That's exactly right. Really, she acts as much with her voice as she sings. She really is a throwback. In some ways she has much more in common with singers of earlier eras, jazz/soul singers, who may have sang the most banal of lyrics but the story was in their delivery, interpretation, choices of phrasing,…

There are some serious music fans and consumers on this site so I respect the opinions here. I'm not so much trying to defend Adele as just answer the question I see on here frequently re "why do so many people love this stuff?" Bottom line: it's the voice. This review says it well. The quality of her voice just…