Skyfall Reviews

It seemed on paper like a perfect marriage between singer and material. Truly, has any modern star seemed more predetermined to eventually sing a Bond theme than Adele? Her smoky vocals and panache with lyrical dramatics made her seem like an obvious choice to set the mood for Skyfall. And she delivered the goods.

“Skyfall” is no slouch when compared to Bond theme classics like “Live and Let Die,” “GoldenEye,” “A View to Kill,” “Nobody Does It Better” and the indomitable “Goldfinger.” In fact, it sounds right at home amongst those stellar songs. Adele smartly looks back to Dame Shirley Bassey’s mid-tempo “Diamonds Are Forever” and crafts a song that builds slowly before unleashing the vocal pyrotechnics.

It doesn’t hurt that her lyrics are obtuse upon first listen but become incredibly clear once you watch the film. They hit all the right lyrical trademarks – mysterious, lovelorn and vaguely dangerous. Finally after years of mediocre to flat-out awful Bond themes we have been blessed with a great one.

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