{"id":4554,"date":"2012-02-08T00:50:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2012-02-08T00:50:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:50:31","slug":"adele-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/adele-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ADELE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A<\/strong>DELE<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Live at the Royal Albert Hall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Columbia]<\/p>\n

After issuing two mega-selling albums before the tender age of 21, Adele Adkins has had fans raving about her as the second coming of Dusty Springfield. And she makes a pretty good case for that opinion on this full-length concert DVD recorded at London\u2019s most venerable venue. Adele displays expert pitch and control, and a rare ability to wring visceral emotion out of a simple lyric like \u201cI won\u2019t let you close enough to hurt me\u201d (\u201cTurning Tables\u201d). Her trump card is her power and expression: On the anthemic \u201cSet Fire to the Rain,\u201d she reaches a staggering vocal intensity without resorting to the busy melismas and vocal curlicues that pass for good singing nowadays. Likewise, on torch ballads like \u201cDon\u2019t You Remember\u201d and \u201cSomeone Like You,\u201d she exhibits both her rich chest voice as well as a feathery falsetto to equally stunning effect.<\/p>\n

The unexpected bonus on the DVD (excised from the included bonus CD) is Adele\u2019s unguarded and notably salty between-song banter, as she pokes fun at her status as the queen of misery and the emotional turmoil behind her hits. Given her recent tour-shortening throat surgery, Live at the Royal Albert Hall<\/em> may have to tide fans over for a while\u2014even if it contains only two relatively unfamiliar numbers (a cover of the Steeldrivers\u2019 \u201cIf It Hadn\u2019t Been for Love,\u201d plus a heartfelt rendition of Bonnie Raitt\u2019s \u201cI Can\u2019t Make You Love Me\u201d). Fans will likely be forgiving, given this vocal tour de force. \u2013Bob Cannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADELE Live at the Royal Albert Hall [Columbia] After issuing two mega-selling albums before the tender age of 21, Adele Adkins has had fans raving about her as the second coming of Dusty Springfield. And she makes a pretty good case for that opinion on this full-length concert DVD recorded at London\u2019s most venerable venue. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[2391,196,389,2934,2864],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4554"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4841,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions\/4841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}