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Adele's New Album Is 'Middle Of The Road', According To Collaborator Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn Has Heard Adele's New Material... And He's Not Impressed
Daniel Welsh
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Adele fans awaiting her much-anticipated new album might be disappointed to hear that it’s not exactly groundbreaking stuff… at least if you ask Damon Albarn, that is.

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The Blur singer worked on the follow-up to ‘21’, which is said to be coming later this year, but has revealed he doesn’t think the tracks he helped her with will be appearing on the release.

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Speaking to The Sun, he admitted: “Will she use any of the stuff? I don’t think so. Let’s wait and see.

“Adele asked me to work with her and I took the time out for her. And I’m not a producer, so . . . I don’t know what’s happening really.

“The thing is, she’s very insecure. And she doesn’t need to be, she’s still so young.”

He went on to confess that he’s heard some of the material she recorded with Danger Mouse, branding it “middle of the road”, which isn’t exactly what we want to hear about an album we’ve been waiting four and a half years for.

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If Damon’s tracks are ditched, he won’t be the only high-profile producer who didn’t make the cut.

Sia, who has previously written for Rihanna, Kylie Minogue and Beyoncé, was drafted in to work on the project, but ultimately her tracks weren’t used, so Sia released them herself.

Speaking to RTV Slovenija about her new single, ‘Alive’, she said that Adele rejected it “at the last minute”, adding: “It’s about her life, so I now sing a song from her perspective.”

Adele’s forthcoming third album, rumoured to be titled ‘25’, will be released in November, according to reports.

Adele's 30 Greatest Achievements... So Far
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(01 of21)
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Winning an Oscar for 'Skyfall' (credit:Getty)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(02 of21)
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She was signed at 16, just three days after finishing school, all because one of her friends posted one of her performances on MySpace. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(03 of21)
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For making the cover of both the UK and US editions of fashion bible, Vogue (and not being a size 00). (credit:Vogue)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(04 of21)
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Having her very own waxwork created by Madame Tussauds in London. The completed figure is expected to be unveiled late 2013. (credit:AP)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(05 of21)
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Her famous friends. (credit:Getty Images)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(06 of21)
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Winning six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. (credit:Getty)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(07 of21)
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Her son, Angelo (well, at least we think that's the little blighter's name, Adele still hasn't confirmed what she's called him) (credit:Splash)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(08 of21)
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For owning the most fabulous collection of black designer dresses in the celeb universe. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(09 of21)
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Her refusal to be a size zero like the rest of celebland, saying: "I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life." (credit:AP)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(10 of21)
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Cracking the US with a double platinum debut album ('19') (credit:Getty Images)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(11 of21)
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For not giving a stuff what people think. (credit:Getty Images)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(12 of21)
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For not selling pictures of her baby son. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(13 of21)
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For not deserting the UK and moving to Lala land. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(14 of21)
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She is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time. (credit:Billboard)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(15 of21)
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Keeping her feet on the ground despite being the biggest selling female artist on the planet. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(16 of21)
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Being the first artist EVER to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(17 of21)
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Having her second album, '21' certified 16 times platinum in the UK. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(18 of21)
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Selling 26 million copies of her second album, '21' worldwide. (credit:Universal)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(19 of21)
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Winning a Golden Globe for 'Skyfall' (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(20 of21)
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Being named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine. (credit:WENN)
Adele's 25 Greatest Achievements... So Far(21 of21)
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Being the first living artist to achieve the feat of having two top 5 hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964. (credit:WENN)

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