Adele – 21

The followup to her debut CD “19” is out now. Here first album won a couple Grammy awards and this new effort has been much anticipated. From the Amazon review:

From the album’s first single, “Rolling In The Deep,” co-written with producer Paul Epworth and described by Adele as “a dark bluesy gospel disco tune,” through the fiery rumble of “Rumour Has It” to the orchestral builds of “Turning Tables,” the mysterious pop imagery of “Set Fire To The Rain,” the gospel-tinged “One and Only” and the tear-stained resignation of “Someone Like You,” co-written with Grammy-winner and track-producer Dan Wilson, Adele’s 21 is a musical and emotional tour de force, a portrait of the artist as a young woman coming into her own.

All of the album’s tracks, with the exception of a cool acoustic guitar rendition of The Cure’s “Lovesong,” were written by Adele over the course of a year, with the help of her musical collaborators: Paul Epworth (“Rolling In The Deep,” “He Won’t Go,” “I’ll Be Waiting”), Ryan Tedder (“Rumour Has It,” “Turning Tables,” ), Dan Wilson (“Don’t You Remember,” “One and Only,” “Someone Like You”), Fraser T. Smith (“Set Fire To The Rain”), Francis White (“Take It All”), and Greg Wells (“One and Only”). The main of 21 was cut in Malibu with producer Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Jay Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and in Kensal Rise in London with Paul Epworth (Plan B, Bloc Party, Florence and the Machine).

Sounds like a winner, especially that Cure cover. Have you heard it? Have an opinion? Leave us a comment.

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