i was interested in this because of the inflo involvement, but the best tracks for me are "all night parking" and "my little love" (though the latter features voice notes that are almost uncomfortably intrusive), which are greg kurstin productions. he's also responsible for "i drink wine" which is probably the worst song on the album. all in all, i probably concur with ufo that it's generally a step in a more compelling direction but i'd definitely reach for joy crookes' skin or cleo sol's mother over this (which are but two recent albums using a similar sound palette)
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
yeah i absolutely thought 'if only it was more like mother'
― ufo, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
I've heard it couple of times when driving with my BF and although it's decent, couldn't get rid of the thought that I 'cannot wait' to get back to another recent divorce album, kacey's star-crossed
― krewki, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Oof, talk about damning with faint praise.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:35 (two years ago) link
Here’s a secret: she’s not 30I know this is a small detail but lol
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
I guess she needed some time to kind of figure out what it felt like to be 30
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
this album sounded trippy af to me, the first side anyway
― brimstead, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
Not really an Adele nerd, but aren't her titles the age she was when started on the album?
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
it’s okay this is a safe space
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:44 (two years ago) link
I can only imagine what this album sounds like. “Ooh, thirty…thirty now”
― calstars, Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
why is she balling about not having a concert? jfc
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:52 (two years ago) link
bawling rather lol it's just weird
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
Because she's so sad. Maybe she'll release an album about it. She could call it "Lost Vegas."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
I always wished I caught this show The timing was ridiculously perfect - like they booked these small venues before she really turned into a megastar, and things just rapidly blew up during the course of the tour. Apparently even then-mayor Rahm Emanuel pulled some strings to get into the show.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgpJL9WzXMYFyIvA7gJ0XTtTB27hwT3HU
― birdistheword, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:24 (two years ago) link
Honestly, those are my favorite kinds of shows, where you catch the act at a place you are already well aware they will never play again.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
I worked at Tower Records in Manhattan in the early 90s. Nirvana came in and did about a 45 minute set in the store right when Nevermind was released. My biggest memory of the event was that they were fucking loud.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 January 2022 20:31 (two years ago) link
It's especially perfect when they're doing their best material. Nevermind goes without saying, and in Adele's case, I actually think her albums have gotten worse each time out - the first is still my favorite, the second is uneven with great highlights, and both were the only ones she could draw from when she did that tour.
― birdistheword, Friday, 21 January 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
I thought she sounded like Amy Winehouse when I first heard her.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 January 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
she was a huge Amy fan - iirc Amy was why she started singing!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 22:21 (two years ago) link
i saw what i think was adele's first american show. she was fine but i think i left early.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 22 January 2022 00:13 (two years ago) link
Aw, this warms my heart:
https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/adele-facetime-fans-las-vegas-residency-apology.html
― birdistheword, Saturday, 22 January 2022 23:44 (two years ago) link