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Adele's 2009 debut album, 19, was a Grammy-winning smash hit that revealed the British singer/songwriter's knack for bittersweet soul and folk-infused love songs that brought to mind an infectious mix of Dusty Springfield and Terry Callier. The album earned her a ton of fans, and interest was high for the inevitable follow-up. In many ways, her sophomore album, the similarly age-appropriate-titled 21, is a continuation of the sounds and themes Adele was working with on 19. She is still the bluesy pop diva with a singer/songwriter's soul and seemingly bottomless capacity for heartbreak. The best thing the album does is to showcase Adele's titanic vocal ability, which -- more than a few times on 21 -- is simply spine-tingling. Last time around we got the gauzy, Callier-esque folk-soul ballad "Daydreamer" to slowly draw us into the album; here, Adele immediately injects us with the propulsive gospel fever-blues anthem "Rolling in the Deep." While the track certainly owes a heavy debt to the punk-blues of Beth Ditto and the Gossip, it is also ridiculously sexy and one of the best singles of any decade. Elsewhere, we get tracks like the blues-inflected Ryan Tedder co-write "Rumour Has It" and the old-school-style soul cut "He Won't Go," which are terrifically catchy, booty-shaking numbers and exactly the kind of songs you want and expect from Adele. Similarly enthralling is the centerpiece of the album, the mega-ballad showstopper "Take It All." Co-written by her "Chasing Pavements" partner Francis White, the song begins with Adele proclaiming "Didn't I give it all?" Delivered starkly at first with Adele set against simple piano accompaniment and later backed by a gospel choir, it's an instant-classic sort of song in the tradition of "The Rose," "And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going," and "All by Myself" that could stand over the years as a career landmark for the singer and a cathartic moment for fans who identify with their idol's Pyrrhic lovelorn persona. Ultimately, Adele does give us her all on 21, and for now that is enough.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Mark Rankin, Engineer - Leo Taylor, StudioMusician - Tom Coyne, Engineer - Paul Epworth, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Neil Cowley, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emi Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Ryan Tedder, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jerrod "Skins" Bettis, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Write 2 Live (ASCAP), administered worldwide by Kobalt Music Publishing America Ltd., MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Ryan Tedder, ComposerLyricist - Chris Worsey, StudioMusician - Stephen Morris, StudioMusician - Chris Laurence, StudioMusician - David Daniels, StudioMusician - Chris Elliott, Arranger - Peter Lale, StudioMusician - Jim Abbiss, Producer, MixingEngineer - Caroline Dale, StudioMusician - Emlyn Singleton, StudioMusician - Patrick Kiernan, StudioMusician - Julian Leaper, StudioMusician - Cathy Thompson, StudioMusician - Bruce White, StudioMusician - Tom Piggott-Smith, StudioMusician - Boguslav Kostecki, StudioMusician - Jackie Shave, StudioMusician - Rita Manning, StudioMusician - Ian Dowling, MixingEngineer - Neil Cowley, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rachel Stephanie Bolt, StudioMusician - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Warren Zielinksi, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Write 2 Live (ASCAP), administered worldwide by Kobalt Music Publishing America Ltd., MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Dan Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer - Matt Sweeney, StudioMusician - Pino Palladino, StudioMusician - Greg Fidelman, Engineer - Andrew Scheps, MixingEngineer - James Poyser, StudioMusician - Sara Lyn Killion, Engineer - Smokey Hormel, StudioMusician - Alyssa Park, StudioMusician - Joel Pargman, StudioMusician - Songa Lee, StudioMusician - Chris Dave, StudioMusician - Radu Pieptea, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Sugar Lake Music, MusicPublisher - David Hilgado, StudioMusician - Ali Helnwein, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Carrie Kennedy, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Philip Broussard Jr., Engineer
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Jane Oliver, StudioMusician - Steve Price, StudioMusician - Ash Soan, StudioMusician - Beatriz Artola, Engineer - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer, StudioMusician - Lucy Shaw, StudioMusician - Emma Owens, StudioMusician - Eleanor Mathieson, StudioMusician - Hayley Pomfrett, StudioMusician - Jenny Sacha, StudioMusician - Jo Allen, StudioMusician - Kotono Sato, StudioMusician - Rosie Danvers, Arranger, StudioMusician - Stephanie Cavey, StudioMusician - Rustom Pomeroy, StudioMusician - Amy Stanford, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Isabel Seeliger-Morley, Engineer - Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Natalie Bonner, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Rick Rubin, Producer - Matt Sweeney, StudioMusician - Lenny Castro, StudioMusician - Paul Epworth, ComposerLyricist - Pino Palladino, StudioMusician - Greg Fidelman, Engineer - Andrew Scheps, MixingEngineer - James Poyser, StudioMusician - Sara Lyn Killion, Engineer - Smokey Hormel, StudioMusician - Alyssa Park, StudioMusician - Stephanie Bennett, StudioMusician - Joel Pargman, StudioMusician - Songa Lee, StudioMusician - Chris Dave, StudioMusician - Radu Pieptea, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emi Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Ali Helnwein, StudioMusician - Elizabeth Wright, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Carrie Kennedy, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Philip Broussard Jr., Engineer
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Sony, MusicPublisher - Jim Abbiss, Producer, MixingEngineer - Carmen Carter, Choir - Eg White, ComposerLyricist - Oren Waters, Choir - Carmen Twillie, Choir - Josef Powell, Choir - Ian Dowling, MixingEngineer - James Gilstrap, Choir - Neil Cowley, StudioMusician - Terry Young, Choir - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Julia Waters Tillman, Choir - Lorna Maxine Waters, Choir - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Mark Rankin, Engineer - Leo Taylor, StudioMusician - Tom Coyne, Engineer - Harry Brown, StudioMusician - Paul Epworth, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Carmen Carter, Choir - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Oren Waters, Choir - Noel Langley, StudioMusician - Carmen Twillie, Choir - Josef Powell, Choir - James Gilstrap, Choir - Neil Cowley, StudioMusician - Terry Young, Choir - Ben Thomas, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Carless, StudioMusician - Emi Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Julia Waters Tillman, Choir - Lorna Maxine Waters, Choir - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Greg Wells, ComposerLyricist - Dan Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer - Matt Sweeney, StudioMusician - Pino Palladino, StudioMusician - Greg Fidelman, Engineer - Andrew Scheps, MixingEngineer - Carmen Carter, Choir - James Poyser, StudioMusician - Oren Waters, Choir - Carmen Twillie, Choir - Josef Powell, Choir - James Gilstrap, Choir - Sara Lyn Killion, Engineer - Smokey Hormel, StudioMusician - Alyssa Park, StudioMusician - Joel Pargman, StudioMusician - Songa Lee, StudioMusician - Terry Young, Choir - Chris Dave, StudioMusician - Radu Pieptea, StudioMusician - Julia Waters, Choir - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Kobalt, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Sugar Lake Music, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - David Hilgado, StudioMusician - Ali Helnwein, StudioMusician - Elizabeth Wright, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Julia Waters Tillman, Choir - Carrie Kennedy, StudioMusician - Lorna Maxine Waters, Choir - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Philip Broussard Jr., Engineer - Firehouse Cat, MusicPublisher
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2011 XL Recordings Ltd
Rick Rubin, Producer - Matt Sweeney, StudioMusician - Lenny Castro, StudioMusician - Pino Palladino, StudioMusician - Greg Fidelman, Engineer - Andrew Scheps, MixingEngineer - James Poyser, StudioMusician - Robert Smith, ComposerLyricist - Sara Lyn Killion, Engineer - Smokey Hormel, StudioMusician - Alyssa Park, StudioMusician - Joel Pargman, StudioMusician - Songa Lee, StudioMusician - Chris Dave, StudioMusician - BORIS WILLIAMS, ComposerLyricist - ROGER O'DONNELL, ComposerLyricist - SIMON GALLUP, ComposerLyricist - Lol Tolhurst, ComposerLyricist - Porl Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Radu Pieptea, StudioMusician - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Dondlinger, StudioMusician - Fiction Songs Ltd., MusicPublisher - David Hilgado, StudioMusician - Ali Helnwein, StudioMusician - Elizabeth Wright, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Carrie Kennedy, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Philip Broussard Jr., Engineer
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Dan Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist, StudioMusician - Tom Elmhirst, MixingEngineer - Adele, MainArtist - Adele Adkins, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Sugar Lake Music, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Philip Allen, Engineer
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2010 XL Recordings Ltd
Album review
Adele's 2009 debut album, 19, was a Grammy-winning smash hit that revealed the British singer/songwriter's knack for bittersweet soul and folk-infused love songs that brought to mind an infectious mix of Dusty Springfield and Terry Callier. The album earned her a ton of fans, and interest was high for the inevitable follow-up. In many ways, her sophomore album, the similarly age-appropriate-titled 21, is a continuation of the sounds and themes Adele was working with on 19. She is still the bluesy pop diva with a singer/songwriter's soul and seemingly bottomless capacity for heartbreak. The best thing the album does is to showcase Adele's titanic vocal ability, which -- more than a few times on 21 -- is simply spine-tingling. Last time around we got the gauzy, Callier-esque folk-soul ballad "Daydreamer" to slowly draw us into the album; here, Adele immediately injects us with the propulsive gospel fever-blues anthem "Rolling in the Deep." While the track certainly owes a heavy debt to the punk-blues of Beth Ditto and the Gossip, it is also ridiculously sexy and one of the best singles of any decade. Elsewhere, we get tracks like the blues-inflected Ryan Tedder co-write "Rumour Has It" and the old-school-style soul cut "He Won't Go," which are terrifically catchy, booty-shaking numbers and exactly the kind of songs you want and expect from Adele. Similarly enthralling is the centerpiece of the album, the mega-ballad showstopper "Take It All." Co-written by her "Chasing Pavements" partner Francis White, the song begins with Adele proclaiming "Didn't I give it all?" Delivered starkly at first with Adele set against simple piano accompaniment and later backed by a gospel choir, it's an instant-classic sort of song in the tradition of "The Rose," "And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going," and "All by Myself" that could stand over the years as a career landmark for the singer and a cathartic moment for fans who identify with their idol's Pyrrhic lovelorn persona. Ultimately, Adele does give us her all on 21, and for now that is enough.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:02
- Main artists: Adele
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: XL Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
2011 XL Recordings Ltd 2011 XL Recordings Ltd
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