“Adele's 2011 blockbuster, 21, was all about turning pain into power. Four years and 30 million albums sold later, remorse is still her muse. But where 21 was the sound of a woman soldiering through bad romance, 25 finds her queenly and resolute, lamenting the past on songs with titles like "Water Under the Bridge" and "When We Were Young." Even "Hello" is a goodbye. The nostalgic mood is the perfe”
“Adele's 25 gives us the Adele we know and love and have dearly missed”
“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.”
“UK singing sensation Adele is back with a new full-length album.”
“Adele called out "Hello?" 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. Rather than picking up where 2011's 21 left off, 25 ushers in a new era for Adele — one that hears her sounding stronger, more assured and, well, older. A far cry from the glitzy, good-times-rollin”
“Aside from the mountains of cash, the fabulous manicures and ceiling-scraping blow-dries, the adulation of millions and being born with the gift of a golden voice, it can’t have been easy being Adele of late. It’s got to be pretty scary following up one of the most successful albums ever – 2011’s ‘21’ is the fourth best selling in UK chart history – even if you know your new one’s a dead cert for ”
