I like her. The fact that she is insanely popular may point to her being rather conventional for some people's tastes, but her appearance proves she is being bought for her music not her fashion. 21 is just about the only album that is liked by me, my GLW and our 9 year olds.

If she can keep her voice intact, I see her going on to great things, which she's not achieved yet. Right now, she's a gifted singer-songwriter who's done some corking stuff, and some quite bland stuff. With the right people around her, she's got the potential for greatness.

By the way, if anyone mentions Alison Moyet from here on in, I shall unilaterally set aside the "Swearing" thread and go, erm, ape-poo.

Her appeal seems obvious to me. I've heard both albums and whilst that style of music isn't generally to my taste, there are some really good songs on both, and her voice is fantastic.

Someone Like You is a modern standard - it'll pass the test of time.

I suspect that her sheer ubiquity on radio is what is putting a lot of people off. '21' is a very good album from a very talented young singer-songwriter.

Perhaps some folk have also taken the hump after her comments on her £4 million tax bill.

In the room. I like her music, not every song, but theres enough thats good. I really like her voice.

I also have a pop star crush. Amazing eyes and the dirtiest cackle. I hear she makes very good pub company.

...at some Radio 2 showcase thing. I wasn't looking forward to her as I had found her debut album a little dull. The power went off during her first song and, in the dark, she sang an entirely accoustic cover of Brown Eyed Girl and entertained everyone with cheeky comments and a 50-a-day laugh. She won me - and I suspect many others - comepletely over.

Some of 21 is very good, some of it is a dirge, but there's no denying there's something special about her. She'll be around for a while yet.

but seen live bits and pieces and she's a slightly barmy, cackling and golden voiced marvel. and she's only a baby so we can forgive her saying the odd unwise flippant comment.

I'm glad that the media haven't seen fit to bang on about her being "a big girl" or similar nonsense just cos she doesn't fit into the pop popette mould.

And yes, a filthy laugh to rival Sid James

I don't listen to much daytime radio, so I don't suffer from the overplay syndrome that a lot of people do. Sitting down to read a book, I've put on 21 a few times and it's a fine album. It doesn't sound like it was put together with a view to being a HUGE album - it's just turned out that way, and more power to her elbow, say I!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16066536

Tea, honey, bottled water? Donations to charity? Where's the bourbon, cocaine, well hung young men?

I don't know, young people today...

and has Rick Rubin's prints all over it. The rest is a bit oversung bland balladry which doesn't do much for me. And I still don't know how to chase a pavement.

Damon Albarn will help you with that.

Mrs T was saying today that she'd heard her and liked her - which is the album to get then? 21? It's not on Spotty. Ideally one with no glam/disco/synth pop. I have no idea if that's her thing or not, never having heard her.

Update - having listened on Spotty I like her voice but there are a bewildering array of different mixes, some with the generic euromotrik beat slapped on (do these people think they are doing something original when they add that??). So what's 21 like then?

I think she shows a lot of promise. Rather like a modern day Alison Moyet if you will. She has a great voice and some good material. investiagte and enjoy.

considering the recent thread on swearing.

Delivery far too mannered for my liking.

*reaches for Dionne Warwick disc*

I actually liked her first album, 19, better than the second one, which I thought had only a couple really good songs on it.

Worse, for her, is that those few songs from her new album are so overplayed (at least on American radio) that they've become annoying in the extreme. My own teenage daughter and her friends are so sick of Adele songs that they groan every time Someone Like You or Rolling in the Deep comes on the radio in the car and then they quickly change the station. That's not good news for Adele, though it's the fault of our horrible radio stations here, not Adele's fault.

To me, I'm afraid, she's a bit of a foghorn amongst the babble.

I like the idea of her; an apparently strong, capable and talented young writer and performer laying waste to the charts with powerful emotional ballads.

Nothing I've heard her sing yet has moved me though. I'm aware of long 'ooooooooooooooooo' sounds now and again and it seems to be her.

A geniune talent and a breath of fresh air. Listen again to the first three & last three tracks on 21 to be moved.

It's a crime she didn't appear in Mojo's Uncut's nor NME's top 50 of the year. A clear case of snobbery purely because she is popular. How can anyone rate Florence better than Adele??!!

she sings well, there are enough good tracks on both albums (the GLW's I must point out at this point), she is not stick thin, she appears well grounded and dare I say normal. What's not to like? (begins errecting sandbags and waits for someone to point out what there is not too like)

I'd be happy for one of my boys to bring home. Some top tunes too that will absolutely stand the test of time, voice permitting Adele will be with us for a long time.

I've heard the album more often than most albums that I actually like and it is now in the region of physically painful to listen to. Her default vocal setting is bellow, she appears incapable of subtlety, even on someone like you she shouts through the entire song. I am extremely aware that I'm in a minority on this.

which sort of begs the question: what the hell am I doing on this thread?
*flees*

from me. I think she is a rare talent and has the chance to achieve even more if her voice holds out. I am a little worried as I see parallels with Paul Young whose voice went prematurely. Hopefully she can cope with the pressures that will come her way - after all, the top selling cd of the century means she will have every Tom,Dick or Harry falling over each other to get a piece of the action.

I was referring more to the fact that his voice went. Didnt much care for his material same with Mick Hucknall. Of that ilk I much preferred Robert Palmer.