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A thoroughly enjoyable album with wonderful drama. It begins quietly, increases over the nearly pompous ballad and first single "Chasing Pavements" to the very brisk and changeable "Cold Shoulder". At once it is quiet again, with only vocals and guitar accompaniment creates "Crazy For You" the ideal contrast. Similar stress waves in mood and rhythm follow.
The instrumentation varies from very reduced as already indicated, Adele plays guitar, bass or Celeste (a glockenspiel with keyboard), on slightly jazzy ensemble, as in "Right As Rain" for example, with Hammond and Wurlitzer, to quite lush Popbesetzungen with choir and strings. Always very melodious and expertly arranged.

Now, however, the really special, the voice. Conviction like a big surprise this 19 year old with a wonderful singing full of confidence. Always slightly scratchy it sounds even with powerful passages of his lungs. This gives Adele's voice this beautiful frailty with all the temper and the power it exudes. You actually sounds as if she had at least 19 years done nothing and yet somehow unspent. When Adele leaves turning her voice in brief moments of weakness like, then that is well-calculated and dramaturgical means, so perfect the use is appropriate for each syllable and yet it does not affect calculating. Probably does exactly from the Adele's charm, it sounds very confident and at the same time spontaneous and authentic.
Adele and us listeners is to be desired that it stays that way. The potential it has in any case.
Must buy!