Live At The Royal Albert Hall

I received Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD/CD set today, which I've been looking forward to for a few weeks. Having already watched the DVD, and listened to the CD, here's my review:Let's start with the production value, which is a dicey proposition with concert DVDs. This one was top notch. The director did a nice job of capturing Adele, her songs, and the audience. He didn't get too cute with silly camera tricks or over editing, which is my biggest pet peeve when it comes to concert DVDs. I'm watching the concert to see the show, not what cool tricks you learned in film school. I was very pleased with the production value of this DVD.Moving on to the packaging and content, very simple which equals nice in my book. The box, discs, and booklet have a nice black and white theme to it, which again, captures Adele and her music properly.The DVD includes the concert (duh!) and an 8:30 clip, documenting Adele from literally her first of coffee to the moment she walks onstage. I'm a sucker for that type of stuff, so I enjoyed that--esp since it was brief.Now for the meat of the DVD--the concert itself. I always enjoy watching live Adele clips, because not only does she have a great, great voice, but also a big stage presence. She has this aura about her that I don't think even she realizes at this point in her career. Just magical.The setlist was your typical Adele setlist, with a mix of new/older songs, with a couple of covers thrown in for good measure. Solid setlist. Her voice, however, wasn't the greatest this particular concert. Now, days after filming this show she cancelled the rest of her 2011 tour and had vocal chord surgery and you can tell her voice was tired and not right. It didn't sound bad, it just wasn't the powerful voice I've come to love. Put it this way--an 70% Adele is 100 times better than 99% of the other artists out there, past and present. For that reason, I wish they would have held off until after her surgery to put out this DVD. Perhaps we'll get another one within the next couple of years. I hope so.Overall, I enjoyed this DVD. Like I said earlier, I love live Adele and to have an hour and 41 mins at my disposal is greatness! This DVD makes me want to see her live even more, which will happen once she returns from vocal chord surgery.

Adele cancelled 2 of her scheduled appearances in my city due to her highly publicized throat problems and I was dying for this concert DVD to be released. I therefore literally ripped the package open when it arrived in the mail a couple of weeks ago and I was not disappointed. Unlike other concert DVD that are filled with tons of junk and high drama instead of focusing on the artist; this concert DVD focuses on the reason why I purchased this DVD to begin with... The mighty Adele. I felt like I was hanging out with a gal pal as she tells all types of funny, crazy, heartwarming stories about most of her songs and not many artists open up like that. She also does lots of nice things to and with the audience that makes you love her even more. I appreciated the fact that I could get lost in her voice without having the constant reminder that she has background singers. Many of the artists today depend on their background singers as they are not that great but not Adele; she is simply fantastic! Then there is the laugh! oh my gosh! she has this infectious roaring laugh especially when she tells stories to the audience and you want to laugh right along with her. She almost cannot believe that she is actually at the Royal Albert Hall and there is some adult language involved with that. Nothing too drastic, just a few F bombs here and there and I loved it! Her renditions of a few songs are the best I have ever heard and she did those songs justice. She also takes you on a journey behind the scenes, rollers in her hair, no make up, making her morning cup of tea, her sweet little dog and I loved that a lot. I think the best is yet to come from this gifted singer and this concert DVD is one that you will want to watch over and over again without getting sick of it. I also loved the fact that the entire concert is also on a CD which has been blaring my car. This was money well spent. LOVE IT!

I must admit up front that I am VERY late to the whole Adele fan train. I happened to catch a performance on BBC America for her latest album, 25, a couple weeks back and was blown away. I didn't know any of her songs but that performance was repeated and I recorded it on the DVR and have watched it more than a few times. I was hoping to find a "greatest hits" CD but I guess after just 3 albums it is probably too soon for one. But I was caught by the fact that this is a DVD and a CD. Once again I was blown away by her live performance on the DVD and just how down-to-earth she is - almost like you are certain you'd be best friends (despite the fact I'm old enough to be her mother). The CD is great but it is just the songs, none of her chatter which sometimes when I listen to the CD I sort of miss that chat between songs on the DVD. And boy, can this girl chat!You really can't go wrong with this. Royal Albert Hall is spectacular and her performance is beautiful and lovely. At one point in the concert she mentions as she sits down in a chair that part of it is because she's being lazy and her feet hurt but part of it is because she wants the audience to feel like they are just sitting having a coffee together. That sentiment REALLY is felt by the home audience. The camera work is also very well done and is visually appealing.

Dvd works. Honest seller.

excellant

Para mim, sem dúvida, a melhor performance da cantora. DVD e CD, em uma case com luva. Alguns detalhes nos cantos e bordas, mas totalmente funcional. Um maravilhoso show e algumas cenas de bastidores como extras.

Es perfecto. Cada fan de Adele necesita esto. Es genial, llegó 2 días antes de lo esperado, llegó perfecto.

Wer die Musik einer besonderen Sängerin mag, sollte sich die CD kaufen.

Espectacular. Si te gusta Adele, tienes que tener este concierto.