What's Your Pleasure?
by Jessie Ware
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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 359 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 326 out of 359
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 359
  3. Negative: 27 out of 359
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  1. Kriss_Kringle
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    I can't stop dancing! This album is bangin' from beginning to end with some of the best production I heard in recent times.
    Jessie is leaving her mark in a big way with "What's your pleasure?", a fantastic mix of pop, house and disco instrumentals that are united by her dreamy voice.
  2. SirFaulty
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Definitely my favorite album of the year so far. It's been a good year for pop, and that eighties sound, with Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga's and The Weeknd's new albums all being very good but this is on another level. What a throwback to the old club culture of yore. It's disco, it's eighties funk and I love every single track on here. It's literally one banger after the next. Not a single dud onDefinitely my favorite album of the year so far. It's been a good year for pop, and that eighties sound, with Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga's and The Weeknd's new albums all being very good but this is on another level. What a throwback to the old club culture of yore. It's disco, it's eighties funk and I love every single track on here. It's literally one banger after the next. Not a single dud on here with production values being among the best I have heard in a long time. Literally spent the entire weekend with this playing in the background and dancing my ass off like I was in my twenties again.

    This is definitely going to the sound of winter 2020 in the Southern Hemisphere, coronavirus be damned. Fantastic stuff!    … Expand
  3. soymuysandoval
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Bop after bop after bop. I’m so thankful this dropped in the middle of a pandemic. It really makes me feel less anxious. Queen.
  4. renatolf86
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    É um daqueles trabalhos pra se apreciar do início ao fim, como numa viagem a lugares inesquecíveis ou tão lindos que um piscar ou um cochilo pode fazer a gente perder um detalhe. É impecável na proposta de resgate da música setentista/ oitentista e ao mesmo tempo classudo e vanguardista, à medida em que traz aos ouvidos dos jovens de hoje um estilo musical que está sendo cada vez maisÉ um daqueles trabalhos pra se apreciar do início ao fim, como numa viagem a lugares inesquecíveis ou tão lindos que um piscar ou um cochilo pode fazer a gente perder um detalhe. É impecável na proposta de resgate da música setentista/ oitentista e ao mesmo tempo classudo e vanguardista, à medida em que traz aos ouvidos dos jovens de hoje um estilo musical que está sendo cada vez mais utilizado. E que bom! É um dos melhores trabalhos que a música pop trouxe nesse ano. E que início de década pra música e pras mulheres!… Expand
  5. kirk_vino
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    That’s probably her best album since Devotion. The decision to work mostly solely with James Ford on this album has paid off! They previously produced her best songs together. I think the sound production on this record is immaculate! Great rhythm sections too! I’m glad Jessie has figured it out as an artist. This is the most suitable sound and direction for her.
  6. possibly_baby
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Why is it so good? The disco strings and vocal layering suit her voice well. The songs are all the perfect lengths. The synths sparkle. It conveys longing and desire in a way that makes me need to get to a dance floor, ASAP
  7. marcmyworks
    Jul 19, 2020
    9
    My favourite album of 2020 is a modern disco classic and exactly the uplifting music we need to listen to during the pandemic. Working with a myriad of great producers, Mrs. Ware has proven what the future of dance music should sound like.
  8. freakingian
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    Such a polished album. Disco always suited Jessie Ware’s vocals so well. She’s flirted with the genre in the past, and those songs have been some of her best. She set out to make an album that would make you ‘dance and have sex’ and that’s exactly what we got. The production is top notch, the lyrics are sexy and empowering. This is the type of album that will only get better with everySuch a polished album. Disco always suited Jessie Ware’s vocals so well. She’s flirted with the genre in the past, and those songs have been some of her best. She set out to make an album that would make you ‘dance and have sex’ and that’s exactly what we got. The production is top notch, the lyrics are sexy and empowering. This is the type of album that will only get better with every listen.

    My faves: Spotlight, The Kill, Soul Control, What’s Your Pleasure    … Expand
  9. gonzilo
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    A luxury, smooth, perfectly soft disco album. Ware’s sophomore work until date.
  10. tiego
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Espetacular! É o melhor álbum da carreira de Jessie Ware. Reinventou toda a sonoridade já conhecida da cantora e a alça a um outro nível. É a diva disco de 2020. Cada canção desse álbum brilha de uma forma diferente! Sensacional, do início ao fim!
  11. josesalher
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    I love Jessie’s new record! It’s so consistent! “Soul Control” is my favorite track.
  12. Jourdain
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Excellent songwriting and production on this album. It’s very consistent and to the point. As always, Jessie’s vocals leave me in awe. Thank you for a beautifully crafted experience.
  13. Xanti1982
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Un álbum de pop dance elegante. De lo mejor del año, imprescindible y muy disfutable
  14. ben2
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Clearly her disco masterpiece. Every song is incredibly well-structured and beautifully arranged. The lyrics are powerful, sensual and cohesive. An instant classic, I’ll be listening to this for many years
  15. champagnekisses
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Stay in your lane, Dua. Go bang some more pots and pans, Charli. Get a one-way ticket to Vegas, Gaga... because a new Queen of Pop has arrived.

    Noted Ed Sheeran apologist Jessie Ware (or, as I now refer to her as, Jesus Ware) has blessed us with her magnum opus: the album of the millennium, 'What's Your Pleasure?' - I really didn't think she had it in her after her last effort,    Stay in your lane, Dua. Go bang some more pots and pans, Charli. Get a one-way ticket to Vegas, Gaga... because a new Queen of Pop has arrived.

    Noted Ed Sheeran apologist Jessie Ware (or, as I now refer to her as, Jesus Ware) has blessed us with her magnum opus: the album of the millennium, 'What's Your Pleasure?' - I really didn't think she had it in her after her last effort, 'Glasshouse,' was so sedate I couldn't even muster up the energy to be put to sleep by it. Alas, she decided enough was enough and gifted us with twelve sacred dance bops for the ages.

    Immediately upon starting the album, you have to ascend after hearing her God-given vocal talent... but there's more! What privilege it is to hear such exquisitely produced dance music in the year 2020, a year where some artists can't even write an actual chorus or avoid anemic "drops" even the most basic EDM producers would be ashamed to put their name to.

    It seems some reviewers are so flummoxed by what they've heard (or perhaps have been listening to too many *cough* Sines from Above that their judgment has been clouded) they have given it such a limp score as 3 stars... pay them no mind, because when you hear this holy grail of an album, you will—as she preaches on the sermon "Save a Kiss"—"keep on hitting rewind".

    'What's Your Pleasure?' you hear her ask. Desperately searching for your scalp that has been wiped clean off by this album, you plea: where's her GRAMMYs?    … Expand
  16. fabioghisi
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    this is hands-down the best album of 2020. it has dance vibes, but it’s on her own style and brand, it’s fresh, it’s contemporary and sexy, although it’a 80s. it’s a whole thing on it’s own. i really have no words. it’s disclosure meets prince, it’s 2005 madonna, it’s sexy, it’s fun. she really did her best work here, the songwriting it’s so amazing, and the production is refined, andthis is hands-down the best album of 2020. it has dance vibes, but it’s on her own style and brand, it’s fresh, it’s contemporary and sexy, although it’a 80s. it’s a whole thing on it’s own. i really have no words. it’s disclosure meets prince, it’s 2005 madonna, it’s sexy, it’s fun. she really did her best work here, the songwriting it’s so amazing, and the production is refined, and refined, and refined. timeless, amazing, undeniable record. if you’re alone, if you have company, you gonna love this either way. get ready to have the BEST time.… Expand
  17. Otaviomms
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This album is so incredible! Jessie Ware is a wonderful Disco Diva and invite us to dance and to feel sexy, powerful and alive. Highlight for the title track, Soul Control, Read My Lips and the greatest finale with Remember Where You Are.
  18. Darkcrown
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    she recorded her best album. Awesome coloboration with simian mobile disco. Good job! One of the best album of 2020
  19. viniciusrss
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    O quarto disco de Jessie Ware é um ato de reinvenção, onde a estrela britânica abraça a disco music e se joga na pista de dança, estabelecendo seu lugar ao lado dos maiores nomes do gênero. “What’s Your Pleasure” é um álbum dançante e de grande apelo pop, mas sem perder a aura classuda e refinada já característica da cantora inglesa. Destaque para as faixas “Spotlight”, a faixa-título eO quarto disco de Jessie Ware é um ato de reinvenção, onde a estrela britânica abraça a disco music e se joga na pista de dança, estabelecendo seu lugar ao lado dos maiores nomes do gênero. “What’s Your Pleasure” é um álbum dançante e de grande apelo pop, mas sem perder a aura classuda e refinada já característica da cantora inglesa. Destaque para as faixas “Spotlight”, a faixa-título e “Save a Kiss”, com letras apaixonadas e sensuais e produção cuidadosa.… Expand
  20. Lewlew94
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Jessie's fourth album really picks up where her first, Devotion, left off. Bop after bop. Not stop nu disco vibes. Potential album of the year!!!!
  21. Azarova
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    This album is wonderful! Evidently Jessie's most dancing album, but it is still cohesive and fascinating. "What's Your Pleasure?" it is an album to feel with the body and let our pleasures blossom.
  22. Leandrosanro
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THIS ALBUM IS **** AWESOME. Jessie ia THE NEW DISCO DIVA! ALBUM OF THE! FUUCK!… Expand
  23. JG21992
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Love everything about this album! Production at its finest and obviously her vocals are incredible. AOTY for me.
  24. hellokittypie
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    Jessie Ware gave us the album of the year! with disco influences, his pop is by far one of the best in humanity! Jessie managed to charm us with her album.
  25. Maeli
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Album of the year. What a queen. Every song is fantastic. She is so unique.
  26. Sarahv
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Incredible album. Giving me Donna Summer vibes. A must listen for any pop music fan
  27. bilsantu
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    My favorite album of the year so far. I am really glad she came back better than before.
  28. Illusion0903
    Jun 27, 2020
    9
    Jessie Ware serves us such a masterpiece, an elegant, groovy, joyful body of work. One of the top 5 albums of the year 4 sure!!!!!
  29. MarcJacobs
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    New disco queen
  30. Panchogul
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Una tremenda joya del 2020 que en definitiva no ha recibido el reconocimiento que merece, es una producción de primer nivel con sonidos pegadizos que hipnotiza todos los sentidos para llevarlos a una realidad hipnótica y libre de estrés.
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Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    May 11, 2023
    90
    On What’s Your Pleasure? though Ware sounds simply like a serious star, on an album where she finally has the confidence to commit to her most theatrical tendencies and cut loose at the same time. The effect is liberating in the way disco always intended.
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  2. PopMatters
    Jul 9, 2020
    80
    As much as Devotion remains Ware's Magnum Opus. What's Your Pleasure is a clear statement of intent, with a lot of quality.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Jul 2, 2020
    90
    Across the whole album, Ware’s voice fills each moment with incredibly lustful longing. It feels timeless more in its emotionality and drama than even in the sound itself, which stays firmly strapped to a bygone era. Her nostalgia feels like a proper tribute, mostly because it digs so deep to the core.
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