Adele “30” Best Track is The One You Least Expect

When we think of Adele, we think of soaring ballads, impassioned songs about love, loss and life — which the British singer’s fourth studio album, 30, delivers on in abundance. The LP runs the gamut, centering itself on her painful divorce, her failings as a parent, and the experience of losing herself in motherhood. All things which many people can relate to.

To wit, the singer’s recent “One Night Only” special on CBS was, according to Digital Music News, viewed by more than 10 million people (putting it on par with The Oscars and edging out the Grammys for the most-watched special on live TV), the album’s first single, “Easy On Me,” broke Spotify’s record for most streams in a day, and there has been no shortage of breathless coverage about Adele’s return after six years of relative quiet (Bantu knot scandal not withstanding).

30 is a sprawling, operatic affair. Heartache and personal failings are its core, with sadness underpinning its nearly hour long run time. However, arguably the best song on the record is actually the one on which the album’s heaviness seems to let up for a brief moment — “Can I Get It.”