Glasshouse
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85
She could’ve been forgiven for taking her time with this third record, but when you hear it, you can tell that these songs were bursting to get out of Ware; that she’s delivered them with such nuance and intelligence lends considerable credence to the idea that her more devoted followers have proposed ever since Devotion. She is, by a distance, Britain’s most underrated pop star.
83
Ware walks the tightwire, and the result is as thrilling, in its own quiet way, as anything she’s produced.
80
This album feels reflective of Jessie’s present, a person balancing beautifully between artist, mother and lover.
80
Each song on Glasshouse has its own distinct aesthetic; unlike her previous albums, 2012’s Devotion and 2014’s Tough Love, there are no songs here that could be confused for each other, none that seem an afterthought carved from the greater mood of the album.
80
She radiates the beauty in her life through these warm songs. It’s easy to spend time getting to know these songs, and getting to know her as a person, too.
75
After three years away, Jessie Ware’s third album shows a performer that knows how to get her emotion across on a microphone.
75
This is one for the moms, and that's not an insult. Jessie Ware should be every Adele fan's new favorite artist, and that's not an insult either. In fact, it's a blessing that such pure, no-frills, sentimental pop should come from someone with the indie clout Ware still carries around.
70
Jessie Ware's third album is packed with finely woven adult-pop ballads about lust, longing, commitment, and reassurance -- all traits shared with Devotion and Tough Love -- but it couldn't have been made at any other point in the artist's life.
70
With affectionate stability at home, perhaps she'll be emboldened to take greater risks as an artist, marking the polished, pleasurable Glasshouse not as a culminating point, but the start of a bold, new direction. For the singer-songwriter, contentment need not equal complacency.
60
On Glasshouse, she manages to harness her rarely seen diva mode in among the pared-back hallmarks, but the result is a mixed one.
60
Jessie Ware’s third album ‘Glasshouse’ promised to break the glass ceiling, but instead finds the singer treading lukewarm water.
58
Glasshouse has more focus and consistency than Tough Love, but few moments herein match her earlier heights.
40
‘Glasshouse’ isn’t exactly groundbreaking. It could also do with being about half its mighty 17-track length.
I first started getting into Jessie with 'Glasshouse'. All her main features are present here but in a delicate and elegantly different manner. To me, this album has always radiated an energy that's hard for me to put into words. While every song has its own character, they are as bound together as they are torn apart from each other. They seem to dialogue in a strange yet fascinating way. I'm not sure if that helps or dismantles the project, but if one thing's for sure, "Midnight", ... read more
a pleasant surprise that I liked this record, considering her early work is ass to me, this feels more alive than those projects
Rating:
Midnight-7/10
Thinking about you-7.5/10
Stay awake, wait for me-7/10
Your domino-8/10
Alone-7/10
Selfish love-6/10
First time-6/10
Hearts-6.5/10
Slow me down-6/10
Finish what we started-8/10
Last of the true believers-7.5/10
Sam-8/10
Revisitando os antigos trabalhos da Jessie como um aquecimento pro "That Feels Good!", comecei pelo "Glasshouse" pois por um acaso ouvir Midnight e eu me apaxonei na música. E ele é segue a linha de qualidade do que eu conheço da Ware. É aquele som pra você ouvir com uma taça de vinho e roupas confortáveis e só curtir o momento, na mesma energia de seu sucessor só que com momentos mais alegres que sensuais. Sem ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Midnight 3:57 | 96 |
| 2 | Thinking About You 3:28 | 88 |
| 3 | Stay Awake, Wait For Me 3:35 | 90 |
| 4 | Your Domino 3:47 | 88 |
| 5 | Alone 3:36 | 89 |
| 6 | Selfish Love 3:57 | 94 |
| 7 | First Time 4:05 | 93 |
| 8 | Hearts 3:33 | 80 |
| 9 | Slow Me Down 3:24 | 97 |
| 10 | Finish What We Started 3:49 | 82 |
| 11 | Last of the True Believers 3:53 feat. Paul Buchanan | 83 |
| 12 | Sam 5:15 | 87 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
Year End Lists
| #9 | / | The Independent |
| #10 | / | Fuse |
| #15 | / | Albumism |
| #17 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
| #20 | / | ABC News |
| #28 | / | The Wild Honey Pie |
| #31 | / | SPIN |
| #71 | / | Under the Radar |
| / | GQ [UK] |
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Added on: September 10, 2017