I dunno if any of y’all knew this but I think this singer Adele might actually be kinda good. I know she’s probably a little too underground for most people, she kinda slaps. Right now, I think I’ve only got enough of a feel for her to warrant an A-, but I would be surprised if that doesn’t go up with time. She’s just good, y’know? Well put together pop, great musicianship, it’s a good time.
The only thing I could really complain about is that some songs are too simple and slow for me, but already I feel those kinds of songs were starting to grow on me by the end of my listen through of her. I’m better at listening to her singing along to some chords and being appreciative of her mad skillz, of enjoying that appreciation.
I like all of the albums about the same, I think. I think that given time, though, 30 will either be my most or least favorite. I don’t like the beginning or end as much, but I like the middle loads. The type of disinterest I have for the beginning and end is one that I could see either morphing into deep appreciation or some flavor of distaste. We’ll see.
For now, A- all around, not too tough a call to make. Well, yes and no. Adele as an A-, easy. Placing her in their specifically? Gross. There’s so much in there that feels so off. I gotta relisten to Valley, to Maisie Peters, to Stolen Jars, to Omnipotent Youth Society, it’s a mess. I’ve been kinda think of doing, pattering away at, a restructuring that’ll just kill the whole tier list and replace it with only the descriptive categories the tiers are based on: my emotional attachment to the music, to the artist, whether or not I have dissonant feelings about them. Stuff like that. And no ranking within the categories! Not worth it, the ranking gets worse and worse as time goes one, I don’t think it’s the way to go. Blegh.
But for now, here we are. Gotta put her somewhere. We do our best, I suppose.
Adele complete, now listening to: wave to earth
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