25
Adele is still young by any sensible metric, but much of 25, her third album, concerns itself with the passage of time: the inevitable accumulation of both years and vantages. Almost every song addresses heartache in one form or another and her instincts as a singer remain unmatched.
How in the world was Adele ever supposed to follow up a record like 21? The short answer is that she couldn’t. 21 was one of the most overt and unapologetic break-up records ever produced. It was the beautifully orchestrated representation of her actual real-world pain at the moment she wrote and recorded it. It also…
Adele's third album 25 is the sound of an artist in perfect harmony with her audience and contains a handful of modern pop classics.
Read the NME review of Adele's global smash-hit album, '25', featuring songs such as 'Hello' and 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)'
Anticipation’s a bitch. For Adele, whose bajillion-selling 21 (okay, not a bajillion, but 30 million worldwide) proved…
Fueled by heartbreak, her roiling 2011 record 21 ushered in her adulthood and superstardom, two acts that were instrumental in the creation of 25, the 2015 album purportedly documenting her mid-twenties.
Adele called out and the world answered with hundreds of millions of YouTube views and practically impossible-to-live-up-to expectations for 25, the singer's first album in almost five years.
Adele draws droves of music lovers with her ballads, and her latest single, "Hello," is even more magnetic than her ubiquitous 2011 hit "Someone Like You."
It’s smooth business as usual on the megastar’s third album, except for a refreshing dip in the River Lea
25 is essentially a series of apologias that finds Adele taking responsibility for at least some aspects of her tattered love life.
Review of '25' by Adele, the new album by the UK singer/songwriter comes out today globally via XL Recordings. The lead single is "Hello".
The year’s biggest album reprises the themes of its predecessor – there’s no sign of Adele using her commercial clout to buy herself room for adventure