[2011-02-22] Adele "21" produced by Rick Rubin and Paul Epworth (XL/Columbia)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:04 pm

Product Description
21 is the eagerly awaited sophomore album from British singer-songwriter Adele. It’s the follow up to Adele’s critically acclaimed, Grammy award winning debut album 19 (both named after her age at the time the songs were written). Recorded in Malibu and London, 21 offered Adele the opportunity to work with such luminary producers and songwriters as Rick Rubin, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson and Fraser T. Smith, as well as continuing to work with Francis “Eg” White and Jim Abbiss.

This new collection of songs showcases the growth of this incredible artist, who at the very young age of twenty two, exhibits the poise of a seasoned veteran. Adele’s music takes some new direction while staying true to her signature style. “I discovered lots of artists I'd never heard of, particularly Wanda Jackson, Allison Krauss, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Lady Antebellum and Steel Drivers who I fell in love with. Then I delved in to more from artists I've loved forever - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits and Sinead O'Connor. There's something in every single one of these artists that have really really inspired 21.”

1. Rolling In The Deep
2. Rumour Has It
3. Turning Tables
4. Don't You Remember
5. Set Fire To The Rain
6. He Won't Go
7. Take It All
8. I'll Be Waiting
9. One And Only
10. Lovesong
11. Someone Like You

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EBT5CU/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:06 pm

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Adele 'struggling to write second record'

Adele says she is finding it hard to write songs for her second record.

The Nationwide Mercury Prize nominee, who is currently touring her Number One debut '19', claims she is finding it hard to write while on the road.

"Even though I'm given time to be on my own, the last thing I want to do is write a song," she said. "I've written about six songs. Four are really bad, just because I'm kind of getting back into it. Two are alright."

Adele added she wants to continue collaborating following her team up with The Raconteurs on their last single 'Many Shades Of Black' - she sung a version of the track which appeared as its B-side.

Speaking to BBC 6Music she said: "I kind of want to do one with Justin Timberlake or Beyonce, or Christina Aguilera, or Kelis, or someone.

"But it's a bit inevitable and generic... doing one with a big star is expected. So I'd quite like to do one with an up-and-coming person."

The singer is also planning to revisit a track she was working on with Jamie T.

"We started writing a duet when I was writing my album, but never got round to finishing it. It would be good to finish that. I'm a huge fan of his [Jamie T]," she declared.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/41037

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:12 am

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Adele five songs into new album

Adele has revealed how work on her second album is going, explaining that she has written five tracks for the follow up to 2008's '19'.

The Brit singer spoke at Glamour magazine's Woman Of The Year ceremony in London, saying that, so far, the new songs were mostly about boys.

"I've still got the same problems…" she said. "They get worse because I'm away all the time. It gets a bit harder."

Adele revealed that she doesn't always have to write songs about love and relationships, however.

"The littlest things I can write about, it doesn't have to be some drama," she said. "The littlest things about not putting a cup in the dishwasher. I can write a song about that as well."

Adele was asked if she would like to pursue a career on the screen after an appearance on US show 'Ugly Betty', reports BBC News.

"Only if 'Sex And The City' ask," she replied. "That's it. Never anything else."

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/45101

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:19 am

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Adele announces new album and single details

Adele has announced the release date and title of her new album.

Called '21', the album is released on January 24 in the UK (February 22 in the US). In a blog on Adele.tv, the singer described the album as a step on from her 2007 debut '19'.

"I discovered lots of artists I'd never heard of, particularly Wanda Jackson, Allison Krauss, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Lady Antebellum and Steel Drivers who I fell in love with," she explained.

"Then I delved in to more from artists I've loved forever - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits and Sinead O'Connor. There's something in every single one of these artists that has really really inspired '21'."

Comeback single 'Rolling In The Deep', which was written and produced with Paul Epworth, will be released on January 16.

Part of the album was also produced by Rick Rubin.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/53677

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:28 pm

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Adele's '21' outselling entire UK albums chart Top 10

Adele's new album, '21', looks set to storm the UK albums chart on Sunday (January 30), having sold more than 100,000 copies since its release on Monday (24).

According to midweek figures from The Official Charts Company the album is outselling the rest of the Top 10 albums combined.

Meanwhile, Adele's debut album, '19', is on course to re-enter the Top Five.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/54708

djej · **Joined:** 26 Mar 2008 **Posts:** 195

Per Target's website, they will have the following bonus tracks:

1.Need You Now featuring Darius Rucker (Live at CMT Artists of the Year Awards)
2.Someone Like You (Live Acoustic)
3.Turning Tables (Live Acoustic)
4.Don't You Remember (Live Acoustic)

iTunes (USA) has the following bonus tracks:

1. I Found A Boy
2. Rolling In The Deep (Live Acoustic)

Also, there is another b-side on the import CD single of Rolling in the Deep.
1. If It Hadn't Been For Love (cover of The Steel Drivers track)

I believe there is another cover of Brandi Carlile's "Hiding My Heart" on a different country's version of the album, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

ralph · 11 May 2009

As usual, I can't supply the link, but You Tube has Adele's performance of "Someone Like You" from the Brit Awards up for viewing. Anyone who thinks auto tune has destroyed any chance of hearing a pure, unadorned voice again needs to hear this. Wrenching and just stunning in every way.

djej · **Joined:** 26 Mar 2008 **Posts:** 195

Wait until you hear "Take It All" or "Turning Tables" if you thought "Someone Like You" was good.

I did find on a Wikipedia page that the Brandi Carlile Cover was a bonus track on the HMV version. However, when I go to HMV's UK site, it doesn't list it. So I'm not sure.

iTunes Netherlands has a live version of "Don't You Remember."

rrbbkk · **Joined:** 26 Jul 2007 **Posts:** 367

It's a great album but it reminds me too much of Amy Winehouse.

pghmusiclover · **Joined:** 15 Jul 2007 **Posts:** 3360

rrbbkk wrote:

It's a great album but it reminds me too much of Amy Winehouse.

Seriously? Adele sounds nothing like Amy Winehouse.

ralph · 11 May 2009

At times, she sounds like someone who could have recorded for Hi Records back in the day. At others, she's a ringer for Dusty Springfield. Amy Winehouse? They have the same influences and approach them differently, so, not similar, really.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:46 pm

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Adele's ‘Someone Like You’ leaps 46 places to top singles chart

Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ has risen 46 places to top the UK singles chart today (February 20).

The singer, whose second album ‘21’ is also Number One in the albums chart, has become the first living artist since The Beatles in 1964 to have two singles and two albums in the UK Top Fives.

Her latest single ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and her debut album ‘19’ both sit at Number Four in their respective charts.

Adele's performance of ‘Someone Like You’ at Tuesday’s (February 15) Brit Awards ceremony triggered the surge in sales.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/55057

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

With all the great reviews and the low price at Bestbuy, I picked up the CD today in Baldwin LI.
My daughter loves her sound and my wife wants a copy for her car.

btw.....that Bestbuy has cut down its CD section into essentially nothing. There isn't even a new releases section anymore.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

For those who shop the indies...

http://www.recordstoreday.com

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ADELE’s new record, 21, is in stores this week and she even took the time to write out her lyrics in a special book that participating record stores will give you FREE when you buy the new record (while they last, that is!), so you can sing along with her lovely songs. And there’s an AUTOGRAPHED lyric book that you can win, just enter the contest right here!

JoeP · **Joined:** 20 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 542

Best Buy recently cut their section, but the ones near me still have a new release section. It's actually takes a lot of space relative the entire section

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

JoeP wrote:

Best Buy recently cut their section, but the ones near me still have a new release section. It's actually takes a lot of space relative the entire section

I had to go to the "A" section of Rock/Pop to find the Adele CD even though it is a new release at that Baldwin LI Bestbuy. Years ago you'd walk in and right away, there were the new releases. Now I have to search around for the proper display.

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

Been listening to Adele's new album today. I really enjoy it, more so with each listen. A couple over-produced songs but all in all the album is definitely worth checking out.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:22 am

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Adele takes Number One and Two spots in UK Albums Chart

Adele has landed both of the top spots in the Official UK Albums Chart today (February 27) with ‘21’ and ‘19’.

The Tottenham soul singer takes the Number One position for the fifth week in a row for ‘21’ while her debut album, ‘19’ - which was released in 2008 - has gone to Number Two.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/55189

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:27 am

Amazon is currently offering "Someone Like You (Performed Live in Her Home)" as a free download:

[mp3]B004P4DUUO[/mp3]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P4DUUO/?tag=imwan-20

JGordonBD · 17 Aug 2007

I went to a Super Target this weekend to pick up the edition w/ bonus tracks, and they were totally sold out. The associate ran the bar code from the shelf and confirmed that the store had no more inventory. While I was temporarily bummed, it's gratifying that people are still buying CD's at brick & mortar stores. (I went to another Super Target Saturday night and found my copy. So far, I like it!)

Jim

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Adele is awesome. Totally blows away her other contemporaries in both talent and style (Amy Wino, Lily Allen, Pixie Dixie, etc.).
Just an outstanding vocalist and a really good person to root for as well!

pghmusiclover · **Joined:** 15 Jul 2007 **Posts:** 3360

From today's Billboard.com:

Adele's '21' Sells Over 350k to Top Billboard 200
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | March 02, 2011 11:00 EST
Adele storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with her sophomore album "21" selling a mighty 352,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It's her best sales week -- and highest charting album -- and also the highest frame for any album since the sales week ending Nov. 28, 2010. That's when Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" started in the Nos. 1 and 2 slots, respectively, with 496,000 and 375,000.

Notably, "21" also bows atop the Digital Albums chart with 217,000 downloads -- 62% of the set's overall first week. Again, it's the fattest week for a digital set since West's "My Beautiful" moved 224,000 downloads in its premiere.

Adele, who took home the best new artist Grammy award in 2009, reached No. 10 with her debut set "19." It has spent a total of 71 weeks on the tally and has shifted 948,000 copies in the U.S. This week, it bounds 50-16 on the Billboard 200, giving the singer a pair of albums in the top 20. It's the first time an act has placed their first two releases concurrently in the top 20 since Justin Bieber did it on June 5, 2010 with "My World" and "My World 2.0."

This week, "Rolling In the Deep" -- "21's" first single -- vaults 13-7 on the Digital Songs chart, moving 151,000 (up 26%). To date, since its release to retailers on Nov. 30 of last year, it has sold 621,000.

Another "21" song, "Someone Like You," which she has been performing to great reaction on a number of TV shows lately, bows at No. 45 with 51,000. Adele memorably sung "Someone Like You" on the Brit Awards on Feb. 16 and in two weeks' time, its two clips with the most views on YouTube have racked up 3.3 million views. (To compare, Rihanna also performed on the Brits, singing a medley of songs from her "Loud" album and its most-viewed clips have tallied 1.3 million views.)

Prior to the album's release, Adele stopped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (Feb. 24), "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (Feb. 24), CBS' "Early Show" (Feb. 25) and "Chelsea Lately" (Feb. 28). The official video for "Rolling In the Deep" has picked up over 16 million views on YouTube and Vevo.

Adele's "21" is basically the only exciting news on the Billboard 200 chart this week, as the next-highest debut comes in at No. 29 from Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows and its "D.R.U.G.S." album (14,000).

After two weeks of sales increases from the Feb. 13 Grammy Awards, the chart gets quiet this week, where only two non-debuting titles in the top 50 had an increase in sales.

Falling one slot each to Nos. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, are Bieber's "Never Say Never: the Remixes" (102,000; down 38%), Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" (71,000; down 46%) and "Now 37" (58,000; down 38%).

Bieber is also at No. 5 with "My World 2.0" (up three, 42,000; down 22%), marking the first time an act has had two sets in the top five since Bieber himself managed it on April 10, 2010.

A Justin Bieber Birthday Card, From Billboard.com

Bruno Mars' "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (37,000; down 40%) and Eminem's "Recovery" (34,000; down 44%) both slip one rung to Nos. 6 and 7. Rihanna's "Loud" steps two spots to No. 8 (33,000; down 26%), Minaj's "Pink Friday" holds at No. 9 (32,000; down 30%) and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" drops six spaces to No. 10 (28,000; down 67%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" remains perched at No. 1 for a third week, selling 286,000 downloads (down 44%). It has sold 1.24 million in less than three full weeks. Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" holds at No. 2 (252,000; down 39%) while Jennifer Lopez's "On the Floor" (featuring Pitbull) debuts at No. 3 (170,000). The song was held back from digital retailers for about a month following its release to YouTube and radio.

That's unusual compared to some other recent releases by other pop divas, like Lady Gaga and Britney Spears, who commercially released their singles to digital retailers at about the same time they were serviced to radio and streaming sites.

Right behind J.Lo is Katy Perry's "E.T.," rising eight slots to No. 4 (170,000; up 41%). Rihanna's "S&M" is up one to No. 5 (169,000; down 2%), Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor" falls three spots to No. 6 (156,000; down 45%) and Adele's "Rolling In the Deep," as previously mentioned, rises six to No. 7 (151,000; up 26%). P!nk's "F**kin' Perfect" holds at No. 8 (143,000; up 1%), Bruno Mars' "Grenade" falls four to No. 9 (140,000; down 22%) and Ke$ha's "Blow" bulldozes up 13 slots to No. 10 (129,000; up 52%). The latter rises due to the buzz generated by its buzzworthy unicorn-filled new video, which co-stars James Van Der Beek.

Ke$ha Kills James Van Der Beek in 'Blow' Music Video

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Feb. 27) totaled 6.5 million units, down 10% compared to the sum last week (7.2 million) and up 8% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (6 million). Year to date album sales stand at 46.5 million, down 9% compared to the same total at this point last year (51 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 26.5 million downloads, down 9% compared to last week (29 million) and up 11% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (23.8 million). Year to date track sales are at 215.2 million, up 6% compared to the same total at this point last year (202.4 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when: Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" returned to the No. 1 slot (126,000; up 6%) while Sade's "Soldier of Love" slipped one rung to No. 2 (79,000; down 37%).

[2011-02-22] Adele "21" produced by Rick Rubin and Paul Epworth (XL/Columbia)

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