Jesse Ware: Devotion (2009)

At the time this debut by the British pop chanteuse was hailed as masterpiece of sympathetic production which placed her voice in sophisticated settings which can sound like a warm bathe in New Age/ambient waters. Ware’s strong voice is tastefully restrained on material which pulls back from heroic dancefloor pop to bring out a more soulful side. A discovery even now.

Next: Cocteau Twins, Treasure; Sade, Diamond Life; Blue Nile, A Walk Across the Rooftops; Roxy Music, Avalon

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