Adele - Rumour Has It

Oh how Adele loves the blues. New single Rumour Has It is in many ways a continuation to the story Rolling In The Deep - again touting a girl-power message of defiance, it was always a standout from the star's 21 album.

With its swaggery chorus and bludgeoning, stompy beat, you're left wondering what it was that the cast-off guy did that was so bad to rouse Adele's anger into penning a song like this. It's impassioned to the point of bitterness; you can positively taste that acid-tongued disapproval flying from her mouth.

Obvious standout it might be, its heavy-handed nature never appealed overtly to me - except, it has to be said, when the track shifts mid way into a hauntingly soulful ballad. It is here that Adele will always reap her greatest successes - that soaring vocal line is sublime.

Rumour Has It is released on the 21st November.

Adele - Turning Tables

Of the two tracks being touted as Adele's next single, for me, it is hands down Turning Tables that is the superior.

Rumour Has It might be fiery, it might have that Adele 'not a care in the world' swagger that everyone seems to want these days, but Turning Tables is a song of such heart-breaking beauty, such sumptuous delights that ever since I first heard, I've wanted it to play as a kind of soundtrack to the most dramatic moments of my own life.

Quite rightly, it builds on the best track from Adele's previous album - Hometown Glory - latching on to another gorgeous piano hook and pumping in a classic full-force Adele vocal. Everyone might rave about Someone Like You, but it's Turning Tables that's the real tear-jerker in my opinion.

So much has been said and written about Adele's runaway success this year, but putting aside all the hype and bluster, it's important to remember just how good her voice really is. Not many singers can truly blow you away, but here, Adele does every single time.

A truly magnificent song.