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AdeleAudio CD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (437 customer reviews)

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In 2009, the British singer-songwriter-performer Adele took home a pair of Grammy Awards--including Best New Artist--for 19, a highly acclaimed debut album of songs which introduced a new and authentic young voice to the world, expressing the bittersweet turbulence of adolescence awakening into adulthood.

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 24, 2008)
  • Original Release Date: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Columbia
  • ASIN: B0018QOIXU
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (437 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

19 is the Grammy Award-winning debut album from British singer/songwriter Adele. Citing influences as diverse as Etta James, Jill Scott, Bjork, Dusty Springfield, Billy Bragg, Billie Holiday, Jeff Buckley, The Cure and Peggy Lee, Adele is a truly unique new artist. With her mix up of R&B and soul served up with a healthy dash of feisty London attitude, she spins beautiful dark stories of loves won and lost and sometimes just daydreamed about. Features the classic tracks Chasing Pavements and Hometown Glory as well as a cover of Bob Dylan s Make You Feel My Love.

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I love Adele's voice. C and R  |  111 reviewers made a similar statement
I bought the cd the next day and have not stopped listening to it!!! M. Y. L.  |  49 reviewers made a similar statement
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194 of 214 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There's no disputing the gifts of Tottenham-born Adele Adkins, the latest BRIT graduate to stroll into the charts. As we know from her single Chasing Pavements, she has a sensational voice: rich, robust, voluptuously bluesy.
Is she the new Amy Winehouse?
It is not quite right.
True, both are white girls who owe a debt to black soul, both sing with a London twang ("I don't get nuffin' back," rasps Adele on the punchy "Tired"), and both are in pieces because their man done them wrong.
Eleven of the 12 songs on Adele's debut are about heartbreak (the other, "Hometown Glory", is about how cool London is).
Adele, though, is easier to listen to than Winehouse. Her music is cleaner, less menacing: there's the bright acoustic-guitar chime of "Daydreamer", the lullaby twinkle of "First Love", the plush strings of "Melt My Heart to Stone".
Her mesmerising singing tone, honest lyrics, jazz and soul influences, and brash Cockney speaking accent, echo Amy. But Adele's delivery is far more delicate.
Lyrically she's simpler, too, occasionally even soppy: "When there's no one there to dry your tears, I could hold you for a million years," she gushes on "Make You Feel My Love".
Where Back to Black sounded emotionally and musically true, almost everything on the covers-all-bases "19" sounds like it was absorbed by osmosis at the London's BRIT School for Performing Arts (where she, Katie Melua, Leona Lewis, Kate Nash and Winehouse are alumni).
Some will find Adele rigidly old-fashioned. Her influences (Etta James, Dusty Springfield, Billie Holiday) are from another age.
A cursory listen may lead you to conclude that Adele has a voice way in excess of her years. In terms of technical ability, that's true.
The instrumentation seems designed to usher you to that conclusion: a dash of jazz bass, the odd string arrangement that seems to take its cue from Massive Attack's "Unfinished Sympathy".
"Sumptuous one moment then fragile the next, this is an album dripping with beauty and class.
Adele's voice caresses and inspires, and is superbly supplemented by piano, guitar and glorious orchestration".(Lee Davis)
All that we can say is that she sings with unabashed passion about a kind of pain we can all recognise, and that sort of thing doesn't date.

Made of Bricks
Piece by Piece
Spirit
Always
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62 of 69 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Great songs... poor quality... January 20, 2009
Format:Audio CD
My partner's and my love affair with Adele was a slow-starter. We first heard her on SNL. As we heard "Chasing Pavements" every now and then, we'd say to one another, "I think I like that song, " then "I'm really starting to love that song," then "We have to buy that CD."

Well we bought the CD at Christmas time. I have got to say we love all the songs. LOVE THEM. We are the kind of people who will listen to something over and over until we are sick. The back buttons on all our CD players are worn from repeatedly listening to the same tracks over and over.

It would be the same with 19 if the quality of the recording wasn't so damn poor! It's horribly distorted and difficult to listen to unless the equalizer is set to flat. I thought it was our stereo at first, then perhaps that the CD was damaged but I have seen a few other comments on the web about the quality of the recording. It's a shame because it really distracts from the pleasure of listening to the album and robs her great voice of its depth.
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78 of 88 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Adele is a breath of fresh air. August 8, 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I found Adele about year ago on Myspace. I was instantly taken with the single Best for Last. I searched online for the CD because I had to here more from the person who posessed this voice I can only describe as "chunky butter"; unexpected and smooth. I absolutely couldn't find her anywhere not even in the record stores. I waited patiently because I knew she would not get away in the age when her type of music is such a breath of fresh air. I've had the CD in my hands for 3 days now and it's been all I expected. I can't stop listening to it. I still enjoy Best for Last but I seem to repeat Chasing Pavement, Make You Feel My Love which was one of my faves from Garth Brooks. But, I'd have to say Melt My Heart to Stone and Right as Rain are my favorites and touch me personally. I haven't listened to a CD this much since Corrine Bailey Rae. I didn't think to compare Adele to Amy Winehouse until I read a comment here. Although I understand the comparison there is something in Adele's voice that is so well rounded. Her voice reminds me of Sunday afternoon; patient, comfortable, strong but peaceful and not tormented. Her voice makes you want to play her in the background when you're entertaining friends or someone special for the evening. It's nice to see there are at least 12 songs in this world that maintain class, heart and beauty. I can't wait to hear more from Adele.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Adele is a real phenomenon
What an incredible voice. Get this and the other album entitled "21" and you will see
what all the fuss is about.
Published 1 day ago by Chris C.
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great album.
I have been listening to a lot of Coldplay and I wanted to contrast the music slightly while keeping high-quality music in my collection. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Richard R. Valle
4.0 out of 5 stars Love Song
Wow! Is she talented for a 19 year-old! Great cover of The Cure's Love Song. I don't like it as much as 21, but it's growing on me.
Published 6 days ago by 80s girl
5.0 out of 5 stars It was a gift
For my sister! She really likes this artist, so it was a perfect gift for her. She loved it so much.
Published 9 days ago by Susan J. Behring
4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely comparable to ADELE 21
Many reviewers have called ADELE 19 "a freshman musical effort" and that her follow-up "ADELE 21" was superior. Personally, I'd call them both a draw. Read more
Published 12 days ago by argytunes
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as her latest album
This album is not as good as her newest one. My whole family loves Adele even my two year old. We were disappoint in this album.
Published 17 days ago by Kasey
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Album
I love this artist. Her music is very empowering and comforting with the exception of a few that just give you a reason to cry.
Published 18 days ago by Frequent_Buyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely.
I had heard Adele many times in the past but had never thought about purchasing a CD until I saw the latest James Bond movie where she sings the title son. Read more
Published 18 days ago by ssandsoftime
4.0 out of 5 stars very good
I love Adele. I bought "21" first so this was a little bit of a let down but she is amazing
Published 19 days ago by tpoland
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome!
Adele is incredible - love both her albums can't wait for the next one to come out. She has a blues, rock, almost gospel sound and a maturity beyond her years - hopefully a lot... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Debbi Ashby
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