Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

British pop star Adele nurtures an adoring relationship with fans at London's Royal Albert Hall, but then breaks up with them and writes a plaintive tune about it. Just kidding, although Adele's identification with bad relationship/lost love songs is so strong she makes romantic misery and her own personal "ex" files a topic of recurring jokes in her frequent, occasionally profane Eliza Doolittle banter during this 17-song concert from September 2011. Featuring all but one tune from Adele's chartbuster recording 21, and nearly half of her acclaimed debut 19, the hits here include “Chasing Pavements,” “Hometown Glory,” “Set Fire to the Rain,” “Turning Tables,” “Rumour Has It,” and “Rolling in the Deep.” The audience-participation anthem "Someone Like You," which appears next-to-last, is prefaced with a lengthy, almost TMI intro (the ex-boyfriend is doing fine, she respects him, likely hurt him as much as he did her—wow, sounds like another songwriting session). Adele also inspires a candle-lit (well, cell-phone-screen-lit) backdrop as she sings "Make You Feel My Love" in tribute to the late Amy Winehouse. Presented in DTS 5.1 (DTS-HD 5.1 on the Blu-ray release) and Dolby Digital stereo, extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette and a bonus audio CD of the concert. Highly recommended. (C. Cassady)