2008 debut album from the singer/songwriter who cites influences as diverse as Etta James Jill Scott Bjork Dusty Springfield Billy Bragg Billie Holiday Jeff Buckley the Cure and Peggy Lee. Adele is a truly unique artist. With her mix up of R&B and Soul served up with a healthy dash of feisty London attitude she spins beautiful dark stories of loves won and lost and sometimes just daydreamed about on 12 beautiful and memorable tracks.