What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

ADELE "21", 2011.

this album has been out for about three weeks here in Australia, a fortnight everywhere else...why is that?? it seems to happen a lot.

so i have been able, over the last few days, to listen to it a few times..while on the net as background music, in car, at work, on ipod and really listening to its merits with phones on my head with no distractions, and i cant for the life of me find much wrong with it, the same as its predeccessor "19". both albums have that rare quality of sounding like being aquainted with an old friend, yet theres still something new and mysterious in each track to keep it refreshing.

"21" follows the same soul cum pop formula as "19", only this time the music is more chunky/fuller on the whole, thanks to great production work by Rick Rubin and Paul Epworth(florence and the machine). thus the sound has a lot more percussion and bass, depth and completeness, the music is tight, yet loose at the same time.

Adele's vocals are magnificent to say the least whether she is rock'n'soul-ing it up like Wanda Jackson on "rumour has it", or caressing her way over beautiful ballads like "someone like you" or "dont you remember". she even manages a brilliant bosa-nova(ish) cover of The Cure's "lovesong".

this is a classy affair, to say the least, and with two great albums behind her she has the world at her feet, should she continue to improve with age.

my prediction: next years Grammy's could be, and should be Adele's.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks: most of the links are 'acoustic' versions

1. rolling in the deep***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slyQBbZFgc live
2. rumour has it***
3. turning tables**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896QHczFzOQ live
4. dont you remember**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NXTmjmBYX0 live
5. set fire to the rain***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNyp-FRLe...re=related live
6. he wont go**
7. take it all**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfBQ9vexBJg live
8. i'll be waiting**
9. one and only**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78mlPQEmb...re=related live
10.lovesong**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k8vtbJxOdw live
11.someone like you***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Zs7XS3X...re=related live

3s=4
2s=7
1s=0

rating 2.36
rating may seem a bit high but i cant see where to deduct points.

liked all of this except for maybe the Cure cover.
On that one, the original is just too good, and I'm pretty picky on my covers.
Best were the first and last, probably because being on Ellen and Jools, the sound was good.
Others, I'm sure would be much better with the studio recording.

thanks