"Skyfall" timed release to Bond Day

“BEST BOND SINCE BASSEY”: After a 90-second teaser for the “Skyfall” track went viral earlier this week, the critics have been singing its praises (as if that matters). The Evening Standard calls Adele the "Best Bond singer since Shirley Bassey"; the Daily Telegraph says it’s “A Bond song that stirs the heart”; the Guardian describes it as "A deliciously languid ballad"; and the LA Times raves that, "what's available of Adele's ‘Skyfall’ seems to hint at the classic Bond themes of yore." (10/5a)