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Adele2177 Based on 9 reviews 2011 Ranking: #137 / 498
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The songs hold to simple instrumentation and simple structures that allow Adele’s raspy, expressive voice to develop the story in the verses before she delivers the hook.
21 really is one of the great 'break-up' albums, and the first truly impressive record of 2011.
Adele and her team have crafted an album that’s both full of songs that have the potential to reach the upper reaches of the charts, and also a collection of songs that hang together as an album.
21 is a good album that shows the world Adele’s talent, but one that is just a precursor to bigger and better things.
21 instead feels simultaneously overcooked and nervously unsure of itself.

| 91 | A.V. Club |
| 90 | musicOMH |
| 80 | No Ripcord |
| 80 | Paste |
| 80 | Spin |
| 70 | AllMusic |
| 70 | Consequence of Sound |
| 60 | NME |
| 50 | PopMatters |
| # 25 - | A.V. Club |
| # 1 - | Amazon |
| # 3 - | American Songwriter |
| # 2 - | Bigger Than The Sound |
| # 8 - | Clash |
| # 34 - | Consequence of Sound |
| # 6 - | FILTER |
| # 14 - | Paste |
| # 6 - | Pazz and Jop |
| # 12 - | PopMatters |
| # 3 - | Q |
| # 1 - | Rolling Stone |
| # 6 - | Spinner |
| # 45 - | Stereogum |