Adele-21

Adele (2011). 21 [CD]. London, England: XL Recordings Ltd.

Summary

Adele has recently won Grammy Award 2012 nominations for album of the year for 21 and song of the year for “Rolling in the Deep,” which is featured on 21. The album was co-produced by Rick Rubin and Paul Epworth of Florence and the Machine, and it was released in 2011. The photographer for the album art is Lauren Dukoff. As her second album, 21 is a coming of age collection of deeply personal songs. It is weaves together musical moods and settings that tell the story of the “power and glory of real love and real heartbreak,” according to the biography on Amazon.com. The CD’s track list includes “Rolling in the Deep,” “Rumour Has It,” “Turning Tables,” “Don’t You Remember,” “Set Fire to the Rain,” “He Won’t Go,” “Take It All,” “I’ll Be Waiting,” “One and Only,” “Lovesong,” and “Someone Like You.”

Critical Evaluation

 

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, known to music fans as Adele, herself explains the song “Rolling in the Deep” as a dark bluesy gospel disco tune. In fact, many of the songs, all written by Adele, have a gospel feel to them. Other words that could describe the music on this album include orchestral, jazzy, and fierce. Rolling Stone magazine comments, “Adele has toughened her tone, trimmed the jazz frippery and sounds ready for a pub fight....When the grooves are fierce, Adele gives as good as she gets." While her first album, 19, expressed a young woman’s turbulent adolescence, this album, her second (the numbers correspond to her age at the time they were created), chronicles a woman coming into her own. Inspiration for 21 came from a very influential love relationship with a man who taught her about life and love, and the lyrics of the tracks represent that. Of 21, Adele says it is about love’s rocky road and finding peace in life’s turmoil: "That's what the record is about," says Adele, "and I'm just more forgiving because of it." 

http://www.amazon.com/Adele/e/B00197GQ5Q/ref=ac_dpt_sa_bio

More information about Adele, her albums, and tour dates can be found on her official website:

http://www.adele.tv/

 

Genre

Music

Pop

Adult Alternative

Why did I include this title?

Music CD’s are available for check out for $1 at my local public library, and the due date is one week from the rental date; when iTunes sells rights to the music for $9.99, this is a fantastic deal. Laura’s iPod, prepare yourself to upload more music. Adele’s lyrics put into words feelings that I cannot express as eloquently in an achingly powerful way.