Emeli Sandé, to put it politely, is pleasant, the kind of pop singer who never veers too far from the middle of the road. She believes with all her heart in a refrain as cloying as “We’ll climb mountains, climb mountains together.” Her net is intentionally wide so as to capture as many fans as possible, often at the expense of distinction.

She closed her sold-out performance at the Paradise Rock Club on Tuesday with a declaration of uplift: