My slowly peeling away the onion skin of Adele was slightly different. I had picked 19 up when it first came out and honestly didn't pay that close of attention to it and literally forgot about it.

Then I was hearing Chasing Pavements on occasion, but with radio the way it is around here, the 'rock' stations would never play this. I don't listen to pop or top 40 stations because they irritate me. So mostly I was getting Adele music from hearing about her, sound clips from the media. I still didn't jump back.

Then when 21 was getting massive attention even before it came out, I started to pay much closer attention. Rolling In the Deep which I'm sure Chip will cover just sucked me in immediately.

That's when I went back to 19. I listened to it over and over. It still was not that impressive. But I have grown to love Chasing Pavements and Hometown Glory.