Adele’s ‘30’ SHOULD be better… | Album Review

My review of the blockbuster record long in the making, "30" by the acclaimed balladeer Adele. Can her powerful pipes lead her fourth album boldly into the unknown? Let’s talk about it...

"30"
Columbia Records
Release: 11/19/21
Rating: watch/5

►Favorite tracks: My Little Love, To Be Loved, Love Is A Game, Oh My God, Easy On Me

►Least faves: Cry Your Heart Out, All Night Parking Lot, Woman Like Me, Can I Get It

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Adele “30” Album Tracklist

01 Strangers by Nature
02 Easy on Me
03 My Little Love
04 Cry Your Heart Out
05 Oh My God
06 Can I Get It
07 I Drink Wine
08 All Night Parking (With Erroll Garner)
09 Woman Like Me
10 Hold On
11 To Be Loved
12 Love Is a Game

[artvjon]

The album event of the decade? Eh, not so much 🥱
But hey, it's Adele, we gotta talk about "30" because it certainly gave me something to talk about!

[CJL-ibee]

I will be curious to hear what 100 sounds like

[IlChimicoCinefilo]

I disagree on this. I personally like 30 much more than 25, I feel like it flows better and tells an actual story from beginning to end while 25, even though I liked it, didn't really work as far as how the tracklist was put together and it had some songs that did not work at all like "I miss you" and "sweetest devotion". "Strangers by nature" and "love is a game" are the perfect album opener and closer, also "to be loved" and "hold on" are some of the best songs in her discography in my opinion. I'm not even sure about the fact that since Adele tends to release an album every 5/6 years people tend to be less critical towards her. I think it's quite the opposite since people had such high expections for her comeback. I quite agree that "can I get it" is the worst song on the album but I still like it more than send my love.

[Stefan_Gerards]

for me 21 is always going to be her best and most cohesive album, followed by 25 >>

[desmondho]

I’m too disagree on this. I feel like 30 is her most honest, raw and venerable album. I feel like this album resonate to me because I also grew up from a separated family and I totally understand her situation.

[nilslog]

I was expecting to be disappointed and bored with this album but I actually really enjoyed it and it got me quite emotional

[preludiosychistesmalos]

i didnt like it that much tbh, its kinda boring

[lorddoritus]

Adele has a fantastic voice and she still delivers here. It's just that because of how long some of the songs are, it's seriously exhausting to get through, and some really questionable production choices that were made here get grating. Don't get me wrong this album is decent, but is it worthy of the high critic scores? No, not really.

[lotusmiragemusic]

Somehow, I can never emotionally connect or cry to Adele's music. Not sure if it's the lyrical content and style (which feel one-dimensional and generic most of the time), the production, or the vocal delivery, but her music doesn't strike a chord or enthrall me in any way. I guess it's just personal taste...Anyways, I respect her craft, but it's not my cup of tea

[theiammike]

Hans Zimmer is one of Adele's influences. That's why some of the 6-min songs outro'd like movie soundtracks. A bit too long for some listeners, but made sense at least to me because I thought 30 sounded pretty cinematic and theatrical. 🥰

[BGWee]

Finally an honest review, I feel much of the media are too scared to criticise anything she does. 21 was great, but like most of 25, this was another snoozefest but even more so, with most of the songs really not justifying being long.

[AnneettaLife]

I have to completely agree with you on this. I really did try to like this album, but the long songs were boring and short songs were basic. I was really surprised by a few people who reacted to this album and gave it an honest review of how this album was just ok, especially since everybody likes to act like Adele can do no wrong.

[intelligencecycle]

Adele definitely is one of the better singers in the modern generation. 19, 21 is her best work including Songwriting concepts production songs like Someone like You Rolling in the deep, set fires to the rain, he won’t go are good examples. 25 still solid! This one ima be honest this is a step down cause it doesn’t flourish onto new ideas, the production felt so rapidly grading at times which made me check out. Strangers by nature, Easy on me, I drink wine, Love is a game are great records but it has it shortcomings plethora of moments that dims the quality.

[zorik]

I feel like the writing in the album is great, like the lyrics are well written and I feel that it is cohesive in that sense, but it's missing what makes Adele albums great: strong hooks. Other than 'Easy on me', there aren't many stand out hooks (although there are some) like the best tracks on 25 and practically all of 21 (her best album by far, in my opinion). I don't know, this is a hard one because I do think the writing is great and it's got enough moments, but it's just not there for me. Strong 6/10. (25 is a 7/10 and 21 is a solid 9/10 for me. Can't opine on 19 because it's been too long since I listened to it in full)

[rockfan]

I’m so torn on this album. I think 30 has a great set of songs in theory, but I just can’t stand the production. The random whistling, electronic flourishes, and awkward background vocals reminds me a lot of AJR and Imagine Dragons

[iliketrains]

"7 Songs That Are Too Long" would be a great Seven on Sunday video.

[dannyrodriguez]

Spot on. This is a 6/10 and her worst album to date.

[DeathMachineJoe]

I'm honestly a bit surprised with how much critical acclaim this album is getting by most music publications. It could obviously be due to how long we had to wait for it, but I found 30 to be pretty average at best. It has a few great songs, but the album drags on a bit too long and the production is pretty inconsistent most of the time. I feel Adele needs to at least have one producer, so she can create a more focused album in the future. Maybe even with more interesting music as well.

[pantitapalittapongarnpim]

I would probably give her a little higher than 3, but I do agree with your review. In general, I feel like the songs were under polished sonically, which works very well for some of the tracks like "My Little Love". But when the entire album sounds like that, they just don't gel together. The songs really should just be listened to independent of one another (and even then...)

[danfriendutfpr]

You’ve been generous in your assessment tbh, this album is the ultimate definition of boredom. No wonder no one cared much about it even with massive promotion and Oprah interview.