Glasshouse

AlbumOct 20 / 201712 songs, 46m 25s
Pop Soul Contemporary R&B
Popular
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8.0 / 10

On her third album, the English singer/songwriter vividly captures a love both intimate and powerful.

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8 / 10

The Londoner refuses to shirk risks on a rich and thrilling third full-length.

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She knows her niche inside out.

Jessie Ware's third album is packed with finely woven adult-pop ballads about lust, longing, commitment, and reassurance -- all traits shared with Devotion and Tough Love -- but it couldn't have been made at any other point in the artist's life.

7.5 / 10

The indie world doesn't exactly embrace sentimentality.

6 / 10

Jessie Ware’s third album ‘Glasshouse’ promised to break the glass ceiling, but instead finds the singer treading lukewarm water. Taking

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Ware has long possessed the ability to wrap powerful emotions in pleasant melodies.

7.5 / 10

'Glasshouse' by Jessie Ware: Our review of 'Glasshouse' finds Jessie Ware a touching and powerful performer that lets others take the reigns too often.