19
CDN$ 9.99
- Daydreamer
- Best for Last
- Chasing Pavements
- Cold Shoulder
- Crazy for You
- Melt My Heart to Stone
- First Love
- Right as Rain
- Make You Feel My Love
- My Same
- Tired
- Hometown Glory
Brutally honest and extravagantly revealing. - Be prepared to be captivated by the amazing vocal of ADELE.The truly unique new artist releases her debut album, 19, citing influences that of Jill Scott, Etta James and Amy Winehouse.The album 19 talks about love and being at the age of 18 and 19 and features 12 very frank tracks that spread the much-fancied songbird s calamitous love life bare. It s a confident and striking collection, brutally honest and extravagantly revealing. Pitched midway between the girl power of Natasha Bedingflield and the dark, destructive songcraft of Amy Winehouse, 19 is great, but at times a little exhausting. It offers brilliant tracks like Chasing Pavements, Hometown Glory, Daydreamer, Make You Feel My Love, Melt My Heart To Stone, Best For Last.You can t fault the youngster s candid lyric-writing.What am I supposed to do to make you want me properly? she pleads on opener Daydreamer. Whenever you look at me I wish I was her she sings on the gruesome Cold Shoulder.The pain of being dumped for someone else expertly rendered. But the self-regarding nature of the words soon cloy a little. By the time we re told her blood boils for you in First Love and the fact that: As you tear right through me I forgive you once again on Right As Rain you re desperately searching for a spot of light among the gloom. Nevertheless one thing that can t be challenged is the extraordinary voice - and that combination of Joni Mitchelle and Carole King could melt the sturdiest of souls. The delicate and sparse orchestration of the tracks is a delight too. 19 proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that Adele is a worthy recipient of the BRIT s inaugural Critic s Choice Award.With sold out tours in the UK, this is one album you do not want to miss!