It’s right there; on the cover, the spine, or illuminating from your iPod screen. But it’s hard to corroborate it in your mind. London singer-songwriter Adele’s debut album is titled 19, referencing her age, and there are hints it’s true--its themes are almost exclusively concerned with young love’s highs and (mostly) lows and there’s a clipped estuary English tide-mark to her voice, allying her with the fresh-faced modern female songwriting guard; Lily Allen, Kate Nash, et al. But the sheer weight of her maturity--vocally, emotionally and in overall poise—really reduces that all to circumstantial evidence. Adele is carrying something much bigger here, you can’t help but be consumed by it on "Daydreamer" with it’s jazzy tip-toeing guitar and elastic vocal range and "Hometown Glory" with its deep, lonely piano serving as a bed for the raw emotional undressing that takes place above it. Draw a line between timeless, powerful singers like Ella Fitzgerald and the modern standard of Amy Winehouse; Adele balances and pirouettes confidently along that tightrope. Winehouse particularly informs the likes of "Cold Shoulder" and double-bass heavy "Best for Last", and that’s not an alignment that’s ever going to be easy to realise credibly. Needless to say, she does, with ease. On future classic "Chasing Pavements" she also gives a nonsensical phrase a handful of heart in lieu of meaning and when you can pull that off convincingly you know you’re in possession of something special. Who dares to dream what bigger numbers could bring. --James Berry

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, (born 5 May 1988), is a Grammy Award-Winning English singer-songwriter from Enfield, North London. Her debut album, 19, was released in January 2008 and entered the UK album chart at #1. The album has since received four-times Platinum certification for domestic sales exceeding 1,200,000 units. The album included the hugely popular song, Chasing Pavements. 19 earned Adele two Grammy Awards in February 2009 for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Tracklisting

Disc 1:	Track 1 - Daydreamer	3:41	Play in Media Player
	Track 2 - Best for Last	4:18	Play in Media Player
	Track 3 - Chasing Pavements	3:30	Play in Media Player
	Track 4 - Cold Shoulder	3:12	Play in Media Player
	Track 5 - Crazy for You	3:28	Play in Media Player
	Track 6 - Melt My Heart to Stone	3:24	Play in Media Player
	Track 7 - First Love	3:10	Play in Media Player
	Track 8 - Right as Rain	3:17	Play in Media Player
	Track 9 - Make You Feel My Love	3:32	Play in Media Player
	Track 10 - My Same	3:15	Play in Media Player
	Track 11 - Tired	4:19	Play in Media Player
	Track 12 - Hometown Glory	4:31	Play in Media Player
Disc 2:	Track 1 - Right As Rain	3:30	Play in Media Player
	Track 2 - Melt My Heart To Stone	3:23	Play in Media Player
	Track 3 - My Same	3:4	Play in Media Player
	Track 4 - That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On	2:23	Play in Media Player
	Track 5 - Chasing Pavements	3:49	Play in Media Player
	Track 6 - Cold Shoulder	5:1	Play in Media Player
	Track 7 - Hometown Glory	5:12	Play in Media Player

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