Devotion (The Gold Edition) – 10th Anniversary (RSD 22)

August 2022 sees the 10th anniversary of Jessie Ware’s breakthrough debut album ‘Devotion’. The album proved to be a huge hit for Jessie, reaching #5 in the UK albums chart and gaining her a Mercury Music Prize nomination. To commemorate its birthday for Record Store Day 2022, ‘Devotion’ is being reissued on deluxe gatefold limited edition 2LP vinyl. LP1 includes the original album and LP2 gathers together 10 bonus tracks, most of which are being made available on the vinyl format for the first time. These include Jessie’s collaboration with Sampha (‘Valentine’), a re-work of ‘Wildest Moments’ with A$AP Rocky, a remix of ‘Running’ by Disclosure, the track ‘Imagine It Was Us’ released on the vinyl edition of ‘Devotion’ in the US only, and a host of very cool remixes from the likes of Joe Goddard, Ewan Pearson and Two Inch Punch previously only available on streaming and download sites. The gatefold presentation will be presented with a silver treatment and includes extensive new sleevenotes from Jessie on how the album came about and what ‘Devotion’ means to her ten years on