Tough Love
by Jessie Ware
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 88
  3. Negative: 8 out of 88
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  1. WadeVS
    Oct 21, 2014
    9
    Ms. Ware once again proves that having poise, taste and talent will win out over cheap shock tactics. Working with a number of different songwriters has diversified her sound ever so slightly. She is more confident and even seductive her. A highly polished, enjoyable sophomore effort.
  2. Thales_Lucas
    Oct 21, 2014
    10
    With amazing lyrics, produtions and vocals, Jessie Ware did the best Pop album of the year. She is so creative and is really awesome. I really fell in love with it and I'm addicted.
  3. skyrod
    Oct 21, 2014
    10
    Amazing vocals, amazing production and a great progression from the Devotion. I am a big fan of artists like Jessie. My favorite song is Keep on Lying
  4. Banner09
    Oct 21, 2014
    9
    It's been a while we have not heard a such good soul album like Tough Love. It makes me think about the last album of Drake; Nothing was the Same. Surely, this album a tough work for Jessie Ware. Because the sounds is completely different like music now days. Moreover, Jessie have a perfect vocal on this album. Great Album!!! One of the Best for this Year
  5. 0000000g
    Apr 16, 2015
    10
    tough love só confirma que a jessie ware é uma das melhores cantoras inglesas atualmente. um album soul simples e coeso que segue a linha do debut Devotion (2012) sem ser repetitivo

    Destaques: Cruel, Say You Love Me, Pieces e Desire
  6. thaleslucas
    Oct 21, 2014
    10
    "Tough Love" is one of the best albums of the year, of course! Jessie Ware's voice sound so great and powerful, in the same time, sounds quiet and hopeful.

    "Say You Love Me", "You & I (Forever)", "Kind of...Sometimes...Maybe", "Pieces" and "Desire" are the biggest songs of the album, that give the best moments, with beats and lyrics so pretty and creative that can make the listener fall    "Tough Love" is one of the best albums of the year, of course! Jessie Ware's voice sound so great and powerful, in the same time, sounds quiet and hopeful.

    "Say You Love Me", "You & I (Forever)", "Kind of...Sometimes...Maybe", "Pieces" and "Desire" are the biggest songs of the album, that give the best moments, with beats and lyrics so pretty and creative that can make the listener fall in love for the album.

    Jessie Ware really gave her best and did an album that is with na upper level far from her first, "Devotion". This is amazing!    … Expand
  7. amandaaraujo_
    Oct 21, 2014
    10
    "Tough Love" é um dos melhores álbuns do ano, é claro! A voz de Jessie Ware parecer tão surpreendente e poderosa, ao mesmo tempo, parece tranquila e esperançosa. "Say You Love Me" com a co-escrida do Ed Sheeran, "You & I", "Kind of ... Sometimes... Maybe" com a co-escrita do Migyel, "Pieces" e "Desire" são as maiores canções do álbum, que dão os melhores momentos, com batidas e letras"Tough Love" é um dos melhores álbuns do ano, é claro! A voz de Jessie Ware parecer tão surpreendente e poderosa, ao mesmo tempo, parece tranquila e esperançosa. "Say You Love Me" com a co-escrida do Ed Sheeran, "You & I", "Kind of ... Sometimes... Maybe" com a co-escrita do Migyel, "Pieces" e "Desire" são as maiores canções do álbum, que dão os melhores momentos, com batidas e letras tão lindas e criativas que podem e fazem o ouvinte se apaixonar pelo álbum inteiro. Jessie Ware realmente deu o seu melhor e fez um álbum que está com nível superior, distantemente de seu primeiro, "Devotion". "Tough Love" é incrível!… Expand
  8. jotaeseche
    Jan 19, 2015
    9
    While her debut album Devotion proved an excellent beginning, full of giant choruses and mixtures of genres, Tough Love subsumes completely into them and builds a tremendous, celestial and astonishingly ethereal package of songs, one stepping into the other, forming an enormous pyramid [if only Kind Of... Sometimes... Maybe didn't exist]. This album is precious.
  9. dinology
    Oct 24, 2014
    9
    To sum it all up, simply beautiful and truly elegant. The only gripes that i have so far is that some (a tiny number) of the tracks featured is average at best, but the main stars like "Say You Love Me", "Want Your Feeling" and the titular song "Tough Love" more than make up for its imperfection.
  10. digitallyrich
    Dec 3, 2014
    10
    as perfect a cd as a musician could want. thank you jon caramanica of nyt for your review of her live which got me to listen. i am now convinced she should see the celebrity adele did. too bad other talented artists today choose to waste their talents with the songs they record instead of following this path. this is a set of songs one can feel and sing and share joy with.

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. No Ripcord
    Nov 10, 2014
    60
    What we find with Tough Love is an album just as conceptually focused as Devotion, yet too willing to waste Ware’s sophisticated emotionality on tracks with no depth or purpose to them.
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  2. Mojo
    Nov 6, 2014
    80
    Gorgeous minimalist songs are punctuated by Prince-like synths and Ware's impressive vocal range. [Nov 2014, p.102]
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Oct 29, 2014
    83
    Pensive, silken R&B. [24 Oct 2014, p.63]
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