![]() ![]() In a year of big divorce records-Kacey Musgraves’ star-crossed, Carly Pearce's 29-there was never any question that the queen of the tearjerker ballad would best them all. ![]() See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Other times, the songstress hides the pain under a sugar shell, as on "Cry Your Heart Out"-a bright and upbeat '60s mod number complete with handclaps and retro vocal effects that belie the lyrics "I'm invisible, I feel like a ghost." 30 is not all bad news, though, as Adele explores the idea of new love via the swaggering R&B of "Oh My God" and "Can I Get It." It all ends on a note of hope with the sweeping, Amy Winehouse-esque "Love Is a Game": "Love is a game for fools to play, and I ain't fooling again." © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz More info Adele traces her issues back to childhood and her rocky relationship with her now-deceased father on "To Be Loved," a simple piano ballad with what might be the most stunning vocals of her entire career she hits every note on the scale and conveys pure anger and heartbreak. She apologizes on somber single "Easy On Me," then slings it at her ex on the honey-smooth "Woman Like Me" (channeling Roberta Flack as she sings "Complacency is the worst trait to have, are you crazy?/ It is so sad a man like you could be so lazy"). Adele points the finger at herself on the spare-to-soaring ballad "Hold On" ("I am such a mess/ The harder that I try, I regress") and "I Drink Wine," a catchy Carole King-sounding number predating her sobriety ("When I was a child every single thing could blow my mind/ Soaking it all up for fun, but now I only soak up wine."). Why? I don't know and I feel like I don't really know what I'm doing." Singing the pain is one thing, but hearing her speak so nakedly, it's almost overwhelming. Like how? Just like, Mummy-I'm, I'm, the feeling that I have, like, I feel a bit confused. ![]() "Mummy’s been having a lot of big feelings recently. Still, not even that will prepare you for the shock of "My Little Love," which features recorded conversations with her 9-year-old son. The direction is clear from the Ella Fitzgerald-ish opener "Strangers by Nature": "I'll be taking flowers to the cemetery of my heart/ For all of my lovers, in the present and in the dark/ Every anniversary I'll pay respects and say I'm sorry," Adele sings, that superior voice going deep and rich then spiriting up. ![]() Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. ![]()
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