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 |  Subject: A Minute With: Adam Lambert "For Your Entertainment"  19.11.09 12:58 | |
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- Like the man himself, Adam Lambert’s post-“American Idol” debut album is over the top and heavily accessorized. But beneath the flashy trappings lurks a trippy hippie heart, and Lambert’s sunny affirmations help make “For Your Entertainment” a shiny party album worth keeping on the morning after.
Written and produced by a slew of industry big shots that includes Pink, Lady Gaga, One Republic singer Ryan Tedder and members of Muse, Lambert’s album suffers from the same glossy professionalism that makes most “Idol” CDs seem permanently shrink-wrapped. Lambert’s crazy, octave-vaulting vocals were like nothing we had heard on “Idol” before, but the blandly bombastic “Time for Miracles” and the generically bouncy “Sure Fire Winners” could have been recorded by anybody.
But once you get past the cast-of-thousands sonic clutter, you’ll get some encouraging glimpses of the SAn Diego-raised singer who made the last season of “Idol” such a memorable joy ride.
With its Freddie Mercury flourishes and techno crunch, “Music Again” (written by Justin Hawkins of the Darkness) is a flashy showcase for Lambert’s rock-god vocals; the dizzy “Strut” (which Lambert co-wrote) spins like a disco ball and testifies like Tyra Banks; and if the guyliner references in “If I Had You” don’t slay you, its spinning-class fury probably will.
For fans of Lambert’s softer side, there are ballads aplenty. The Linda Perry-penned “A Loaded Smile” and the bruised “Broken Open” (which Lambert co-wrote) are gorgeous pleas for intimacy that Lambert sings with touching vulnerability. The melodramatic “Soaked” lets Lambert uncork those trademark mega notes, and Pink’s rock-fueled “Whataya Want From Me” features the album’s least affected vocal tracks, and it is all the more moving because of it.
Now that he’s sung Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” and Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” on national television, Lambert is going to spend the rest of his professional life looking for songs worthy of that galeforce voice. He hasn’t found them yet, but you wouldn’t know from listening to him. Even when the music disappoints, Lambert’s sense of fun and his “Be Yourself” inclusiveness make even the flimsiest tracks seem worth your time and iPod space.
I’m here for your entertainment, Lambert sings on the title tune. And like all good troupers, he doesn’t let a lack of material stop him from putting on a fabulous show. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AI20E20091119?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true | |
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