Adele - 21

[S7lence]

Je suis vraiment impatient d'avoir cet album dans mes oreilles et j'espère vraiment qu'Adele explosera les ventes de son premier opus avec

[Gavin]

Je suis tellement impatient !

 

Elle gère bien les leaks pour le moment, même trop bien à mon goût d'ailleurs ... Lâche nous un petit titre Adele, j'en peux plus !

[Cortana]

C'est pas elle qui gère les leak

Et bon un article branlette de Pop justice on s'en passerait bien, je pourrait seulement me faire un avis sur la bête quand je l'aurai dans les oreilles ce qui ne risque pas de tarder.

Je n'ai pour l'instant écouté que le single.

[Gavin]

C'est pas elle qui gère les leak

 

Elle = sa maison de disque pour éviter les fuites quoi

[S7lence]

First Impressions

 

- It has been almost three years since the release of her critically-acclaimed debut album 19 in 2008, now London-born Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter Adele is ready to reveal her highly-anticipated sophomore album entitled 21 on February 22. Having big names like Rick Rubin, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder (of One Republic), Dan Wilson and Fraser T. Smith on the production decks along with her previous collaborators Francis “Eg” White and Jim Abbiss, 21 excites with the idea of production perfection.

 

- Starting off solid with first single “Rolling in the Deep”—a bluesy disco pop-inspired number that will take you off your feet as the song grows to a stomping beat—her soulful vocal shines through. The moment she begins, "There’s a fire starting in my heart / Reaching a fever pitch and it’s bring me out the dark," you immediately know you’re about to be taken on a ride.

 

- In “Rumour Has It”, Adele sings in confidently. Such swagger is admirable—overly self-assured, but in a good way—as the song grows to relentless drum beats, hand-clapping and solid background vocals crooning elegant “oohs.”

 

- The fifth track, “Set Fire to the Rain” adds a more urban R&B feel to the album, making it another song worthy of radio airplay.

 

- Don’t be surprised with the heavily-influenced country elements in this album. “One and Only”—a song that will remind you of music from country favorites like Alison Krauss and Lady Antebellum, whom Adele cited as some of her latest discoveries in music—showcases a beautiful clash of country and gospel-soul as she sings her heart out and begs for love in this piano number.

 

- In 19, Adele covered Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love,” and 21 sees her bringing The Cure’s “Love Song” to another level. Given a bossa-nova feel, Adele makes the song her own, capturing true heart-wrenching emotion.

 

- Known for her beautiful ballads, the album closes with yet another great one. “Someone Like You” is a reflective song about moving on in which she sings, "Never mind, I’ll find someone like you / I wish nothing but the best for you too / Don’t forget me, I beg / I remember you said / Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead." An exquisite ending, she gives you perspective with her lyrics.

 

 

Key Tracks:

 

“Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You,” and “Set Fire to the Rain”

 

Predictions:

 

In “Don’t You Remember,” Adele sings, "Don’t you remember the reason you loved me before?" a line that describes the consequence of the record well: if you fell in love with Adele in 19, you’re going to be as in love with 21, and perhaps even more so. On 19, Adele donned mostly acoustic songs, while this time she’s being more experimental with her sound, going upbeat with added urban flavors besides staying true to her biggest strength in emotional ballad numbers. With words as personal and honest as always, this may well be one of the most highly-awaited and accepted albums of 2011.

 

Source

[In Rainbows]

Mama! elle à intérêt à tout déchiré avec son album, en tout cas je l'achèterai les yeux fermés.

[T3d]

Adele a fait une petite performance privée chez elle, elle a chanté Someone like you. Je vous mets le lien de la presta mais apparemment nous qui sommes en France ne pouvons pas voir la vidéo ... Enfin, en tout cas moi je n'arrive pas à la voir .

 

http://music.msn.com/?videoId=8a0bae9b-8cc5-4f7e-8ff9-8b4478667405&from=sharepermalink

 

Cependant on a l'audio de la performance : c'est exagéré de dire qu'Adele et cette chanson atteignent la perfection ?

[Son Of A Preacher Man]

Elle fait une double exploitation ou quoi ?

[popol]

Visible ici :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNqtQjuG6XA

 

 

T3d : Je suis de ton avis...Cette chanson est juste parfaite !! Si une autre chanson en 2011 la dépasse...Je crois que je vais même pas la classer dans mon classement annuel tellement je l'aime !

[Secret Garden]

Encore une vidéo qui me met l'eau à la bouche. J'ai vraiment hâte d'écouter ce nouvel album, ça approche, ça approche !!!

[Gaston]

Purée, ils sont combien à avoir eu la chance d'écouter 21 alors que nous on ne connait que 3 chansons ?

Chronique de 21

Un tempérament trempé dans l’acier, une voix soul à damner la foule, un premier album impeccable, accessible (une soul torturée dans l’air du temps assortie d’une production léchée) tout en étant signé chez le plus prestigieux des labels indépendants, Rough Trade… Si elle n’a que 19 ans lors de ses débuts fracassants, Adele possède déjà l’aura des grandes chanteuses. 21, son second opus, ne saurait dire le contraire. Bien entourée (les maîtres du son Paul Epworth et Rick Rubin), et encore plus assurée, la jeune Anglaise assoit sa réputation avec un ensemble de morceaux destinés à tenir l’autoroute de la pop music en toute quiétude. Le rythmé « Rolling in the Deep », avec ses martèlements de pied, ses accents gospel et ses choristes vintage, ouvre donc en force 21.

 

Juste derrière, « Rumor Has It » préserve le punch de cet album dont on a du mal à croire qu’il repose sur les épaules d’une post adolescente passionnée de Billie Holiday. Il y a encore des démonstrations de soul rustique, volontiers relevée (« Set Fire To The Rain », « He won’t Go ») où Adele s’approche, petit à petit, d’une idole comme Dusty Springfield. Sans oublier ces relents country (« Don’t You Remember ») qui viennent intelligemment enrichir l’ensemble… Cerise sirupeuse sur le gâteau, des ballades certes habitées mais somme toute assez banales (« Take It All », « Someone Like You ») viennent conforter 21 dans son ambition (trop ?) fédératrice.

 

Cependant, il s’agit bien d’un album réussi. Réussi parce qu’Adele chante avec un aplomb qui ne peut laisser indifférent. Réussi parce que ses mélodies attendues et son instrumentation intemporelle font mouche. Réussi parce que ses textes sont savoureux, tricotant sur des thèmes plus qu’usés mais définitivement universels : l’amour fou mais éphémère, le mauvais petit ami, le grand chagrin d’amour, la revanche féminine, etc.

 

L’album recèle de jolis morceaux, comme « I’ll Be Waiting » et son piano chaloupé ou « Lovesong » à l’émotion mesurée. A 21 ans, Adele est très bien partie. Qu’elle ne se contente cependant pas de ce qu’elle sait bien faire, et qu’elle continue sur sa lancée…

 

Source : http://www.music-story.com/adele/21/critique

 

Et un 3,5/5 par music-story : un peu moins bien que 19 qui avait eu 4/5...

[popol]

J'en peux plus !! On est à une semaine et demi de la sortie et on a toujours que Rolling In The Deep en version studio !

[Freakshow.]

Avec de la chance, on aura un leak vendredi soir. ♥

[popol]

Avec de la chance, on aura un leak vendredi soir. ♥

 

En fait je dis ça mais je crois que si l'album leak je ne l'écouterai pas ! Je veux vraiment me faire le cd sur ma chaine,le son à fond, le livret sur les genoux Vais-je arriver à résister ? Telle est la question ^^

[T3d]

Enccore une critique (très élogieuse) de 21 !

 

And on the highway of regret...

MON, 10/01/2011 - 15:54 BY TIMC

When we first heard Adele she was an unsigned BRIT School grad attempting to make her extraordinary voice and better-than-anyone-her-age-should-be-able-to-write songs heard above the din of a disinterested Camden pub crowd. At the end of her set we stomped out, disgusted with our fellow man's inability to hear what we could hear, and the bouncer on the door stopped us and said, "She's going to be very successful, isn't she?" We don't mind admitting we shed a bit of a tear.

 

Five years later and we're moist of eye once more thanks to the now very successful Adele having produced a second album that's far better than we ever expected or even needed it to be.

 

Having been erroneously attributed as the author of Bob Dylan's 'Make You Feel My Love' by numerous X Factor auditionees and YouTube karaoke-ists, Adele's comeback was assured. She could easily have coasted to number one with a retread of the MOR prettiness and breezy soul pop that padded out the majority of debut album '19'. Providing she could write at least one more song as prodigious and moving as London hymn 'Hometown Glory' and turn in another performance as devastatingly resigned as her cover of the aforementioned Bob tune, we'd be happy.

 

'21' is not that record. In terms of steps up, '21' is to '19' what that fella in '127 Hours' who had to cut his own arm off is to our breathless jog to the top floor of TK Maxx this lunchtime (only without the arm cutting. And we bought a stripy jumper, if you're interested). This is a serious and frequently astonishing album.

 

There are three types of song on '21':

 

1. Big fuck-off (and "fuck you") monsters as characterised by jaw-dropping first single 'Rolling In The Deep', the Ryan 'Bleeding Love' Tedder co-write 'Rumour Has It' and the barnstorming power ballad 'Set Fire To The Rain'.

 

2. Mid-tempo smoulderers such as the country soul imploring of 'Don't You Remember', the pure, live-band, soul groove of 'He Won't Go' (reminiscent of 'No More Drama' era Mary J. Blige. Yes, that good) and the Rick Rubin produced and deeply personal interpretation of The Cure's 'Lovesong'.

 

3. The saddest, most heartache ridden ballads of modern times. '21' is dominated by Adele's reflections on a recently shipwrecked relationship. And while we wish her future happiness we selfishly dread the day she has to write happy family songs, or fake the heartbreak. She's just so very good at why-don't-you-love-me-well-screw-you-dickhead type songs. On '21' she delivers two truly extraordinary and award-deserving examples of that particular genre with 'Turning Tables' and 'Someone Like You' (featured here in demo form since they apparently couldn't replicate the intensity in the studio). On the latter, Adele imagines a future in which the love she's just lost is living a happy life, married with kids, while she remains alone and most definitely not over it. We've all been there. Dear god, we've all been there.

 

This is, at heart, a soul album, whilst avoiding any of the cliché, predictability and vocal affectations that have come to be associated with the genre of late. And while Adele's musical influences clearly still reside in the 60s, '21' doesn't attempt to replicate "vintage" sounds, as producers Rubin, Paul Epworth and Jim Abbiss confidently restrict instrumentation to only what's required to support THAT voice.

 

And what a voice. Soaring, crumbling, surprising, consoling... On '21' she sounds capable of anything, and frequently proves it. In Adele, this generation has their first truly great singer; she's now world class with few who could compare.

 

We can't imagine we'll hear a better album this year.

 

Et le titre If it hadn't been love, b-side de Rolling in the deep.