Jenny_Innie Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 It's not usually my kinda music. I'm more 70s punk and new wave ........ but! This album is breathtaking! I've had it on repeat in the car for a few days. Makes me shiver listening to it. Some of it has had me in tears. The production is amazing, the songs are varied and powerful. This chick can do it - BIG TIME! There is a song on there called "When We Were Young" which could be the best song evaaar! Better than 21 if you ask me - and that is the 20th best selling album of all time (bet sales of that will increase on the back of this too). Fastest selling first week in the UK ever. Fastest selling first week in the US ever. A lot of people complain that you can't make it in the music industry nowadays - or that there's no music industry to make it in! Pah! I say. If you are this good - you can make it. Quote
FuNkShUi Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 I'm with you in as much as it's not the music i usually listen to. But i love Adele. Every one of her albums has been brilliant. I can listen straight through without skipping any songs. I just thing the songs are brilliant, her voice is superb, and as you said, the production is spot on. Quote
BassBus Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 [quote name='Jenny_Innie' timestamp='1448619987' post='2916856'] There is a song on there called "When We Were Young" which could be the best song evaaar! [/quote] I heard this on the radio recently. By the end of it I was just speechless. As you said... Quote
JamesBass Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 Not heard anything of this album just yet, but I know she's had the draw of some top names previously, guys such as Pino have played with her! That alone says it all for me. Quote
CamdenRob Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 I haven't heard anything from the latest album but I quite like the odd song of her's I've overheard on the Radio in shops etc. over the last few years... She's a cut above most of the other stuff in the charts. Quote
Cato Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 For me she's one of those artists who has a blinding and undeniable talent but who's material is just not my kind of thing. I'm pretty sure that's my loss. Quote
Mykesbass Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 Got to love an artist who does stuff like this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yL7VP4-kP4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yL7VP4-kP4[/url] Quote
uncle psychosis Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 She's clearly very talented and I really like her apparent stance on celebrity but her music does nothing for me at all. Life would be boring if we all liked the same things. Quote
miles'tone Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 I should probably check it out then, thanks for the heads up. 👍 Quote
planer Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 A proper singer with a proper voice. Like her or not you can't deny that she just means every single word and puts 100% into her performance. And the vid posted above shows she's as silly as the rest of us at heart. Quote
skej21 Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 'My same' from 19 is one of my favourite tracks of all time. She's great, down to earth and writes most of her material. Fantastic new album too :-) Quote
bagsieblue Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Jenny_Innie' timestamp='1448619987' post='2916856'] It's not usually my kinda music. I'm more 70s punk and new wave ........ but! This album is breathtaking! I've had it on repeat in the car for a few days. Makes me shiver listening to it. Some of it has had me in tears. The production is amazing, the songs are varied and powerful. This chick can do it - BIG TIME! There is a song on there called "When We Were Young" which could be the best song evaaar! Better than 21 if you ask me - and that is the 20th best selling album of all time (bet sales of that will increase on the back of this too). Fastest selling first week in the UK ever. Fastest selling first week in the US ever. A lot of people complain that you can't make it in the music industry nowadays - or that there's no music industry to make it in! Pah! I say. If you are this good - you can make it. [/quote] Couldn't agree more - and I'm an old rocker at heart. In the last week instead of blasting out rock riffs - I've been trying to work out the chords to Adele songs. Actually, in all honesty I haven't made much progress in ripping off the chords to Adele songs - I put on the album and listen in awe. Possibly the most talented, relevant and credible musician around today? Edited November 27, 2015 by bagsieblue Quote
Skol303 Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 Yep! Adele is great. Not my usual cuppa, but I love what she does. 25 is getting a lot of mediocre reviews for being 'safe'... but I think that's balderdash. What did people expect her to do - branch out into Klezmer or dubstep FFS?? Great singer. Fantastic voice. And a sense of humour. Top lass Quote
toneknob Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Tickets go on sale next week for her "I'd rather play 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the O2" megadome arena tour. Sign up on her website for advance tickets. Quote
darren Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Power ballad sentimental warblings about being dumped is not something I'm interested in regardless of how well done it might be. Can't argue with the sales figures though. Quote
steve-bbb Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) [quote name='darren' timestamp='1448701849' post='2917470'] Power ballad sentimental warblings about being dumped is not something I'm interested in regardless of how well done it might be. Can't argue with the sales figures though. [/quote] this - and sales figures as we all know bear no correlation whatsoever with talent but she is obviously vocally talented - which presents a slight conundrum but as you say Darren ... still cant listen to her with seeing pictures in my head of Glenn Close and that certain 'cookery incident' Edited November 28, 2015 by steve-bbb Quote
skychaserhigh Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 She needs to cheer up a bit ...how many songs can one person write about being dumped from a relationship ? I've heard the album and felt quite miserable afterwards. Quote
Lord Sausage Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 I think winehouse dying left a hole in the market for her. Don't think she'd have been as big if she was still around. Jumped into that boohoo break up thing that winehouse had blasted with back to black. Think it's all pretty derivative pop. It's ok I guess. Hate her vocal style tho. Sounds like a sad dog sometimes. Same vocal inflections and tricks all the time. That really big song is it 'someone like you' sounds like a GCSE composition. Quote
Lord Sausage Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 [quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1448702216' post='2917473'] She needs to cheer up a bit ...how many songs can one person write about being dumped from a relationship ? I've heard the album and felt quite miserable afterwards. [/quote] Yeah! Plus isn't she with someone and has a child with them. I'd be pretty pissed off if I was that guy and she was constantly writing about splitting up with ex fellas. You know, unless she was being disingenuous and just writing to a formula to sell records. But surely not! Quote
HowieBass Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Adele and her previous material has pretty much passed me by - just checked out a live (well-recorded in studio) version of 'When We Were Young' and in spite of her talent as a singer I too think it's just pretty ordinary. But there again I like the crazy yelps and shrieking from Black Francis, so my tastes are clearly far from middle of the road... Quote
4-string-thing Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 I find her voice er, irritating and her material boring. Then again, she could well say the same about me... Quote
Lord Sausage Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1448724777' post='2917676'] Weird isn't it, Winehouse was a bit "meh" as far as I was concerned. [/quote] I find most things a bit 'meh'.....god I'm a miserable twat! Quote
Lozz196 Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Proper singer, proper voice, and it seems to me that she has to sing songs that really mean something to her to get the best out of her. I remember her performance at The Brits - Rihanna did something like 5 costume changes in her performance, dancers all over the place, then Adele just stood there, singing (and crying) along to the guy on the piano and completely stole the show. A friend of mine was there and said you could hear a pin drop, the performance was that powerful. I`m not over keen on her stuff to be honest, but that doesn`t mean I can`t see how good she is. Possibly/probably one of those performers whose songs will still be played in 20 years time. Quote
Deep Thought Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 If she turns out another album of 'Someone like you's' and 'Hello's', I think people will start getting bored of her. I love some of her stuff (Rolling in the deep), but all the failed-relationship big ballads are starting to sound a bit samey to me. Huge respect to her though, and nice to see a Brit having such massive success. Quote
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