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Post by Jack on Jan 18, 2011 23:48:37 GMT -5
Rumour Has It is pure brilliance! You said it.
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Post by crdubb17 on Jan 19, 2011 0:14:52 GMT -5
This album is perfectly brilliant. I can't think of better words to describe it. 19 was stunning, but this one feels more inspired and gels better, at least sonically. I can't explain what Set Fire To The Rain does to me...the way the music just goes with the lyrics so well to create this emotional story is just amazing. I feel like she's gotta be a shoo-in for Female Pop Vocal at next year's Grammys, be it for RITD/SFTTR/ or SLY. Even the album version of SLY has grown on me (the live version has been engrained in my head for a while now). I just love every bit of this album!
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Post by tearsdryontheirown on Jan 19, 2011 7:05:49 GMT -5
Love Someone Like You now. It gives me chills because her voice goes so vulnerable and it sounds like she is on the edge of a collapse and desperation and that she is indeed begging. I don't expect her to ever attempt to hit those notes live though.
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Post by musicissalvation on Jan 19, 2011 7:53:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2011 8:01:34 GMT -5
Personality-wise she's definitely my favourite current musician. She just seems like she'd be so much fun to hang out with.
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Post by when the pawn... on Jan 19, 2011 9:14:52 GMT -5
What will first-week sales be like? Can she break 100k? Maybe since this winter is so utterly terrible, people will just be excited to get new music.
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Post by blue in moonlight on Jan 19, 2011 12:21:36 GMT -5
I love the album version of "Someone Like You" but I only listened to the live version a couple of times prior to the leak. So the album version doesn't really sound weird to me at all.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 19, 2011 13:02:52 GMT -5
Gonna hold off on anything else besides Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You. From those two alone, I can tell this album will stun me into silence. Can someone explain what Rolling In The Deep means though? Is that a British expression ??? The video is quite lovely. Saw it for the first time this morning.
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Post by musicissalvation on Jan 19, 2011 13:05:25 GMT -5
well it says "tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep" so i assume it's equivalent to "cry me a river"
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Post by tearsdryontheirown on Jan 19, 2011 13:30:22 GMT -5
It just means what it sounds like - it's about being in the deep stuff - the emotional equivalent of almost drowning. There is a vulnerability when you basically give yourself to someone so I think she is reclaiming what is hers in Rolling in the Deep. She was right on the tip of trusting herself with someone completely.
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Post by K. on Jan 19, 2011 16:49:42 GMT -5
I thought it might be some british gambling or poker term. "rolling in the deep" sounds vaguely like such a phrase, and it is followed by "you had my heart inside your hand and you played it" also sounds like she's trying to evoke a gambling/poker metaphor.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 19, 2011 19:03:16 GMT -5
Damn! Y'all are (rollin in the) deep tonight! Thanks for the help!
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Post by tearsdryontheirown on Jan 19, 2011 19:15:25 GMT -5
I thought it might be some british gambling or poker term. "rolling in the deep" sounds vaguely like such a phrase, and it is followed by "you had my heart inside your hand and you played it" also sounds like she's trying to evoke a gambling/poker metaphor. Yes, but I thought people were confused by its meaning in the song because it kind of emerges out of nothing. To go with the metaphor the word "deep" refers to having a lot of chips so the player has a lot of options. Like most things in cards it is hard to explain if you dont play cards, so if you play poker, it probably makes sense. Basically Adele got played and she's mad about it.
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 19, 2011 21:13:36 GMT -5
I asked what it meant pages back and no one ever answered. I still don't know and the talk here hasn't cleared it up at all, haha Maybe she will answer it in some interview.
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Post by bigbluenote on Jan 20, 2011 0:33:32 GMT -5
I asked what it meant pages back and no one ever answered. I still don't know and the talk here hasn't cleared it up at all, haha Maybe she will answer it in some interview. lol, yeah, I'm still a tad confused.
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Post by Sara on Jan 20, 2011 0:54:01 GMT -5
Finally got a chance to listen to this - AMAZING. I already expected a lot from reading here but seriously, what an incredible talent she is.
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Post by Caviar on Jan 20, 2011 1:15:13 GMT -5
I'm loving Rolling In The Deep's background vocals! So 60/70s!
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Post by Sara on Jan 20, 2011 1:41:02 GMT -5
Her cover of "Hiding My Heart" is goooorgeous.
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Post by musicissalvation on Jan 20, 2011 9:46:22 GMT -5
another A1 performance
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Post by musicissalvation on Jan 20, 2011 12:14:21 GMT -5
97 RE 2 68 Adele, Rolling In The Deep
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 20, 2011 14:15:27 GMT -5
I love the bridge on One and Only, just sayin...
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jan 20, 2011 15:09:00 GMT -5
'Rolling In The Deep' as lead single off this album hardly represents what the rest of it sounds like. None of the tracks have that edgy, upbeat sound and it's almost disappointing.
This is a moody, slow album that will hardly hit mainstream consciousness IMO. And aside from the lead single, as it happened with her debut, none of the album tracks captures my attention.
Not denying the quality of the album as a whole, because it obviously is filled with tracks of a certain quality level, but the casual listener that has been listening to the lead single on the radio will find himself with no other tracks of that kind. :-\
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Post by blue in moonlight on Jan 20, 2011 15:41:56 GMT -5
I do agree that aren't any tracks quite as immediate as "Rolling in the Deep" and remain a wee bit disappointed with the overall lack of uptempos. But this is one hell of a cohesive album.
Honestly, this is Adele though. She's not courting the high album sales or trying to burn up CHR. She's trying to live up to the promise she displayed on her debut and maintain her respectable base. That only really requires a couple of modest radio hits for an artist like her.
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Post by Samer on Jan 20, 2011 18:03:11 GMT -5
Rumour Has It and Set Fire To The Rain should be the second and third singles...
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 20, 2011 20:02:49 GMT -5
Set Fire to the Rain is the 2nd single, I am pretty sure that has been confirmed. I would love for Don't You Remember to be the 3rd single if they go that far. They can't release the only uptempos as singles, it will be really misleading to those buying the album, IMO. Don't You Remember doesn't scream out radio smash but she probably won't get that with anything on the album so go for the one that will strike a chord with the people who get a chance to hear it.
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Post by nighttime on Jan 21, 2011 2:01:43 GMT -5
Album of the Year
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Post by Gravity. on Jan 21, 2011 10:32:58 GMT -5
In a perfect world, "Turning Tables" would be a single and it would smash.
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 21, 2011 13:29:59 GMT -5
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Post by switch on Jan 22, 2011 16:57:05 GMT -5
An interview going through all the tracks on the album. I love it.
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Post by Hierophant on Jan 22, 2011 19:35:16 GMT -5
I love the whole album.
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