Often the singer that the husky-voiced Ms. Ware brings to mind is Lisa Stansfield, the Briton who made dance-friendly R&B in the late 1980s and early ’90s that became internationally popular. “Running,” from Ms. Ware’s album, sounds modeled on the Stansfield sound, with its unsteady splashes of synths, its falsetto counterpoint vocals, and Ms. Ware’s singing, which is woozy but purposeful. “Your words alone/Could drive me to/a thousand tears,” she moans, not sad at all. The same goes for “Sweet Talk,” which is part rushed, past lush.