The Bat Cave

Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure? (2020, Pop)

Release Date: June 26th, 2020

Song Rating Scale

1. Spotlight – 4.5
2. What’s Your Pleasure? – 4
3. Ooh La La – 4
4. Soul Control – 5
5. Save a Kiss – 3.5
6. Adore You – 3.5
7. In Your Eyes – 4
8. Step Into My Life – 3.5
9. Read My Lips – 4
10. Mirage (Don’t Stop) – 3.5
11. The Kill – 4
12. Remember Where You Are – 3.5

Spin Rate: 6.5
Average Song Rating: 3.92/5
3.5+ Percentage: 100%
Skips: 0
Bangers: 7

Thoughts: Woah. That just happened. This is the first album released in 2020 that gets an average song rating greater than 3.9 and is now the highest rated album I’ve reviewed for last year. Does that mean I think it’s the best album of the year? Geez, maybe. It’s definitely amazing, but it’s also outside my comfort zone of hip-hop music so maaaaaaaaaaaybe I have no idea what I’m talking about here. And I’m not going to lie, someone put this on my radar when it came out and I put “Soul Control” on my Bangers Playlist many months ago, but I never gave the album a dedicated listen until I saw Anthony Fantano, “the internet’s busiest music nerd,” list it as his #1 album of 2020. I can’t say I always agree with Fantano’s taste, but I’m definitely on board with this pick. As great as Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia was for a pop album, I actually like What’s Your Pleasure? a bit more. The songs here have more replayability and a bit more soul. Jessie Ware is a good singer, but it’s the writing and production that really stand out to me. So many tracks on this are absolute pop smashes and I can listen to this album on repeat. If you try this out, I guarantee half the songs will get stuck in your head. I’m hesitant to call this my new album of the year, but it’s definitely my favorite non-rap album of 2020. An absolute must listen.

Verdict: 9/10 (Amazing)