Exclusive Adele 25 Album Review

The whole world came to a standstill when the announcement came that Adele is back. She didn't even need to address the world, just an advertisement slot on a Saturday evening during the same time of X factor; everyone erupted taking to twitter to demand they wanted Adele. It’s remarkable to witness an artist grow into themselves and we as an audience can end up embracing and falling in love with everything she throws at us.

What’s so captivating for me is that she’s never had to change, she’s never changed appearance, never sang differently to impress somebody else she’s just always stayed grounded and maintained an excellence her own way. Adele graduating from BRIT school for performing Arts and Technology in 2006, Adele then was given a recording contract by XL recordings after a friend of hers posted her demo on MySpace the same year. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards “Critic Choice” award and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album 19 was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US.

At the 51^st Annual Grammy awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Believe it or not she then went on to release yet another album in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut album. She generated endless amounts of awards in 2012 including a record-tying six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; two Brit Awards, including Best Album of the Year, and three American Music Awards. It was literally considered to be the album of all time. It broke records; it was tremendous not forgetting that in the US it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985 and is certified Diamond. The Album sold over 30+ million copies worldwide so you can understand my sense of excitement once I realised that Adele could potentially do it all over again with this new album.

The rest of us are just hoping for another great album full of heartfelt songs delivered with a warm, powerful voice that makes us want to sing along, punch the air and shed a tear.

 “25” manages to sound all of a piece, even as the songs veer from phenomenal to tepid. In places, everything comes together. “Million Years Ago” bursts with melodrama and perhaps has a quiet echo of Mariah Carey’s “My All” amid the flamencoesque guitar.

She has one of them absolutely beautiful voice where you would find yourself missing someone you’ve only just met on public transport. A lot is said about Adele’s fantastic singing but the key to her global success is surely that she gives herself material worth wrapping her chops around. 25 is crammed top to bottom with perfectly formed songs – elegantly flowing melodies, direct and truthful lyrics and richly textured production – all sung as if her life depends on it.There are deep, resonant piano ballads (Remedy, Love In The Dark and All I Ask), a brace of slinky, playful pop belters (Send My Love (To Your New Lover) and Sweetest Devotion) and some spooky, thunderous, big production dramas (I Miss You, Water Under The Bridge).

I don’t even believe this is even too soon to suggest but I feel this is the album of 2015. Just an album where I felt captivated, I felt moved, I wanted to find out and hear more about her, I wanted to experience what she was experiencing in the songs that she was telling us about. It was all in all an incredible album I would highly recommend it without a shadow of a doubt.

Adele - Hello (Her First Single off the album 25)