Prioritise Pleasure

Prioritise Pleasure is the second studio album by the British musician Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, released on 22 October 2021.

Prioritise Pleasure
Studio album by
Self Esteem
Released22 October 2021
GenrePop
Length45:00
LabelUniversal
Self Esteem chronology
Compliments Please
(2019)		 Prioritise Pleasure
(2021)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?9.0/10[1]
Metacritic92/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[3]
DIY[4]
Gigwise[5]
God Is in the TV9/10[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Independent[8]
The Line of Best Fit10/10[9]
musicOMH[10]
NME[11]
The Skinny[12]

Prioritise Pleasure received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 92, based on 12 critical reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]

In a five-star review, The Guardian reviewer Laura Snapes described the album as "remarkable" and "a rare big pop album after 18 months of comparatively diminutive offerings from headline female pop acts".[7] El Hunt in NME called it "assured and unapologetic" and "charged with a dark, smirking wit that's impossible to turn away from".[11] Jessie Atkinson of Gigwise concluded that Prioritise Pleasure "represents Rebecca Taylor reaching her well-deserved pinnacle, as a modern popstar with the whole package: voice, humour, choreography, honesty, looks and the uncanny ability to pen a banger".[5]

Accolades

The Guardian, The Sunday Times, the i and Gigwise ranked Prioritise Pleasure as the best album of 2021.[13][14][15][16] NME and The Independent ranked the album as the fourth best of 2021.[17][18] The Guardian named "I Do This All the Time" as the best song of 2021.[19]

A BBC News "poll of polls" that combined the results of 30 critics' end-of-year lists placed Prioritise Pleasure at number seven for 2021.[20] A Metacritic collection of 182 year-end top ten lists by music publications placed the album at number 12 for the year.[21]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Fine"3:02
2."Fucking Wizardry"3:52
3."Hobbies 2"3:47
4."Prioritise Pleasure"4:06
5."I Do This All the Time"4:53
6."Moody"3:20
7."Still Reigning"3:49
8."How Can I Help You"2:22
9."Its Been a While"3:04
10."The 345"4:16
11."John Elton"2:50
12."You Forever"3:45
13."Just Kids"2:19

Charts
Chart performance for Prioritise Pleasure
Chart (2021) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 11

References
  1. "Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. "Critic Reviews for Prioritise Pleasure". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Ahmed, Narzra (18 October 2021). "Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". Clash. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. Jamieson, Sarah (22 October 2021). "Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". DIY. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. Atkinson, Jessie (18 October 2021). "Album Review: Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". Gigwise. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. Dean, Laura (21 October 2021). "Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". God Is in the TV. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. Snapes, Laura (21 October 2021). "Self Esteem: Prioritise Pleasure review – Britain's funniest, frankest pop star drums out her demons". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  8. Nugent, Annabel (22 October 2021). "Self Esteem review, Prioritise Pleasure: Ex-'indie girl' evades cliché on a cathartic second album". The Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  9. Desborough, Ellie (18 October 2021). "Self Esteem's Prioritise Pleasure is a triumphant rush of hedonism, autonomy, and solidarity". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  10. Murphy, John (18 October 2021). "Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". musicOMH. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. Hunt, El (20 October 2021). "Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". NME. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  12. Younes, Nadia (19 October 2021). "Self Esteem – Prioritise Pleasure". The Skinny. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  13. Helm, Jake; Cairns, Dan; Dean, Jonathan. "25 best albums of 2021". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  14. "The Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2021 | Gigwise". Gigwise. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  15. "The 50 best albums of 2021". The Guardian. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  16. "The 10 best albums of 2021". inews.co.uk. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  17. "The 50 best albums of 2021". NME. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  18. "The 40 best albums of 2021". The Independent. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  19. "The 20 best songs of 2021". The Guardian. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  20. "The 21 best albums and songs of 2021". BBC News. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  21. "Best of 2021: Music Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  22. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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