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  • Summary: The first full-length release from Adele in six years features production from Ludwig Göransson, Inflo, Tobias Jesso Jr., Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, and Shellback.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Consequence
    Nov 17, 2021
    100
    For Adele, 30 is an emotional breakthrough — a refreshingly candid body of work that is revelatory. While the album is about “divorce, babe,” the record’s 12 songs go deeper.
  2. The Telegraph (UK)
    Nov 16, 2021
    100
    This is certainly her strongest album yet, a work of catharsis, therapy and succour. It does what pop music is greatest at: gathering up emotions, focusing them and pouring them out to songs that everybody can sing, but few can sing quite as well as Adele.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Nov 23, 2021
    91
    The richest and most musically adventurous album of her career.
  4. DIY Magazine
    Nov 16, 2021
    90
    The real masterstroke of ‘30’, however, comes with how these lyrics - the pain, the self-flagellation (sometimes cruel, often mocking), the hope, the acceptance - are expertly matched musically.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Nov 22, 2021
    80
    On 30, she displays the confidence to share her boldest vocal, stylistic, and thematic interests.
  6. Clash Music
    Nov 17, 2021
    80
    An album with novelistic depth, when ‘30’ turns once more for its London-rooted conclusion, Adele seems to reach a new level in her stratospheric career.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    Nov 16, 2021
    60
    Though this is her most creative record to date, the lyrics stick to safer territory.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 471 out of 548
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 548
  3. Negative: 42 out of 548
  1. Abias
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    Es un gran álbum, su ritmo es excelente y su letra lo es. Cumplió con mis expectativas.
  2. Csnvss90
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In my opinion, the best Adele's album so far. The lyrics and the sounds are so pure and strong. My favorite song? LOVE IS A GAME… Expand
  4. manningn15
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    30 is one of the most flawless and personal albums I've ever had the pleasure to listen to, this is definitely Adele's greatest work to date.30 is one of the most flawless and personal albums I've ever had the pleasure to listen to, this is definitely Adele's greatest work to date. The lyrics are exceptional they are just so deeply personal, beautifully raw, and heartwrenching; obviously she has always been very personal with her music but it really feels like she poured every bit of her heart and soul into this album giving us a candid look into just what she's been through the last couple years and how much she's struggled and still struggles. Her vocal performances on this album are remarkable and beautiful, just flawless she's never sounded better and stronger also love how she vocally experimented more. The production is outstanding, love the cinematic quality; I really love how she experimented with different sounds and genres on this album and doing more upbeat music while still having her classic slower and ballad type songs she in my opinion really pulled it off. The artwork as always is simple but effective and very beautifully photographed. Also I thought the voice notes on some of the songs were a nice touch that made the album feel just that bit more personal. This is by far the best album I've heard all year, just absolutely perfect an A+ album, and definitely one of the all-time greatest albums I've ever heard.… Expand
  5. FERNAN
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    Adele's 30 is one the greatest albums I've ever heard; it gives us, from her own personal experiences, the power to overcome a divorce andAdele's 30 is one the greatest albums I've ever heard; it gives us, from her own personal experiences, the power to overcome a divorce and find true peace of mind, as she said to Oprah. I'm so happy. Congratulations !!!… Expand
  6. Drewjames505
    Nov 21, 2021
    10
    Amazing album I absolutely love it. Best work yet. I just wanna submit this review but there’s a stupid character limit on it
  7. afraustro
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    Album after album we can see the evolution of Adele. It's brilliant the way see presents us these album and the track list. The differentAlbum after album we can see the evolution of Adele. It's brilliant the way see presents us these album and the track list. The different styles and beats was the thing I loved the most. Each album is unique and always with her style, which is the most important.… Expand
  8. Lanasbeech
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    Annoying, boring, the same sound over and over again. A snoozfest i fear, no one wants to hear a little brat cry for 5 minutes in theAnnoying, boring, the same sound over and over again. A snoozfest i fear, no one wants to hear a little brat cry for 5 minutes in the background of a song.… Expand

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