarettes on the dash is one of my fav moments on the album.
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 12 February 2023 01:51 (one year ago) link
love it
― omar little, Sunday, 12 February 2023 02:29 (one year ago) link
sounds good driving along PCH at sunset, i tell you what. top tier jessie.
― omar little, Monday, 13 February 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
nice
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 13 February 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link
Finally got around to trying pearls on headphones and ok I am sold.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 February 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
New single is so good. My favourite of the era so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd3C69lVU5w
― kitchen person, Thursday, 13 April 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
I'm loving the maximalism.
― retrofuturist cop slayer! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 April 2023 14:37 (one year ago) link
oh yeah that's great, easily the best so far
― ufo, Thursday, 13 April 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
fuck yeah
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 13 April 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
Idk what's wrong with me but I only just now heard the bonus tracks on the what's your pleasure platinum pleasure edition. She's so good. The past three years have been gold for her (and roisin and Kylie and others, truly a great time to be alive)
― omar little, Thursday, 13 April 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
Man if "Begin Again" is NOT the best song of 2023 I'm looking forward to hearing what is. It's a stone cold jam.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 20 April 2023 00:39 (one year ago) link
new album is quite good but a step down from what's your pleasure, just not quite as consistent. "lightning" is a little out of place sonically too
can definitely hear the b-52s influence she's been talking about
― ufo, Thursday, 27 April 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
'These Lips' is amazing on first listen - the fast backing vocals are a cool hook, and the attitude in the bridge is uncharacteristic from Ware. "These lips are wanted in a hundred countries, maybe more"
― aphoristical, Thursday, 27 April 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
OBSESSED with "freak me now"
― monotony, Friday, 28 April 2023 01:14 (one year ago) link
Love everything about this album. It flies by so quick. The last two songs are my immediate favourites.
― kitchen person, Friday, 28 April 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
Still not much into "Free Yourself" but everything else here sounds good, definitely leaves me wanting more. "freak me now" stood out to me too, such a smooth liquid track
― Vinnie, Friday, 28 April 2023 06:57 (one year ago) link
I'm the opposite - "Free Yourself" still stands out after 1.5 listens.
The lack of an exclamation mark between "Feels" and "Good" is really distracting me.
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Friday, 28 April 2023 12:43 (one year ago) link
makes sense with how it's phrased in two parts in the song
― ufo, Friday, 28 April 2023 13:01 (one year ago) link
i'm going on amazon US and it looks like a lot of Jessie's music is filed under "Gov't Mule"
― omar little, Friday, 28 April 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
Tried to get Chicago tix this morning 15 min. after they went on sale and got a 'no tix' available message. Going on Vivid for well over a hundred now.
― Indexed, Friday, 28 April 2023 16:10 (one year ago) link