Glasshouse
by Jessie Ware
Metascore
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
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  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 26, 2017
    85
    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.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Oct 20, 2017
    83
    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.
  3. Pitchfork
    Oct 23, 2017
    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.
  5. Spin
    Oct 23, 2017
    80
    Each song is immaculately crafted and sequenced, yet with this many ballads, they blur: a play continually in its eleventh hour.
  6. Under The Radar
    Oct 27, 2017
    75
    Glasshouse, Ware's third and best album, sees her transcending the limitations of that restrained style.
  7. 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.
  8. 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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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
  1. 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 whatEvery 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! ♥    … Full Review »
  2. 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 productionA 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.… Full Review »
  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 graspingThe 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… Full Review »
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