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
Barry Palmer (British singer) Asia on a song called ""Love The One You Live / Feel the Fire"", written by Stephen Stills and Palmer/Payne respectively. After his period with Mike Oldfield, Barry Palmer then decided to focus totally on his own solo career. In 1985, he released his solo album titled, "Without an Aim". Around the same time, he also released a cover version single of Manfred Mann's ""Doo Wah Diddy Diddy"" together with his own song, ""Spirit of America"", on the B side. 1987 saw the further release of an EP by Palmer entitled "Shimmering Gold / Unknown Singer" which had previously been