What's Your Pleasure?

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What's Your Pleasure?
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Standard edition cover. The Platinum Pleasure edition uses a silver tint.
Studio album by
Released26 June 2020 (2020-06-26)
Recorded2018–2020 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length53:19
Label
Producer
Jessie Ware chronology
Glasshouse
(2017)
What's Your Pleasure?
(2020)
That! Feels Good!
(2023)
Singles from What's Your Pleasure?
  1. "Adore You"
    Released: 13 February 2019
  2. "Mirage (Don't Stop)"
    Released: 5 November 2019
  3. "Spotlight"
    Released: 28 February 2020
  4. "Ooh La La"
    Released: 24 April 2020
  5. "Save a Kiss"
    Released: 7 May 2020
  6. "What's Your Pleasure?"
    Released: 24 July 2020
  7. "Remember Where You Are"
    Released: 5 February 2021
Standard edition [52]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Spotlight"Ford5:31
2."What's Your Pleasure?"
  • Ware
  • Ford
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
Ford4:38
3."Ooh La La"
  • Ware
  • Ford
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
Ford3:48
4."Soul Control"
  • Ford
  • Geist
3:59
5."Save a Kiss"
  • Ware
  • Ford
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
4:02
6."Adore You"Mount3:45
7."In Your Eyes"
  • Ware
  • Ford
Ford4:58
8."Step into My Life"
  • Ford
  • Bainbridge
3:37
9."Read My Lips"
  • Ware
  • Ford
Ford4:03
10."Mirage (Don't Stop)"
4:47
11."The Kill"
  • Ware
  • Ford
  • Coffee
Ford4:37
12."Remember Where You Are"
  • Ware
  • Ford
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
Ford5:34
Total length:53:19
The Platinum Pleasure Edition (disc two) [53] [54] [55] [56]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Please"
  • Ware
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
  • Ford
Ford4:32
2."Impossible"
  • Ware
  • Coffee
  • Ford
Ford3:42
3."Eyes Closed"
  • Ware
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
  • Ford
Ford4:26
4."Overtime"
4:39
5."Hot n Heavy"
SG Lewis 3:35
6."Pale Blue Light"
  • Ware
  • Kuyimba
  • Parker
  • Ford
Ford4:44
7."0208" (featuring Kindness)
  • Ware
  • Bainbridge
Kindness4:03
8."Adore You" (Endless Remix) (with Bibi Zhou and Sihan)
  • Ware
  • Mount
  • Mount
  • Endless [a]
3:44
Total length:33:25

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of What's Your Pleasure? [57]

Musicians

  • Jessie Ware – vocals
  • James Ford – keyboards, percussion, programming (tracks 1–5, 7, 9–12); synths (tracks 1–5, 7, 9, 11, 12); guitar, bass, drums (tracks 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Dave Okumu – guitar (tracks 1–4, 8)
  • Leo Taylor – drums (tracks 1–4, 8)
  • Shungudzo – backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 12)
  • Danny Parker – backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 12)
  • Bim Amoako – backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 7–9, 11, 12)
  • Senab Adekunle – backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 7–9, 11, 12)
  • Morgan Geist – programming (track 4)
  • Midland – synths, programming (track 5)
  • Joseph Mount – keyboards, programming (track 6)
  • Adam Bainbridge – keyboards, programming (track 8)
  • Clarence Coffee Jr. – backing vocals (tracks 10, 11)
  • Jules Buckley – string and brass arrangements, conducting
  • Tom Pigott-Smith (leader), Lizzie Ball, Marianne Haynes, Laura Melhuish, Kate Robinson, Charlie Brown, Nicky Sweeney, Jeremy Isaac, Hannah Dawson, Oli Langford – violins
  • Vicci Wardman, Helen Kamminga, Reiad Chibah – violas
  • Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Katherine Jenkinson – cellos
  • Richard Pryce – double bass
  • Richard Watkins, Nigel Black – French horns
  • Tom Walsh, Louis Dowdeswell, Andy Wood – trumpets, flugelhorns
  • Callum Au – tenor trombone
  • Dave Stewartbass trombone

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for What's Your Pleasure?
Chart (2020–2021)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [58] 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [59] 136
Irish Albums (OCC) [60] 28
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [61] 17
Spain Albums Top 100 (PROMUSICAE) [62] 29
Scottish Albums (OCC) [63] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [64] 66
UK Albums (OCC) [65] 3
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard ) [66] 34

Certifications

Certifications for What's Your Pleasure?
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [67] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for What's Your Pleasure?
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various26 June 2020Standard [52] [68]
11 June 2021
  • LP
  • CD
  • cassette
  • digital download
  • streaming
Platinum Pleasure edition
[53] [69]

Notes

  1. Guitars and drums on tracks 1–4 and 8
  2. Backing vocals on tracks 1–4, 7–9, 11 and 12
  3. Strings and brass

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