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Rhapsodic dancefloor intimacy became a new specialization for Jessie Ware with "Overtime," the first in a wave of tracks the singer released from 2018 up to the June 2020 arrival of What's Your Pleasure?, her fourth album. Other than "Adore You," a chiming glider made with Metronomy's Joseph Mount, each one in the series was either produced or co-produced by James Ford, consolidating and rerouting a partnership that started during the making of Tough Love. Unlike Ford and Ware's collaborations on that 2014 LP, the new material didn't merely simmer. Hottest of all, "Mirage (Don't Stop)" worked a ripe disco-funk groove with Ware's opening line, "Last night we danced, and I thought you were saving my life" -- sighed in a Bananarama cadence -- a sweet everything if there ever was one. The loved-up energy was kept in constant supply with the dashing "Spotlight," the Freeez-meet-Teena Marie-at-Compass-Point bump of "Ooh La La," and the sneaky Euro-disco belter "Save a Kiss." All but "Overtime" are included here. That makes the album somewhat anti-climactic, but there's no sense in complaining when the preceding singles keep giving and the new material is almost always up to the same standard. Among the fresh standouts, the bounding Morgan Geist co-production "Soul Control" and the dashing "Step Into My Life" recontextualize underground club music with as much might and finesse as anything by Róisín Murphy. Stylistic deviations are few, well-placed, and maintain lyrical continuity with references to the senses as they relate to emotional and physical connection. "In Your Eyes" recalls Massive Attack's "Safe from Harm" with its hypnotizing bassline, subtly theatrical strings, and aching (if less desperate) vocal. Moving in gradually intensifying and similarly slow motion, "The Kill" enables Ware to let down her guard for an unassured lover. "Remember Where You Are," a stirring finale, takes a little trip to cherish the daybreak in Minnie Riperton and Charles Stepney's chamber folk-soul garden, replete with a goosebump-raising group vocal in the chorus. One can almost smell the baby's breath.
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Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Okumu, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Parker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shungudzo Kuyimba, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shungudzo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Jaggar, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Kamminga, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Wood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Isaac, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Jenkinson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Brown, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Walsh, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Okumu, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Parker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sweeney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shungudzo Kuyimba, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Dowdeswell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Callum Au, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Shungudzo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Jaggar, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Okumu, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Parker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo Kuyimba, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shungudzo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Jaggar, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Okumu, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Parker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Morgan Geist, Producer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo Kuyimba, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shungudzo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Jaggar, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Kamminga, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Wood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Isaac, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Jenkinson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Brown, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Walsh, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Parker, ComposerLyricist - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Midland, Producer, Additional Producer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sweeney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shungudzo Kuyimba, ComposerLyricist - Louis Dowdeswell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Callum Au, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Ford, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joseph Mount, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Kamminga, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Watkins, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Wood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Black, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Isaac, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Jenkinson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Brown, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Walsh, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sweeney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Dowdeswell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Callum Au, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leo Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Kamminga, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Watkins, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Wood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Black, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Isaac, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Jenkinson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Brown, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Walsh, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Okumu, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Bainbridge, Producer, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sweeney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Dowdeswell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Callum Au, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Jaggar, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Steve Jolley, ComposerLyricist - Tony Swain, ComposerLyricist - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Siobhan Fahey, ComposerLyricist - Keren Woodward, ComposerLyricist - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Coffee Jr., Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kid Harpoon, ComposerLyricist - Sara Dallin, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Tavares, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Benstead, ComposerLyricist - Benji B, Producer
℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Kamminga, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Watkins, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Wood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Black, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Isaac, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Jenkinson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Brown, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Walsh, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Coffee Jr., Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sweeney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Dowdeswell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Callum Au, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Billy Foster, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lewis Jones, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Kamminga, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Worsey, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Watkins, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Wood, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Black, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Haynes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vicci Wardman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Isaac, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Jenkinson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Brown, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Walsh, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Reiad Chibah, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Parker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oli Langford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Buckley, String Arranger, Horn Arranger, Conductor/Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sweeney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessica Ware, ComposerLyricist - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shungudzo Kuyimba, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Senab Adekunle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Dowdeswell, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Callum Au, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bim Amoako-Gyampah, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Rhapsodic dancefloor intimacy became a new specialization for Jessie Ware with "Overtime," the first in a wave of tracks the singer released from 2018 up to the June 2020 arrival of What's Your Pleasure?, her fourth album. Other than "Adore You," a chiming glider made with Metronomy's Joseph Mount, each one in the series was either produced or co-produced by James Ford, consolidating and rerouting a partnership that started during the making of Tough Love. Unlike Ford and Ware's collaborations on that 2014 LP, the new material didn't merely simmer. Hottest of all, "Mirage (Don't Stop)" worked a ripe disco-funk groove with Ware's opening line, "Last night we danced, and I thought you were saving my life" -- sighed in a Bananarama cadence -- a sweet everything if there ever was one. The loved-up energy was kept in constant supply with the dashing "Spotlight," the Freeez-meet-Teena Marie-at-Compass-Point bump of "Ooh La La," and the sneaky Euro-disco belter "Save a Kiss." All but "Overtime" are included here. That makes the album somewhat anti-climactic, but there's no sense in complaining when the preceding singles keep giving and the new material is almost always up to the same standard. Among the fresh standouts, the bounding Morgan Geist co-production "Soul Control" and the dashing "Step Into My Life" recontextualize underground club music with as much might and finesse as anything by Róisín Murphy. Stylistic deviations are few, well-placed, and maintain lyrical continuity with references to the senses as they relate to emotional and physical connection. "In Your Eyes" recalls Massive Attack's "Safe from Harm" with its hypnotizing bassline, subtly theatrical strings, and aching (if less desperate) vocal. Moving in gradually intensifying and similarly slow motion, "The Kill" enables Ware to let down her guard for an unassured lover. "Remember Where You Are," a stirring finale, takes a little trip to cherish the daybreak in Minnie Riperton and Charles Stepney's chamber folk-soul garden, replete with a goosebump-raising group vocal in the chorus. One can almost smell the baby's breath.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:20
- Main artists: Jessie Ware
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
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