release date: Jan. 24, 2011
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5]
2nd studio album by Adele [aka Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, birth name]. Yes, what a voice from a 21-year old. Only, I find it tiresome in the long run and just TOO much whining, sorry! I mean, Morrissey is a big whiner but has more to offer like irony, sarcasm, and humor. This is just so bleak. The album is (even) enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die", and is one of the best selling studio albums in Germany, Australia, USA, and the UK where it was nominated The Mercury Prize, which was handed to PJ Harvey for Let England Shake.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5, Q Magazine, The Guardian 4 / 5 stars ]
