21 (Adele album) music inflections. Instruments such as the saxophone, harp, banjo and the accordion contributed to its exploration of blues and soul. The singer drew from the music of Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits, and Sinéad O'Connor in the cultivation of the album's sound, and credited Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, and The Steel Drivers with its musical direction. Adele's style on "21" is generally characterised by critics as soul, although some suggest that the album eschews any distinct stylistic epithet. John Murphy of musicOMH characterises the album as British soul. Jon Caramanica of
Modern Love (Matt Nathanson album) Modern Love (Matt Nathanson album) Modern Love is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson. It was released on June 21, 2011. "Modern Love" was Nathanson's second album for Vanguard Records, following his 2007 album "Some Mad Hope". He released the first single, "Faster", as a free download to his fan mailing list in March 2011. "Modern Love" debuted at number 17 on the "Billboard" 200 for the week of July 9, 2011. "Modern Love" received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album