Glasshouse
by Jessie Ware
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 78
  3. Negative: 7 out of 78
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  1. Tsareena
    Oct 25, 2017
    8
    A decline when compared to Devotion and Tough Love but the end result is still very enjoyable. There's a great variety in the production though some of the tracks feel more like Sam Smith or Ed Sheeran than a Jessie Ware track. Hearts, Midnight and Love to Love are my highlights on this.
  2. thaleslucas
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    Every artist tries to evolve and discover themselves in music, changing their styles, maturing and adapting their influences according to what they are experiencing in life at the moment.

    You all should see it as an evolution: for many ones Devotion (1st album, "Jessie's birth in music") will always be the bestest, as others will prefer Tough Love (2nd album, "teenager venturing") or    Every artist tries to evolve and discover themselves in music, changing their styles, maturing and adapting their influences according to what they are experiencing in life at the moment.

    You all should see it as an evolution: for many ones Devotion (1st album, "Jessie's birth in music") will always be the bestest, as others will prefer Tough Love (2nd album, "teenager venturing") or then new listeners will come directly for Glasshouse (3rd album, "adulthood").

    It's all about growing as an artist and finding your own style or just experiment. MUCH PEACE & LOVE! ♥    … Expand
  3. Music_Observer
    Nov 2, 2017
    7
    The attempt to connect with a younger, more susceptible audience by using trite melodic conventions did no help to create any truly grasping songs, but Jessie Ware had more motivation than that and created a basic calm atmosphere where everything could be congenial and well received, only lacking any skeletal substance to make it more than an adequate listen. My Score: 120/180 (Good) = 6.7/10
  4. DUI_
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    While all of this could feel a bit scattershot in lesser hands, there’s a writerly clarity to her compositions that ties them all together into a cohesive statement of marital and maternal devotion.
  5. ibetyou
    Oct 30, 2017
    10
    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.
  6. LancerReviews
    Nov 17, 2017
    9
    She has perfected the style this time. The whisper-like singing, high tones that aren’t deafening and actually comforting, and the harmony that is easy to digest and would want for more—Glasshouse is a huge improvement on her music. Sureness is delineated; whether she’s wanting someone or afraid of something. She clearly identifies her emotions and what had caused it. Glasshouse is JessieShe has perfected the style this time. The whisper-like singing, high tones that aren’t deafening and actually comforting, and the harmony that is easy to digest and would want for more—Glasshouse is a huge improvement on her music. Sureness is delineated; whether she’s wanting someone or afraid of something. She clearly identifies her emotions and what had caused it. Glasshouse is Jessie Ware’s best record so far. Her amour propre is what she had since, and it glamourized on this intimate record along with its relaxed mood that can only be described with a one simple word: beautiful.… Expand
  7. Wesley_orphan
    Mar 10, 2021
    10
    Um álbum sem defeitos! não tem uma música ruim. Destaque para Midnight, Til The End, First Time e Sam.
  8. All_ButTrU4
    Aug 24, 2022
    3
    Her amazing vocals do little to dissuade the soulless music in this let down. A decline in quality that is extremely noticeable to a point of tedium
  9. Hihihahahoho
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    I think it's my favorite Jessie's album. Cannot understand why critics gave to this album middle scores

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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. No Ripcord
    Nov 27, 2017
    50
    The third LP from Jessie Ware sees her bring her diva mode to the forefront of her sound, but the lack of the scarcity and minimalism that saw her emerge at the turn of the decade results in the finished product lacking the effectiveness of her earlier work.
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Nov 6, 2017
    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.
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  3. AllMusic
    Nov 3, 2017
    70
    Though Ware co-wrote all the songs and is in full command from start to finish, the album has a stitched-together quality that starts to slowly unravel during the second half.
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