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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: 525 out of 615
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 615
  3. Negative: 52 out of 615
  1. MICH285
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    It's not junk food music, it's authentic music. Who releases a song close to 7 minutes in this day and age? In the streaming era, this is aIt's not junk food music, it's authentic music. Who releases a song close to 7 minutes in this day and age? In the streaming era, this is a huge disadvantage. Nevertheless, Adele did it. Moreover, the lyrics of the song are lyrically very deep.… Expand
  2. AlexisS21
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    It isn't an album, it is an ART. I was waiting for ir for six year, and now that I can listen it, I'm really happy for be hopping it.
  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. lucas14
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    Adele rocked... The songs move anyone...Adele is perfect, she always goes beyond our expectation!!!
  6. gemschai
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    I appreciate how much Adele has experimented with this album. She has seamlessly incorporated a wide range of genres and sounds, withoutI appreciate how much Adele has experimented with this album. She has seamlessly incorporated a wide range of genres and sounds, without anything sounding 'out of place'. The track list is also perfectly put together, each song tells a story and goes into the next flawlessly. Most impressively, some of the best vocals and lyrics of her career are in this album. Worth the six year wait? Absolutely.… Expand
  7. musiclipa
    Nov 19, 2021
    10
    Her best album to date. Every song is an emotional rollercoaster and I loved every second of it.
  8. ZELLY
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    The most overrated artist of our time hands down. She’s the only artist who can drop the same album and won’t get hate from it.

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