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JESSIE WARE | Tough Love
PMR/Island/Interscope (2014)
Selected by Justin Chadwick

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London born-and-bred songstress Jessie Ware took the music world—at least overseas, if not as profoundly here in the States—by storm in 2012 with her remarkable Mercury Prize-nominated debut album Devotion. More understated, sophisticated and emotive than its predecessor, Tough Love reinforces just how adept Ware is at effortlessly flexing her vocal chops across both pure ballads and more uptempo, beat-heavy fare. If her first two LPs and her latest triumph Glasshouse (2017) are any indication, Ware has only scratched the surface of what’s destined to be an enduring career that evolves in the most exciting of ways.

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