Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Daydreamer
2. Best For Last
3. Chasing Pavements
4. Cold Shoulder
5. Crazy For You
6. Melt My Heart To Stone
7. First Love
8. Right As Rain
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. My Same
11. Tired
12. Hometown Glory

Disc 2:

1. Right As Rain
2. Melt My Heart To Stone
3. My Same
4. That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On
5. Chasing Pavements

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89 in Music
• Released on: 2008-06-10
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition

Album Description
US only 2 CD edition includes a bonus disc with five live tracks,Right as Rain [Live], Melt My Heart to Stone [Live], My Same [Live], That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On [Live] and Chasing Pavements [Live] . 19 is the debut album from the singer/songwriter. Citing her influences as diverse as Etta James, Jill Scott, Bjork, Dusty Springfield, Billy Bragg, Billie Holiday, Jeff Buckley, The Cure and Peggy Lee, Adele is a truly unique new artist. With her mix up of R&B and Soul served up with a healthy dash of feisty London attitude, she spins beautiful dark stories of loves won and lost and sometimes just daydreamed about. XL.

Amazon.com
The minute you hear that voice, the hair stands up on the back of your neck and you realize this is someone special. Brash, wise beyond her years, but down-to-earth and focused, Adele was raised by a single mom to whom she’s devoted in the racially mixed, working-class London neighborhoods of Tottenham and Brixton, where she worshiped pop idols like Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Take That and Britney Spears, not daring to dream one day she might follow in their footsteps to stardom herself. Together, the songs on 19 compose a diary of a year in Adele’s life, one that began with her deciding to stay in London rather than attend university in Liverpool, which led her to write "Hometown Glory," a paean to the city and her cherished memories of growing up there. And while insistent she knows little about politics, the verse, "I like it in the city when two words collide/You get the people and the government/Everybody taking different sides," was about her taking part in a post-9/11 protest march against the Iraq war. The latest in the current spate of talented female singer-songwriters emerging from the U.K. scene, Adele was the first recipient of the Brit Awards’ newly inaugurated Critics Choice prize last December even before her debut album was released. She was also honored as the winner of BBC Music’s Sound of 2008 poll of music critics, editors and broadcasters, as the most promising new musical artist likely to emerge this year. Adele admits she’s the kind of person who feels incomplete without a relationship, but for now, she’s burying her sorrows in between performances with soda and Cheetos… and refuses to obsess over her weight, either. All you need to know about Adele can be learned from her live performances, accompanied by just a piano or an acoustic guitar, with a one-of-a-kind voice that conveys a rainbow of emotions, from sorrow to triumph, longing to sensuality, solitude to solidarity, a blues-soul hybrid steeped in the past, yet fully alive in the moment. Remember the name: Adele. After listening to her debut album 19, you won’t forget the voice.

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Customer Reviews

ADELE is magnificent!!! U will never get tired of her voice!
She is the best singer by far in her genre. ADELE is amazingly talented and this album proves it. All her songs from beginning to end will leave you speechless. I love her raspy voice and her lyrics. You will never grow tired of this album, her voice or her lyrics. Her lyrics are catchy, and different from any others out there. My favorite songs are :Best For Last, Right As Rain, Tired, and Cold Shoulder, though I love them all. She is an excellent choice. Purchase this CD! You won't regret it, you will thank me! No No..Thank ADELE...she is wonderful, hear it yourself, it will change your life.

Adele - 19
19 (2008, XL Recordings) Adele's first studio album. ***1/2

The rumors of Adele's voice have gotten so bad that when the name is mentioned, folks who have never even heard any of her songs ask, "Oh yes, isn't that the bird that sounds like Amy Winehouse?" To a degree it's true; Adele's voice is reminiscent of Winehouse, but Adele's doesn't have the growl. Instead, her voice sounds a bit more pure, and, as a result, a bit more mainstream. Namely, it's not as good as Winehouse, but that's not who she's supposed to be.

At the album's start, Adele appears to be nothing more than an acoustic Winehouse, with only her voice and guitar providing the sounds. "Daydreamer" proves to be a great starting point and is one of the best cuts here. It isn't until "Chasing Pavements" where things really kick in, acting as an overtly obvious single, complete with Mark Ronson's signature production - somewhat similar to that of Phil Spector. The album is a real pleasure to listen to - in fact, there are many prime tunes here, such as the vintage-pop of "Cold Shoulder," the slow, sultry "Crazy for You," the pleading "Melt My Heart to Stone," or the wrenching piano ballad "Make You Feel My Love." Despite these numbers - a few of which are really incredible - there are still a handful of duds that weigh the album down, such as the oddly placed "First Love," or the entire first half of "Tired" (which, consequently, turns into a beautiful song for about thirty seconds).

Regardless, she's far better than the run-of-the-mill female singer-songwriters that plague today's music market. No doubt that she will be back with another batch, and as long as she sticks with Mark Ronson - whose production absolutely shines and even saves a few would-be B-side type songs - things can only get better. I hope. (Daydreamer, Crazy For You, Melt My Heart to Stone)

-Stephen
www.politicianrock.blogspot.com

Awesome
Great CD. Adele is one of my newly discovered favorites. Her voice and songwriting is so down to earth.