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Live At The Royal Albert Hall is a DVD/Blu-ray/CD release from English singer-songwriter Adele, which is set to become available on 25 November (2011) in Australia,[1] 28 November (2011) in the United Kingdom[2] and 29 November 2011 in the United States.[2] The concert was recorded as part of Adele's Adele Live tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London.[3]

Live at Royal Albert Hall debuted at number one in the United States with 96,000 copies sold, the highest one-week tally for a music dvd in four years. After one week, Live at Royal Albert Hall became the best-selling music DVD of 2011. This makes Adele the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number one album, the year's number one single, and the year's number one music dvd.[4]

Background

On 26 October 2011 it was announced Adele would be releasing her Royal Albert Hall concert from her Adele Live tour on both DVD and Blu-ray along with an accompanying CD.[5] The release is set to include 90 minutes of concert footage in addition to behind-the-scenes video segments. [3]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".[5] As part of the launch, the DVD was screened at cinemas in 26 cities around the world.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(76/100)[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Los Angeles Times [7]
All Music Guide[8]
The Independentpositive[9]
American Songwriter[10]
Consequence of Sound[11]
News.com.au[12]

Live at The Royal Albert Hall was well-received by music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6]

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."[13] 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."[14]

Tracklisting

  1. "Hometown Glory"
  2. "I'll Be Waiting"
  3. "Don't You Remember"
  4. "Turning Tables"
  5. "Set Fire to the Rain"
  6. "If It Hadn't Been for Love"
  7. "My Same"
  8. "Take It All"
  9. "Rumour Has It"
  10. "Right As Rain"
  11. "One & Only"
  12. "Lovesong"
  13. "Chasing Pavements"
  14. "I Can't Make You Love Me"
  15. "Make You Feel My Love"
  16. "Someone Like You"
  17. "Rolling in the Deep"

Source: [3]

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia Top 40 Music DVD Chart[15] 1
Austrian Music DVD Chart[16] 3
Belgian Music DVD Chart (Flanders)[17] 1
Belgian Music DVD Chart (Wallonia)[18] 1
Danish Music DVD Chart[19] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[20] 2
Finnish Music DVD Chart[21] 3
French Music DVD Chart[22] 1
German Albums Chart[23] 5
Hungarian Music DVD Chart[24] 5
Irish Top 10 Music DVDs [25] 2
Italian Albums Chart[26] 23
Mexican Albums Chart[27] 1
Polish Albums Chart[28] 14
Swiss Music DVD Chart[29] 1
UK Video Charts[30] 3
U.S. Music DVD Chart[4] 1

Personnel

  • Adele - Vocals
  • Ben Thomas - Guitar
  • Tim Van Der Kuil - Guitar
  • Miles Robertson - Keys
  • Sam Dixon - Bass
  • Derrick Wright - Drums

References

  1. ^ Adele on DVD auspOp, 27 Oct 2011
  2. ^ a b "Adele to release 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall'". ToyazWorld.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Adele Announces 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall CD/DVD'". Billboard.com.
  4. ^ a b "Week Ending Dec. 4, 2011. Albums: Headed For A Triple Crown". yahoo.com.
  5. ^ a b c Adele "Adele: Live At the Royal Albert Hall - Blu-Ray/DVD and CD, 26 Oct 2011". Adele.tv. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ a b "Live at the Royal Albert Hall- Adele". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  7. ^ Wappler, Margaret (28 November 2011). "Album review: Adele's 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-12-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ Collar, Matt. "Live at the Royal Albert Hall". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2011-12-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Andy Gill (25 November 2011). "Album: Adele, Live at The Royal Albert Hall, XL". The Independent.
  10. ^ Alexis Hal Horowitz (22 November 2011). "Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2011-12-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ^ Brittany Flynn (2011-12-1). "Album Review: Adele – Live at the Royal Albert Hall". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2011-12-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  12. ^ Cameron Adams (2011-12-1). "Potty-mouthed Adele gives us more reasons to love her - Live At The Royal Albert Hall". News Limited. Retrieved 2011-12-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Our DVD pick: Adele's 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Adele's 'Live At Royal Albert Hall': No Flash, Plenty Of Substance". MTV News. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  15. ^ "Australia Top 40 Music DVD Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  16. ^ "Austria Top 40 - Musik DVD Top 10 - 09.12.2011" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  17. ^ "10 Muziek-DVD - 10/12/2011" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  18. ^ "10 DVD Musicaix - 10/12/2011" (in French). Ultratop.be. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  19. ^ "Muzik DVD Top-10 - Uge 48, 2011". www.hitlisterne.dk. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  20. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Adele - Live At The Royal Albert Hall". MegaCharts. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  21. ^ "Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit - Adele: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Incl Live Cd)" (in Finnish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Finland. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  22. ^ "Classement officiel des ventes de DVD Musicaux du 28 novembre au 04 décembre 2011" (in French). www.chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  23. ^ "Deutsche Charts - Alben Top 10 - 9.12.2011". germancharts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  24. ^ "Hungarian DVD Chart: Week 49, 2011" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  25. ^ "Irish Top 10 Music DVDs". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  26. ^ "Artisti - Classifica settimanale dal 28/11/2011 al 04/12/2011" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  27. ^ "Top 100 Mexico - Semana Del 28 de Noviembre al 04 de Diciembre del 2011" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  28. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - sales for the period 28.11.2011 - 04.12.2011". Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  29. ^ "Schweizer Hitparade - Musik-DVD Top 10 - 11.12.2011" (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  30. ^ "Adele's '21' is now the biggest selling album of the 21st Century". The Official Charts. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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