Adele's new album 25 gets mixed reviews from critics 

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The album millions the world over have been waiting for is finally upon us, but despite all the hype not all the critics have been left impressed with Adele\'s new album

The 27-year-old will release her third album worldwide tomorrow (November 20), with analysts predicting record-breaking first-week sales.

But the music press have mixed opinions on just how good the highly-anticipated album is.

sticks close to the formula of the best-known tracks on its predecessor,

: big piano-led ballads, decorated with strings and brass, dealing with heartbreak," stated 

Its review added that the familiarity is one of the record\'s weaknesses, concluding that

needs "more variety, more sense of an artist using the space and freedom shifting 30m units buys you to move on at least a little".

said. "For her core fanbase, this probably comes as sweet relief."

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Its three-star review added: "You just can\'t shake the feeling that the whole thing is just 

a glowing five-star review, with particular praise for Adele\'s "effortless" vocal delivery.

"She gives herself space, words falling neatly with music and rhythm, albeit she has the advantage of being able to stretch vowels and add syllables apparently at will," the paper added.

awarded Adele\'s new record three stars, saying: "There are isolated moments of musical intrigue scattered here and there through the album.

continues, it\'s gradually swamped by the kind of dreary piano ballads that are Adele\'s fall-back position

"Pop moves and mutates, but Adele more or less does not," its reviewer wrote. "Naming her albums for different ages in her life doesn\'t indicate radical changes from era to era, but rather reinforces the reassuringly slow march of time.

 "Nothing here wallows on the pitfalls of fame or the lavish new lifestyle she leads, but rather keeps its focus on emotion and astute turns of phrase that sum up life\'s little fears and delights with candour.

It seems obvious to give such a highly anticipated record - and one that has basically already gone to number one all over the world - a five-star review. But for its simplicity, sincerity and striking soulfulness, it truly does deserve it.

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