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US only 2 CD edition includes a bonus disc with five live tracks,Right as Rain [Live], Melt My Heart to Stone [Live], My Same [Live], That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On [Live] and Chasing Pavements [Live] . 19 is the debut album from the singer/songwriter. Citing her 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. XL.

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The minute you hear that voice, the hair stands up on the back of your neck and you realize this is someone special. Brash, wise beyond her years, but down-to-earth and focused, Adele was raised by a single mom to whom she’s devoted in the racially mixed, working-class London neighborhoods of Tottenham and Brixton, where she worshiped pop idols like Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Take That and Britney Spears, not daring to dream one day she might follow in their footsteps to stardom herself. Together, the songs on 19 compose a diary of a year in Adele’s life, one that began with her deciding to stay in London rather than attend university in Liverpool, which led her to write "Hometown Glory," a paean to the city and her cherished memories of growing up there. And while insistent she knows little about politics, the verse, "I like it in the city when two words collide/You get the people and the government/Everybody taking different sides," was about her taking part in a post-9/11 protest march against the Iraq war. The latest in the current spate of talented female singer-songwriters emerging from the U.K. scene, Adele was the first recipient of the Brit Awards’ newly inaugurated Critics Choice prize last December even before her debut album was released. She was also honored as the winner of BBC Music’s Sound of 2008 poll of music critics, editors and broadcasters, as the most promising new musical artist likely to emerge this year. Adele admits she’s the kind of person who feels incomplete without a relationship, but for now, she’s burying her sorrows in between performances with soda and Cheetos… and refuses to obsess over her weight, either. All you need to know about Adele can be learned from her live performances, accompanied by just a piano or an acoustic guitar, with a one-of-a-kind voice that conveys a rainbow of emotions, from sorrow to triumph, longing to sensuality, solitude to solidarity, a blues-soul hybrid steeped in the past, yet fully alive in the moment. Remember the name: Adele. After listening to her debut album 19, you won’t forget the voice.

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Date: 2008-07-09
simply incredible
I found Adele several months ago here on Amazon. I bought the CD, and honestly haven't stopped playing it since. It stays in my CD player at all times...REALLY..it's THAT GOOD!! Adele's voice is perfection... smooth, rich, elegant, powerful, smoky. Positively addicting. I haven't been this excited about an artist since I discovered James Morrison (and before that, David Gray). One of my top favorite CD's of ALL TIME!! It's THAT GOOD!! Every song on the entire CD is incredible...how often can you say that about any artist?!?!?

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Date: 2008-07-05
British Soul
I love this CD. I am a fan of British singers and am glad that I added this one to my collection. She has a beautiful voice and her songs are very personal.

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Date: 2008-07-05
Let Adele be Adele...
I absolutely love this album. I do not often listen to the mainstream radio stations or music television, but I happened to catch a clip of "Hometown Glory" and it was beautiful so I did some searching and found this album. I'm glad I did.

I do not understand why everyone has to compare her to other people. I think she creates amazing music in her own right. Yes, she has a bit of the raspy retro sound as a few others who have recently hit the charts, but is that really a bad thing? How many rock bands have similarities? Country? Rap? I think it's great to have a broad variety of music that is actually worth listening to.

Let Adele be Adele.

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Date: 2008-07-04
Add Adele to the British Invasion of 'New Amys.'
While the Amy Winehouse cautionary tale continues to play out in the tabloids, several other UK singers seem to be in a catty competition to take center stage as "the next Amy Winehouse." Nineteen-year-old London soul and jazz singer, Adele (Adele Laurie Blue Adkins ), has been called one of "the new Amy Winehouses." The girl can sing, and 19 is a remarkable album. Like Amy Winehouse (Back to Black), blue-eyed Duffy (Rockferry), and Estelle (Shine), Adele's songs have Etta James and Dusty Springfield retro influences. Driven by the hit soul singles "Hometown Glory" and "Chasing Pavements," a Dylan cover, "Make You Feel My Love," and a Sam Cooke cover, "That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On," 19 establishes Adele as a "bright-eyed innocent with bags of talent" (Thompson, The Times, 30 December 2007). The success of Adele's album has consequently resulted in a public catfight amongst the other new Amys. British hip-hop singer Estelle has criticized Adele for misrepresenting the true black essence of soul music, and blue-eyed Duffy agrees. Thus far, the old Amy has no comment. Album tracks include

1. Daydreamer
2. Best For Last
3. Chasing Pavements
4. Cold Shoulder
5. Crazy For You
6. Melt My Heart To Stone
7. First Love
8. Right As Rain
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. My Same
11. Tired
12. Hometown Glory

Limited Edition Disc 2
1. Right As Rain
2. Melt My Heart To Stone
3. My Same
4. That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On
5. Chasing Pavements

G. Merritt

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Date: 2008-07-01
Blue- Eyed Soul
I was suprised,because "Chasing Pavement" does not give an accurate description of what you will here. There are great songs. The CD seems short, but they do give you a bonus CD.

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