Adele - Rare Songs and Cover Versions, Volume 2 (2011-2017)

I just posted an album of Adele rarities, all from the year 2008. I made that together with this one, so I might as well post this too. If you like that one, you should like this one too.

The main difference between the previous album and this one is that that one was mostly covers (all but two songs), whereas this one is about half covers and half non-album Adele originals. Most of the originals are bonus tracks to her 2011 and 2015 albums. But there's also "Skyfall," her 2012 hit for the James Bond movie of the same name. Plus, there are two songs, "You'll Never See Me Again" and "Never Gonna Leave You" that are still officially unreleased. They were recorded for her 2011 album "21" but weren't included on it, then were somehow leaked onto the Internet in 2014.

Additionally, I stumbled upon a really interesting unreleased mix of "Rolling in the Deep." That's easily my favorite Adele song. I think it's one of the very best songs of the millennium (from 2000 onwards). This version is the same as the studio album version, but with all the instrumentation removed, leaving just Adele's lead vocals plus the backing vocals. It's not as good as the hit version, but I still think it's interesting and worth hearing.

Regarding the cover versions, a few of them are bonus tracks. The rest generally are from live performances. Generally speaking, the sound quality is high, even though three of them are from concert bootlegs.

This album is longer than the previous one. That one is 44 minutes long, and this one is an hour and one minute long. It's kind of an album and a half. The first 40 minutes are all from 2011, and are related to the "21" album released that year. If Adele comes out with a new album and has a bunch of non-album tracks that go with it, I may well move the post-2011 songs to that, if that makes for a sensible album length.

Here is a list of the original artists that made the songs famous:

01 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
02 I Found a Boy - Adele
03 If It Hadn't Been for Love - Darryl Worley
04 Hiding My Heart - Tim Hanseroth
05 Lovesong - Cure
06 You'll Never See Me Again - Adele
07 Never Gonna Leave You - Adele
08 Promise This - Cheryl Cole
09 [You Make Me Feel like A] Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
10 I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
11 Rolling in the Deep [Acappella Version] - Adele
12 Skyfall - Adele
13 Can't Let Go - Adele
14 Lay Me Down - Adele
15 Why Do You Love Me - Adele
16 Fastlove - George Michael
 
Here's the usual song list:

01 Need You Now (Adele with Darius Rucker)
02 I Found a Boy (Adele)
03 If It Hadn't Been for Love (Adele)
04 Hiding My Heart (Adele)
05 Lovesong (Adele)
06 You'll Never See Me Again (Adele)
07 Never Gonna Leave You (Adele)
08 Promise This (Adele)
09 [You Make Me Feel like A] Natural Woman (Adele)
10 I Can't Make You Love Me (Adele)
11 Rolling in the Deep [Acappella Version] (Adele)
12 Skyfall (Adele)
13 Can't Let Go (Adele)
14 Lay Me Down (Adele)
15 Why Do You Love Me (Adele)
16 Fastlove (Adele)

NOTE: The download link has been removed, due to a copyright issue, sorry. But check the comments below.

The photo for the cover comes from Adele's appearance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.