25

Incredible voice, although I did get a bit bored with this album.

Absolutely no need for 2 Adele albums on the list

I obviously know many of these songs, and the songs alone are great. Even if they were an over concentrated at the time of their release. This just isn’t my vibe. The album itself I grew tired of. The sad love ballads is fine, but I don’t need an entire album of it.

Blimey, that was hard work. Amazing voice and all, but I was glad when that was done. That sort of overblown, melodramatic nonsense leaves me cold.

Simple music nice music good music amazing voice best tunes: hello, river lea, i miss you, lay me down

11/1001 2015 seems to me more like a collection of songs rather than a coherent album. It lacks an identity that’s not just Adele’s voice, however impressive it is I may say. Apart from Hello and When We Were Young there really isn’t much else to this album. I came into this with pre established biases towards pop music, and though I should be open to have those biases challenged, this just wasn’t it. It really is a boring and bland pop album. 2/5

I don't know? There's no doubt Adele has an above average singing voice, as well she is a critically acclaimed, best-selling artist, receives an almost unbelievable amount of accolades and awards for her albums and she names her albums based on her age at the time and why do I feel she's a tad bit overrated? I'm not doubting she's a talented singer, I'm just questioning why she's held on such a high pedestal reserved for the all-time greats and how the heck she can sell so many frickin' records? I guess she's some kind of modern day, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion or Julie Andrews, and while her stature is in the Taylor Swift category, so what gives? Judging by this album, I was bored less than halfway through and can't imagine anyone under 50 appreciating this competently "safe" music and I know it's not just the lonely housewives and seniors that love it. The songs are bland, but well suited to her voice and I can't help but think the kids today who are living in the American Idol or America's (Britain's) Got "Talent era and where standards are based on show-off singing will continue to support her music even when her record label continues to milk her talent well past her prime. I'll take a pass and when she releases her album called "80", you'll know I'm right.

Adele, kind of the same sound, with small changes. Same voice, of course. Kind of the same themes. Actually the same and not even in "green" (a modified German phrase, "the same but in green") no, that's too boring for me. But she definitely has an outstanding voice.

Adele is an artist whose radio singles I’ve always like but for whatever reason, I never got around to listening to full albums, so I was excited to give this a listen. Unfortunately it fell a bit flat for me. In my opinion, the secret sauce for Adele’s excellent singles pre-‘25’, other than her incredible vocal strength, is a very palatable mixture of soul-tinged balladry and super-catchy pop. On this album, it feels that the two have curdled. Most of the songs are all ballad whereas a few are pretty straight-up pop. The ballads feel cloying and predictable whereas the pop songs, especially “Send My Love” and “Water Under the Bridge”, feel like they could just as well be Ed Sheeran songs. It feels like there is a push towards more “mature” songwriting on this album, and it doesn’t really play out successfully to me. There are some highlights. The lead single, “Hello”, is a great car ride sing-along belter. The drums on “I Miss You” have a cool Phil Collins kinda vibe. The piano part of “Remedy” gives me Fiona Apple vibes which is a high compliment in my book. “Million Years Ago” is a great, intriguing, pared-back standout track for me. I feel like I’m being too harsh, but also, I don’t see any room where I can be more generous. Adele is undoubtedly a fantastic singer—one of the best of the present day—but this album feels a bit dreary and blah to me. It feels like an awkward growing pains stage and I suspect that ‘30’ is a more complete phase in her evolution as an artist. Maybe I’d like that album more. 4.5/10

Adele has such a wonderful voice. She can sing like few others. But this album is repetitive as hell and just boring. With few exceptions all the songs have the same subject matter and sound alike. Probably grading harder than I should -but it’s because it could be so much better.

Not my jam. Boring.

I'm not the target audience here.

Perfectly fine, a couple of impressive songs but doesn't hit all that deep for me.

Jesus, how much pathos can you put into a single album. This is all just too much, and doesn't really interest me at all, although she is obviously a talented singer. But really... Getting through this was an absolute chore.

voice

She has a great voice but none of these songs are standouts. I would like to see her sit down with only the piano and none of the production. 2.5 Stars.

Ah, so Adele lost touch with reality between this and the last album. Justice for Charlene Soraia and Louis Sharpe!

Whilst Adele can certainly sing her voice is not really my jam. I enjoyed the plodding/brooding melodrama of Hello - but everything else was very vanilla X-Factor ballads. Lyrically its pretty dumb and thematically its all very samey about the one that got away. Perhaps by the time we get to 50 Adele will have a bit more range in what she writes about.

Boring and repetitive

Hello has a powerful vocal performance, doesn't rely on fake vibrato. Her voice is clean in the upper register. Send My Love reminds me of Cocteau Twins. Don't really care for the chorus. I Miss You is driving, dramatic, and sensual. The production defeats the rawness I think it's going for, it sounds too clean. When We Were Young is a more stripped back piano ballad. I like this one the best so far. Feels like she has more room to breathe. She doesn't need so much lavish production. Remedy is also more stripped back. I'm noticing that all the tracks are dramatic. There hasn't been a fun track yet. Water Under the Bridge has a brighter instrumental but I don't care for the chorus. Don't care for the fact that the choruses are so predictable across the album. Repetitive song structure. River Lea has a gospel/blues influence with an organ. Nice change of pace. But like the rest of the songs it is rather toothless. Love In The Dark has some nice strings. I think the album could have used more orchestral production. Million Years Ago is an acoustic ballad. She does some nice humming. I liked this one. All I Ask has annoying lyrics tbh. Comes across as clingy and pathetic. Sweetest Devotion has lighter tone to it. Wish the album had more hopeful lighter tracks. Overall I found the album heavy handed and saccharine. Adele is a talented singer but this is clearly an albums of ballads for the masses. Overly dramatic and hyper emotional. Felt like songs for a soundtrack. Doesn't reward contemplative listening, lays it on thick, feels manipulative. She doesn't draw me into her love life, instead it feels like she's erecting an edifice out of it in order to impress me. I think this kind of romantic balladry needs to feel inclusive in the sense that it draws me into her emotional headspace. Every song feels like things are falling apart and that gets tiresome after awhile. Doesn't capture the warm enveloping side of love. The album comes across as cold and distant. Production needed to be stripped back and could've used more real instruments. Was not a pleasant album experience. TOO MUCH

Listened to this every day in college because my sad white girl roommate blasted it through the walls.

Gear: Hifiman Arya Artwork: 📸⬛⬜ Production: 😑🙂👌 Music: 🎤🎹📻🧼🫧 Rating: 👋👋/5

Dreary 😞

Those lyrics are BAD sorry women I liked „i miss you“

bin fan vo adele wenn sie ihri ruhig/tüf stimm uspackt; million years ago isch für mich drum definitiv s beste vo 25. sust nödso min stil

Not for me. I gave it a listen but I found it a bit meh

Impressive vocals as you would expect but the writing is consistently one note and hollow

21 was better

Proof that a beautiful singing voice is not enough. Uninspired and uninspiring but at least she's courteous enough to pause after the first "hello" so we can change to another album

This is just not my style of genre and this mostly does nothing for me. The first two singles are not my thing for different reasons. The overreaching ballad of “Hello” and her voice being to loud in mix(plus it was overplayed). The next track “Send My Love” is everything I hate about “Indie Pop” music. “Roots” feel without any soul. Reminds me Lorde There’s a few gems here and there “Water Under The Bridge” being the standout and after this point the album gets more tolerable. Second half definitely makes up a bit for first half. This will be high for others but overall I find this boring and production is to sparse and yet overbearing with her vocals 2.5/5 (it has merit but not my thing, if a song came on I’d be fine ,but a whole Album of this style is a bit much)

You can tell that they let her spend whatever money she wanted on this and she spent it all on production. This album especially the first few songs are production heavy. It's like she doesn't trust her voice that she uses the instrumental to convey a lot of the emotion. It reminds me of the type of singer DJ crossover music from the early 2010s. I find that the addition clutters the tracks and adds very little. I wasn't looking forward to this album and the first two tracks really didn't agree with me. I found it obnoxious to listen to.

Nothing surprising here. She has a great voice that fills this collection of torch songs nicely. Nothing risky or fun or particularly interesting to me on this record, so I very much doubt I'll ever listen to the whole thing again. Two and one-half stars. Adele gets the extra half for being engaged to a guy from Cleveland.

It all sounds the same, I just can't feel the music as authentic when it doesn't connect with a change in tone or mood.

In isolatie zijn het nummers die me over het algemeen best mee vielen. Het is meer pop in het straatje Lana Del Rey dan ik had gedacht, en is daardoor zelfs voor een niet-moeder van 3 jonge kids best behapbaar. Maar als je het als een album gaat luisteren valt zo'n generieke pop artiest als Adele volledig door de mand. De individuele songs zijn gemaakt voor korte ontmoetingen in film scènes, reclames of trailers. Een luisterervaring van een geheel album met deze gelikte en op en top voor het gemiddelde oor gefabriceerde meuk is gedoemd te falen. Haar faam is gebouwd op muziek dat perfect past in van die korte fragmenten, op de radio of in een film. Het mag dan ook niet te avontuurlijk zijn, want een misstap of controverse en je bent de macht over dat moment kwijt. Als je een heel album luistert kom je bijna om door het gebrek aan avontuur en spanning, en zit je tevergeefs te wachten op een moment dat Adele even geen Adelletje doet. Er ontwikkelt zich werkelijk waar niks op dit album. Het voelt als een soundtrack van een drama/romance film uit 2010, zonder de beelden die het wellicht - ik betwijfel het - nog iets spannender maken. 5/10 Highlights: Hello

En zo zit je dan ineens een heel Adele album te luisteren. Enkele hoogtepunten, maar ook wel paar momenten met een pure afknapper. De stem van Adele is onwijs, zeker als ze die een beetje uitdaagt vind die ook echt mooi. Dan snap ik de hype en de liefde voor haar werk. Maar niet of alle manieren van zingen. Soms zuigt het echt (Remedy is echt een dieptepunt). Dan kijk je even op en tel je af tot de laatste track. En dan volgt er toch weer een klein hoogtepuntje. Mede door de rete strakke productie. Niet zo fantastisch als de populariteit doet vermoeden, maar ik wil ook niet te hard zijn. 6/10 Highlights I Miss You (daar geeft ze qua stem echt volle bak)

I had 21 not so long ago. 25 is really on here too? I would never argue with anyone that loves Adele. I do think she has an incredible voice. And like, I do enjoy the song Hello, but it's more like I'll sing along when it's on, not something I seek out on my own. For 21, I thought all the non-singles were mostly boring. I think that's even more true on 25, and the singles aren't as strong. I wish there was more going on with the production, like more vocal layering and harmonies, more instrumentals, anything. The landscape of most of these songs is so sparse. I get the choice to highlight her voice over everything else, but there are no surprises musically or lyrically. She makes nice songs and sings her heart out, and I understand why she is loved. But I don't connect with any of it in any meaningful way.

Perfectly fine and she’s talented but not really my thing! I’m (2 years) too old for this album anyway!

I'm glad people seem to really enjoy this

i had no idea XL put this out... thats fucked up lol

Adele is an amazingly talented singer. Her voice is gorgeous. However, this album is not my bag. It’s… just… boring.

Feels a bit like another album included on the basis of what an artist has done before and their level of popularity. Adele can sing and I’m sure some of her previous songs were good for the type of music she sings however this felt a bit bland. A bit similar to previous works but just following a formula she’s found that sells without ever feeling new and interesting.

Water under the bridge is the best song..skippable, from an Adele fan.

Ugh… Not my vibe. I’m gonna skip the songs I already know. 1. Hello: skipped 2. Send My Love: skipped 3. I Miss You: bland 4. When We Were Young: good! This was a single, too, wasn’t it ? 5. Remedy: forgettable 6. Water Under The Bridge: skipped 7. River Lea: forgettable 8. Love In The Dark: I’m getting tired of these purely sad piano ballads and I haven’t even been listening to half the album 9. Million Years Ago: liked it 10. All I Ask: don’t care 11. Sweetest Devotion: good closer I guess I wouldn’t call this album a classic as much as 21

Überbewertet!

Bra sångerska, inte så jätte bra sånger

She's got a great voice but she ain't for me

Not as good as 21, but still a great talent and 'Hello' is still impressive. I suppose her audience demand these big production numbers but I'd prefer some more stripped back, intimate songs. Still, I don't expect she'll read this, so ...

incredible voice yet not showcased at all on this album, this album got boring fast

Some good songs but, not a good album. It's not 21.

Adult Contemporary is not for me, this is not for me but it's on the list so I listened to it. Her biggest hit Hello is annoying, she doesn't even say Hello correctly, why are you saying Hallo Adelle? You're 25 and already having a fit about being old, "Oh I'm so mad I'm getting old It makes me reckless" Ok Adele, chill. "Life was a party to be thrown But that was a million years ago A million years ago" This album seems to be lasting a million years and I'm not being as dramatic Adele, get over yourself, you have a good voice and you choose to whine about being old. I understand this is geared towards those who drink wine with ice and tut-tut at weeds sprouting on their neighbours lawn but I did listen to the entire thing so I get to go off. Hello? Goodbye Adele... 2 stars

2 out of 5. While I admit Adele has a great voice her music doesn't quite do it for me.

Nostalgic.

FUCKKKK ALLES GLÖSCHT AAAAAAAH also hello hani z hüfig ghört aber es isch trz sehr es schöns lied. bin jz bi river lea (wo no cool isch) und find die meiste lieder ener langwilig, s passiertmer z wenig und sie chan uhuere singe und so aber es berüehrt mi iwie nüt speziell. send my love findi straight up nervig und water under rhe bridge isch es lied für de abspann für e schlechti pro7-sendig (aso daa chan d adele nüt defür aber joa hilft nöd) bin leider echt chli am kämpfe love in the dark mega schöne ahfang oke ja allgemein cute hmm d strings sind mer fast chli melodramatisch au million years ago fallt id kategorie "jaa schono schön und super gsunge aber joa" ja es fangt mi fast ah nerve die ganz melodramatik WUH LETSCHTE SONG oke sweet devotion no cool als closer bin sehr tempted es 2 z geh, will mier die musig eifach 0 entspricht? glichzitig wett ich s offesichtliche talent und de ihfluss vode adele eig nöd mit füess trete hahaha

Pretty fucking average. Good for promoting sleep. Just never gets out of first gear.

Great vocals and melodies, but they are out over the most generic instrumental arrangements imaginable.

+: I Miss You, When We Were Young, Water Under the Bridge, River Lea, Million Years Ago +-: Hello, Send My Love (To Your New Lover), Remedy, Love in the Dark, All I Ask, Sweetest Devotion 5,2/10

Not my kind of music. Favorite song was the one with the fleet foxes cords.

I love ballads... but I feel like Adele is just a powerful voice without much personality behind it

All I have to say about this as a listening experience, is that it’s a really really good singer performing nothing music. Like Beyoncé a few weeks back, it was written and produced by an army of people, and it sounds that way. But also: how is it possible that someone who was 25 years old sang these songs and everyone accepted it and thought it was relatable? These are the songs of a 45 year old, at least!

Un monumento costruito intorno ad una voce enorme. Forse é proprio questo il problema: oltre alla voce non c'è nulla. E se qualcosa c'è, non mi ha emozionato.

I saw Adele live at the time. She said about 4 songs in "you better dance to this one because it's all slow from now on" or something like that. It was and so is this. Shouty lyrics and soulful sounds and my god it's tedious. I can't believe this will stand up to history. But hey. It sold "a lot".

25 is nowhere near as good as 21, but it's kind of impossible to be that good, so it was always gonna be a challenge as a follow-up. It comes across as an attempt to be more mature without actually having the depth to pull it off, and it's mostly boring, losing all of the edge and passion and fire that 21 had in favour of bland cllches and vagueness, it's pretend nostalgia wrapped up in overproduction. Hello and Love In The Dark are the only decent songs, a disappointing 2, doesn't do enough to lift it to a 3.

Poor Adele, she doesn't really get a fair chance with me. It's such a shame because I can very easily recognize what a gorgeous voice she has and her music is quite beautiful. But unfortunately it has a few things going against it. I first was introduced her her music when 21 came out and Borders decided to play the album in it's rotation. Because I worked there, what might have been an album I found ok with a few good songs, became something I dreaded hearing the first few notes of. I was completely sick of it. I know that album is coming at some point on the list, and I hoping sincerely I can listen with new ears because that one I think maybe has a chance to win me over. This one however... very unfortunately was an album my cousin's ex wife was absolutely obsessed with. I won't give too many personal details about their lives, but all I can say is I literally can't think of "Hello" without it being something that I can see going through her head years after the divorce. I was hoping there might be other songs on this album that I might like enough to distract me from that but thematically... oof. Very hard for me to separate this album from the pain she caused. Personally, I'd like to rate it a 1 for how it makes me feel to listen to it (I honestly almost skipped because of the personal history) BUT I think this album is better than that, actually. I'm going to compromise for a 2 and just say, it's very much not for me but absolutely worth a listen because you might fall in love with her voice and the piano.

Ouaip, pas tres piano voix effectivement, meme si elle chante vraiment tres bien

I knew this was going to be bad. Halfway through the first song I was already checking how long the album went for. By the second song I was wondering what I had done to deserve this. By halfway through I was starting to remember the only Adele fan I knew and I realised that it explained a lot….I.knew my own run of great albums, Harvest, Number of the Beast and Dookie, had to end but did it have to end this way???

Powerful voice sadly paired with mostly plain songs .

Fuck me. Please don't make me listen to this. I will give it a shot, but fuck me really? OK, I will admit Hello is a good song. It's catchy. She actually sounds good. She doesn't belt like she wants to be Amy Winehouse. But aside from the very first song, I found the rest boring and not my type of music at all. This album sold tons of copies and people go apeshit over Adele for some reason as if she is Pavarotti or something. But I don't see the hype. I'm gonna go for two stars just because I did get Hello stuck in my head over the weekend, but the rest of the album is narcissistic pandering to the masses.

Some of these songs are indeed catchy. I usually prefer the faster ones. Her voice isn’t shrill. Ugh, but the lyrics. I hate break-up songs that are like, it’s definitely over between us…but maybe not? I’m leaving you…but only if you are still secretly in love with me. This is a whole album of those.

Great voice, but still - I simply don't really like her music

It's hard to believe that 2015 is almost 10 years ago until you hear the generic pop songs from that time.

An amazing voice that I couldn't care less to go out of my way to listen to

She has a wonderful voice. This album is hella boring.

It's 'powerful vocals' pop ballads, but powerful vocals alone don't make for interesting music. And powerful vocals doesn't even mean that they're more impactful or emotional. If you compared Adele to someone like Aimee Mann, her music and singing style conveys so much more emotion and depth of feeling. There's a sheen to this that detracts way more than it adds in my opinion. It feels like a perfectly polished piece of commercial pop property, designed to appeal to the masses. I just found it all a bit boring.

She's got a great voice but this album is just boring to me.

Prima, maar saai

Adele has an extraordinary vocal instrument. Shame to waste it on this tripe. Everything is overdone - vocals, lyrics, production. I bet in a room with an acoustic group and good songs she’d slay. Bonus point for just how remarkable her voice is, but otherwise insufferable.

2.4/5 listened 2x. first few tracks are solid but just not my thing.

Decent but not her best.

5.5/10 First Adele album I’ve heard and it was very mid Yes, her voice and power is incredible, obviously a phenomenal talent, but the album is 100% reliant on that Songwriting is broad, simple, crowd-pleasing. That makes the songs relatable, universal, able to be shouted out at a concert, but doesn’t give them depth. Basic sad girl energy is the main thing projected here Production hides in the shadows, foregrounding the vocals, and is either minimal or bland 2010s pop style These combine to make the album start to blend into itself and become monotone and boring It’s the last track before there is some truly interesting production that fits her vocals Best: Send My Love

Maybe I was just in a bad mood but this annoyed me a lot more than her first album.

Blind album. Am I missing something? Her voice is beautiful but I just can't vibe or get behind her music. Especially this album. This 1 came and went with 0 memorable tracks for me

Sorry Adele, you’ve got a great voice and Hello is a belter but this album was a slog to get through. Bland, boring mush.

Good but not my speed

The Adele album before this, "21", had some good singles on it, which led to Adele being EVERYWHERE. I was all Adele-d out by the time this came out. I do remember hearing Hello for the first time and thinking it was pretty good. Then I heard it again, and again, about 75000 times. I was soon switching channels to avoid her again. I approached this today as objectively as possible; after all, I've been avoiding her for nearly 10 years, so maybe I'd see something justifying her omnipresence? She undeniably sings really well. I don't feel engaged musically by the songs though; they tend to start well but sound repetitive by the end. As for the emotional journey that she's on, I could relate at times, but the unexciting music meant I wasn't ever, really, drawn in. Two more things: 1) it turned out I knew nearly every song, so I'd clearly been unable to avoid her after all. 2) I will NEVER forgive Adele for inspiring hundreds of young women to copy her bizarre faux-Irish accent. It's a huge ick. Stop it, girls!!

I just don’t get it. It’s ok, not terrible, but why so massively popular?

2.5-Amazing vocals, shallow lyrics making the album sound the same

She has an incredible voice but these songs all feel a little samey. I am quite uninspired by these.

Adele has some pipes, but her diction absolutely boils my piss. In the opening track, the word "more" becomes "moe-er" and in the second track, "more" becomes "mer" and her mangling of words just becomes the focus of the track for me. Asides from this, it sounds really overproduced and sterile. On this record, more than any other, you get the impression that each aspect was recorded separately and sellotaped together at the end. I know that that is exactly what music production has been for the past 60 years, but there's just zero bleed-through from each mastering track and it sounds sterile. Not for me.

Great songs but not something I'd listen to. 2/5

Mediocre album. Adele undeniably has a great voice and the songs are pretty good. I just don't think I'm a huge Adele fan and found the album boring. I think I succumbed to the overexposure of the songs from 21. Nothing here I really dislike, but I couldn't get really into it. **

It's okay music, I probably will never be able to listen to "Hello" and not vomit remembering all the people who became obsessed with this song when it came out. But now the fame and popularity of the song have dwindled, and I think it's easier to judge the album. It's just bland music - love songs, Oh my god you're the man for me, oh my god I'm sorry you broke up with me when I was so awesome and obviously you couldn't catch up with how great I was, etc etc. There's a few good moments here and there, for example I really like the beginning of Million Years Ago, I like her low singing there, and the chorus in Sweetest Devotion. However none of the songs really hit me like something unique, something that I wanted to put in any of my playlists for future listening.

Not as good as 21. Pretty bland.

Incredible talent, album is just kinda repetitive. Also this just isn’t a style of music I’m used to listening to

Я... в замешательстве. Ну, самое важное, что я ожидал, что этот альбом будет гораздо хуже, чем то, что в итоге услышал. Это все равно британский Стас Михайлов, очень талантливо исполненный. Дама выдающаяся несомненно, невероятные данные, но до того "безопасно" и порой просто кринжово, до прямо дискомфорта. При этом не без приятных моментов. Это звучит вот как музыка для авторадио и таких кафе с посредственным кофе, успевших устареть, где работают не бедные студенты, но теточки в фартуках. Лучшая песня - Hello.

Incredible singer. Her talent is likely to be generational. However, the tracks themselves are the musical equivalent of a stock image. I'm not familiar enough to know where this album fits in with her portfolio, but it struck me just how safe and samey each song was. Unfortunately, Adele's incredible voice was not enough to break the monotomy.

By far the best thing about this album is the production. Big and bold, perfect for her audience and earns the second star. The less I say about the songs and her voice the better! Favourite song? Rolling in the Deep

Adele is undoubtedly a fantastic singer. Hello is an incredible opener, powerful and striking. Million Years Ago was an unexpected delight. Unfortunately a lot of the other tracks blended into each other. Soulful ballads get boring quick.

She's a talented vocalist and the soul influence is a nice differentiator when measured against your standard pop-fare. I just can't help but feel like she has absolutely nothing interesting to say. Not all pop music has to have exceptional lyricism, but I can't help but feel like I know *nothing* about Adele after listening to her music aside from that she considers herself a "tortured soul." A tortured poet, perhaps? But it's not just the lyricism. With the exception of a few memorable songs, a lot of her music has a tendency to blend together in my head. The pop influence really hurts her when you listen to one of her albums in full. It sounds so oddly formulaic for soul music. Almost like you pushed a soul tune through a playdough factory, smushing it through a pop-tune shaped mould. It robs the music of the soul it so desperately needs.

good singer but boring songs, I guess all her good ones are on 21

Don't see why this got such high critical acclaim, guessing just because it's Adele. This is prime "I'm 25 years old and my relationship issues are actually the most devastating in the world", just doesn't really hit, but then again I can't really picture her doing positive pop music. Again, good voice redeemed this for me, along with "Hello", "Send My Love", and "Million Years Ago" - this is why it's a 2/5 and not a 1/5 for me.

If I was a middle aged divorced woman who trying to get motivated, I think this album would connect with me. For the record, I am not a middle aged divorced woman. This album does nothing for me except make me desire for the end. Great voice though!

I bought this album when it came out. I didn’t really like it much so after a couple of listens I put it away. My kid found it and fell in love - and so this is the soundtrack to their childhood. I’m listening to it with them now and they’re singing along to every word. Sorry kid! I should have had better taste in CD purchases.

An okay album. I’m not too into this genre, like it feels like NPC music to me. It’s a nice mix of pop and maybe a touch of like soul or gospel, but it’s not for me. I’m a fan of “Million Years Ago” though. “All I Ask” reminds me of Les Misérables

It's not bad in any way, but it does nothing for me. She has a good voice, obviously, but the music just feels a bit bland.

Not a big Adele person...I suppose it is ok for what it is. 2/5

Not really sure what I was expecting but that was quite the miserable album. A couple of vaguely interesting songs aside, that just felt like downbeat monotonous warbling with very little pace/style changes and certainly nothing revolutionary in the backing dept. Rather left me wondering what the specific appeal of Adele is. I thought she was feted for her voice, but she just sounds like the general pop fashion of the last few years, the sort of slightly slightly nasaly and vulnerable semi-voice breaking thing. Maybe she started it all and is better at it, I’m clearly not a good judge….:

Adele is very talented, but her music is very one note. Every song is about heartbreak. If she broadened her subject matter a bit, I might come around on her a bit more. Maybe, probably not.

Master craftsmanship, but not particularly compelling. Most of this is sappy Boomer Mom balladry, which is fine and even great sometimes. “When We Were Young,” “Love in the Dark,” and “All I Ask” are all standouts within this style, but even at their best, these songs don’t particularly feel relistenable to me. There’s not many situations I’m in where I’d put this on, unless I’m going through a nasty divorce, run into my high school ex during our 25 year reunion, or my spouse died, which is all odd because those are not topics a 25 year old should being writing songs about. I’m not against Adult Contemporary, but I would love something ~else~ from Adele. There’s glimpses of that here when the producers Wall of Sound the ballad model and add a backbeat – “Send My Love” and “Water Under the Bridge” are the best examples – but even those moments are more Wine Mom Pop than actual pop music. They’re the standouts of 25, but they’re not standards of Adele’s catalog, or even of music in general in 2015. I just found this whole listening experience strange, because I do like half this album. Just as a whole, it doesn’t ever stand out as something special. I honestly think it comes down to a sequencing issue – all the bare ballads are lumped together on Side B, all the orchestral songs are lumped together in the middle, and the most contemporary sounding songs are lumped together on Side A. The songs meant to break up this tonal monotony are all the stinkers off 25. Plus, the album opener and album closer should have been reversed. It’s just sequenced incorrectly, and it feels like there’s no variety as a result. But also, 11 songs are not enough to give any album range, especially an Adele album, where she seems to stick to one very rigid and outdated sound. As it stands, though, 25 is a draining, drab, dull, bore ride. In the end, I’m left feeling like 25 is 100% inessential, no matter how well it was made or how well it sold. If Dimery truly thought this album was essential, he’d have added a Michael Bolton album, a Celine Dion album, a Cher album, and an early-era Mariah album – aka other Adult Contemporary albums. But none of those albums are on here, while Adele is, based only on sales alone, and it’s obvious that’s the case. Just because something is all over the bargain bin, that doesn’t make it essential listening; in fact, normally, it’s the opposite.

no es el mejor disco de adele (tampoco es de mi agrado; buena voz pero sus canciones son ....

Didn’t finish. Have heard the first song far too often in the past and it’s not my thing. The second (?) song had a different feel which was a pleasant surprise. Slightly overrated overall, though I did appreciate ChatGPT’s explanation to ‘why is Adele so famous’: she has an interesting album release schedule (aligning with stages of life), and has a low key demeanour.

Amazing voice but if you’ve heard one Adele album you’ve heard them all. The quintessential suburban normie music of the 2010s. Why are there more than 1 albums of hers on this list?

Look… Adele has a phenomenal voice and “Skyfall” is the best Bond theme but I just don’t like the rest of her music. Ok “Remedy” was a pretty good song. Also this album came out right when I was going through the worst breakup of my life so hearing the singles again was a real fun trip down memory lane. Didn’t affect my score, just a fun realization

1. hello - 1.5 2. zend my love - 0 3. i mizz you - 1.5 4. young - 1 5. remedy - 0 6. bridge - 0 7. river lea - 0 8. in the dark - 1 9. million yearz ago - 2 10. all i azk - 1.5 11. devotion - 1

Not my style but not bad.

talented but bland

Skipped 'Hello' right off the bat, as I heard it a lot when it first came out and never liked it. With this album, I had a similar reaction as I did to Adele's 21: I skipped many of the songs about halfway through, as I found them pretty boring. I did like 'I Miss You', though. Saved that song, but won't be revisiting this album.

She's an incredible talent but the songs have been so overplayed at this point and do nothing for me. Sorry, I know this makes me uncultured

Day93 - i’m not the target audience for adele. her voice is good and i made it through the album but i wouldn’t do it again.

Has an album that promised so much ever delivered so painfully little? After the monster 21, it was always going to be a hard act to follow and while I openly adored 19 & 2, I listened to this once in 2015, the day it came out, and here we are just over 8 years later and I finally gave it my second proper listen and I'm still as let down as I was back when. I hope we don't have to review 30 later on, because there's only so much I can bear, let's just pretend Adele blew her vocal chords completely out at that last note of her Albert Hall concert, never to sing again... Shall we?

This is my second Adele album on this list- I thought I might have an idea of what is was going to sound like before I put it on. Sadly, I was spot on. Adele is pretty predictable, it's always power ballad after power ballad. She's got a beautiful voice but it's not enough for me. Some of the songs had interesting instrumentation but these all seem to blur together as a pretty standard Adele song. I also think she took a step back with this album. She's narrowing in on a single type of song which she didn't do in 21 and I generally get the impression that she's willing to try less. A little disappointing because I know she has a better album in her.

Many people compare this favorably to 21, but I find it to be a disappointing followup where Adele becomes a bland caricature of herself. Less rock, gospel, and soul, in favor of dull and repetitive classic strings and stock electronic. Her voice has less soulful range that once reminded me of Winehouse, and instead is oversaturated with ballads that highlight her longing intensity. The melodies are more predictable and cheesy, but I've never been a fan of her one-dimensional lyrics and themes anyway. It's just a shame this has the same cliche mood among all tracks (sad but optimistic). "Hello" is one of the most popular songs of the 2010s, but I find it dull and predictable. I do admit it's pretty solid and full as a powerful opener. 3/5 "Send My Love" is fun, catchy, and creative, and is by far the best song on here. 5/5 "I Miss You" has a cool dark ambience that reminds me of the XX, but is a bit repetitive. 4/5 "When We Were Young" is pretty boring but picks up a bit in the second half. 3/5 "Remedy" is an utterly forgettable and boring deep cut ballad. 1/5 "Water Under the Bridge" has that stupid stock electronic background but has an ok memorable chorus, lush and pretty. 2/5 "River Lea" also has boring stock background but she gives one of her most exciting and energetic performances on here. It's soulful and reminiscent of her earlier work with modern advances. 2/5 "Love in the Dark" is another forgettable yet somehow very popular ballad. 1/5 "Million Years Ago" tries to be different with a Spanish-like acoustic lead and background but is just as lame and forgettable. 1/5 "All I Ask" is somehow another super popular ballad that offers nothing new or interesting, full of cliches in both the lyrics and music direction. 1/5 "Sweetest Devotion" is an ok yet appropriate closer which offers nice ambience and a powerful versatile performance, even if it's not too interesting and rather predictable. Reminds me of Enya's "Sail Away". 2/5 Average: 2.3. It gets bonus points for excellent production, a consistent use of ambience and classical strings, and some stylistic diversity which isn't too grating. But then again, I'm not finding any tracks I'd revisit besides the first 3. I previously gave 21 a perfect score, which I was being generous about because it's not my style of music. And so perhaps I'm being a bit unfairly biased here on a bad day, but I re-listened 21 and still legitimately believe most of the songs are quite good, especially for the era.

Did not really want to listen to this. Hello had a strong chorus but felt a bit uninspired apart from that. It was definitely heavily carried by her voice. Miss you was pretty catchy as well. The whole album was a bit of a bore but I did appreciate that million years ago felt slightly different with the focus just on the acoustic guitar and her voice. It felt refreshing and especially with all I ask afterwards which felt like a song written by a human not an ai. it definitely picked itself up a bit for the last three songs but not by much. Overall quite boring, uninspired and unambitious but was carried by her strong voice and a few good tracks.

Incredibly mid - some alright songs but i dont think ill listen again not really my sort of music

It doesn’t feel quite fair to give this a 2, as Adele clearly has a lot of talent, but aside from the first two tracks, I found this album boring and tedious. Maybe in just in a bad mood. I do have fond memories of belting out “Hello” (terribly) at karaoke in Tokyo around 2015/2016, so maybe it deserves some credit for that. 2.5.

I was left wanting more. She has a phenomenal voice, but after lots of the same or similar songs, her voice loses its luster. And, the standout hits were just overplayed, so I don't even really want to hear them, either. 2/5

I really liked 21 but 25 passed me by, I don't think I'd missed much, I found this very middle of the road with very little stand out songs apart from hello, perhaps it grows on you after a few listens but not the best for me

I'll admit, I groaned when this popped up. But I'll try to give it a fair listen. Now that the hype has died down somewhat I'm not too opposed to a bit of Adele! Ok, this album was pretty much what I expected unfortunately. I get why it appeals to so many people, but it's just not for me. Most of the songs follow a very set quiet verse/loud chorus, then emotional key change, formula that just makes me cringe. The instrumental intro in "Water Under the Bridge" sounds so like the generic copyright free music you hear in YouTube ads, it actually made me laugh out loud. I did enjoy "Hello", "Remedy" and "Million Years Ago", but as a whole this album is a no from me, dawg.

She says “hello”, and I say goodbye. Pop is just not my preferred genre. Even though I may not dig the music style, I can appreciate some pop singers for their vocal range and voice quality and Adele would be included in that group. I recognized a couple of the hits but most of it sounds very similar.

I listened to Adele all the way home from work on Friday….is a line I never thought would come out of my mouth. She’s one that it seems got beyond famous off the back of a relatively small number of songs. I can see the genius behind a song like Hello for sure, but most of it sounds pretty standard to me. No idea why people lose their minds and her concert tickets go for $1000 a pop. If I’m going to listen to someone singing over piano give me an artist like Tori Amos any day of the week…no that was real talent and songwriting ability!

Not the best Hello of all time.

Favourite Song: Send My Love As individual songs, they are great. As a full album, it's quite boring and repetitive.

Adele is an incredible singer but this isn't my cup of tea

A pretty sad album. Lost love, lost time. Feel a lot of regret from Adele here. She can sing that's for sure. I like the more upbeat songs (only 2) and won'tbe playing it again unless I go through another bad break up.

No where near as good as her previous albums. This album should not be on the list. It's included solely based on name recognition.

The tune to A Million years is so familiar….but I can’t place it! I don’t understand all the hype over this album when it was released…. Maybe because I was living in England at the time and the British seemed to love her but I could t get into it….

Great singer, but the songs on this album all sound alike, in melody and content.

First time I listened to this one. There was nothing so bad about it per se but it just didn't make me excited or interested. It was straight-forward. Yes her voice is powerful but I guess the melodies weren't there for me.

Britains biggest emo since Robert Smith.

In the world of break up albums this doesn’t rank very high. Feels artificially sad throughout its run time.

# Playlist track - Water Under The Bridge # Notes - I'm still bummed out about [[Adele, 21]] which I really didn't like. - This more of the same. If you like 21, you like 25. I didn't like 21.

22/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 There's no question that Adele is a very capable vocalist and her voice is also quite pleasant. However, the music itself always falls flat for me. It's not not very inspired or creative. It's generic music with a talented singer riffing on top of it. I don't pay attention to lyrics until I've heard a song several times. If I want words, I read poetry. For me, music is about instrumentation, but the only instrument that gets to shine on this album is Adele's voice. The album opens with the hit "Hello". It showcases her voice well, but aside from that, it's bereft of anything that makes music compelling. Unfortunately, it gets worse after that. It's not outright bad; it's just uninspired and generic. An artist whose voice is the only thing that redeems her work. An old professor of mine used to say that only uninteresting people get bored. He'd say "If you can't be alone with your own thoughts, how interesting can you possibly be?" Today, I'm pleased to report that I can sit alone in complete silence without being bored. However, I cannot sit through an Adele album without being bored. Adele's work is so uninteresting that it creates a gigantic vortex of bore that turns things that used to be interesting into boring things. She must be stopped. Anyway, she's too good a vocalist for this to get only one star, but just barely.

Not for me. I appreciate Adele's singing abilities, but the pop production kills a fair bit of the emotion for me. Felt a bit same-y, too clean, by the numbers. Sorry. I did enjoy Sweetest Devotion as a pick me up,

Tremendous voice, boring and generic music.

quite intense

Die Stimme nervt mich. Die Musik entschädigt nicht

Incessant warbling. I get that Adele’s voice is a marvel but it’s overused, melodies and phrases are repeated as nauseum in service of it, and the lyrics are far from poetry. Boring.

Adele's talent feels like such a wasted opportunity. Her vocal prowess is legion, but the music all sounds like it's put together on a laptop. Stick Adele in front of an orchestra and let her rip. This? It doesn't move me, it doesn't impress me and it sounds all a tad cynical.

It's not my cup of tea. Adele has a great voice, however, I wish it feels very comfortable, we have a formula let's stick ro it. I wish she would work with people who would stretch her talent.

Good voice but too overplayed for me.

Music for a funeral

too much shouting

Over produced and I’m not a divorced woman so…. 3 stars I guess.

She is a talented singer, but I just don't vibe.

A very high quality album within its genre. Still feels a bit manufactured and impersonal to me and really draining on the ears after 15-20 minutes.

Veel te pop-achtig, teveel dance.

Well, I know she’s a big deal and all. And she can certainly belt out a tune, but this album really left me flat. I don’t know if it is the production or what, but it just seems really soulless. She definitely has the vocal chops, but everything is just too big, overdone. I don’t think it does her justice.

It seems like I've heard this record already — a thousand times over by a legion of solo artists. I'm hard-pressed to tell you why this one is different, but taken on its own terms it is well produced and performed. Her performances present the appropriate emotional tenor for the lyrics and Adele can clearly sing well. It's not my taste, but it's tastefully done.

Not even the best Adele album- the album in which her formula had grown stale, her songs lost any ambition, and her technical talent just wasn't showcased like in 19 or 21.

adele has a great voice but good gravy are these songs dull. it's honestly impressive how boring this album manages to be in under an hour. i only really knew hello going into this and it looks like it's going to stay that way. none of the instrumentation was interesting and the lyrics could've been written by a middle schooler going through their first breakup. i can see why they dropped this from the 1001 list a few years back. favorites: hello, send my love

Water under the bwreedge...

Adele's first two albums are fine however this one is where here music starts to sound like it solely exists so there's something to play in shops or on the radio so that there's some pleasant noise going on that won't get irritating after hearing it 50 times. Hard to imagine anyone actually sitting down and listening to something like Water Under the Bridge on purpose.

White woman jumpscare 4/10

Not my thing, too poppy, great voice though. 2/5

2.4 - I feel like she has an incredible voice, but it all seems to perfect in a very synthetic way. AI will remake this in a couple of years

I don't like this 'big note ballad' stuff - Celine Dion, KD Lang, Mariah Carey, etc - at times her voice is like fingernails down a blackboard. I wouldn't ever choose to listen to this. Millions think it's wonderful, mostly women, I suspect. To me, it's awful.

It's not the worst it could be. Adele's voice is very strong, pretty much guaranteeing the album will get more than 1 star. The vocal is subtly flourish-y, which sometimes works to its advantage but also sometimes accentuates the subtle autotuning and occasional wacky overproduction. The compositions are generally very weak, being both (lyrically) unrelatable and (musically) unadventurous, almost to the point where it's hard to take Adele's clear vocal talent seriously. The instrumentation is consistently poor, especially the percussion. A few tracks on the latter half of the album are very strong (e.g. Million Years Ago, All I Ask) but most of the songs are unconvincing. Hello: Every time I listen to this song, I like it less than I thought I would. Verses are mediocre (piano isn't given any chance to shine or vary, and the melody is weak). Chorus is catchy and extremely memorable, but it isn't the culmination of several instruments; instead, it's Adele's slightly processed voice with scant flowery adornment. The other instruments aren't contributing enough, and I can't forgive that. Send My Love (To Your New Lover): The harmonies in the chorus are a fantastic choice, and they almost distract from the egregiously stereotypical-pop percussion (invariant bass drum and claps). The contrasting acoustic sound of the verses is solid. I Miss You: The percussion is really fun to focus on in this song. It seems like the drummer can't decide whether he's playing a straight syncopated rhythm or some kind of quintuplet polyrhythm. The indecisiveness actually becomes really distracting, since the rhythm keeps changing slightly each bar. At this point, I was most of the way through the song and had to think of something else to talk about. The backing vocals are nice, I guess. Good outro. When We Were Young: Similar problems as the opening track, albeit with a more interesting verse. The chorus is odd, because Adele's voice is very powerful but the lyrics themselves are pretty bad. Picture Freddie Mercury singing Yellow Submarine. (Huh, that would actually be pretty badass.) Remedy: This one's fine. Not much going on instrumentally, but none of it is bad (in fact, the piano playing is the most adventurous it's been). I really like the outro. Water Under the Bridge: Generic 2010s pop instrumental and chord progression that I tried my best to ignore. Melody is solid in the verses but exactly three different notes in the chorus. River Lea: Clumsy transition from the previous track. The build-up to the chorus is good, but the chorus itself isn't great, mostly because of the percussion. Seriously. With a proper acoustic drum kit, that chorus could actually be the strongest on the album, because the synth(?)(strings?), harmonies, and singing are fantastic here. Love In The Dark: Again, great strings! Nothing else particularly stands out. Million Years Ago: Hang on. This one's actually good. Some clumsy editing (0:50) but overall pretty darn solid. The acoustic guitar sounds much better with Adele's voice than the piano. Also, is that the Autumn Leaves chord progression? Sick! All I Ask: This one's really strong too. The chorus is excellently done, with some seriously great chords complimenting Adele's singing. Sweetest Devotion: It's passable. Bonus points for including percussion sounds that could actually be produced by a real, unprocessed drum kit.

I think I know why somebody would like this

Look, the singles are pretty great, and her voice is incredible, but the majority of this album is boring and repetitive. As a whole, I can’t imagine ever listening to this again.

Капирам да је квалитетно али заиста није нешто што ми се допада.

She definitely has a great voice, but man, all I can think of when I hear her music is waiting for my name to be called at the dentist’s office.

Took 3 listens to get through. Dreadfully boring, a great voice can't save it. 2 stars.

Well you can’t deny the power of her voice. It IS remarkable. “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” feels like a guilty pleasure—it’s very catchy—because the rest of the time I was just kinda of depressed and ultimately bored with the rest. How many love lorn ballads can one person sing? She must have had a really, really hard time if it. So did I, trying to get through the pain and heartache of Every. Single. Track. I’m glad it all came to a positive close with the album finale “Sweet Devotion”, because I was worried for her!

She's a great singer. I'd love to hear her let loose again

Nobody can deny her talent, but holy moly is she one dimensional. Jesus Christ Adele, we get it, your heart was broken. We don’t need 3 (and now 4) albums on the same topic. So very boring. 2/5

Not my music taste listened to a few songs and overall didn't like it Adele isn't my taste

not the same as 19 or 21 - obviously. Was probably distracted by kids so couldn't immerse myself into the album.

Meh. Didn't realize how many songs I had heard before were on this album but nothing really stands out. Totally fine, not an album made for me which is okay.

It’s tuneful enough and there are little smatterings of soul, but there's nothing to merit the hype or sales. Though she does seem older than her 25 years, much of this reads as forced drama and overwrought glorification of personal feelings – almost any cut will do to illustrate the point, but "A Million Years Ago" is perhaps the most obvious example. Clearly there is a market for such emoting, and that more consumers than one realized take seriously or, more likely, find relatable the emotional outpourings of this particular 25-year-old. (And perhaps that’s the appeal / hook of timing records to specific ages.) One suspects one is simply too old and male to fit in that segment. Her voice sounds derivative as if she’s imitating some generic R&B/soul diva of the past; she also doesn’t display a great deal of range, sounding similarly pained-strained across every track. The playing is nothing special and tracks are samey, with “River Lea” the best of a fairly middling lot.

Everyone knows a mouthy fat bird who can sing a bit, this one is no different

Send my love is the best track, the rest are decent

Not for me

Eh.

Im not really a fan of Adele it's just another pop album to me very same..ish I guess I'd say hello is the most well known song to me just because of how much it was on the radio in 2015.

Nothing special.

I always walk away from these Adele albums saying she has a great voice and the music is solid, but it’s music that doesn’t move me a lot. There’s always that last step she doesn’t take.

Olisi ennennäkemätön saavutus tehdä levyllinen hittiballadeja. Tällä on yksi (ja mikä hitti).

Not my style at all. Production is good. Her voice is powerful. But those lyrics are cheesy af

Adele’s voice is awesome, super pretty and very strong. The showcase of what she is capable of is the most impressive thing here, but she doesn’t do enough with it to keep it interesting. Her melodies aren’t super interesting and most of the album is sad melancholic piano with her going quiet then erupting into the highest high she can get. Her vocal ability is impressive and that doesn’t come as a surprise, but nothing on this album does

It’s not that I don’t get Adele, it’s that I don’t like her music. When she’s not boring, she’s irritating, when she’s neither, she’s sometimes ok.

She's clearly talented, but damn that was bland.

Listen, I understand why 21 is on this list. But 25? Is it just because it's Adele that people assume it's a good album? Most songs go on for way too long, and so many of them are incredibly dull. There is no need for this album to be on this list. It's nothing special.

It was okay. Not my style of music.

Liked a few of the songs. Overall, not my preferred genre. 2/5

meh

You know how some people still think that Taylor Swift is only capable of writing about boys and break-ups? Adele is who they’re really thinking about. Not a fan. D

Back once again with the beige mistress. Now that she has more money than she knows what to do with, and has unveiled yet another slab of Live Laugh Love in aural form as 30, how about not making 35 yet another MOR product and use that voice for something artistically interesting. For example: Get Rick Rubin in as producer. Get Massive Attack in as writers/producers - they conjured a career-best out of Liz Frazer for Teardrop following great outings with Tracey Thorn and Shara Nelson, so know a thing or two about great female voices. Get Sigur Ros in - no need for a lyric sheet at all. Steve Albini at the controls - maybe a stretch, but what have you got to lose? He'd make a 12-track album in two days, and you don't need to share the royalties. Even - gawd help me - Dave Grohl would be something better. The album? It's not one star. That would indicate something to object to. It's Stella Artois, it's Pizza Express it's a Ford Focus.

Bon. On se fait un peu chier, non ? Elle chante très bien mais c'est lisse. Water under the bridge commence avec une instru électro très nulle mais c'est paradoxalement celle qui sort un peu du lot, avec Million Years Ago et All I Ask. Globalement j'ai l'impression que toutes les chansons étaient deux fois trop longue par rapport à ce qu'elles avaient à apporter.

You're onto a losing battle when you don't particularly warm to a vocalists voice or style, we're all different and despite the quality of the production and song writing, it's just not for me.

I've never really understand the hype of Adele. I really didn't like this album on release and don't like it to this day. It's not my kind of music.

Without doubt Adele can sing, and probably her earlier albums would be classed significantly better than this album... but... and for me it's a big but.... because I simply don't get the hype about Adele. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old male, im not in touch with my feminine side, but I really can't be bothered listening to power ballads about jilted love, and you dont realise what youve let slip past your fingers...ya de ya de ya... and this album has that theme running right through it, with little variation between tracks on musical arrangement or theme of lyrics. Simply said, her album 19 was her best, but 25 is just boring.

If someone else sang Adele's songs I would probably like them. Second track on this album is decent.

She’s great and everything but I will never listen to this record again.

It started off fairly good, but since every song sounds the bloody same it got incredibly tedious and predictable very quickly

I admittedly let out a sigh when I saw that I’d be listening to Adele today. I’m not sure about anywhere else in the world but her music is quite inescapable in the UK, especially after an album is released. I personally don’t see the fuss, but I’ve never listened to this particular album in full before. Let’s see if I can be swayed. Songs I already knew: Hello, Send My Love (To Your New Love), When We Were Young, Water Under The Bridge Favourites: Million Years Ago I’m likely going to be repeating a lot of what I said in my previous Adele review here but I think that’s fair as her music has t really changed. I can appreciate that she is a great singer, but her music is just so dull and mopey. There’s nothing wrong with having a few ballads, but almost ever song here makes me want to die. The anomaly here was Million Years Ago which I found really pleasant and different, but otherwise it’s just a miserable album (and not in a fun way).

2/5 Best: When We Were Young Worst: Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

I dunno, I get it, just not the biggest fan.

Was actually quite enjoying the first few tracks but then it just all got quite boring beyond that

Not my kind of music.

what a boring album... good voice but shitty lyrics... the instrumentals aren't as bad but don't make it... 4/10 (2/5)

How can someone so talented be so boring?

A few very strong tracks, but overall it felt like a slog to get through it.

Hon sjunger bra men det är ju inte särskilt spännande.

Da e vel greit, men ikkje nåke for meg

Nice voice, but nothing special with the songwriting

Esta todo muy lindo con adele pero realmente es monotono, incluso se repite el delivery y el flow de adele sobre algunas canciones que no tienen conexión alguna 4/10. Solo lo salvan los singles y su gran voz.

There is no denying Adele’s voice, but this is not really my style of music. I find it a little overwrought.

Great vocals hiding mediocre songs. The 21st century Great British curse.

i don't like pop, boring, i'm sorry [it's not 1, only just because of her voice, duh]

Not my thing. I think it’s because this is the sound of pop that I was surrounded with growing up, and as such doesn’t appeal to me. Also, she has an album named 21 on the list and one named 25??

Songs for heartbroken girls

I always walk away from these Adele albums saying she has a great voice and the music is solid, but it’s music that doesn’t move me a lot. There’s always that last step she doesn’t take.

1st listen. This could have been called "I'm Sad, But Listen to What I Can Do With My Voice." It gets boring. "Send My Love" and "Sweetest Devotion" save it from being a 1.

Like I've left the radio on to a station I don't listen to. Or a doctor's waiting room. Completely inoffensive and fine to listen to, my daughter had blood tests this morning so it was nice to have something like this instead of subjecting her to Napalm Death again. It's all good obviously, she's ridiculously successful for a reason. Surprised that I don't know a single one of these songs, would assume I'd have heard at least one of them everywhere but nope. And clearly I'll never listen to this again.

Good highs, but not as good as the others

Nice songs, and she has a nice voice. However.....she sings the exact same on every single song and her voice inflections wears thin pretty quickly. "River Lea" was the best song. The rest all sort of melded together. I couldn't tell where one song ended and the next had begun.

Not my thing. Good production, good voice. But not my thing.

boring?

No shade, she’s got a lovely voice. I just can’t enjoy a whole album of what seems like slightly canned music. I think 2 starts is doing her dirty, but 3 is too many…

Le mec a eu du bol de se faire larguer, il a dû échapper à une relation bien toxique et étouffante. C'est bien produit, techniquement elle assure, mais ça ne me touche pas, c'est répétitif et vite plombant et chiant. Ça ne sera pas pour moi.

Eh just wasn't in the mood. Found it a bit much.

Adele is such a frustrating artist. Amazing singer, good songwriter, but always sticks to the same method and style. Lots of these songs follow the same structure. It makes for a record that meanders way too long. This had potential to be great.

Adele

I wish adele had decided to keep the legendary status she had before dropping this album instead of continuing releasing mid music

Has some highlights but overall pretty boring. That's too bad.

notes - adele’s third album - bunch of big hits on it - cant say ive ever sat down and listened to an adele album front to back until now - i always found her music just okay, if at times a bit grating - credits on here from basically every big name pop songwriter in the industry - the whole thing feels super… sanitized - like i feel like the emotion doesnt hit as well because of how its produced - shes an undeniably good vocalist but i wish there was less polish fav - i miss you - love the way the drums sound, maybe a tad too long least fav - remedy - FUCK ryan tedder 2.5/5 not my type

Meh

Her voice is brilliant which makes it even worse that she makes the same bland song over and over again. Sounds like it's been professionally honed to be inoffensive as possible in order to maximise profit. Hope this is the last Adele on here.

The extra star is for Hello, undeniably a good song. I didn't enjoy it - lots of wailing. The majority of the album is made up of forgettable easy-listening café music. Sorry Adele, better luck next time.

She's got a great voice and it sounds very well put together. Very honest, but it's all very samey. Liked it more than I thought I would but shouldn't think I'll listen again

This was alright, nothing wow factor, Adele has a great voice though

Urgh. I'd been dreading this day. On a Saturday too. I predict this isn't going to do good things for my Parkrun time. Having said that, hello, Hello! What a powerful and moving song. It genuinely affected me. The rest, not so much. It's largely generic pap. The strategy of releasing one big single and somehow getting the 6 o'clock news to promote her album has worked a treat for Adel. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Hello Date listened: 26/11/22 P.S. I was right. Almost 30 minutes this morning.

Dit een dagje uitgestelt en hello wel even geskipt. Soms geen slechte nummers maar vaak wel iets wat ik niet nog een keer uit mezelf ga luisteren.

2/5. Some good songs but mostly bland pop.

Quite boring

I don’t mind admitting to enjoying some of Adele’s singles (like the first couple of songs) but I find a lot of the album tracks too cloying. Water Under the Bridge sounds exactly like a piece of stock background music for an ‘inspirational’ corporate video FFS. There’s half a decent album in there, but not a must hear. It’s a 2.5 for 25.

Yeah she can sing, good album I guess, not an abomination but not sure its list worthy and first representative of the 2010's. 21 is better

I can appreciate her voice but just find this boring

Fine in its own right, but I got kinda tired of a whole album of melancholy, sickly-(bitter)sweet piano ballads. I don’t care for this genre. She should make a rock album, her voice has the power. I think I recognized 4 songs. Maybe 5.

I've probably heard most of this album 10,000 times. Adele is very talented and has a phenomenal voice. I am rarely in the mood to go out of my way to listen to her music, but I don't mind hearing it. I think for me she's been overplayed to death.

Her voice is amazing, and I can see myself listening to a couple of songs again, bit entire album of this vibe istoo much brokenhearted melancholy for me to really ate it highly. Insane voice though.

Hello- solid single to start us out👍 Send my love- catchy but not much substance I Miss you - strange vibe with this one When we were young- love vocals on this one👍 Remedy- this is an ultrageneric piano ballad All rest of songs are similarly meh to me Is this a competent album? Yes but its also really fucking boring 2/5

Goes on a bit doesn't it?

Adele has an incredible voice but this isn't exactly my kind of music, it doesn't help that at my old job we played the same radio station everyday and I would hear at least 1 of these songs several times a day, every single day. I did actually enjoy the last 3 songs on the album though, with Million Years Ago being my favorite.

Not her best, but grew on me. Album listen

What an incredibly boring album

Ujevnt.

6 tracks in and my attention's starting to wander. She reminds me of the date from hell. You know the one. She is really attractive with this sardonic sense of humour. After two cocktails she's given the bottle of white a fair going over, and is now totally off about a past relationship. The humour has gone and you are just waiting for the night to end. It's nice for Adele that's she's made a bucket of money from her angst, but maybe it's time to move on.

I think adele is fine, ive never been her biggest fan tho. This album was alright

Given 21 is on the list, I don’t agree that 25 needs to be on the list too. This is just a more boring version of 21.

A lab-grown, executive-directed, soulless album with about as much cultural impact as the first Avatar movie. Adele has great vocals, but some of the vocal rhythms/song structures here are so tortured they should be protected under the Geneva convention.

Meh. Some of the songs are okay, I guess. It's a pretty boring album overall.

Great set of pipes on her, but too pop for me.

Another mega-pop artist one struggles to get and/or is not much moved by.

raw talent x megabucks production = love island montage soundtrack

Viel zu glatt, zu viel Pathos. Teilweise zieht sich bei mir alles zusammen, wenn sie hoch und laut singt. 1 Punkt kommt mir aber zu hart vor, daher 2.

Cheer the fuck up. After 3 albums did She ever stop to think the problem might be her? Songwriting is actually pretty basic considering there's a team of the fuckers. strong vocal tbf but theres plenty of those. 2/5

I like Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You, neither of which is on this album. Still, I thought this album has some potential to be a nice one. Turns out, I really don't care for any of her other songs than the two aforementioned. Adele has a really good voice. But her songs are soooo boring. It's just cookie-cutter pop music. A complete waste of time.

I thought I had already reviewed this. But no, this is the same album with a slightly different cover.

Similar to how her previous album sweeped Grammy awards, 25 walked away with two awards and the leading single, "Hello", earned 3. Obviously, the industry views Adele as a powerhouse. I do not share that sentiment. They're not bad songs, but they're not the most fantastic or memorable songs either. Adele does little to push her pop songs in new and interesting directions. Great for casual listening audiences that tune into the radio and not much more, but not so much for me. Has Adele earned a rightful spot in the annals of pop history? Sure. Has she earned a spot on any of my playlists? Probably not.

Quite like Adele as a singles artist, none of the songs I knew were here though and found it surprisingly dull

Some songs like I Miss You and When We Were Young are very interesting. Others like Send My Love and Water Under The Bridge are obnoxious. Very two-sided album.

Love the voice, but the songs have a sameness to them that gets tedious after a while.

Amazing voice but not really my thing. Obviously have heard Hello a million times, everywhere...but liked Send My Love and Million Years Ago more. Paul adds: Great voice, but there's a sameness about the songs that makes it feel tedious by the end.

Ik weet dat dit goed is, maar het is gewoon niks voor mij...

Het zit allemaal best goed in elkaar en ze is een geweldige zangeres. Maar het pakt me gewoon niet zo.

Tja wat moet ik hier dan mee? Muziekaal en vocaal is het echt erg goed, dat hoor ik wel. Maar het doet me werkelijk niks.

This one would be better featuring in a book called “1001 albums you will likely be subjected to before you die”. I may be jaded partly by the fact that it wss only a week ago that i got 21, another Adele album. Full disclosure. i did not listen to all of it. But i tried. Twice. both times i made it about 6-7 songs in before I realised i wasn’t listening and her voice was distracting me from my thoughts and irritating me. i was quite surprised to hear that she actualy wrote a lot of these songs herself. They sound like they are manufactured to showcase her voice. But they are bland, manufactured pop trash. Kmart background noise. Great music sounds like it is beimg performed with passion. This has some of the ingredients, her voice is good, it is clearly well produced and no doubt the session musicians are spot on. But it has no soul. No narrative. And her great voice becomes whiney. No thanks. i hope there are no more Adele albums in this project.

Like the first song, the rest not really a fan.

all love to the moms out there but im good on that 😂

Dreary middle class dinner party music.

2 Adele albums in 3 weeks. I’m not divorced enough for this.

If I was to describe this album as a Hex code it would be this: #D5BA98 I shouldn’t waste too many words on this but here are a few observations: As with the previous Adele album we had, it front loads: Hello is a song destined for bad karaoke when a few Prosecco’s deep, with its soaring chorus and aspirational high notes; the second track has an interesting chorus(which reminded me of something else). From then on it was variations of bland with highly personal and emotionally charged lyrics written by a target market-driven focus group. On the subject of Hello, the drum production was an interesting choice, with the choice seeming to be recording them underwater. I was expecting them to emerge from the water for the big finish but they stayed there, bubbling away. This meant the song never had a release, with every chorus edging towards a big finish but never quite getting there. She has an undeniably powerful voice but it lacks subtlety and is used to mask the lack of quality in song-writing. She got the benefit of the doubt with a 2 for her previous album but this shows no progression.

Hullo from the estate of Lionel Richie, you have been sued in the state of California. A beautiful song about stalking a blind girl taken and made into a song of similar quality about *adjusts glasses* I don't know. Ol' "25" lingered on the Friday of a long weekend and like a curse from my former self, its fetid corpse now lies before me on this accursed "day after long weekend." It's a very capitalist concept to call it a "long" weekend. If you've ever thought, "Gee whiz, maybe this weekend is TOO long" then you suck. No weekend is long enough, especially when you have undertaken the British-est music list ever assembled in addition to salve labour lite (Premium coming soon!). Because of the extra day, and as a punishment for my Friday Adele procrastination, this is the FIRST of the three albums I'll be listening to on this miserable day. My penance will be paid. I really believe that popular singers know that the vast majority of people won't venture past the singles into the deeper cuts and is that ever apparent on "25." Calling the lyrics generic would be far too kind. We've got pining for being younger, we've got lost love, found love, and we've got only the most basic similes to build out these humdrum song topics. If we get a "phoenix from the ashes" metaphor by the end of this, you owe me 15 cents in your currency of choice. Sir, there's been a second Adele album. No, don't stop reading to the kids, it sucks. 0.5 GENRE: Buzzing through a Chinese Bluetooth adapter at the Bridgewater Frenchy's

pish

I would rather set fire to my brain than listen to this overblown dreck again.

Same old

Booooooring.

пресная хуйня. петь, конечно, женщина умеет, но слушать очень скучно. хуйня для радио, когда едешь на машине, и тебе просто до пизды, что играет.

cute but i didn't like at all

I wanted to DNF this right from the start it is too 'safe' and lacks authenticity. Adele can sing but this was a painful listen every track lacked character and felt like commercial radio.

The chorus of the second song was kind of fun, it was a struggle to stay awake for the rest of the album. Boring generic mom music.

This is definitely not my kind of music.

I'm an absolute sucker for amazing, goosebumps inducing female vocals. I have wept many times listening to Aretha Franklin. I get chills from Mavis Staples, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Loleatta Holloway, Jill Scott etc. I feel nothing when I listen to Adele. My brain knows she's a powerful and amazingly talented singer, my body feels nothing. I considered giving it a 2 because it's not offensively bad but I really don't like it, found it hard to get through and really hope I don't have to hear it again.

I think this is the first album I've listened to on this list that made me agitated The different writers and producers on every track make it a jumbled, irritating mess Some of the individual production is ok and it can't be denied that Adele has a good voice when she's not wailing like a banshee, but the whole is so much less than the sum of its parts. I'll be actively avoiding this album in the future and it's mind bendingly irritating lyrics and themes

Big snooze. Just don't care. 1/5

0.25

Department store music

I could produce an album on par with this in 30 mins. Yes, the AI is going to take Adele's job.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh How has it been 11 years since this album came out? I really hope this is the one and only Adele album you force me to listen to on this list. I’m still in pain from the amount of Adele we were force fed in 2010-2015. HAVE MERCY. ENOUGH FOR A LIFETIME. This wasn’t as painful as 21 but if this made it to the list I can’t imagine how 21 won’t. I’ll give credit where credit is due. Undoubtedly, Adele has talent, a great voice and some good lyrics. It does not mean I need to listen, or enjoy listening, to her. Whilst her pitch is fine, her voice can actively annoy me in its transitions. I don’t like being a hater but listening to this album didn’t change my mind. Hello needs to be buried in a time capsule only to be resuscitated after a nuclear winter. She seems like a funny person so I am sorry. Maybe poor Adele is just the victim of over-commercialisation? I’ll let her weep with her millions.

Just yearning, nothing much happens in here