Jessie Ware – What's Your Pleasure? (The Platinum Pleasure Edition)

Giving this a proper listen after some time and though I'm happy to have it in my collection my copy is really messy. Side 1 is virtually perfect; side 2 is the only one that suffers from significant background noise. There's basically crackling all through the tracks; the nature of the music makes it so that it's not unbearable, thankfully. Coincidentally, my side 2 label has weird bubbles, as if it wasn't dry when applied. Sonically my second disc is really solid, and the mastering is overall really clean, but it has literally the most severe warping I've ever encountered and side 4 makes the arm bounce like crazy, I don't even know how it can even play without skipping. I'm gonna try and see if I can flatten it but yeah, probably not the best release, quality control wise...

The mastering of this is still excellent and does sound good with no cracks, pops or static for me, but does anyone else think it's been pressed WAY quieter than the releases for the standard album? When playing my white copy I don't need to put my monitor's volume up anywhere near as high as I do for this one, it's just so noticeable. I bought this mainly for the deluxe tracks though so it's not a deal breaker for me, just something to consider if you only plan on owning one copy of this album - the original might be the way to go.

My copy is phenomenal. Not a single complaint on the sound.

My copy is overall OK except for noticeable surface damages which cause constant crackle noise. Additionally, as a not-review, recording company PMR records is NOT OK. I ed them to discuss the damages (for possible replacements), and never replied even though they posts regularly. NOT GOOD.

My copy is amazing. Love this. Bought in Australia. Never played a record that feels like it’s made from pure crack - the entire album is amazing.

My copy sounds amazing, so rich and deep. One of my favorite plays. it seems I got lucky.

My copy sounds amazing, so rich and deep. One of my favorite plays. it seems I got lucky.

Great music but poor record. Specially considering the price. Crackling can be heard at each revolution on all four sides. The recording and mastering are quite average, we miss the deep bass and the dynamics. Very disapointing.

Unfortunately my copy is absolutely horrible. There is constant clicking throughout every single track. I have cleaned it many times and with many different techniques, but there is constant clicking in every single one of the songs. The records are Unplayable. It’s very disappointing coming from a record that is so expensive. I even bought it straight from Jessie’s website. I am extremely disappointed.

Was worried about all the issues with this one and then it was a little hard to find but it came back in stock at Walmart last week and my copy thankfully misses almost all of the issues reported below except there are a few very gentle clicks at the very end of "Adore You", perhaps 3-4 as it's fading out. Otherwise sounds fantastic, disc 2 was totally flawless. Guessing a new pressing which corrects previous errors.