bears influences of Adele's extended exposure to the music of the Southern United States during the North American leg of her 2008–2009 tour An Evening with Adele. Set Fire to the Rain," the third single, topped the singles chart in the US, [89] the Netherlands [90] and Belgium (Flanders), [91] and reached the top five in Switzerland, [76] Italy [92] and Austria. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times pointed out the song's "hollow counterpoint vocals" and slow, "daringly morbid" bridge that veers from the pounding rhythm before once again acceding to it.

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The album closes with the "heartbreak Adagio" [65] "Someone like You," a soft piano ballad that pairs Adele's vocals with a piano playing mostly an arpeggiated ostinato. Sean Fennessey from The Village Voice wrote that the album "has a diva's stride and a diva's purpose. It is also one of only four albums in the Nielsen SoundScan era to sell over 4million copies in each of two calendar years.The sequence of the tracks on the deeply autobiographical album correlates with the range of emotions Adele experienced after the break-up, progressing from themes of anger and bitterness to feelings of loneliness, heartbreak, and regret, and finally, acceptance. In fact, the centerpiece of the album, the mega-ballad showstopper "Take It All" -- co-written by her "Chasing Pavements" partner Francis White -- begins with Adele proclaiming "Didn't I give it all? In the United States, it is the best-performing Billboard 200 album of all time, [2] holding the top position for 24 weeks, longer than any other album since 1985 and the longest by a female solo artist in Billboard 200 history. The song spent seven consecutive weeks at the top of the Hot 100, [81] [82] and was ranked as the top song and the best-selling song of the year. Angry and unfocused, she denounced her ex-lover's tendency to "turn the tables" on her during their arguments, an expression that Tedder decided to reference in the song's lyrics.

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The lead single " Rolling in the Deep" was released in November 2010 and peaked on the charts in the Netherlands, [73] Germany, [74] Belgium, [75] Italy, and Switzerland. climbed to number four on the UK Albums Chart, making Adele the first living act since The Beatles in 1964 to have two UK top five albums and singles simultaneously. After listening to it via streaming many, many times, I got the LP as I've got back into that hobby.

This particular release is a fine vinyl record close to the finest analog stereo experience: warm, rich and dynamic. A week later, 19 rose to number 2 in its 102nd week of release, making Adele the first act to occupy the chart's top two spots since The Corrs in 1999.

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In March 2013, after Adele won an Academy Award for " Skyfall", the album reentered the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Side A is much better in this sense thought it consist of more dynamic and fast compositions implying lots of the instrumental parts.

With bluesy guitar riffs and instrumental backing from the banjo and the accordion, the Rick Rubin-produced song is one of the more potent examples of the country music influences that permeate the album. Entertainment Weekly considered it the record representing the year of 2011 on their 2020 list of the "30 essential albums from the last 30 years".