21

📖 About this album

Adele's second studio album, written primarily about a failed relationship. A powerhouse of soul-influenced pop that broke sales records globally and won six Grammy Awards.

📝 Our review

21 turned Adele into a generational phenomenon: her voice works as an emotional magnet and the album has the brutal honesty of someone writing about a real breakup with no filter. «Rolling in the Deep», «Someone Like You» and «Set Fire to the Rain» are songs so direct they became inevitable. Paul Epworth's production balances soul and pop without excess. One of the best-selling albums of all time.

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