Adele
Adele lives in the middle ground — 26 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 11 quiet anchors and 3 songs where they let go completely.
6.6
Avg Intensity
40
Songs Decoded
1
Fan Stories
The songs that hit hardest
Skyfall
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 9
· 2012
Hello
intense
complex texture · mild changes · DR 9
· 2015
When We Were Young
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 2015
The controlled burn
Cold Shoulder
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2008
First Love
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2008
Melt My Heart to Stone
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2008
Right as Rain
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5
· 2008
Don't You Remember
moderate
smooth texture · moderate changes · DR 7
· 2011
He Won't Go
moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2011
One and Only
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2011
Rolling in the Deep
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2011
Rumour Has It
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2011
Set Fire to the Rain
moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 2011
Take It All
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2011
Turning Tables
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2011
All I Ask
moderate
complex texture · mild changes · DR 8
· 2015
River Lea
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2015
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2015
Sweetest Devotion
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2015
Water Under the Bridge
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2015
Can I Get It
moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
Cry Your Heart Out
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
Hold On
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
I Drink Wine
moderate
complex texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
Love Is a Game
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
My Little Love
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2021
Oh My God
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
To Be Loved
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
Woman Like Me
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 2021
The quiet ones
Hometown Glory
safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 2007
Chasing Pavements
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6
· 2008
Daydreamer
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 2008
Make You Feel My Love
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6
· 2008
Lovesong
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 2011
Someone Like You
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 2011
Love in the Dark
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 7
· 2015
Million Years Ago
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 2015
Remedy
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6
· 2015
All Night Parking (With Erroll Garner Interlude)
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4
· 2021
Easy On Me
safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 8
· 2021
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I ugly cried in a supermarket when this came on the speakers. A stranger handed me a tissue and said same. We laughed. Then she cried too. Adele creating community in aisle 7.
Hannah — Manchester
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