“One And Only” by Adele

"One and Only" sits on 21, the second Adele album, named for the age she was while making it. She wrote the song with Dan Wilson and Greg Wells, and Rick Rubin, then co-president of Columbia Records, produced it, with Greg Fidelman recording and Andrew Scheps mixing.

The band is a deep bench: Pino Palladino on bass, Chris Dave on drums, James Poyser on piano, Smokey Hormel and Matt Sweeney on guitars, Lenny Castro on percussion, Stephanie Bennett on harp and David Hidalgo on accordion and banjo, with a seven-voice choir rising behind Adele's lead. The album around it keeps the Motown and soul roots of her debut, 19, lets in the American country and Southern blues she picked up touring North America, and was written in the wake of a breakup, circling heartbreak, healing and forgiveness.

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