Adele - 19 (Expanded Edition) (2008)

      19 is the debut studio album by British singer Adele. It was first released on 28 January 2008, through XL Recordings. Following Adele's graduation from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in May 2006, she began publishing songs and recorded a three-song demo for a class project and gave it to a friend. The friend posted the demo on Myspace, where it became very successful and led to interest from XL Recordings. This led to Adele signing a recording contract with the label and providing vocals for Jack Peñate, during this session for Peñate's song she met producer Jim Abbiss, who would go on to produce the majority of her debut album.

      The first single released from 19 was "Chasing Pavements", which Adele wrote in collaboration with Eg White."Chasing Pavements" was inspired by an incident Adele had with a former boyfriend of six months. After learning he had cheated on her, she went to the bar he was at and punched him in the face. After being thrown out, Adele walked down the street alone and thought to herself, "What is it you're chasing? You're chasing an empty pavement." She sang and recorded it on her mobile phone and arranged the chords when she got home. Adele and White co-wrote two other songs for the album: "Melt My Heart to Stone" and "Tired". She also collaborated with Sacha Skarbek on the single "Cold Shoulder". However, most of the songs were written solely by Adele, including "Best for Last", "Crazy for You", "First Love", and "My Same", as well as her debut single, "Hometown Glory". "Hometown Glory", was written by Adele in 10 minutes after her mother tried to persuade her to leave her home town of West Norwood in London for university.

***Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Daydreamer
02. Best for Last
03. Chasing Pavements
04. Cold Shoulder
05. Crazy for You
06. Melt My Heart to Stone
07. First Love
08. Right as Rain
09. Make You Feel My Love
10. My Same
11. Tired
12. Hometown Glory

Disc 2 - Live Acoustic Set Recorded at the Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles

01. Chasing Pavements
02. Melt My Heart to Stone
03. That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On
04. Crazy for You
05. Right as Rain
06. My Same
07. Make You Feel My Love
08. Daydreamer
09. Hometown Glory
10. Many Shades of Black - Performed by Adele and The Raconteurs
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