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None of the singles from Devotion, Jessie Ware's debut, cracked the U.K. Top 40, but the album peaked at number five and was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize. Nominations for several MOBO and BRIT awards further substantiated the singer and songwriter's breakout status. By the time follow-up Tough Love was released in 2014, the album had already placed two singles in the Top 40. Both were produced by BenZel, the teenaged duo of Umi Takahashi and Yoko Watanabe. Lead single "Tough Love" wasn't far from the singer and songwriter's previous ballads, sumptuous with some aching falsetto lines, as well as drum sounds filched from "Little Red Corvette" as effectively as anything produced by the-Dream and Los da Mystro. "Say You Love Me," the second one, was her biggest hit at that point, written with Ed Sheeran. The album has the same high level of sophistication as Devotion. Somewhat surprisingly, Dave Okumu, who played a major role in Devotion, has a hand in only two songs, both of which function as high-quality album tracks that are more about mood than anything else. "Sweetest Song," delicate like meringue with sighing synthesizers and light guitar prickles, pleases much more than the other. There are three additional BenZel collaborations. Surprisingly, the one not written with Miguel, "Champagne Kisses," is the best of the bunch. Ware continues to express a multitude of emotions with superb elegance.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Benjamin Levin, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Blanco, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matty Green, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Luftman, Production Company - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bradford Smith, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Sclafani, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Swan, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Ash, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seif Hussain, Production Company
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Benny Blanco, ComposerLyricist - Miguel Pimentel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mikky Ekko, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sampha Sisay, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Sclafani, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Ash, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BenZel, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Herbert, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Calina de la Mare, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gillon Cameron, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lucy Wilkins, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Okumu, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oli Langford, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Waterworth, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Dods, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Greene, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Vicky Matthews, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jonny Byers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Spriggs, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Benny Blanco, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Sheeran, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sclafani, Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Levin, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Ash, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aryn Wüthrich, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - BenZel, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Levin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Okumu, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Dew, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dew, ComposerLyricist - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Benny Blanco, ComposerLyricist - Miguel Pimentel, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sclafani, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Ash, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BenZel, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Herbert, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Calina de la Mare, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gillon Cameron, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lucy Wilkins, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Devonte Hynes, ComposerLyricist - Oli Langford, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Waterworth, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Dods, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Greene, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dev Hynes, Producer, Additional Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Vicky Matthews, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jonny Byers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Spriggs, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Larry Gold, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Emile Haynie, Producer - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Kummrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Luigi Mazzocchi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - William Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Kim, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Napes, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Lee, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Fischbach, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blake Espy, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Bashmore, Producer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Walker, ComposerLyricist - Sam Dew, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dew, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Benny Blanco, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Phillip Peterson, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Sclafani, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Ash, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BenZel, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Butman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mitchum Chin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Daley, ComposerLyricist - Paul Jefferies, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul "Nineteen85" Jefferies, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Leo Taylor, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Okumu, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Dew, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Herbert, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Dew, ComposerLyricist - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Bashmore, Producer - Romy Madley Croft, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Romy Croft, ComposerLyricist - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Ford, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Napes, ComposerLyricist - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - LeXXX, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Herbert, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Calina de la Mare, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gillon Cameron, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Ford, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Laura Melhuish, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lucy Wilkins, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Oli Langford, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie Ware, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Waterworth, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Dods, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Greene, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Vicky Matthews, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jonny Byers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Robinson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Hopkin, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Spriggs, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Brendon Harding, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
None of the singles from Devotion, Jessie Ware's debut, cracked the U.K. Top 40, but the album peaked at number five and was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize. Nominations for several MOBO and BRIT awards further substantiated the singer and songwriter's breakout status. By the time follow-up Tough Love was released in 2014, the album had already placed two singles in the Top 40. Both were produced by BenZel, the teenaged duo of Umi Takahashi and Yoko Watanabe. Lead single "Tough Love" wasn't far from the singer and songwriter's previous ballads, sumptuous with some aching falsetto lines, as well as drum sounds filched from "Little Red Corvette" as effectively as anything produced by the-Dream and Los da Mystro. "Say You Love Me," the second one, was her biggest hit at that point, written with Ed Sheeran. The album has the same high level of sophistication as Devotion. Somewhat surprisingly, Dave Okumu, who played a major role in Devotion, has a hand in only two songs, both of which function as high-quality album tracks that are more about mood than anything else. "Sweetest Song," delicate like meringue with sighing synthesizers and light guitar prickles, pleases much more than the other. There are three additional BenZel collaborations. Surprisingly, the one not written with Miguel, "Champagne Kisses," is the best of the bunch. Ware continues to express a multitude of emotions with superb elegance.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:58
- Main artists: Jessie Ware
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2014 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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