Album · Jessie Ware
Devotion by Jessie Ware
Devotion is an album by Jessie Ware, released in 2012. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Wildest Moments”, on 1 list with a best position of #603.
Devotion, Jessie Ware's debut album, arrived on 20 August 2012 through PMR and Island, and it's the rare first record that sounds completely sure of itself: sleek, late-night sophisti-pop, all hush and slow burn. Dave Okumu of the Invisible handled most of the production, with house producer Julio Bashmore and Kid Harpoon pitching in and Sampha among the other hands, while Ware co-wrote most of the lyrics.
The beats pulse softly, the synths glow, and Ware, who came up as a backing singer, sings with real restraint, choosing the melody over showy runs. "If You're Never Gonna Move" and "Wildest Moments" gave her first two top-fifty UK singles, the album went top five in the UK, went gold and earned a Mercury Prize nomination, and in 2014 Pitchfork put it on a list of the 100 finest records of the young decade. A reissue, the Gold Edition, added "Imagine It Was Us" in 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Devotion on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildest Moments | 1 | #603 | – | 2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.