Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele video)
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Live At The Royal Albert Hall is an upcoming DVD
/Blu-ray/CD release from English singer-songwriter
Adele
, which is set to become available on November 25 (2011) in Australia, November 28 (2011) in the United Kingdom and November 29 (2011) in the United States. The concert was recorded as part of Adele's Adele Live
tour at the Royal Albert Hall
in London
.
concert from her Adele Live
tour on both DVD and Blu-ray
along with an accompanying CD. The release is set to include 90 minutes of concert footage in addition to behind-the-scenes video segments.
The tracklist consists of songs taken from Adele's "19
" and "21
" as well as covers of Bonnie Raitt
’s "I Can’t Make You Love Me
" and The SteelDrivers
"If It Hadn’t Been For Love".
As part of the launch, the DVD was screened at cinemas in 26 cities around the world.
, which assigns a normalised
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 79, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
The Boston Globe
labeled the release "Our DVD pick" and said, "the performances are routinely inspired. With the voice of an angel - and the potty mouth of a sailor - she’s a force throughout." In a very positive review, MTV News
writes, "I actually had to remind myself not to clap at the conclusion of a couple songs...And in that regard, it is a tremendous success; you definitely get the full experience. Adele is luminous, compelling, funny and profane throughout, and like I said, her voice is in tiptop shape."
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DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
/Blu-ray/CD release from English singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Adele
Adele (singer)
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
, which is set to become available on November 25 (2011) in Australia, November 28 (2011) in the United Kingdom and November 29 (2011) in the United States. The concert was recorded as part of Adele's Adele Live
Adele Live
Adele Live is the second concert tour by English recording artist Adele. Visiting Europe and North America, the tour supports her second studio album, 21. Adele is backed by a five-piece band and backing singers, whilst for some songs she is accompanied by piano only. The stage design features...
tour at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Background
On the 26th of October 2011 it was announced Adele would be releasing her Royal Albert HallRoyal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
concert from her Adele Live
Adele Live
Adele Live is the second concert tour by English recording artist Adele. Visiting Europe and North America, the tour supports her second studio album, 21. Adele is backed by a five-piece band and backing singers, whilst for some songs she is accompanied by piano only. The stage design features...
tour on both DVD and Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
along with an accompanying CD. The release is set to include 90 minutes of concert footage in addition to behind-the-scenes video segments.
The tracklist consists of songs taken from Adele's "19
19 (Adele album)
19 received generally positive reviews from critics. The album holds a 68 out of 100 rating based on 19 critical reviews indicating "generally favourable reviews" from metacritic. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album...
" and "21
21 (Adele album)
21 is the second studio album by English recording artist Adele. Released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production...
" as well as covers of Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...
’s "I Can’t Make You Love Me
I Can't Make You Love Me
"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a 1991 popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year. In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" #8 on its The 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time list...
" and The SteelDrivers
The SteelDrivers
The SteelDrivers is a bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee. Members include founder/mandolinist Mike Henderson, fiddler Tammy Rogers, bassist Mike Fleming, guitarist Chris Stapleton and banjoist Richard Bailey...
"If It Hadn’t Been For Love".
As part of the launch, the DVD was screened at cinemas in 26 cities around the world.
Reception
Live at The Royal Albert Hall was well-received by music critics. At MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which assigns a normalised
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 79, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
labeled the release "Our DVD pick" and said, "the performances are routinely inspired. With the voice of an angel - and the potty mouth of a sailor - she’s a force throughout." In a very positive review, MTV News
MTV News
MTV News is the news division of MTV, one of the first and most popular music television network in the U.S., as well as some of MTV's related channels around the world. MTV News began in the late 1980s with the program The Week In Rock, hosted by Kurt Loder, the first official MTV News correspondent...
writes, "I actually had to remind myself not to clap at the conclusion of a couple songs...And in that regard, it is a tremendous success; you definitely get the full experience. Adele is luminous, compelling, funny and profane throughout, and like I said, her voice is in tiptop shape."
Tracklisting
- "Hometown GloryHometown Glory"Hometown Glory" is the first single from Adele's debut album 19, released on 22 October 2007 in the United Kingdom. In 2008, the song was re-released as her fourth single...
" - "I'll Be Waiting"
- "Don't You Remember"
- "Turning TablesTurning Tables"Turning Tables" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Adele from her second studio album, 21 . The song was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder and it was produced by Jim Abbiss. The pop song was written in the key of C Minor...
" - "Set Fire to the RainSet Fire to the Rain"Set Fire to the Rain" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele from her second studio album 21. Written by Adele and Fraser T. Smith and produced by Smith, the power ballad was released as the second single from the album in Europe. It was released as the third single in the United Kingdom on...
" - "If It Hadn't Been for Love"
- "My SameMy Same"My Same" is a song by British soul singer Adele released on her debut album 19 and written and produced by Adele. It charted in Germany after German Lena Meyer-Landrut had performed it on the talent show contest Unser Star für Oslo , in which the German entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010...
" - "Take It All"
- "Rumour Has ItRumour Has It (Adele song)"Rumour Has It" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Adele from her second studio album, 21. The song was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder while the production was handled by Tedder. Adele revealed that the song wasn't inspired by the media but it was aimed at her friends who believed things...
" - "Right As Rain"
- "One & Only"
- "Lovesong"
- "Chasing PavementsChasing Pavements"Chasing Pavements" is the second single from soul singer Adele. Adele performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 7 December 2007....
" - "I Can't Make You Love MeI Can't Make You Love Me"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a 1991 popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year. In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" #8 on its The 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time list...
" - "Make You Feel My Love
- "Someone Like YouSomeone Like You (Adele song)"Someone Like You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele. Written by Adele and Dan Wilson for her second studio album 21, the song was inspired by a broken relationship of hers, and lyrically it speaks of Adele coming to terms with it...
" - "Rolling in the DeepRolling in the Deep"Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21. The song was written by Paul Epworth and Adele, who described it as a "dark blues-y gospel disco tune". It was first released on 29 November 2010 as the lead single of the album.The song has...
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Personnel
- AdeleAdele (singer)Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
- Vocals - Ben Thomas - Guitar
- Tim Van Der Kuil - Guitar
- Miles Robertson - Keys
- Sam DixonSamuel DixonSamuel Dixon is an Australian record producer, songwriter and musician, based in London.He has frequently collaborated with fellow-Australian Sia Furler. His compositions have featured on her albums, Some People Have Real Problems, Colour the Small One and We Are Born...
- Bass - Derrick Wright - Drums