25

Adele is one of the greatest singers of this generation. Still, the music isn’t necessarily my jam and nothing about this album blows me away.

its ok, 2.7

Dummy talented vocals but the production/instrumentals/everything else is just kind of there

This album made me like Adele. She's pretty impressive.

She’s got skills. If I was on a road trip and only had this album, I’d let it go for a few turns. Not sure I’m reaching for it otherwise. Anyone else get the feeling she knows heartbreak?

She really misses that guy apparently. Her voice really is pretty incredible, wasn’t as slow as I thought it would be.

Individually the songs were good but just gets to be too much for an entire album.

2.8 She can belt out a tune, and she has the pros working on the album, but not something I will reach for intentionally

Going from memory here, trying to get my next album

Every song kinda at the same speed. It's fine. She has a great voice. "Water Under the Bridge" sounds just like "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis.

Boring, but some good songwriting

Kovahan se on laulaa, mut emmätiä suurin osa biiseistä aika geneerisiä.

"Meh"

Classic, many power ballads, love it

Good music to get pegged to I wouldn't know that of course, my friend told me

Aretha-tier vocalist doing some ice cream + red wine jams

Never quite hits the highs of Hello which comes on strong right out of the gate - 10/10 song. Unfortunately the rest of the album can't even get close to the quality and emotion again.

Its got a bunch of hits and Adele is really talented

There is no doubt Adele is incredibly talented - wow, what a voice! Apart from hearing her well known tracks I haven't listened to much Adele. I enjoyed listening to this album, however its not something I think I'd revisit as a full album - it became a little repetitive plus is not a genre I'm that into. I think it was maybe just a bit too over produced for me. Fave track: Million years ago

A very nice album. Not groundbreaking or striking but nice

Amazing voice. She knows how to write fitting songs to take advantage of it. A bit sad and sappy, but a lot of force behind it. Not my cup of tea, but guaranteed to be many other people’s favourite album. High 3

Beautiful. Even the overplayed stuff. Just earnest, confident vocals and high quality production.

a lot of hits

Really loved her first two albums but haven’t listened to this one. Solid album though, beautiful powerful voice as always. Always listen to her songs with ur ex partner in mind, v depressing. Remedy was probably my fave on the album tbh, with water under the bridge a close second. Some of it is a bit cheesy like Hello but maybe that’s just because it’s overplayed idk.

Heel goed!

It's a solid outing by Adele (as expected). 25 is a good pop album, but it's really nothing special. I will gladly listen to it on line, but it's not one I would purchase on vinyl.

Not a huge Adele fan. Personally think she is overrated. She has a few great ones and Hello and Send My Love are in there for me. I completely endorse this being on here for the many reasons listed in the wiki. I can acknowledge that and still not be a big fan. Especially when I see her albums just piled up in stores because they were over produced. And if I remember right, costed a lot of other albums their time in the vinyl light because her album took up so much production time. Talk about waste.

I've never been a big fan of Adele. She's a great singer of course, but how's the music? Often, not very inspired. I've noticed before, and even more when listening to this, that I don't really get along with her hooks. A couple tracks on here that are really interesting in the verses, and then the chorus is so bland. Specifically "When We Were Young," a little of "Remedy" too. "Hello" is still a great song. It's still a pretty good album, that's what she makes, good music. But how much of it is "great" anymore? Favorite tracks: Hello, When We Were Young, Remedy, Send My Love (didn't realize this was an Adele song). Album art: Jumpscare level close-up. Do not like this one at all, there's really nothing to it. 3.5/5

Lovely record. Not groundbreaking or earth shattering, but she sings beautifully and the songs are soulful and authentic.

Doesn’t hold up as well as I’d hope. Still has some good tracks but there are too many maudlin middle ground tracks here.

2.5 Its fine if 1 songs to pop up in a playlist once in a while but the whole album together is too repetitive. Even 5 minutes of Hello is too much.. Favourite: Million years ago Least favourite: River Lea

Not as good as 21

A couple songs on here are pretty good, but the rest of it isn't anything special. Probably more excited for the other one on here. 21 is on here, right? I can't remember. Anyway, her voice is nice, even if the music can be kind of nothing. My favourite song was Million Years Ago.

Vallan pätevä mukanalaulamislevy. Muutama filleri liikaa, 10 minuuttia liian pitkä, se riittää puuduttamaan. Kaipaisin väliin hulluttelevampaa tyyliin Rumour has it. Myynneiltään merkittävä albumi, mutta ei jätä paikkaan onneksi aivan sen varaan vaan on myös taitava.

5/10 - Clearly an impressive album, but not up my alley.

A talented vocalist.... making boring music. Low 3

Adele was my sister's favorite artist while we were growing up (I know this dates me), so I grew up listening to her (and Adele) sing all of these songs. Although I don't particularly like the style of music that Adele creates, it was really nice to be able to listen to the album and know practically every song that played. I found the overall sound of the album to be pretty boring, and listening to the same vocal range and sound got a little bit boring. No particular stand-out tracks, but I threw Water under the Bridge on the playlist. One song gave me a headache, but overall I didn't hate it. I wouldn't listen to it again if I had the option, so... 3/5

Closer to 3.5 stars. An iconic voice with some iconic songs, and I had to keep reminding myself that she made this at 25. Why it wasn’t my favorite album: -I think Adele is at her best when she isn’t belting. I think the loveliest parts of her songs are where she sings low, and I wish there were a song where she avoided the high notes. -The songs felt repetitive and like there was no experimentation to them, like they followed a formula. They’re a few exceptions and they’re my favorite songs of the album, but for the most part the album had too much predictability for me. -I wish the songs flowed from one to another. The album itself feels like an Adele album and is cohesive sound-wise, but the transitions between songs felt more like a bunch of songs thrown together in a premeditated order of light songs, then ballads, then light, then a little edgy, then ballad, then light again that I think many pop albums follow. It felt like there wasn’t much mind towards how the songs felt side by side. All that rambling aside, Adele’s voice is beautiful and I think that’s why you listen to an Adele album, not necessarily for her experimentation. These songs are almost 10 years old and some of them I haven’t heard for years but still knew and still loved, and I think that’s the sign and the power of a good song.

Not my favorite genre of music but Adele has an awesome voice

Nice Voice Adele, not that much my stile I would give a 3,5. I listen to this a bit whent it came out. Havent paid that much attention to the lyrics...

It’s fine. Great voice, polished production, but it’s just not for me.

Adele has a powerhouse voice, and there’s a few songs here that put it to good use, but far too many quiet piano ballads for my taste. Still can’t deny Remedy is pretty good.

Adele is one of those artists that a lot of people get enjoyment from and that’s great. She’s just never blown me away.

es un album que jamas escuche entero pero que si escuche entero gracias a la 100/radio disney y demases todos los temas eso es increible dicho esto escucchar un disco de adele me hace sentir una mujer blanca clase media recien divorciada

Some great hit songs and a solid album.

It's become a classic.

sporo

she is very talented, but the album itself feels repetitive. There are some songs with differences however. There are some nice tracks on here however

Escutado frequentemente, a voz garante a passagem do tempo com emoção.

Hello - boring and overplayed so I really dislike it Send My Love - it was ok I don’t love the style of music I Miss You - I actually liked this one it reminded me a bit of her earlier stuff, thinking five mins is a bit long though When We Were Young - did not like this one, felt like it was sampling something Remedy - boring again sorry not sorry Water Under the Bridge - didn’t mind it but again don’t love the style River Lea - this one is kinda a bop actually Love In The Dark - this again reminds me a little of her older stuff so I like it Million Years Ago - straight away this reminds me of older music but I’m not hating it. Omg looked on genius and it uses the Phantom of the Opera as a melody, I kinda love it actually All I Ask - not loving this one, not a very strong track Sweetest Devotion - it was almost like an 80s power ballad I did not really like it

It decente, but the songs almost the same no variation

I’m not 80.

"Hello" is a fantastic example of voice as an instrument. Adele has such an impressive voice and this song has a beautifully understated accompaniment that builds over the 5 minutes. Total jam. The rest of this album is mostly just pop to me. It's not my style most of the time, but Adele's voice is great.

She screams a lot.

Not my favorite album but you can’t deny her talent. Strong voice.

I love Adele's voice, but this album sounds like it's leaning a little too much on some of its influences. But I did like how many styles were covered. Overall I liked it okay.

nice safe album

She’s so talented and has a beautiful, powerful voice, but this isn’t really my taste.

I don’t dislike this. Don’t really care for it, either. Sounded like contemporary Christian music with sexy lyrics. It’s alright. I guess.

Well now, Adele is someone I’ve always been aware of but have never dug. This album is proof to me why. It’s just…ok, and that’s it. There’s a couple of great tunes on it, and there’s no doubting her talent as a songwriter and especially as a singer, but will I ever get home and think “I want to listen to Adele”? No, no I won’t.

Not my cup of tea, but a great artist, songs are composed well and the production is really good.

Some true amazing songs but a bit bloated with bland pop songs and repetitive stuff. 6/10

Adele is great but not my favorite.

Familiar with a lot of these but ‘I Miss You’ was the stand out

I got most enjoyment from the tracks I hadn't heard a million times. I like Adele's voice but over the course of a whole album the brassiness of it wore on me a bit. I think I'm being unfair because of overexposure though. If I was hearing this for the 1st time I reckon I'd be raving about it

don't like it as much as i remember, obviously her voice sounds nice but the piano ballads can get a bit boring, the more busy songs like 'water under the bridge' are a nice change of pace

for someone so talented she is unapologetically boring. i can kinda respect it tho. female charlie puth who i enjoy listening to a bit more

по результатам одного дня прослушивания надоел не так сильно как 19 и 21! хороший результат! но всё ещё не мой жанр и не мой тембр

It was nice to get a "fresh listen" on some of 25 again. Considering Adele was already a superstar following the incredibly well received 21, so many songs from 25 just immediately soared to #1 on radio charts and were just being played nonstop. It's been 7+ years since then, and I'm also someone who has more or less dumped listening to the radio. I have always thought "Hello" was an interesting album opener. It carries with it a lot of emotion and is overall a very powerful and beautiful song. It also seems to convey a bit of a reintroduction to Adele; she's letting the listener know upfront and immediately that she's not the same person as she was on 21. Ultimately, in keeping with elemental descriptor words, I would say 25 when compared to 21, is a more watery, less fiery soul album. It's generally more soft, peaceful, and reflective. As a result, this album ultimately has fewer "bops", but either way, Adele's raw vocal talent and skill are very much intact on what is a very well-crafted and well-sung album.

Beautiful

Adele has an amazing voice, and yet the album starts to feel repetitive after a while. Not at all bad, but didn't quite hit the mark for me. 3.5 stars.

This was okayish I suppose. I don't think I would have recognised an Adele track before as I have zero interest in pop music. I didn't recognise any of the songs on this album, but they were inoffensive, just maybe a bit bland in places. She has a good voice, so I'm going for a three.

After the fantastic 21, Adele has been unsure of her next career move and while this isn't as staggeringly pointless as 30, it represents the diminishing ambition many artists face when they achieve great mainstream popularity.

Immediately striking with a single package stronger than the debut, 25 remains over-mature and over-produced. It sits in the middle of the pack, realistically, the hum of the back of the record just maddening enough to be interesting. Glad Adele keeps coming back; Not sure why this visit took this form.

The voice is divine, no doubt about it. The music? Less so. Very much so. Would I ever listen to this album of my own free will? Nah. But I feel I should give this voice some credit.

She's very talented but there's nothing on here for me. Don't really like this kind of stuff but I hate giving a bad review to someone so obviously good, so 3 stars it is.

Good singer, but I think she's more about the lyrics. Otherwise all the songs sound pretty similar.

"Say Hello..." is a tune - didn't realise how much Self Esteem sounds like Adele (stylistically) until now. "Hello" is bang average though

No doubting the quality of the songs and Adele's voice but I found an entire album' worth of introspective, personal songs way too much

This is quite unexpected, but I was tempted to skip so, so many times. Just when I was getting really sick of the awful 2015 production on some of these tracks, they wisely decided to strip back the instrumentation for the last few tracks. Doesn't help much though. When "All I Ask" comes around, she sings "what if I never love again?", and I just want to shake her. Girl, have some self-awareness. Clearly, you have and you will love again. Apparently it's all you do. Calling this album 'mature' is laughable. I'm in my thirties now, and maybe I just can't handle this level of mid-twenties self-seriousness. Her stuff on 21 was better, across the board. "When We Were Young" is just about the only song that actually resonated with me, I think especially because it's such a funny thing to say in your mid-twenties but it feels vulnerable and genuine, and it has a profound tenderness for its subject that suggests more than what it says, and that has a sense of melancholy that isnt entirely focused on her own inability to let go, or at least, understands that things are inevitably going to change.

Adele has a great voice as usual, vocals are unmatched. Overall the songs were variations on a theme, lots of similar sounds, Hello was a huge hit when it came out, a decent album

I didn't enjoy it as an entire album as much as I thought, even though there are some excellent tracks here.

Little bit more pop than 21 and I think I preferred the more soulful sound of 21. The songs were all good but they just didn’t pack a punch as much as the ones off of 21. Singing was all outstanding as always though. Adele could sing basically anything and make it sound good. I think part of what hurt this one personally is that when I lifeguarded as a teenager the people at our pool would always ask us to put on key 103 and that station play Send My Love ALL FUCKING DAY. I started that song and was like “you know maybe enough time has past cuz these verses sound pretty good” then the chorus came and I got flashbacks to yelling at annoying ass kids and their alcoholic, entitled ass parents. 👍: hello, water, love in the dark

alright I don't know if Adele is THAT good..two albums???? Tommy wasn't lying this album is perfect for this weather. her vocals are impressive of course, I'm finding the album to be a bit underwhelming though. bro seriously her tracks with the least plays always end up being my faves. Sweetest devotion is a bop.

more backbone musically than 21, but otherwise just sort of "there"

Can't deny the talent, but it bores me.

Solid disposable pop. Which is not intended as a slight that , but rather a cautionary comment warning about overstating its lasting power.

Beautifully made

3.5/5

Adele's vocal talents are undeniable, and this is a well-polished and smoothly produced album. A bit too middle of the road for my liking, though I respect the talent.

its pretty cool songs repetitive though

Album Notes: - great highlights with some middling tracks - production is very average and safe - vocals and melodies carry - When We Were Young and All I Ask are EASILY the best tracks here I love the timeless melodies they have Best Tracks: When We Were Young, All I Ask Worst Tracks: Water Under The Bridge, Hello

-didn’t write a BL- AL: Adele is such a well known figure. And it’s no surprise, she’s got an amazing voice, so powerful and yet so fragile and never looses a hint of emotionality throughout any of it. However it just doesn’t click with me, I find that David Byrne said it best when he said “The better the singer’s voice, the harder it is to believe what they’re saying”. While Adele generally does hit home a lot better than the other pop stars out there I still find it hard connecting with her music. I suppose me and the mentality a 25 year old woman has are radically different from one another. So maybe I’ll change my mind at some point. As of right now however i had to say this album was OK, nothing more nothing less FT: “when we were young”, “remedy”, “a million years ago” 3/5

Never got into Adele. Yes she has a great voice, but I genuinely don’t believe she has soul. Watching her do carpool karaoke with (never very funny or relevant) James Corden proves this to me. She’s a pop star with an above average voice and some solid songs, but I wouldn’t put her material up there with the all time great singers.

AJ: I mean, she’s amazing. Imagine being able to take all your experiences and hurt and write them down and shout them out and sound so fucking good? Can’t afford to be sad all the time, but I mean, she’s amazing. Cat: What a powerhouse. She actually moves me to tears, just the raw emotion and tone of her voice, never mind the lyrics being great - paints a picture. Songs are so well written and produced. She’s incredible. Music is so beautiful. Can’t listen to her all the time because I’ll just be drained! Hot damn, Adele.

Adele has a beautiful voice, but this album’s songs were just average pop ballads. She could sing a grocery list and it would sound good.

Hyvä albumi.. Harmittaa kompressio tässä instrumentit ei paljoa loista.. Geometriasta tuttu n-kulmainen särmiöverkko... semmoselta kuullostaa.. boksi... ei annata lyödä läpi kun kuullostaa vaan sellaiselta kuutiolta.. Sonicseista musiikkiin sanon sen että ihan hyviä ideoita ja ilmaisua..

Bill

Idk man feelar 21 e tillräckligt Adele för 1001, denhä har en okej hit (Hello) och en otroligt störande hit (Send my Love) och resten av a side är mediokert. Side B är bra och mysig pop musik och drar upp dehä till en svag trea.

Great singer. Hard to listen to a whole album at one time.

Probably the best voice of 21st century pop? She gets an extra star for writing her own material instead of having a 10 man songwriting team or algorithm do the work. Too many songs with a bare piano arrangement, I started to get bored as a result.

Not really my thing, well produced and an amazing voice though

I'm not sure what I expected here. But given Adele's talent and all the adulation she gets, I don't know... maybe something less boring? She has a lovely voice, but production is bland and most of these songs are pretty forgettable. Low 3. Fave Songs: Love in the Dark, Remedy, Water Under the Bridge

It's Adele. It's.... fine.

If I allowed myself to feel or pretended to do so on every commute looking out a rainy window on public transit, I’d probably be super into Adele. Great musicality and voice three cheers

I enjoyed this record a good bit. She’s got such a great voice and really great phrasing that really heightens the pop song chords. Does drag a bit towards the middle but has some absolute earworms.

I never really listened to Adele at all, and I tried to go into this album with really fair expectations. I have to say... this album was full of songs that sounded EXACTLY like an album full of Adele songs to sound. And that's okay - she has a good voice, the songs sound meaningful, etc. But there isn't enough there for me to rate it more than average. Ultimately, Adele sings a ballade everytime.

Adele is an extremely talented singer, she's beautiful, and seems to be quite funny and charming in interviews as well. So yeah, overall, I'd say I like her well enough. But I never quite want to listen to her music. This album, for example: it's a fine pop album, but it seems like the sort of thing that would be playing in my mom's car stereo. It often sounds like radio fluff, or like well-trodden territory. To be fair, I don't believe this album to be one of her best. Even the singles here are sort of boring, which is not a problem that her previous album 21 ever had. I just don't know if this is the album of hers that should've made it to this list. I've always really like "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)", though. Fun song.

Good album much better than expected

Definitely mom music, but some of the last couple songs, Million Years Ago and All I Ask, with just her voice and an instrument really blew me a way. I wish the whole album was that personal, but instead they mostly went the mid-2010's pop production style, and it really drags it down.

Her voice is amazing. The production is amazing. But...it just feels like something is missing? The risk-taking thing kind of just sounds like people parroting music critics, but I guess that could explain how I feel overall. Favorite track: Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Something tells me she may have gone through a break-up.

Adele is at her best when she is belting out big vocals. While there are a couple songs that do this, the majority feel shadowed by overarching instruments. I think all I Ask might be one of my favourite songs from her. Real rating 3.5/5

Adele is generally not my cup of tea but you have to admit, she is great at making the type of music she makes. My problem with this is that I can tolerate maybe 2 well-placed ballads on an album, otherwise I get bored. Got a soft spot for All I Ask though.

This is a perfectly fine album, but I don't think it really deserves a "you NEED to listen to this" designation. It's not really significant. 21 is worthy of that, I think -- this is just the weaker follow-up to a modern classic. Whatever though, it's still a nice listen. Favorite track: Water Under the Bridge

If I am honest, not amazes by this album. Too much warbling. Outstanding song is hello and then goes downhill. Solid enough but not planning on listening again

Adele has a ton of talent. Her third album showed that with her vocal range. The songs however were pretty boring and morose compared to her previous two albums. I get there may be a reason behind that but overall this album didn’t have the great quality that 21 had. Hello is a good song and vocally she’s one of the best modern pop singers. Overall this is okay but not the best. 6.2/10

This wasn’t bad. The first song is a highlight but also establishes a formula of soft, piano driven verses followed by blown-out choruses. It’s very 2010s-ish. A million years ago and all I ask are refreshing, with their colorful chords and vocal melodies

Hmmm…. She certainly does have a great voice. Rich and smooth. But there doesn’t seem to be a whole hell of a lot else going on. It sounded better in the evening, making dinner and drinking a beer, than in the morning with coffee and a crossword. But in both cases, it was sort of just hanging out in the corner, a good-looking vase or a thriving potted plant. Yep, that’s nice, but I’m not going to dwell on it. 3/5.

3.5

Ooit op vakantie met de fam dat andere album veel gedraaid, vond dat wel leuker eigenlijk. Mooie stem, maar muziek die ik zelf nooit opzet

I respect Adele, because I think she's one of the few modern artists who are popular for actually being talented (genuinely what is the deal with people like Ed Sheeran?). She's got some pipes, man. That being said, this is not as consistent as "21" and way simpler. Too many songs here feel like throwaways and nothing reaches the same highs as "Hello" and "When We Were Young". Good album, not an essential listen though. I can see why they removed this from newer editions of the book.

Definitely not Adele's best album but the singles were superb. Her voice is excellent, the piano is excellent I do not know how in God's name Beyonce lost to this when 21 was Adele's best. Having heard 30 makes me realize that Adele could expand more sonically and artistically

Just a regular pop album and I really don't like modern pop

She’s a proper Spurs fan so that gives her a boost from the jump. 3/5

Nice, but nearly as classic as “21”. 3/5

Hyvää poppia ja ehkä sitä 2010-luvun parempaa, mutta ei siltikään mitään aivan taivaallista

Tjoa. Der Kritik, auf dem Album sei zu wenig gewagt worden, schließe ich mich an.

Love her voice and style. I think the album is fine. Not really sure that it belongs on this list. Newer albums need more time to prove themselves… this is just too recent. It’s good, but…. 3/5

I like most of the track on this album, I really tracks like WWWY or Send my love, shit, I still have to this day Million Years Ago and All I Ask in rotation on my playlists, but man, I'm just learning this is the ONLY Adele album on the list and I have to say It does not make any sense. Is this record a legendary record with youthful bless? No, that’s 19. Is this a legendary breakthrough which took the whole world by surprise and made an instant classic of its author and itself? Nah! That was 25!! Don’t get me wrong, it is a nicely produced and soulful, but none of its tracks go as hard as the ones on the first record. Even if you don’t like Adele, those are records to be heard. This one on the other hand is something we had already seen and with lesser spark than it predecessors. So let’s see, songs like All I ask and Million years ago (which I fully believe it’s written over an Spaniard 70’s song) could easily make this song a 4 stars, but, that fourth star will have to go as it should be 25 and not this, the one on the list.

Not in my edition of the book! 2015. 3 stars No doubting that she can write a tune and has got a good voice but... I don't think she's moved on from her earlier (and better albums). This goes on a bit, and on a lot of the songs she sounds like a pub singer. It's perfectly acceptable fare, but it's not essential. If you're going to have one Adele album, listen to 21.

Puede que sea el disco de Adele que menos me gusta. Aún así qué bien canta!!! No puedes negarlo. La cuestión es que la fama en general la hece menos disfrutable para mí.

Might be an Adele fan 3/5

Lovely, rich voice full of soul and emotion. No real hits on this collection, so not special and really only a trillion seller based on her star power alone. I won't be listening to 25 again since 19 and 21 are so much better.

The first 90 seconds of this album are emotionally powerful, but this genre isn't my speed. There are a couple tracks I thoroughly enjoyed, but I the rest didn't hit for me. Overall great production and excellent material.

Not something I would normally listen to but actually an amazingly strong opening. Kind of tales off in mediocrity for me, probably wouldn't put on the full album again though I enjoyed it more than I thought.

Fine Pop album.

Hallo

Broken up hey?

Powerful and captivating voice. Adele knows how to convey her feelings and hypnotize her listeners. A couple of majestic songs in this album but, should I feel any type of shame for considering that most of the album sounds the same? Yes, those songs were performed flawlessly (compared to other things in the pop landscape, are gold). I am quite sure that’s my problem, because Adele has lots of praise and success and is one of the most talented pop stars of our era.

Not her best and becomes tedious

3.25

I think her prior album was much better. Good overall.

6/10

There's no denying that Adele has an incredible voice that commands your attention, singing lyrics that you feel in your core - whether or not you've experienced it first hand. Her hits are worthy of being hits (both those from this album an those throughout her entire career), but the deep cuts here are just okay. They aren't particularly memorable or influential, and I feel like a voice as strong as Adele's deserves music that's more groundbreaking than this. 25 is catchy but a bit too regular for Adele. Still some good songs though, like When We Were Young, Hello, and River Lea.

I know she's good. It must doesn't grab me, I don't need to listen to again.

What a voice. Sounds started to all sound the same to me - I don't think I am the target audience here...

What a voice. The production on this album is amazing. Nevertheless it's an album made of a 25-year-old who, at the cusp of adulthood, thinks they know everything there is to know about life (I did too!). Heartbreak suited her better.

Not mine

Fine, not one that I would buy, but fine.

Top notch vocal. The music, however, is far outside of my wheelhouse. It is that type of music that is so bland.

Adele has an amazing voice and I'm not usually into her music. However, I did like it more than I thought and when I am concentrating on the music I found I liked many more songs. Overall I thought it was decent. Highlights were "Hello", "Water Under the Bridge" and "Sweetest Devotion".

Not as good as the other one, hearing hello is like a time machine back to 2015.

Gal has pipes

Adele is incredibly talented but also has a habit of writing some tedious piano ballads that don't really go anywhere. This album is far less fun and impactful than the previous two and less raw and emotional than her latest one and is just a very middling point in her discography. There are some incredible songs here - Send My Love is really fun, and All I Ask is absolute gorgeous. Just a shame that a lot of the stuff in the middle is so lifeless

It was a good album, I would probably listen to it again.

This has to be the most popular and recent album on this list so far. I think in terms of the most known pop singers from 2010s, only Taylor Swift is more popular than Adele. Surprisingly, the album chosen in here is "25". If I had to guess, the record with more singles and hits is "21", at least it stands out much more. In case of the former, the only hit that I know of is "Hello", which actually is a pretty good song. It was a summer tune, but definitely it has quality and the lyrics are slightly more meaningful than of your usual hot tracks list. The album starts pretty strong with songs like "Send My Love" and "I Miss You", but soon after that the quality of the album drops, and we are greeted by fillers, or just a bunch of uninteresting songs. I'm not a big fan of anything there, let it be for music or lyrics. It's clear that Adele has a powerful voice, but it's not enough for me to be kept interested in the album. Not a record I would choose from the popular music in 2010s.

Some solid songs from a very talented vocalist, but by minute 30 I was ready for it to be over.

Kelpo tulkintaa ja hieno ääni, mutta ei kosketa sielua (jos sellainen olisi).

Quite listenable not really my thing Fav song: when we were young Least fav song: hello

Great voice, but little variety in the album.

mom music

Lar tvilen komme til gode her

-I like "Hello," "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)," "When We We're Young, and "Water Under the Bridge" since I heard them enough on the radio -I like the drums and the harmonies in "I Miss You" -The harmonies and swells into the main chorus in "River Lea" are great -My familiarity with it maybe held boostit, but it's right on the border of strong 3 and weak 4

Here's the thing: I listened to this album on Spotify. And then it did the whole "You listened to 25, so you'll like this..." and it played another Adele track: "Right As Rain" from her 19 album. I liked that one song better than the whole of the 25 album. Why? Because it was different than all of that album. 25 seemed to just be torch song after torch song. It just... got very morose. Halfway in, I was looking for a knife to slit my wrists (ok not really, but you get the idea). I will say I did not hear as much vocal processing. Adele's distinct vocals were very easy to pick out; it did not sound like anyone else (which always frustrates me, how autotune will usually kill any uniqueness of a person's voice.) So the album is pretty depressing just because the songs themselves feel the same (I think the 4th song was a little upbeat, and maybe one other). So as well done it was, and how great of a voice Adele has, it's not going to be something I go back to.

9/6/22

First few seconds of this album I thought she was going to do a Lionel Ritchie cover. Thank goodness that mission was aborted. Her voice is amazing but the songwriting would be nothing without her voice. Also, her musicians are kept on a tight leash in all but a few songs. It's too bad that her singing is trapped in a one dimensional world. I'm rounding up due to her voice.

I remember seeing Adele perform Hello live at an awards ceremony the year it was released. I got goosebumps when she belted out the first note of the chorus and the crowd went wild. She has one of greatest and most recognizable voices of her generation. Young girls, and older ones too, must go crazy for her lyrics. On this LP I prefer the songs that aren’t the most popular. River Lea has a bit of a gospel feel, Million Years ago sounds like something I would have heard on 8-track in my uncle’s car in the 60s, I think I Miss You is my favourite with its moody feel. As a side note, it’s interesting that, Adele, like Beyonce & Amy Weinstein had all the songs written or co-written by the producers, who have very impressive resumes. I'm giving one less point than her 21 album.

Good enough for background music but I honestly don't see what the big deal was. Certainly not worthy of a cultural phenomenon spanning years and years

For an international powerhouse, who's third album stirred up so much hype, this has a lot of skipable tracks. Great voice but rudimentary song writing.

I've heard probably half of these songs. Not really my type of music, but Adele has a great voice and I mostly like the songs fine. I did find the general tone a little sad and depressing though.

Starke Balladen und 1-2 Lieder die auch abseits ihres Radio-Pop-Daseins eine gute Figur machen

She certainly does have some powerful pipes.

She can sing, f'sure, but about half of these songs are too straight forwardy pop to properly hold my attention. Some of them had some quite nice wall of sound cinematic production, I guess. Fave track - "Hello", I guess?

EVERYTHING IS SO DRAMATIC AND HOW DOES ADELE GET THROUGH A DAY WITHOUT WARBLING

of course we're familiar with this album. I think it was overplayed and that usually dampers my association with an album/songs. I don't think this is her best album but i do think it's better than her newest one. 19 & 21 still are the top. i was also listening to adele in high school or middle school? before she blew up so 19 & 21 hold a special place. this shouldn't have won over lemonade.

Beautiful, powerful voice. 5/5 stars for that. Of course the music isn’t my favorite and, as most music these days is, the focal point is the vocals. To me, vocals should be a supporting role to the music and nothing more. The music and instruments are much more important.

Cheer up luv, its not that bad. Cracking pipes but not really for me

Better than i remembered, or at least the first half was. The piano and vocal balads as shite though. Undeniable talent, but not always used to her full potential

Love Adele the person. Her music just does nothing for me. That's cool, she's chill about it.

None of the tunes made an impact on me. She has a strong voice, though she sounds like she has a sore throat. The back up vocals are nice, and there's some pretty piano in there as well.

She has a classically trained voice, which is raised by the professional production. There is more depth to the mood of the album than an average pop album. The album is piano and string driven. The songs with drums act as high points to the album. The guitar driven song is a nice breath in arrangement near the end. The album is bookended by two stand out songs. The middle gets washed out in mood from too many similar feeling songs.

Very well written pop songs that allow Adele to highlight her vocal abilities without resorting to going to a falsetto for every song (a common complaint I have with modern pop vocalists). Overall though I found the first half of the album to be much stronger than the second half. The main highlight for me on the second half was the closer Sweetest Devotion. It just felt like all the tracks after Water Under the Bridge ran into eachother until reaching Sweetest Devotion.

A few undoubtedly popular/great songs, but I was underwhelmed with the majority of the album. Highlight: Hello Lowlight: Million Years Ago

Not my thing, did not enjoy

One of the few modern pop stars I really can get into.

Adele has such a wonderful voice and phrasing that this record is a bit of a let down. 19 absolutely belongs on this list, 21 perhaps, but not this. Some good tracks and beautiful production, especially the piano accompaniments, but not her best.

OK, but not for me

Heel goed, maar luister niet heel vaak ernaar

Y’a du très bon et du très mauvais sur cet album. Elle est particulièrement intéressante dans les chansons qui ont un grand range dynamique comme Hello. Quand c’est doux, c’est plein de textures, tant au piano qu’au vocal. Quand c’est fort, ça arrache tout. À la fin d’un album entier, on est un peu tanné de se faire crier dans les oreilles par contre. Aussi à Water under the bridge, j’étais certain que c’était une pub qui partait. Ça sonne comme un loop qu’on achète sur Envato. Pas bon ça.

Inégal comme album. La voix est superbe et la production sonne bien. Après, certains reprochent à Beyoncé d’avoir pleins de collaborateurs pour écrire ses pièces et bien on a la même chose ici. Par contre ici, je trouve que ça ne se tiens pas aussi bien comme tout. Il y a des styles qui ne lui vont pas bien (Send my love fait très Taylor Swift). J’ai l’impression qu’il pourrait y avoir 3-4 albums différents avec les styles des différentes pièces. Aussi, pour une fille de 25 ans, j’ai l’impression que ça s’adresse à un publique de gens beaucoup plus vieux. Elle a définitivement du talent et une voix unique, mais je m’attendais à être plus séduit par l’album. C’est correct. Pièces préférées: I Miss You, River Lea, Million Years Ago

3 1/2

About 4 years better than the last one.

Great singer but it doesn’t grab me where it matters and the whole thing just passed me by in a gentle sameness.

I've heard at least one of these songs before, but ended up liking the album more than expected.

I recognize her talents. Amazing pipes, great lyrics. Yet, the music (chord structure, instrumentation) just isn’t very interesting in the end.

This is not on my copy of the list, once again putting on full display the absurd turn around time for new albums getting tossed on the list and then relegated to the dustbin. The single is a banger, but Adelle is a talent for making bangers. I've never bothered to give an album of hers a deep dive. Momcore isn't exactly a go-to genre for me, although I guess I'm glad there's someone out there not bad carrying the torch for Cher and Melissa Ethridge. I'm about halfway through at this point and, unfortunately, the singles are carrying this album pretty hard. Final verdict: A few standout moments but overall not essential.

Nice

I prefer the white-hot angry Adele of 21 over the blue regret-filled Adele of 25, but it’s still a nice listen.

I really tried but I found this bland. Three stars as she must be doing something I am missing and her voice is something special

13th May 2022 no idea what’s going on with dates Listened during the day while working from home, went to the pub with Cox to watch the north London derby. Not Adele’s best, but hello is a classic and there are some very moving songs on here. One of the great modern voices.

Sure

her voice is incredible and its wild how popular this became. Lots of praise for specialty production but not in a way that I can super recognize....humbling lol.

My greatest respects to Adele. She's a wonderful singer songwriter but, some songs haven't grow very well with me in this album . If you heard them too many times you don't want to hear them again for a long long time while some others are just mediocre to typically good . At least she doesn't cheat by using autotune like many others of her age and that is plus. Overall a good album 3.5

Not really my thing personally if I'm being honest but I can still definitely respect her vocal talents and the songwriting quality of this album. I don't know if I'd seek it out but I wouldn't complain if it was on.

Vaak gehoord dus ik zou er niet zelf naar luisteren

Couldn't bring myself to listen, I can do without the diabetic shock. I liked it back in the day, but I'm as far from torch ballads as I can be at the moment

I suspect this is slightly over-rated.

Pop, soul. Melódico. Aburridito.

A good album but not nearly as great as her first, IMO. Feels much more over produced. Has more of a pop sentiment and is less soulful. Still... she's pretty amazing.

Good for what it is, plus a couple singles that belong on her greatest hits collection

Although the mood of the album can feel interminably conservative to the point of bleeding and blurring into each other, 25 showcases Adele doing what Adele does best: conveying heart, soul, emotion and regalia in her music. One can understand why this became a smash once it dropped six and a half years ago. Favorites: Hello, Send My Love (To Your New Lover), Remedy, River Lea, Love in the Dark, A Million Years Ago.

Pretty standard pop diva stuff. For some reason she seems to appeal to me more than most of the others, not sure why but I think she has a touch of I due in her. 3 🌟

Voz espectacular femenina con un gran timbre. Canciones muy bien elaboradas. Para amantes de grandes voces.

Obviously very talented but not for me

I guess I was surprised by how many songs I actually knew from this album without knowingly listening to it before ("Hello", "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)", "When We Were Young"). That's what being the second best selling album of the 2010 decade does: makes you a major staple of the pop culture. It's hard not appreciate the talent: a searing, powerful, soulful voice. Most songs are extremely dramatic and about relationships and regrets. They tend to be the former state of a relationship not necessarily a story. Working with superstar producers and writers, the production and songs sound great. On the critique side if that ene matters, most of the songs and structures are formuliac and the album tends to drag in the second half. The exception is the last song, "Sweetest Devotion", which might have been my favorite song on the album..traditional rock band structure, great backing vocals and especially her voice. l do like her next album "30" better which I'm sure is also in my future.

Geweldige stem natuurlijk, maar voor een plaat die je gehoord moet hebben voor je doodgaat, vind ik dit nogal een saaie-.

Obviously talented. Enjoyed 'Send My Love' and 'All I Ask'. The rest is a bit boring, and I can't handle that much sad/soppiness in one go. Needs cheering up a bit.

Incredible voice but could do with cheering up a bit. Moan moan moan.

Does little for me but hard to say she's not brilliant.

Still beautiful and powerful singing, but also a lot of anonymous fillers

She’s a damn good singer and I appreciate that her songwriting is deeply expressive without being so blatantly dirty laundry airing the way that idiot Taylor Swift’s is. This isn’t the kind of music I like to listen to, but I have a lot of respect for her tremendous talent. The album feels too repetitive in tone as it goes on to really give me what I need to be converted to a fan.

Top bird with a cracking set of... Lungs.

ok sygt

Fuld fløde, klaver, god vokal

Adele sings well.

Pop vocal is just not my wheel house, so I sm most certainly NOT the one to judge this albums artistic merit. For me this album sounds generic in its pop vocal performance. Her voice is sublime there is no doubt but you better bring more to the table than a pretty voice to catch my ear. First off ballad after ballad makes for a boring listen for me. When she does open up a little like on Send My Love...it sounds like rip off of the Lorde hit from 2 years earlier. I'm not an Adele officialdom but I've never heard anything that comes any where near Rolling in the Deep. As I type Sweetest Devotion comes on and it's easily the best song on the album. Makes the album climb from a 2.5 stars to 3 🌟.

Part of me wishes I saw in this album what everyone else saw in it when it came out, and while it's good, it's not the genre-defining masterpiece others seem to regard it as. Decent tho!

Adeles powerful vocals overpower some mediocre lyrics, there are some absolute classics on here but I found that many tracks got a little too repetitive over time

Предисловие: Давно слышал про эту исполнительницу, но никак небыло времени её послушать. Поехали! Прослушивание 1: 1 А....это она поёт.... ностальгия. Я даже клип помню! Вспоминаю как приходил со школы, включал телевизор и просто наслаждался жизнью :3 2 Какой необычный инструментал. И голос красивый :) 3 Вау.... синтез яркого голоса и относительно томного инстркментала прекрасен!!!! Трек добавлен 4 Очень томный трек... сложно слушать. Но мне всеравно нравится! 5 Красиво, прикольно. Не более. 6 Потанцевать можно. Мотивирует... 7 Я в каждом треке поражаюсь голосу Адель! Это шикарно! Хотя немного приедается.... Треки похожи друг на друга 8 Снова карсивый голос под пианино.... мне сложно такое слушать, простите 9 Какие красивые завывания) . Трек похож на эстрадный, кто у кого украл не знаю))) . А если серъёзно, то как по мне самый эмоциональный трек с альбома. Лайк! 10 Эмоциональная давка. Так я это опишу... Я проникся.... Очень сильно! 11 Отоличный завершающий трек! Альбом хоть и просел в середине, но впечатления пока приятные Прослушивание 2-3: в целом мне понравился альбом. Но переслушивать устал, слишком быстро приедается. Добавил трек 2 и все Вывод: Альбом прекрасен, как и сама Адель. Я менжуюсь между 3 и 4, нопоставлю 3. Альбом я не добавлю, и треков добавил не так много. Если бы можно было поставить 3.5, то я бы так и сделал. Стыдно

Likeable pop. Powerful voice. Hard to criticize Adele, but I'm not a big fan of this. Could be my age, but it sounds way overproduced and overly dramatic.

I actually find her voice a bit overwrought and I can’t listen to it all in one go. It lacks subtlety and nuance in the sound, but you can’t deny that she’s a good song writer. I’d probably prefer to listen to Kraftwerk than this.

I've never listened to an Adele album all the way through. I've always assumed that radio and shopping centres will provide me with enough of her (admittedly quite good) music. Obviously I've heard Hello a lot. The third beat song with that word in the title. I have a massive soft spot for it, as my daughter used to sing it when she was too small to pick up all the words. So I always remember her versions when I hear it. Hello. It's me, I've been waiting for this moment in the unagalaxy. Send My Love To Your New Lover is familiar and pretty good too. The next couple of tracks are pretty samey though. She definitely has a comfort zone... I recognize, but am fairly ambivalent about Remedy, and River Lea wakes me up a little, if only because I used to like a run along there. There's not much else worth writing home about tbh. She has an incredible voice, but it largely gets used in one way, which limits the enjoyment I can get out of it.

Not my cup of tea. Overly produced and I'm not wild about the timbre of her voice.

Not bad, love Adele’s voice, but find the music behind it uninspired

Adull.

Adele vocals - :) Adele music - :( Some good hits but can leave the album as a whole. highs - When We Were You & Remedy lows - I Miss You, Water Under the Bridge, River Lea, & Sweetest Devotion

Adele throws all of the charm and excitement of 21 out the window, and replaces it with safe, generic pop songs to be forced onto the radio for the rest of eternity. Hello is insufferable, Send My Love sounds like a commercial jingle, and the album completely flatlines from there. Proof that a great voice doesn’t automatically mean good music.

Great voice. Uninteresting songs.

Wat een zouteloze zooi. Mooie stem, maar dat is dan ook alles

The final section of the album is very good, I like Remedy, Love in The Dark and Sweetest Devotion the most of all songs, even though it's blatantly melodramatic and exaggerated. I just can't get past the obviously clichè melodies, such as "Million Years Ago" that ripped off "Mulheres" by Toninho Geraes. Adele is a musician that insists in trying to look different by plagiarizing black artists, she could stick to her whiteness, but then we would get only co-worker music, like "Water Under The Bridge" that it's literally corporative licensed music atp

First two tracks are great, but I feel like it quickly loses some steam after. I enjoy her voice, but overall this just wasn't my thing.

I liked the Jamie XX remix of Rolling in the Deep from the previous album, but otherwise I find Adele’s material incredibly dull. Remarkable singing talent of course, but it’s the logical outcome of a generation raised on Idol.

Hello and other assorted heartbreak songs

4/10

Creo que crecer el 2010s con radio me hace que me guste todavía menos adele

I’m curious what Adele’s music would sound like if she stopped centering men. Girl, put that voice into singing about something deeper! Bring some heart and soul into the music. Because this album feels like a cliche and that’s a shame with a voice like that.

Album #169: Adele – 25 ⭐⭐ She's Adele and she needs no introduction. Probably the most difficult album I've reviewed on this list so far, and probably the biggest mixed bag of an album that I have heard. I have as many complaints as I have positive things to say. It starts off well. Hello, while by no means my favourite of the mega chart-topping hits of the last few decades, is decent. It has a bombastic and highly dramatic climax, which is good, but it suffers from the biggest issue that befalls the album: the lyrics, which I'll get to in a bit! Send My Love (To Your New Lover) is the best song on the album by a country mile. It's got a great earworm of a chorus, with a fantastic and unique vocal melody. I Miss You falls short of the previous two tracks, but it's not bad! It lacks a great hook, but for a six-minute song it zips by in its melodramatic way. Then, it all falls apart. We get the first of a series of dreary piano ballads with clichéd themes and lyrics. It seems every time this album moves towards something interesting or unique, a fucking ballad about regret, youth or love lost comes along with the most overused, clichéd lyrics. I Miss You leads into When We Were Young, River Lea into Love in the Dark, Million Years Ago into All I Ask. Absolute snoozefest. I feel like anyone could have written these songs. I was routinely able to guess the next lyric of most of these monotonous, sombre piano ballads because it was so clear what she was going to sing. Basic, boring rhymes, single sad piano chord. Wash, rinse, repeat. The aforementioned songs in between are all quite good and diverse. I also really liked the closer, Sweetest Devotion. It's a moment of brightness on an exceptionally dour album. Her voice is good. I'm not going to sit here and say it blows me away. I'm sure from a technical standpoint it's outstanding, but for my ears, it doesn't do much. And on All I Ask, it seriously started to grate on me, especially on that ear-splittingly horrible key change. The worst track on the album for me. I don't want to be a snob and just bash chart music for the sake of it. But there is an eerie, off feeling to this album. This feels like a very abstract point, but it's been plaguing my mind while listening to this. This is a mega-selling album, and that's fine, but I get this horrible feeling that it was made to be a mega-selling album rather than a classic. Take Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. It's probably a bad example, as they were going for a more commercial sound on that album. But Rumours sounds and feels like a classic that went on to become a mega-selling album. Adele's 25 sounds like a mega-selling album that was made to become a mega-selling album. You hear it pumped into dressing rooms in clothes shops when you're trying and failing to fit into some shitty clothes, because it's made to sound like that. That's its purpose. It feels like it was made by a committee, because it probably was. Adele is, even at this stage of her career, an industry. But, they didn't hide the brush strokes well enough. It feels like it was mapped out on a spreadsheet. Excel spreadsheet pop. It's not an album you need to hear before you die, but it will be an album that's shoved down your throat, one way or another, before you die.

There's no chance I fuck my streaming algorithm or waste my time for this commercial shite. Mum rock, for boring mums that don't like music. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ❌️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆(4/10) Default for not listening Total reviewed : 409 Already owned : 92 Purchased : 21 To buy : 4 Nope : 292

Adele really really can sing, just an amazing instrument, that voice. And these are pretty solid pop compositions that showcase that instrument. But these confectionary delights are just not for me. My heart doesn't swell in those ways or something. Maybe my speakers enjoyed the workout, maybe they're lubricated now.

Not arsed about this at all

Histrionic and dull

You really only need to listen to one Adele album. From listening to this, I don’t think it matter which since they’re all basically the same.

When We Were Young

I’m sorry Adele, your voice is incredible at times (those pitch glides are near effortless) but why does every song have to be ‘epic’? Each one apparently has to have gospel choir, or orchestral arrangement, or something equivalent and it loses its impact by the 4th or 5th song. ‘Semd my love (to your new lover)’ is at least a little bit out of the norm and has a bit of swing to it, the rest is trite and far too safe.

Generic and boring. If you take the vocals off, most tunes sound like the background music of corporate videos.

She sings in cursive and that pisses me off but like other than that and whatever the fuck is going on with the production, it’s an okay album. My mom listened to Adele nonstop for years and so I’m not sure if it’s got sentimental value or not but I do really love when we were young. It and water under the bridge are the only tracks that don’t make this album a fat fucking 0. In terms of mom music she’s rather good but the bar is at the ground.

I like how she feels very sincere about what she’s singing. She has a good voice, too. But I really dislike records like this where all the songs are vocal-forward and the lyrics are all about relationships and the music is just serving to emphasize the vocals. None of it is interesting to me. But I tried, I swear.

Didn't particularly need to listen to this one due to how much I already heard it on repeat as a kid. My mum has been a massive Adele fan right from the start, so she'd put the CDs on until she got sick of them. Brought back childhood memories and things like that, but didn't do too much more for me personally.

Never been a huge Adele fan - I find her music style just a bit overwrought and overdramatic. This album does have some very solid songs but overall it hasn’t changed my viewpoint. She’s obviously very talented.

There are some decent instrumentals on this record, however I fail to connect with Adele lyrically and I'm not sure why. I also don't love her singing style, it's a bit too clean.

her voice is so amazing, i wish she wrote better music 2.5/5

This got old pretty fast

Not a big fan of ballads. I’ll belt out “Hello” with the best of ‘em when it comes on, but I really don’t need a whole album of melodrama for the background of my life.

Imma keep it real im not an Adele guy

Favorite track(s): I think she might've lost her soul long before the Ozempic.

Listening to the first song and remembering when this came out I always thought it was the song that was like "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" I like how she's complaining about being old, tbf I felt similar at 25 but it pushed me to enjoy late 20s more than my early 20s. Past me is jealous of the life I'm currently living. Anyway she has a nice voice but what's the point if you aren't going to use instruments to further enhance it?

Not something I'd ever choose to listen to. Clearly talented, well produced etc but just leaves me bored.

I will not succumb to the Adelle agenda. Music for people that like the radio being on in the background. There are a few certified bangers on here, but jesus Adele, can you dial it down a notch? This album has all the over the top drama people long for on their pathetic lives.

Some big tunes on this, and it was less bland than I was expecting. Mid to high 2s.

Not my thing.

It's a fine album, but not really my thing a bit too epic.

This didn't surprise or engage me in the way 21 did. It feels like rolling out more of the same, perhaps the songs that didn't make the first cut.

I think Adele might have been going through a difficult patch aged 25. A great voice but I was ready for the end

If I was a 25 year old woman I'd probably find a lot to like on this album. But sadly for Adele I don't. Maybe she'll write an album about this latest setback in her life to help her get over the disappointment. 2*

Missing both the competencies of a good lyricist and the soul of the music itself. Quite disturbing to listen to.

Som very good songs from Adele. And it's a good album but not really my cup of tea

Rather tiring to listen to after a while

I didn't have particular expectations and still somehow was disappointed. Production is very of it's time and sounds too generic, the songs are mostly about the same in the same words. and the worst for me is that despite Adele is miserable in most of the tracks, it's still ends up boring. I feel like if it was all a bit less literal, if she could tell a story of somebody else it would add just some substance, but 5 songs about no longer being young when you are 25 is just not it.

Skipped through it, I promise to myself that I'll revisit this record sometime in the future.

Nothing too special here.

For a soul singer, she is profoundly soulless.

Rating: 4/10 If 21 is just above average with a collection of good pop tunes then 25 follows it up as a below average effort without the hits to match. The generic balladry is more prominent and the songwriting is comparably worse and entirely unmemorable. Where are the memorable choruses, at least? If Hello is the best there is to offer in that regard then this one is pretty weak. Adele might have peaked at 21

There's a heady market for this type of music, I'm just not the target audience,and this listen confirmed that.

This shiny diamond was not for me.

2,4 stars

🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 (rounded down my rating because they dumbed down these lyrics for the lowest common denominator) Okay. Alright. I gave this one a shot because Adele was really important to Emily growing up and, for someone who lives under a rock, I have very few—if any—conceptions as to what Adele should sound like. For perspective, my first exposure to the song "Hello" was a Westboro Baptist Church parody (don't ask), and I only recognized "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" from, y'know, "Semaluhtounuyulohowwah." Really, I was a pretty clean slate. Musically, I've got to say, there's plenty to like here. Everyone's already given Adele her flowers as a vocalist (though, and I'm not even saying this to be some kind of asshole, I feel like she's at times too controlled to really feel raw, right? Still impressive belting on a lot of these, but it didn't rip me open, I guess), but for as overproduced as this album is, some of the melodies are pretty fun. I genuinely enjoyed “I Miss You,” and I loved the sort of warped, fuzzy production on the background harmonies of that one, "Water under the bridge," and "River Lea." Actually, I have mixed feelings about "River Lea" in particular—it's super, uh, this era of pop with sort of an overproduced funk hook but, much as I tried not to, I kind of got into it. It reminds me of newer Hozier a bit, which I hope carries as much good as it does bad. That said—and with my sincerest apologies to little Emily—some of these lyrics are, to me, just awful. I started writing down the ones that made me groan so I could add them here but, and I feel cruel saying this, there was just too many to make it practical. When I was a kid and would write lyrics or poetry, I'd often throw in filler words to clunkily fill the meter, but listening back, I was always disappointed you could tell. Here are some that sound like that: “When the night keeps you from sleeping” “I should probably tell you now before it’s way too late / that I never meant to hurt you or to lie straight to your face” “Life was a party to be thrown / but that was a million years ago” “When the world seems so cruel / and your heart makes you feel like a fool” Lyrical fluff abound! Sometimes, there's also these passages that have a similar not-quite-human feeling, like they're grasping for a metaphor. This is also very evil of me, but if these lines were released today, I'd say they sounded like AI: “If you’re not the one for me / then how come I can bring you to your knees?” “I wish I could live a little more / look up at the sky and not the floor” There are a few that feel like they're trying to tap into a feeling that hasn't been felt, but look, who am I to judge? I don't know, something like this felt like it was grasping at straws: “When I walk around all of the streets / where I grew up and found my feet / they can’t look me in the eye / it’s like they’re scared of me” Finally, the simplicity of these words lulled me into feeling (correctly) like I could just predict which rhyme came next. But then there were rhymes that were so bad they looped back around to being unpredictable? Like, take this one: “Have I ever asked for much? / The only thing that I want is your ___” what’s it gonna be? Touch? NO! "Love"??? Huh?? Look, I really regret how mean all of this comes off, but truly, where the lyrics are a 1, I genuinely feel like the music alone would've been a 3. Sorry, Emily.

This is the same shit as 21. Adele is a good singer but she CANNOT make an interesting song to save her life

Honestly a little more bearable than 21, but still pretty boring

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Eh - Adele has a fine voice, but with a few exceptions I tend to find her songs quite samey and dull, and this is a perfect example. Hello is a nice opener, but a full album of weepy ballads just doesn't go anywhere. It's not offensive, but I have no deaire to listen again. Her earlier stuff seemed to have more variety - there's nothing dancy like 'Rumour Has it', for example. A high 2.

Hello is it me you’re looking for? Not really. Too much much of a muchness. That first track is a big single and good. And I like Send My Love (but Taylor Swifty) but then….meh. 2.4

4+ / 10

I'm turning 50 this year and I've listened to music from every genre but this dramatic, emotional radio pop has never done anything for me. i can't think of a situation where I'd want to sit down and listen to this. Obviously influential since so many artists make a lot of money for record labels by sounding like this but I can't get into it. Sorry, I gave it a shot.

Adele undeniably has one of the most technically brilliant, beautiful voices in popular music today. … But by god her music is so booooooooooring…

I expected to be giving this a 1 star. If she comes on the TV or radio I switch it off if I can't, I leave the room if I can’t do either I stick my fingers in my ears and sing la la la till It’s over. However, after listening to a full album of poor poor me songs, I have to admit she has a great voice and does have a talent

its fine. Not worthy of the 1001 albums distinction.

Feel like it says it all that my favorite Adele song is her Bond theme for Skyfall and almost nothing from one of her albums. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) comes pretty damn close though, and Water Under the Bridge is fine. It’s broadly inoffensive. She’s still the milquetoast white girl ideal of pop soul, which means she takes zero risks and gets a hell of a lot of reward.

idgaf

Alright look. I like Adele. I like her songs, I think they're well written. I like her voice, very powerful and distinct. Not just belting for the sake of it, and great range. But god the production and arranging on these albums is so grating to me. Send Your Love is probably my favorite song by her, GODLY chorus on that one, super well written song. But then when it actually hits, there's a bunch of 2015 bullshit in the way! The barking "heys", reverse TR808 cymbal right on every bar, weak ass claps instead of a snare, get that shit outta there. Hello, again, well written song and uses her vocal range and power really well. Same with When We Were Young and Remedy. They all have that "dramatic cinematic reverb piano" thing though and that stinks cuz it's supposed to be a display of raw emotion but god it's so BORING It's 2.5 for me but it's brimming with "what it could be" energy. This album has a lot of good in it, but suffers from coming out right at the boom of this wave of music that's just mixed and arranged to be safe and boring and appear in car commercials. I get this makes me a snob and I'm sorry for that but it's upsetting me. Give this woman and this album a dedicated live band and some more lively arranging and I'm sure she soars, plenty of reason to believe that on display. But the production and arranging are so goddamn flat, it just feels like I'm standing in an H&M or something.