Tuesdays. Tuesdays are so good for us music lovers. The coveted “Free on iTunes” from Starbucks comes out every Tuesday and you better believe I am not going through the drive-through to get my Americano these days. Also on Tuesdays, new music is released on iTunes itself. This past Tuesday, famed English songwriter Adele, released her new album “21” and I am impressed.
In 2007, we were introduced to the bluesy sound of “Hometown Glory”, Adele’s first single. Instantly, people were hooked by the then 19 year old who seemed to come out of nowhere. In 2008, she released her creatively titled “19”. This album, and her appearance on SNL later that year, lead to her winning the coveted Best New Artist and Female Vocalist of the Year awards at the Grammy’s in 2009. Some of us still haven’t gotten “Chasing Pavements” out of our heads…
“21” is a little bit different than “19”, think classical meets country meets contemporary roots meets blues (the country came from her touring in the American south where she blames Rascal Flatts and chain smoking to her new country addiction). But the CD still has all the punch the first album had. She has a breakup under her belt, and has kicked her drinking habit that went along with this boy. Her first single “Rolling in the Deep” already made VH1’s Top 20, at number one, in the beginning of this month. And “Someone Like You” has been climbing those UK charts furiously and fast. According to the Official Charts Company (I didn’t know there was such a thing) Adele is the first artist, since the Beatles in 1964, to have two top five hits at the same time in both the Singles and Albums categories.
Wow. Looks like she does get better with age. This self-proclaimed “heartbroken soul” singer, certainly shouldn’t have a broken heart after learning that.
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