21

Adele is fantastic and this is superb for what it is. I don’t think there can be any argument against that. Not really for me, but I appreciate it.

Det är snyggt, rent och hon sjunger jättebra, men det är så, så trist.

I’ve never had a problem with Adele and removed from all the hype, the singles hold up pretty well. A few of the other tracks are good but most of them are bland and forgettable for me. (2.5)

I mean, I get it, but it’s just not for me. (2.5)

Rätt trist och överpolerat

While she can sing, this was absolutely not my cup of tea.

She obviously has a great voice but goddamn this was one of the most boring and one-dimensional things I've heard

when is someone going to tell her that "all" and "deep" don't rhyme

Basic.

78/1001 Adele - 21 Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ❎ Due to the singles from this album, Adele was also a banned artist on my phone due to how overplayed she was, but never quite got there. Either way, this is just bland, over produced, over sung nothingness.

Adele has an amazing and soulful voice. That said, the music is not really my cup of tea. Favorite track: Rollin in the Deep

If Michael Buble is a pale imitation of Frank Sinatra, Adele is a pale imitation of Aretha Franklin. I get the appeal, she does have a great voice but this is not a consistently strong or original album.

Nogle hits imellem, som trækker op. Men jeg kommer nok ikke til at sætte det på igen.

No doubt the lassie can sing, but her songs are dull as dishwater and the least said about the awful cover of Long Song by The Cure the better.

Not something I would seek out. Perfectly fine album. Mostly bland tracks though. 2.5 rounded down Heard before? The singles Owned: No, 6/1001, 6/23 (26%) Will I get? No Recommend: No

Safe album, nothing too exciting but nothing I can complain about too much either. Fave song is the Never mind I'll find one

eerste twee zijn goed... daarna steil bergaf tot ver onder nul...

I think I had heard Rolling in the deep before and I can see why she is popular. I personally only liked "I'll be waiting" of what I listened to.

Urghh. Adele - no doubt has a super voice. Music though is shopping mall level dross. Inspired a generation of talent show wannabees and I don't want to waste my music listening time on this.

Fine.

This album went triple platinum in my household during middle school. Too bad it sounds awful. Adele is a generational talent but this album is boring and the instrumentation all sounds like it came out of a keyboard. The only reason this is getting 2 stars instead of 1 is because she is extremely talented.

Adele has a great voice and she’s funny. I like her! But her music isn’t really my thing aside from a few songs. I was a fan of a couple of the songs off her first album, 19 (Hometown Glory and Chasing Pavements). I didn’t know she’d become an even bigger star but when Rolling in the Deep came out it was a showstopper and an instant classic. I remember at the time of 19 (2008-ish?), I guess because of the success of Amy Winehouse, BRIT school graduates like Adele and Kate Nash were getting a lot of attention. And around the same time Lily Allen and Duffy were really popular too and Adele kinda got lumped in with them. They were all successful to varying degrees but it was 21 that sent her to the stratosphere. I listened to this album a few times in 2011 but didn’t go back to it because there are a lot of forgettable ballads. Rolling in the Deep is the obvious best song. Rumour Has It is pretty fun. Set Fire to the Rain is pretty “adult contempy” as we say in my household. The other big ballad, Someone Like You, is a cut above because of her emotional lyrics and delivery. How did she sound so world-weary at age 21? I don’t care for the dreary smooth jazz cover of The Cure’s Lovesong.

Oops all ballads? This album is fine. Ya, Adele is a great singer. I just don't get much out of her style. I don't think she brings much personality to these songs. Some of them are catchy. But they also don't stick with me long. They lack character. Maybe it's the sanitary modern production? I could see this being better if it was recorded in the 60s. I was surprised to see the cure cover, but then I was disappointed because she doesn't add much to it. As far as pop girlies go, Adele is just not for me. I prefer the weirder futuristic millenial genz pop girlies. This sanitized 60s vibe doesn't do much for me. This album is one of my Dad's favourite modern albums and we never agree on music, so i'm not surprised I'm not a fan.

i remember listening to this when i was a kid since my parents were old enough to be caught in the storm. shit, i hadn't heard Rumour Has It in over a decade but i could still sing the chorus. this was a moment. i was expecting the Lovesong cover to stink but the bossa nova flair makes it very tasteful. good adult contemporary. but the soul aspects of it feel a little white bread to me deserves to be one of the 1001? for its sheer popularity? probably, but keep just one Adele album (probably)

Not bad, but not for me.

2 - great voice but the songs are ok at best. Too overproduced and too many sad ballads

I’ve gone through a good chunk of life actively not listening to Adele. Lovely voice yes but this first ever listen to ‘21’ confirmed my suspicions of an overly produced faux sentimental pop creation with next to no originality. The cover of my favourite Cure song really pissed me off.

Very boring for the most part. 2.5 stars

A heftily bland and mediocre multi-platinum effort for the most part with very forceful yet mega soulless and sterile, robotised singing. Rolling In The Deep is ok but Someone Like You goes round and round and squeals painfully for an eternity and would be very high up in my own personal Torture Songs playlist. Low 2 because except for Someone Like You it isn’t exactly bad, just boring.

Ok

I really don't like it, but I don't think it is bad enough for a 1. 2/5

In the way I will never enjoy myself at a hen do, I can't connect with this.

Like the poppier tunes, the ballads become a bit tiresome.

the massive issue i have with the album is that while adele's voice is clearly impressive, that's really all that the album has going for it; it's otherwise bland and uninspired, especially when it comes to the production, and the songwriting isn't exactly a homerun either. but i suppose that's what gives this mass appeal - a general public trained to venerate vocal ability above all else thanks to shows like american idol and the voice, horoscope-vague song lyrics and easily digestible pop ballads.

yep thats definitely music

boooofff.. mais rolling in the deep, c<est une grosse toune

She is a decent singer and probably OK as a songwriter too (even though her songs offer nothing that hasn't been heard many times before), but I just can't stand those big and sentimental Adele ballads. I do understand why she is so popular, but this definitely is not my cup of tea...

I remenber this better. Now listening this I van only say that every song is goodish but album is somehow boring.

To my ears, Adele has always had the same problem: most of her songs sound interesting for the first 25 seconds, but after that, I realize I’m not really listening anymore. The same issue comes up with this album as well. Most of the songs go from tight to floppy within that 25 seconds already mentioned.

I wish I liked her music but I find it strange

Still the funniest thing about this record is that XL records put it out... like that is inconceivable now looking back on it - one month before they put out Goblin by tyler, the creator... just bizarre... anways i have nostalgia for these songs i suppose because i heard them all in the dentist's office and in my mom's car but honestly who gives a fuck? the music kind of sucks and album is boring as hell... i just dont care at all

Mad boring album, I don’t understand the Adele hype. Lyrically she’s very good. Musically it’s all good. But just boring. Maybe music therapy ruined this one for me

Music for sister-in-laws and coworkers

incredible voice. not for me.

Is Adele always in a break-up and sad? At 21 she gets pretty deep and at 25, she is still pining. Can't deny the girl can sing though; I just won't be playing much Adele since her albums are downers. She obviously has skills and has resonated with the masses. Rating this one slightly lower than her last appearance on the list due to her top song being on that one...1.74 stars.

Not as bad as I was expecting. Rolling in the Deep is a great song, but otherwise too many generic power ballads. She can obviously sing, but it's not the sort of thing I'd listen to for pleasure.

Never listened to this, as all the media hype at the time switched me off. But have finally listened to it and although I do not hate it, I don't think I will ever play it again. Overrated.

- „Rolling in the Deep“: great song - just not really my type. Probably overplayed on the radio - Overall a little too melancholic - Does not quite suit my lyrical taste - “Don’t you remember”: nice melody - “Set fire to the rain”: amazing some! - “Someone like you”: very beautiful song - In conclusion, I suppose it’s an amazing album. It’s just not my type at all.

Adele certainly has a wonderful voice and it’s pretty impressive how many huge hits were on this album. Unfortunately, I found the songs themselves to be pretty bland. I was between 2 and 3 stars and settled on 2 because naming your albums after how old you were is so fucking stupid

There's more variety than I expected for a modern pop album and I think Adele is a talented vocalist at least (although she could cut her note-wavering by like 50%). But it's still a modern pop album (read=shit)

my mom loves it

Adele is one of those artists with amazing singing talent, but for me that is not enough by itself. She has absolutely no personality in her voice and is too bland and unseasoned for me to listen to more than a single here or there.

Again, she has a voice but the album is weak. Predictable adult contemporary sound. Nothing blows me away though it’s well produced and I can admit it is probably stellar for the genre it’s in, I just don’t have an ear for that type of sound

Herkenbare bangers, maar niet om vaker te luisteren

This album literally reminds me of having my teeth cleaned because this is the type of inoffensive music they play at my dentist office. I honestly tried to go into this album with as open of a mind as I possibly could, but admittedly I was fully expecting to dislike it. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the first couple songs, but then utterly bored by the end of the third song and ready to turn it off by Set Fire to the Rain. She’s a great singer, so I won’t give her a 1, but it’s all just safe, generic, boring. Nothing new, nothing exciting, not pushing any boundaries.

I expected more of this but was underwhelmed. Other than her voice being very nice, the songs themselves are lyrically vapid, instrumentally barren, and pandering to a simple-minded pop audience. She wrote few of these tracks on her own, and predominantly got help from people in bands like One Republik that are known for making soulless muzak. Rounding up because she is vocally talented, but this was not successful as an album experience. 1.5/5 -> 2/5

Vegas residency says it all...if it were a colour, it would be well worn beige...next!

There's this kind of percussion that I used to hear in adverts all the time. I can't put into words why, but I absolutely detest it, and that's all over this album. I don't know if it has a name (I doubt it) but it completely distracted me A lot of this has just permeated pop culture round such a degree that I think "oh yeah, it's that song" when I hear it after hearing them on countless programmes, films and adverts. Rolling in the Deep used to be absolutely everywhere in the UK, so I'm already tired of that one before even starting the album Didn't expect the banjo or accordion though, that was nice I didn't find much of this very emotionally impactful but maybe I'm just a cold-hearted bastard. I can't argue that Adele has an incredible voice, I just wish she used it for more interesting songs. She must be doing something right, though. This has sold so many copies, and it's just not for me Highlights: He Won't Go, I'll Be Waiting

Rolling in the deeeeep, putting me to sleeeeep

Really to minds on this one. Obviously, a number of great songs. Recording sounds amazing. But, something about it just doesn’t click. Was actually the first time listening to the album as a whole. Two star is probably me and maybe not fair.

The Norman's are going nuts for this one i bet. Dare I look at the global reviews? The three best songs on the album are the last three tracks and one of them is a cover. Crazy what decent songwriters can do cause Adele's cover of Lovesong is great. Never listened to the hits of this album voluntarily and aside from Someone like you i still won't. Atleast it wasn't boring like the vast majority of albums of this calibre. Those last three songs really were great though. 5/10

The writing credits here has fewer names than the staffing history for the construction crew of Sagrada Familia. Maybe it's the fact that I have mainly listened to Adele involuntarily but I just can't help but shake the feeling that this is the musical equivalent of consuming Mortadella. I was hoping that I had reached the age where I would look back on music like this with fondness and nostalgia. Either I'm not old enough or the deep cuts on here are ass. Adele has a wonderful voice and a lot of talented people worked on this, but at the end of the day it is soulless music-by-committee. The Lovesong cover was novel but I won't lie and tell you that I wasn't very happy when this album was over. Highlights: Rolling in the Deep

She certainly can belt. This lady is really intense in general. Look, I don't know exactly what happened to her, and I know losing love can be very sad, but the longer I listen I get the creeping feeling that the intensity level is perhaps landing in the "overkill" territory. So while this release is brimming with talent, it all feels a bit unsettling. This works best when the arrangements fall more into the Dusty Springfield areas of inspriation. No kitchen sink-approach, just a little minimalist soul upholding the craft of the songwriting and some legit vocal range. We get little bits of that here, "I'll Be Waiting" comes to mind as a good example.

While "I'll Be Waiting" seems like it might be out of place, it was quite welcome, the only track that didn't seem to be hammering me over the head with pangs of overwrought emotion. I was really looking forward to the Rick Rubin-produced tracks, but damn those are some LOUD drums.

A pop record, suppose it’s notable. Adele can sing for sure but it’s maybe too middle aged mom for me. Some classics overshadowed by overplayed. Lovesong was a cool cover of the cure.

Not my jam. Great voice tho.

I dont like the music, but her voice is nice

« Rolling in the Deep” was a massive hype when it came out, so I gave the rest of the album a shot, but I think it often drowns in too much drama for me. I get tired of those big-voiced singers pretty quickly, can’t help it. You can feel the vocal talent, but the songs sometimes feel a bit too polished. It clearly speaks to a wide audience—girls especially—it’s inclusive, smooth, and radio-friendly enough to please pretty much everyone, myself included… up to a point.

Boring 4/10

absolutamente nada demais inclusive achei chato

This is an album I wish I could erase my memory of and hear for the first time again. 21 is one of the last albums I recall being truly inescapable. Songs like Rumor Has It, Set Fire To The Rain, and Rolling In The Deep were burnned into out collective subconscious and these days I have no interest in hearing them again. The tracks in this album I hadn't heard before didn't jump out to me either.

Adele has a great voice, but I find these songs to be somewhat derivative. Not really for me.

Just endless dramatic warbling. She should be called A-yell.

Classic sound, great (if breathy) voice, but overall boring. Some decent songs, some really bad ones and a couple of huge ones.

Too cheesy for me. Great voice, though.

ok. i'll listen to it- but for christ's sake, why is ithis shit in the book? why do you make me suffer? OK- i've skimmed it- and that's all I can take. Positives: she has an amazing voice and great phrasing. some of the songs, especially the closer are very well structured pop songs. Finally- all real instrumentation- no synths or overproduction. BUT- the songs are all hallmark-movie level love songs filled with non-specific lyrics that could apply to anyone at anytime- which is I guess how it gets billions of streams. She sings them with gusto, but they all seem hollow.... and man, well structured or not- if I can't buy your heart is in it- you just annoy the hell out of me. which this record does. it was calculated for mass appeal down the second. hundreds of millions of people seem to love this record. everyone has terrible taste.

Not my thing

kind of a singles album for me i feel. first three tracks are solid, and then after it feels spotty. of the singles i'm not a fan of Set Fire to the Rain really. the rest range from boring to ok but for the most part they often remind me of other songs i'd maybe rather listen to, and the lovesong cover doesn't do much for me. i don't think i'm necessarily disappointed, i don't usually go to adele for the albums, and her singing still does really well on the fuller tracks. side note i always liked the trailing wobbly high note at the end of the bar in the chorus of Rumour Has It

Really love her voice but with no variety and nothing that interesting going on makes it feel all very one-note and like it kinda all blended together. I got a bit sick of it before it was done.

She needs a trip hop beat behind her cause what's there is kinda kohls core

Adele does irritate me. It’s like she’s become a caricature of herself. When I’ve seen her in concert (on my tv, never in person), her ‘banter’ between records is jarring. But people pay big money to go see her. And she can sing well enough. Hearing a Cure cover on here stopped me in my tracks. I have to say it wasn’t an awful version of it, but still felt weird.

Better than the other Adele album I already listened to for this because the first 2 songs are pretty good. Overall it's the musical equivalent of "white people think mayonnaise is spicy"

The radio bangers are okay on this one, the rest pretty bland. In general, her music is too much drama for me.

No doubting her voice but this just isn’t my thing

Eh its ok, her voice kinda irks me

Meh, I mean there are great songs on here but it's not a great album.

Ugh, Adele. I thought I would like this at least as much as 25, which I think I gave at least 3 stars to, but I don't think I do. I know this has her biggest hits on it, but it just bores the shit out of me. At least 25 had some really lush, soulful stuff. This is shallower.

It's nice to hear Adele outside the context of her mega successful hits. Even so, not really my thing.

Some good pop songs on here but it's a little vapid, lacking in depth. Reminds me of middle school

Et bah c'était moins nul que prévu !

I don't think it's possible to be anything close to objective on this album with so many evergreen songs heard in department stores and public spaces for a decade+. One extra star for the earworm of it all.

I would never argue that Adele is untalented or that these songs are not catchy. But as I’m listening to this album in also reading “The Name of this Band is R.E.M.,” and I’m reminded that there have been many times where what is popular is…well…good. Its begs the question of where the line is between what is broadly appealing and what is just broad. Like, what is the aesthetic foundation of these songs? What does Adele believe in? What do these songs mean? These songs are unobtrusive, inoffensive, and completely uninteresting. There’s just no there there.

How is this something that you should listen to? It's just modern pop?! It's not bad modern pop, but that's what it is. 2/5

I've never enjoyed Adele's music. Now that I'm thinking about it, it's hard to pin down why exactly. Her voice is strong, some of the song writing is good, and I like most of the music this album nods towards (like Motown-style soul-pop). The bits that lean into R&B are my favourite parts. But there's something about her voice I dislike: it's brash and shouty to my ears. Maybe part of this is the production of the record - the vocals are mixed too loud and there's not enough breathing space for the music. Too much of the music is simply a toothless backdrop for the vocals anyway. The album could probably also benefit from a bit more variation, rather than one heartbroken power ballad after the next. Overall, there's a lot of talent here and I don't hate the whole thing - but I wish it sounded a lot better. 2.5*

She can sing

Artiste connue par la bo 'Skyfall', qui à l'époque ne m'avais pas donné envie d'en écouter plus, puis plus récemment par une reprise rock/metal de 'Set fire to the rain' (@MikeCovers sur youtube) que j'ai été amené à jouer. Premier constat : belle voix, mais les morceaux ne sont pas très intéressants musicalement. Dans le cas de 'Set Fire to the Rain', je préfère la reprise plutôt que l'original ... Et pour Lovesong l'original à la copie. Cet album a fini par être retiré de la liste (absent de l'édition 2018), ce qui ne m'étonne pas trop. Je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5

Bueno pero no es de mis gustos

Ca hurle quand même beaucoup. “Rolling in the deep” peut donner des boutons dès les premières mesures, genre “Ah Shit, here we go again”. Après c’est de toute façon quelconque, le refrain de “Rumour has it “ est pénible. Ca dégouline, ça en fait des tonnes, ça gémit. “Don’t you remember” porte un peu sur le cœur et déclenche des renvois gastriques tellement c’est chargé. Y a “Set fire to the rain” en single aussi, et ses arrangements de cordes usants. Elle en fait beaucoup trop dans la voix, la production pour le peu d’émotions déclenchées au bout. Et puis les paroles sont monomaniaques et fatigantes et je reste sur mon avis que le mec a bien fait de se barrer parce qu’elle a l’air chiante et toxique, forceuse et envahissante à ne pas savoir prendre un non pour une réponse. La personnalisation du meme “Overly attached girl”. Gros red flag à tous les étages. “Someone like you” la sauve du 1 grâce à son relatif dépouillement qui laisse un peu plus de place à l’émotion, et c’est parce que je dois être de bonne humeur.

Not as bad as 25 but not by much. Listen to Rolling In the Deep, Set Fire to the Rain and Someone Like You and move on.

Pa mislim, klasična komercijalna glazba. Očekivala sam Adele na listi i okej mi je to, mislim da je to doslovce ili voliš komercijalu ili ne. S tim da od sve komercijale out there, ona mi je donekle prihvatljiva, barem zna pjevati žena, ima jeben glas, i dosta je rušila stereotipe te scene, što uvijek podržavam. I'll be Waiting mi je kul stvar, žalopojke su mi malo punile jaja, a čak sam se iznenadila koliko stvari sam i znala. Jbg, komercijala 😂 Sve u svemu, nije mi ovo nezz koliko loše, da izbacim te žalopojke bilo bi 3 vjerojatno, ali ovako će ipak biti 2/5 ili 4.5/10.

3.5/10 Adele mi je jos bila nekako probavljiva u vrijeme dok su glazbenim ljestvicama vladali Black Eyed Peas i onaj mutavi Will.I.Am, Nicki Minaj sa svojom odvratnom prdarom i ostala smećarija tog doba i dok su jos spotovi bili a thing. Prva dva hita jos nekako ali cim je pocela s laganicama, nije mi bilo dobro vise. I to se nije promjenilo do kraja. Jedino me iznenadila Lovesong s obzirom da je obrada od The Cure. Logicno mi je da je ovaj album tu i da ovo objektivno nije lose, ali nemrem se s ovim povezat. Nikad nisam mislio da cu ovaj album cuti od pocetka do kraja, ali eto tu smo gdje jesmo.

Rolling in the deep is a definite banger that utilise her impressive voice well, but it feels overplayed even though I don't think I've heard it a ridiculous amount. The basic percussion doesn't help, and I find a lot of the percussion across the album sounds oddly dated. There's a lot of cheesy filling across the album that is not nutritious. I won't be listening to this one again. "He won't go" was decent, sounds like a poor man's Winehouse, and it picks up for a couple of tracks from there. Someone like you: again showcases her banging voice but it still lacks complexity that undermines its value for repeat listens. It just doesn't feel like there are many ideas in there. I do like the close harmony though.

Pełna zgoda co do tego, że nie można jej odmówić potężnego głosu. Ma płuca dziewczyna i potrafi z nich korzystać. Ale w przypadku tego albumu to trochę by było na tyle. On jest poprawny, widać, że ludzie włożyli w niego dużo kasy i studyjnej pracy. Ale przez to wydaje się trochę sztuczny. Brakuje mi w nim autentycznego uczucia, jest dla mnie płaski. Plus wydaje mi się, że w podobnej kategorii jest przynajmniej kilka ciekawszych albumów, które nie zyskały takiego rozgłosu, a moim zdaniem na niego zasługiwały. Pierwsze, co mi przychodzi do głowy to Selah Sue i jej debiutancki neo-soulowy album (2011, ten sam rok co Adele), o wiele ciekawszy muzycznie krążek (swoją drogą szalenie polecam). Z popowych piosenkarek o charakterystycznych, mocnych głosach myślę jeszcze Sia i "1000 Forms Of Fear", dosłownie trzy lata młodszy album, którego nie ma na liście. Adele dla mnie w każdym utworze jest taka sama. Wszystko bazuje na wysokich tonach i jej mocnym głosie, po kilku utworach robi się to dla mnie irytujące. Plus każdy utwór to tylko płakanie za facetem, nudy. Nie ma nic nudniejszego, niż dziewczyna, której jedyny temat to faceci. Plus jak w utworze "Lovesong" usłyszałem "Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am young again" miałem takie wtf, masz 21 lat XD Sprawdziłem to, bo aż mi się wierzyć nie chciało, że ktoś to puścił. To cover utworu The Cure (uff!), ale i tak miałem trochę facepalma. Myślę, że moją ocenę może trochę wykrzywiać jej szalona popularność, bo jak wiadomo sceptycznie podchodzę do wszystkiego, co trafia w masowe gusta, zwłaszcza jeśli powstało współcześnie w epoce kultury jako produkcji masowej. Ale właśnie ten album wydaje mi się bardziej towarem, niż dziełem sztuki. A za tym nie przepadam.

When I hear this album i can almost see the producer selling idea for this album as "negro music but comercially viable". Based on this album alone Adele will be forgotten in 20 years but i will cheer her on to create something unique and interesting in the future.

Becky asked me why I was bothering with this one because I know that I hate Adele. I think it proved a worthwhile exercise though, because whilst the singles suck, a few of the album tracks were decent, in particular He Won't Go. So am album that I thought was nailed on to be a 1 has scraped a 2

Should of been called wailing, as that's all it is..

eh I'm not a big Adele fan. Crazy that one album produced so many famous songs though.

Just because you can belt it out doesn't mean the album will be interesting. I've never understood the cult worship of Adele.

OK, so, this may be incredibly unfair, but I just don't like it. I feel like it's really whiny. I'm all for a good breakup song, but dear god, every single song is about how she's been done wrong by a (I presume) man. So it's either she's been broken up with or cheated on, or she's pining for another woman's man or some sort of unrequited love. Ugh, it's boring. She undeniably has a great voice. Very powerful, and she has great mastery of it as an instrument - but she doesn't really showcase a ton of range. All the songs sound pretty much the same (the Lovesong cover; however, is excellent). I feel like two stars is harsh, but I also feel like I'd rather cut my fingernails too short than to ever listen to this again.

Adele has always had an amazing voice. Mad this is a debut album. Not really one you need to listen to before you die tho

Sigh. Sigh. Sigh. You know when someone sings this at Karaoke, they are not to be trusted. ;) No, Adele is so talented. Not my fav style of singing. If it were more soulful, I might dig it.

Damn. Who hurt you, Adele?

Maybe it's because there are tons of copycats since this album came out - I honestly don't know - but I'm incredibly tired of this sound. I feel like I'm at a multinational grocery store chain. Her singing is technically good, but it grates on me for reasons that I don't know how to explain. Something about the way she sings certain vowel sounds and how her voice breaks repeatedly throughout. Rumor Has It there's a grocery store in hell that just plays this on repeat.

Hits & Misses

I remember the first time I heard Rolling in the Deep on some weird ass indie music streaming site and it blew my mind. It’s so good. I kinda wish Adele had more songs with that energy and vibe. Her sad stuff is good too but doesn’t tickle the same itch. The worst part is the whole thing suffers from early 2010s production sound. I don’t know what it is, but all pop had this sound to it then and it’s kind of grating as times gone in, I wanna say it’s like 2008-2013, something about that sound is repellant to me. Blegh

A little better than the previous album I rated but still bleh

Well I thought I actually quite liked Adele, but other than the hits some of these were actually quite painful to listen to. Maybe it just caught me on a bad day. Simpsons: Yes

Åbner og lukker på klart de bedste sange. Hun er en vildt god sanger men det kan sgu godt blive lidt kedeligt.

Dødkedeligt og ikke for mig. Lidt full-circle at lyde gammeldags.

definitely one of her better albums, has some hits on it but not really my thing

We all know it’s dull don’t we?

The kindest 2 stars I can give. I do not hate her and think her voice is great. I just don’t want to listen to it all the time so in good conscience I can’t give this anything higher. Probably one of the better pop stars of the modern era though.

Great drunk listening after coming home smashed and a quintessential Pop Album, but otherwise not really my jam. Wouldn’t skip it if it came on shuffle, but I’m not gonna seek this shit out.

I have a lot of respect for Adele. She’s great at what she does and has a wonderful voice. But it’s not for me, I wouldn’t ever choose to listen to it.

Pretty funny that I picked up this project to experience a greater breadth of music and get hit with Adele in the first week. (She’s fine. This is fine.)

always hard to say with an album that got played in starbucks a lot whether or not starbucksiness is an inherent quality of the music but with this one i think the answer is yes. boring

It was fun when it came out, but it's pretty dated now. Only 1-2 songs hold up still.

Technically masterful yet profoundly uninteresting. American Idol-core. This is music for shopping at Macy's.

live laugh love to all my huns out there xx

Mum pop

It's not clear to me why this is considered a 'great album'. To me, this is pretty bland.

Incredible voice. I really liked the upbeat songs, but the mellow songs forced black and white images of women breast feeding their babies near a window or doing yoga. Adele, great for you for being able to create those images, but I don't want them.

I could never get into her.

You can’t set fire to the rain. It’s made of water

Überbewertet!

Certainly the best out of the 3 Adele albums I’ve been forced to listen to for this list but still not for me. “I’ll be waiting” is a bop and I enjoy “Take It All” and the bridge on “Rumour Has It”. “Someone Like You” is imo the worst song ever written. I hate it. She is a colossal piece of shit in that song and I just do not understand how people are inspired or find her actions admirable. She finds out an ex has a great life and has found happiness and she GOES TO HIS HOME and sticks her nose in his business because she’s not over him. THEN she has the audacity to be like “why are you acting shy?” Maybe because you’re trying to ruin his life? AND THEN she tries to act like the bigger person “Nevermind I’ll find someone like you. I wish nothing but the best for you two”. Bitch YOU tried to ruin this relationship. You don’t now get to walk away like you’re making some noble sacrifice. You literally said you turned up “out of the blue uninvited”. She sounds insane in this song. Look I know it’s ridiculous to get this upset over a song 3/5 but I’m taking a whole star off for Someone Like You

no.

Dull shit for mums

Not my cup of tea

Disco pop atual escutado no carro até achar que ela de alguma forma procurou a "inspiração".

It’s a woman singing without auto tune. She’s good at singing, but I feel like this is an album for dentists offices or suburban shopping centers. Decent enough cover of “Lovesong” but again, pretty boring. I think the novelty of her voice in a sea of computer aided vocals was what made this popular but I don’t think it’s anything much more than well executed.

Not really my thing.

It's... fine. Idk, I just like 25 better.

this album fills me with the dread of thousands of hours of unskippable adele on the radio. just because i have heard them a million times does not mean i enjoy this. 1.5

just can't do it. i know she's got a good voice but i can't bring myself to care....

Someone Like You is a great song. The rest of the radio hits are meh, and the deep cuts are mostly boring.

After having to endure '25' a while ago, I feared the worst for this album, but the opener Rolling in the Deep got me interested. The album's blues, soul, and country influences are in its favour, but in the end, the only song other than the opener that I enjoyed was He Won't Go. The rest of the songs were either boring ballads or were ruined by the Adele's vocal performance. Anyway, not as bad as 25, but ultimately again not an album I'll be returning to.

Rolling in the Deep is the only song of Adele I like, and David Cook on American Idol did a better job with it.

Not for me even though she has a good voice.

'Rumour Has It' and 'Rolling in the Deep' are great, but I found the rest of the album to be composed of mostly forgettable ballads. Great voice, though!

Wish she would crack a smile

It's Adele

Much better than 25. She's not pretending to be deep, she's just being herself. Still kinda whiny though.

The soundtrack to a million prosecco-fuelled tirades against low-quality men by women who know they deserve better. Obviously she can sing, but it's like playing Cotton-Eyed Joe on a Stradivarius - bollocks music on an extraordinary instrument.

I don't know if it's just how much this was/is overplayed, but this was a chore to get through. I really notice all the annoying vocal flourishes that everyone since has tried to copy, like the weird word pronunciations.

Kinda dull. A few songs are of interest but I don't really get the popularity.

eh

I can see the appeal but it's not in my wheelhouse.

Not my thing, but easy to see the radio friendly appeal.

Really, not my jam but also, not bad, like i can appreciate why people like it. Better than other pop vocal artists but not as raw or authentic as Amy Winehouse.

I mean it's one of the greatest pop albums of all time. Just not my kind of pop.

Lads I can't. I just can't. I worked in a record shop when this came out and I heard this album so many times, sometimes I wake up screaming and I swear Rumour Has It is quietly playing somewhere in my house

One of the Saturday chill and clean day favorite albums

I'm very familiar with Adele's hits but have never listened to one of her albums start to finish, this should be really enjoyable, she has an incredible voice and sings very catchy pop songs. There's two songs on this album back-to-back, "Turning Tables" -> "Don't you Remember", where things really slow down quite a bit. They're not bad songs but I'm not crazy about the ordering. It would be nice to inject some energy in there. There are a couple of times where the album felt long. While I enjoyed most of it it's not one I'm likely to revisit. 2/5

21 Rolling in the deep is a great song. Rumour has it is good too, it’s a decent start. Starts to drag after that. I don’t think her voice is actually that great. It can be really good on certain songs but she is very pub singer in lots of ways. Her voice lacks shade and warmth and despite being powerful and mostly having a good tone, it’s always sounded a bit ersatz to me, an impression of the big soul singers rather than something more personal. Don’t You Remember is a good example, a pleasant song with some nice country and blues touches, but her vocals really don’t suit it and it’s sounds a bit of mess really (the arrangement is a bit annoying and doesn’t help either) Set Fire to the Rain is a decent song. I’ll Be Waiting starts well, but it as it builds up it loses itself and becomes an overwrought motown pastiche. Despite a couple of decent songs, this is pretty dull fare. The more up tempo songs work better than the slow ballads, but I don’t feel either enriched or diminished after listening to it. It probably doesn’t help that so much of it has been x-factored and reality tv montaged to death. I do believe the sincerity of her feelings, but as a whole experience it feels inauthentic - a sense of making an album of songs and arrangements that sound like the kind of album that someone like Adele would make, rather than finding something ‘true’ (whatever the fuck that means). I also found this album had the kind of bass playing and bass tone that I hate - supreme session playing that is tasteful and perfectly played but irritatingly dull. That goes for a lot of the playing actually, very skilled but just kind of soulless. It’s a 2 for me. It’s not terrible but apart from a couple of songs it’s pretty boring. ⭐️⭐️

Adele has an absolutely beautiful singing voice, and I enjoy hearing her sing; whenever a live performance of hers appears on my social media I thoroughly enjoy it. I do not like this album. It starts strong but fizzles quickly. Even Adele cannot make a good album consisting only of belted sad songs over uninspired instrumentation. I like Rolling in the Deep, I actually really liked Rumour Has It, but other than that, I did not particularly enjoy any of the songs. If Adele was the lead singer of a band filled with excellent musicians, I would probably love that band. As it stands, I find most of her music interminably boring.

Tedious, an album for shopping malls. Weird how most of these songs are imbedded into my mind without ever once intentionally listening to them.

Yk that thing where a song that played constantly on the radio gets so annoying that you can’t listen to it, but years later you randomly hear it and it actually sounds good? Well this is not one of those cases. ‘Rumour Has It’ makes me want to listen to John Coltrane. Fortunately this album ended with its 2 best songs. However, when the only song I truly enjoyed is just a cover of the Cure, then I can confidently say this album is just not for me.

Meh

Pretty goofy bruh 🧶

Im 50/50 on this album. There are the songs that have been played to death in grocery stores and on the radio and then there were three non radio hits that were quite good. Lovesong, I'll be waiting, and He wont go. Adele is a very talented singer but the the mixing and instrumentation of the album felt like it driven by corporate investment. It is the type of music that can only be made in a studio doing 1000 takes. I cant even imagine this version of Adele singing with a live band. I'm torn, I really hate the radio hits and the bland songs are very forgettable, so 1 star. But the three that I liked are 4 stars. I will give the album 2 stars to split the middle.

Incredible voice, unbelievable boring and unlistenable as more than one song at a time.

- She just sings too much. - I suppose that there are some good tracks but they get really annoying, really fast. - It's just too much. All the time.

Adele rose to fame at the crest of The X Factor's power. Audiences in the UK had been conditioned to respond to a powerful voice, especially when backed up with a back story. (The emotional power of the back story never mattered, add in some twinkling pianos and any story would become sufficiently emotional.) The worst clichés and tendencies of the genre and era are in full force on this album: bland arpeggios, unnecessary key changes, perfunctory Phil Collins-esque percussion. These shortcomings could have been overcome by Adele's voice, but alas, it is only on the first and last song where her singing breaks free from the shackles of dullness. Adele is the pop diva for the Simon Cowell generation. Her voice is better than we deserve; the music and production, sadly, are exactly what we deserve.

She's a wonderful singer but I found the album quite grating. The second half is much better than the first. I still can't get over the difference between her talking and singing voice.

Can't really be fucked with her music, not for me at all

I gave her a 2 only because I love her song Skyfall that’s not even on this album

Boring

Adele does what she does well - and she’s got a great voice But this is overly polished, overly dramatic and I will not listen to it again. And she absolutely murdered The Cure’s Lovesong.

Adele

Adele is amazing. But I always hear her like I hear Aretha's Columbia output - the talent is undeniable but the producers just don't know how to use it. 19 is a pretty decent album. This one starts out OK. But gets so boring so fast.

29Based on this scale: 1 - 0 to 19 2 - 20 to 39 3 - 40 to 59 4 - 60 to 79 5 - 80 to 100 Decent first song and last song, forming the bread around an otherwise uninspired album. Good voice, but poor songwriting and worse composition.

I am impressed someone managed to write an album with every single song being about heartbreak. Is there anything else going on in Adeles life? I thought that's Taylor Swifts thing. The instrumentals were nice, a bit safe for my liking. Adele can sing, and she does so extremely well, but it gets samey fast. Lyricism is decent, but as I said earlier, its all heartbreak songs. Id love a song about long drives across the country, or what she thinks is a perfect breakfast, or anything else but love, actually, Id give a point just for that.

Yes, she has a good voice and writes a decent song but it’s all a bit bland for my taste. I’d take Amy Winehouse over this any day of the week

Nothing here.

Can we have our Transformer back? I get why this is in The Project, because you can't ignore the influence that Adele had over the decade that this album kicked off, but that doesn't mean we have to like it. What I will say, is that the songs with a bit of get up and go (Set Fire to the Rain, Rumour Has It) are much better than the weepies. In particular the stench of Someone Like You really leaves you with a bad taste at the end of the album.

My mom loves this album.

I know she has talent but I’m not a big Adele fan. I think I just don’t care for artists where vocal acrobatics are the main focus. A lot of these songs were also really overplayed, so it wasn’t too fun to listen to again.

Adele is obviously an extremely talented vocalist. This record is full of hits which are pretty good. The problem is, most of the record sounds the same to me. I feel like she could've done so much more with her vocal type. Some funk songs with her vocals would be sick. Even some jazzier ones. I think she was kept in too small of a range to keep her "hit" sound going.

Good beginning, some songs get me, some don’t. Fine album, nothing special

Meh

Worries me that this thing will have an Ed Sheeran album at some point. 1 extra point cos she can sing

Good voice, bland music

Ugh. I'm guessing this is one of those popstar albums written by other people for the star to perform. This album is lazy, it's such a boring generic pop album. The focus is on Adele's ability to go from high to low notes so quickly, mad skill, but used so poorly. Bland.

No offense Adele, not my cup of english tea

Some good songs but the slow, depressing, whiny songs are not for me

Don't really care about this one

Love her voice, but the album is disjointed and just drones on. She has much better albums than this.

Really not my thing, but a pleasant lesson

Listened to a couple songs, not my thing.

Super boring, super generic. Adele has a great voice, but this type of pop music is just soul sucking.

This might sound jaded, but a classically beautiful voice on its own is not impressive to me. Look, I’ve heard a million beautiful voices in my life, so what? This is not an anti-pop take either, because I would even argue that other pop artists (like Ariana, Beyoncé, and Gaga for example) either have unique qualities to their voice, or just use it in a way that’s more effective. Adele’s voice does not make up for this albums shortcomings. The singles are pretty good, the non-singles are rough. Most of 21 is very boilerplate and impersonal. Production is hit or miss, and on songs like “I’ll be waiting” the track is so thin it sounds like she’s singing to a karaoke track. All filler no killer. Strong 2, like a 2.8

MEH

Ofcourse heard this album before, I liked this when I was younger but when I listen to it now I’m not really feeling it anymore. Heart it a bit to much I think 2.0

2.1 listen, does it sound pleasant? yes. is she a great singer? yes. is it exciting? ...not rlly. am i ever going to listen to it again? very likely not. fave songs: the singles fave songs:

Its fine. Adele is extremely talented and its a decent collection of songs. Besides being the age of 21 when writing and recording this album, there's no cohesive narrative, goal or theme. The singles are the (strong) highlights but there's no real reason to stick around past them.

Just not my thing. Sorry. Stuck with it for the first half dozen tracks. Too polished for my tastes. An extra star for The Cure cover.

Derde keer Adele, in vind echt maar niks

This is the second Adele album I've had and both have been removed from the book, leaving zero Adele albums. I do at least recognise two of the song titles on this one. 5 Singles though, and I've only ever heard 2 of them. In fact there are only 2 albums from 2011 left here at all. Having a scroll at first it seems fair enough, some good albums but nothing earth-shattering. There's a Mogwai album, (no Mogwai or Godspeed Y!BE in this book renders it incomplete) and REM but while good it's not their best. Arguably Helplessness Blues should have been included instead of Fleet Foxes debut but two by them would be overkill. Ah. The Wild Flag album, Strange Mercy by St Vincent, M83's Hurry Up We're Dreaming, that's harder to justify excluding. Probably detectable that I have very little to say about Adele. Such is my commitment to this though I did listen all the way through once, even after being severely tested by Don't you Remember. Tbf Set Fire to the Rain got things back on track quickly after that stinker. Lovesong surprised me at the end, it actually is a cover of that Cure song. Anyway, polished pop croon music for people who like that sort of thing.

The singles hit hard, The rest is filler, At best this album, Is a boredom killer.

If you were alive in 2011 there was no escaping this one. Adele has killer vocals and can sing the hell out of anything, but unfortunately the music industry has conspired to saturate her music in every aspect of daily life. I did enjoy what songs hadn’t been ruined by repetition already, but noted that the non-single tracks (i.e. those that didn’t break into the mainstream) felt lacking in songwriting power relative to the others. Just a shame, as there are great tracks on here that deserve their (non-forced) moment in the spotlight.

First two songs were incredible, the rest were actively boring to me. If it was just up to the first two, I might even give it a 5!

Got pipes but not really my interest.

I don't like the music style..

I'd give this 2.1 to keep in line with the album title. Adele has a beautiful voice but this album is so bland it could have been called magnolia

Adele can certainly sing, but the compositions and lyrical content are too one note. Rolling in the deep is an amazing song though.

Hard to write a review - very commercial pop with a powerful voice behind it. Can't really say much more.

Besides “Someone Like You” this album is pretty bland. Her vocal ability is impressive, but there’s not much else going on.

Great voice, terrible music.

It’s hard to fathom that the opening and closing tracks on this album have over 1 billion plays on Spotify. With that alone I can understand why this is on the list. Even the least played song has 67 million plays. And these stats are from just one streaming platform. The album itself is as dull as dishwater though. I mean it’s pleasant and unoffensive but there’s nothing here that makes me go wow! “He Won’t Go” was my favorite track but even this doesn’t sound like Adele is exploring any new ground in the world of pop music. I guess this is the kind of album for people who don’t really want much from music except for some emotional connection that they can draw parallels from.

Really great voice and implemented elements of soul and gospel styles, but the pop ballad structure comes through in an annoyingly potent way.

Her voice is beautiful and she is extremely talented, but it was a time with so much exposure about Adele that I can't listen to the songs anymore. The songs are not my style, but I don't see that as a problem, we can always learn something new, but I can't listen to them anymore...

The first song was much better than expected. I am pleasantly surprised so far (1:17 into the album). But can Adele keep it rolling? She kind of did for the first three songs, but when Don't Your Remember hit I wanted the ejector seat button.

Her voice is a joke. It's so good but I don't think there's anything special about this album. Whilst the songs are decent enough, there's no major standout other than Someone Like You which is a banger. 'Rumour Has it' is a song I have always disliked, I just hate the chorus. As I say, it's all thanks to her voice. If I could sing like that I reckon I could knock an album out of similar quality.

Rating: 2.5 Very radio-friendly, over-produced and safe pop album. Nothing too bad but nothing good about it either. Vocals can get overwhelming at times. Few tracks are quite catchy though. Not fan of the lyrics. Get over this asshole Adele already! Best track: He Won't Go (good intrumentals, nice bluesy-soulsy vibe) Worst track: Someone Like You (rightfully turned into a meme song, can't stand the vocals)

A really strong start but it overstays its welcome. Some where around track 5 I just got bored with it.

Radio ruined her for me

Begåvad men lämnar mig oberörd.

Ok, it's a good album, and her voice is fantastic, but after 3 or 4 songs, I was annoyed. Too much repetition musically and thematically.

boring

Hitit ovat hyviä, vaikkakin hieman vanhentuneen kuuloisia: esim. Rolling In the Deeping jumputtava taustarytmi häiritsee. Kokonaisuudessaan levy on myös aivan liian hidas, ja sen puhtoisen popahtava estetiikka tekee pitkitetyn kuuntelun mahdottomaksi.

A bit dull. Not for me

This album could've done with just the hits. The "Lovesong" cover really ruined it for me. So cheesy.. The songs that weren't released as singles were too whiny. Was going to give this album 3 stars but Lovesong was the straw that as an album it's really not passable besides the, admittedly many, good singles.

Great start and finish. Bit samey in the middle.

It's hard to not know many of the songs on this album, so many have become hits. It's the kind of album I would have on in the background and could listen to from start to finish but not one where I would pick out individual songs to listen to. Adele's vocals are impeccable as expected and powerful - what a set of pipes she has. However I do feel like other than the singles most of the other tracks are fillers and not particularly unique or memorable. Standouts songs - Set Fire to the Rain, Turning Tables, Someone Like You

Sold a lot of records. I wonder if anyone plays it now? It's not exactly a fun listen.

2.5. At times soporific, doesn't encourage relistening. Adele's vocals are good but the music is often insipid. Standouts: Someone Like You is still great.

De beste dame heeft een dijk van een stem, en een aantal liedjes zijn enorm catchy, maar toch kan ik er niet zoveel mee.

Okay voice, massively over produced.

hon kan ju sjunga tjejen men det är lite för tråkig pop

That was a lot of radio hits!

She has an amazing voice, obviously, and these songs are written to showcase it. I still think "Rolling In the Deep" is a great song, but the rest is a little dull. Still I'll take Adele a thousand times over Celine Dion.

It was fine. Soundtrack to a boring rom-com. Very same after a while.

Her music isn't really my thing but DAMN does she have pipes. What a gorgeous voice.

Everything sounded good. Adele has a nice voice and I appreciate the use of real instruments/musicians on a popular pop album, but it was boring. Nothing new or interesting, not for me. He Won't Go was pretty good.

I’ll be straight- I don’t like Adele. I think her range as a performer is limited (almost all she sings about is her ex) and her voice is all technicality with little power. It’s not fun or exciting to listen to, and I don’t understand her massive appeal. Listening to her mega album all the way through for the first time since it came out confirms this. Sorry. D

cheesy!

Miserable pointless pop

Not terrible pop, but not great either.

Perfectly boring.

i've heard this album about 3 times in my life. that's about 2.5 times too many. sure, she can sing and has a nice voice, but there is nothing new or exciting here whatsoever. great marketing and above average production can polish a turd of an album for todays clientele. obviously a clientele that liked to bee spoon fed crap.

Amazing voice, she is a powerhouse for sure. I wish that the recording studio was willing to adjust her voice less, as it is very evident that the vocal track has been poked and prodded until every aspect of Adele's voice is in pitch, and it just gives this really eerie, unnatural vibe, not dissimilar from a drum machine being "too in time". She does not need to be auto-tuned ad nauseam, and I think natural tones would help give this album some sort of identity. The music is pretty vanilla once you get past the point of Adele having a great voice. There's really nothing else to stick around for. I thought He Won't Go had a fun sounding arrangement and ventured off the beaten path, and the gospel take on I'll Be Waiting was pretty charming; 21 was a bit of a snooze fest aside from these takes. Fave tracks: He Won't Go, I'll Be Waiting, Lovesong

A "perfect" voice that sounds like a million other perfect voices. A collection of generic, factory-produced AOR. Offers very little that is new or interesting.

A couple of bangers bookend well sung average songs. A 'meh' sandwich.

imitation is the sincerest form of tedium

First listen. Not unpleasant but otherwise totally anodyne. Don't need to listen again.

Jedna z tych plyt ktorych nie sluchales nigdy, a wiesz dokladnie jak bedzie brzmiec, bo chyba jeden z ciezko znalezc cos bardziej ogranego w radio wizji 2k1X niz Adele, glownie wlasnie z tego krazka, ktory jest jej drugiej studyjnym krazkiem, a sprzedal sie tak dobrze, ze przez bite 10 lat kawalki z niego sa stalymi bywalcami popowych smutaw top list, jak ja kocham albumy zaprojektowane na popularnosc, tematyka bolesnej milosci, mialem nadzieje, ze tylko na trzech utworach ktore slyszalem wczesniej sie skonczy, ale niestety cale 11 trakow i 48 minut jest naszpikowane bolesna miloscia, strasznym jest miec tak bogate zycie uczuciowe juz w wieku 21 lat, jesli tytul oznacza wiek artystki w chwili nagrywania matrialu, wiec check na tematyke, liczba trakow odpowiada prawie liczbie producentow tego materialu, podobnie ma sie sprawa z lirykami, bo obok pani Adele sporo dodatkowych creditow pisarskich, wiec z instrumentami musi byc podobnie, tlo dla wokali tworzy ekipa skladajaca sie z przynajmniej 50 nazwisk, dodajac do tego 20 osob od dodatkowej produkcji i pewnie osoby niecreditowane widac jak duzym przedsiewzieciem potrafi byc stworzenie popowego krazka, a ile w tak swietnie brzmiacych wokalach pani Adele i emocji plynacych z jej glosu jest artystki, a ile wizji kogos kto pomyslal jak ja sprzedac, bo co jak co spiew na tej plycie jest jej najmocniejsza strona, potrafi ona zmienic sie w zaleznosci od traku i pomimo lirycznej nudy, to zonglerka pomiedzy soulowymi, akustykowymi czy r&bikowymi klimatami wychodzi jest dobrze, no i moze w tym wypadku tych 11 producentow rowniez ma w tym swoje trzy grosze, bo jesli kazdy trak byl nagrywany osobno, to nie dziwne, ze brzmia tak odmiennie, ale jednak zamykaja sie w schemacie popowego grania, jakie sa szanse na kojene krazki pani o tym nazwisku, biorac pod uwage, ze jest ona skarbem narodowym wyspiarskiego narodu obawiam sie, ze dosc wysokie

Adele comes through on the singles and cover, but is let down by the production too many other times. 21 is an unfortunately flat album, and it can't seem to decide what it wants to do musically. That's not a recipe for success when every arrangement relies on the lead vocals: They're the only thing holding the tracklist together and are not given nearly enough space.

pop

Music isn't bad. She has a nice voice. But the lyrics seem childish. They don't resonate with me.

I like this album but not in the mood for it today. Plus I've probably heard half these songs about one billion times.

100% meh. One track on it, "I'll be waiting", appears very much to be trying really hard to be Pauline Evan's 1992 cover version of Bad Company's "I feel like makin' love". Other than that, it's entirely skippable.

Rolling in the Deep is a great song and Adele is undoubtedly a talented vocalist, but the rest of the album just falls flat. It's nothing special and a bore to listen to.

21 by Adele (2011) Here’s an album where the artist bares her soul, and I, for one, wish that she had put some clothes on it. In “Rolling in the Deep”, for instance, her indignation not only lacks subtlety, it also puts vengeance, spite, and unwarranted finality into an overfilled shopping cart of disillusionment over a failed relationship. This is not the wholesome expression of anger and self-worth of “I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor, Love Tracks, [1978]). This is more like, “I may or may not survive, but you damn sure won’t.” It’s not passive aggression. It’s active aggression to the point of toxic femininity. And in “Rumor Has It”, while the rumor is that “I’m the one you’re leaving her for”, the final dig is “He’s the one I’m leaving you for”. Bitter. Bitter. And it’s not as though she’s unaware. In “Don’t You Remember”, she admits “I know I have a fickle heart and a bitterness”, but she doesn’t care. She’s gonna slam the door on your fingers, turn the lock, and walk away anyhow. In “Turning Tables”, the sentiment is slightly more mature (“Under your thumb, I can’t breathe”) and hopeful (“Next time I’ll be braver”), but it’s still stuck in unredemptive finality. Likewise in “Set Fire to the Rain”, she declaims, “I threw us into the flames . . . Let it burn.” It’s like the Götterdämmerung mentality of the leaders of Germany in March, 1945. In each of these songs, it’s as if she’s unwilling to forgive the other of the smugness, gamesmanship, manipulation, and inconstancy that she reserves to herself. This is not a formula for psychological health. These are not so much songs as they are splenetic ejaculations of self-generated misery. Now there’s no question that her voice excels in power, range, and tone. And the musical settings are suited to the mood and are all well executed. But this album gives expression to a disordered psyche. 2/5

You and me baby Baby me and you. You and me together Nothing is better You and me baby Baby me and you You and me together That was an error Lalalalalala... Admittedly, "Rolling In The Deep", the track opening this record, is an all-time masterpiece. And of course, Adele's got techinical chops when it comes to vocals, plus that warm deep voice. But almost everything that follows that hit single misses the point of what interesting music and lyrics should be about. The music is often made of bland, unimaginative, generic pop ballads that get on you nerves as they follow one another. This album lasts 48 minutes but it feels like an hour and a half. As for the lyrics... well, what more can I say than what I wrote at the start of this review? It's often quite embarrassing, to be honest. I've also read in one review in here that this album is not part of the latest editions of *1001 Albums...*, that it was dropped. If that's the case, it's a damn shame it's still here on *this* list. And not because I don't like it, but because I signed for this thing thinking there would only be the albums from the last edition. (I only have the names of every album *once* part of that list, not the last edition, so I can't check if *21* is there or not myself). Tally: I've temporarily lost count about the number of albums I've listened to up to now, but I've taken notes and it's there somewhere. And of course *21* will NOT make my final list. I mean, seriously, gals and guys... *This* can't be an "essential" listen, right? Baby, me and you, You and me baby La la la la laaaaaaaaaa....

No longer in the latest editions of the book. Everybody has already heard the good songs on this album, and the rest isn’t worth it imo.

Très belle voix, j'écouterais peux-être pas sa tout les jours, une belle voix sur de l'instru minimaliste, mais je sais reconnaitre son talents

A couple of nice tracks, but on the whole, the subject matter of most of the songs just bores me to tears and I don't like her cockney twang

Not as bad as I was fearing (although that bar was quite low). It started off quite well but then the ballads crept in more frequently and eventually sapped any life out of proceedings. I did actually like her voice on the tracks when she let it sit with the rest of the band to create an overall song and wasn't all about showmanship but it's the ballad tracks where the vocals have to take centre stage that just puts me off completely.

She's a great singer, but this was a snooze beyond the big hits, DNF

Oink

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555/1089 - And the worst cover of a Cure song award goes to... the Gerogerigegege's rendition of Boys Don't Cry. This one's also pretty bad though. Better than 25 but I still can't stand her voice and the music is pretty lackluster. I don't like when the music is just chord changes, it's better when actual stuff is going on like riffs or counterpoint or fucking anything besides jamming on 1,4,5,6, etc. (and for the jazz cats, I'm not too fond of jamming over b6 or b2 either, make a good melody or counterline or something!).

Count Binface wants to nationalise Adele. Hopefully that means she’s a bit less shit in 2027.

And another album that you can easily miss before you die. There are better songwriters and better singers than Adele. After 21 came 25 and 30, and I guess this will go on until we have 72 or 83.

I heard this before and it's just not my thing

Why is this in this list? Sure, talented singer, but those album is nothing special at all

An album I would replace this one with: Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock (1999) 5/5

I won’t deny that she has a wonderful voice. Unfortunately, music is highly subjective. This is just not my thing.

like i js dont like adele sue me.

she was looking at 2 stars until that cure cover

Not for me

I do not like the way Adele sounds. Simple as that sometimes.

Dude you’re still not getting

Absolute garbage

I preferred this to 25 - more variety and better songs. But still have no intention to ever listen to this again.

Rolling in the Deep is quite good but overall this is quite annoying and I slightly preferred 25

FFS…will there be more AC/DC too? Higher among the one stars than “25” due to “Rolling In The Deep”. Tom.

🙄 another chick with a technically good voice and the music absolutely sucks!

Hated it then, hate it now.

I didn't like this at all. Her voice is either hooting or hollering and I don't like any of it. I do not understand her appeal or why these songs were so big but she's British so I guess she just has to be on the list. It's the rule at this point

Shite, music for people who don't like music, don't care she was only 21

It's shit, garbage, awful, meaningless. And for some reason she mispronounces a lot of words.

I like Adele’s voice but her music is not for me sorry

Ahhshs

Adele (for me) is like the Ron Howard of music. Safe, uninspiring content that sells well and wins awards, yet without making any noticeable impression on the art form (see Apollo 13, the da Vinci code et.al) and Adele is just that, safe uninspiring music, professionally crafted, produced and marketed to women who have endured heartbreak and buy one album every 18 months. Good voice? Obviously. decent company ? More than likely. Included in this list as rank recency bias? Definitely. 1/5

I personally do not like Adele ive heard lots of her music ( this album in particular ) and it's just not my vibe. im very picky in my music but this album I find cringy. please don't suggest music like this to me.

I've heard of Adele, but I doubt I'd recognize any of her songs if one came on the radio. After giving her album 21 a full listen, though, I see I had nothing to worry about, none of the stations I tune into would ever play this style anyway. The whole record comes across as generic, assembly-line pop. Her voice is decent enough, but nothing about it grabs me or stands out as special. While working my way through the tracks and trying to settle on a rating, I was hovering around a weak 2 out of 5. Then came her cover of The Cure's "Lovesong," and that alone dropped it straight to a 1.

2011 was Peak TV Reality Show time, was it not? When the general public were impressed by loud singers that made dogs howl... This was so bland. The only time I normally ever hear music like this is at the dentist where they play Radio 2. Thus, I associate stuff like this with anxiety and pain. It's certainly painful on the ears. Also... it's 5 years since her last album. Must be due "35" in 2026? God help us all 😬

Unlistenable, appalling vocals.