I am sick of Adele


Why Why Why!!!!! Do people think she has a great voice.
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I remember getting fed up with all the hype about the Beatles, whose music I loved.  It's not necessarily about the artist, it's the circus that surrounds them.
After listening to big chunks of three of her tunes I can say I find the voice to be good, but it and/or the material would have to be different ("better," IMO) to make me get out the credit card.  I'm a little surprised there's such a big stink about her in particular.  I just don't hear a really characteristic voice that makes me say, "wow, I'd know that voice anywhere and the sound of it knocks me out."  I find some of her effects to be contrived but that's true of many good singers.  But, again, I don't blame her for the hype.
olgny, it seems you think Adele would be better suited to Norah Jones-type arrangements--or am I mis-reading?  I'd like to hear Adele with that sort of backing, might be good.
bdp24, I'm a big Rondstadt fan (but not of her popular pop/rock years).  I've always felt she suffered from wrong material and cookie-cutter arranging.  It never occurred to me to point the finger at her, but you may be on to something.  I love her more country/folksy material and her mariachi stuff.  She does a great duet with David Hidalgo (of Los Lobos) on some obscure album.