Track Listing

1. Music Again
2. For Your Entertainment
3. Whataya Want From Me
4. Strut
5. Soaked
6. Sure Fire Winners
7. A Loaded Smile
8. If I Had You
9. Pick U Up
10. Fever
11. Sleepwalker
12. Aftermath
13. Broken Open
14. Time For Miracles

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14 in Music
• Brand: Adam
• Released on: 2009-11-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
2009 album from the first runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Immediately following his participation on American Idol, Lambert began writing collaborating with predominant Pop hit makers such as Lady GaGa, Greg Wells, Max Martin, Linda Perry, RedOne, Ryan Tedder, Sam Sparro, Kara DioGuardi and P!nk. The album features 'Soaked', written by Matthew Bellamy of Muse and 'Music Again' written by Justin Hawkins from The Darkness. Lambert also co-wrote four of the songs on the album: 'Strut', 'Aftermath', 'Pick U Up' and 'Broken Open'. The album includes the hit single 'Time For Miracle' from the blockbuster motion picture 2012.

Customer Reviews

Outrageously, guiltily pleasurable. A musical popsicle.
Let me begin by saying that I have never in all [nearly] 30 years of my musical fandom bought an album by anyone remotely associated with the corporate machine called American Idol.

But then... there is Adam Lambert. This man's mere existence invalidates everything. He's like the glittery lovechild of Velvet Goldmine and Edward Scissorhands, ridiculous, offensive, and intelligent all at once, and he has somehow landed in the hands of mainstream America. Oh, and he can sing his face off, as evidenced by this record.

Seeing as other music snobs have likely been blindsided in a simlilar way, I have decided to write not a traditional review, but a reassurance of sorts. A manual of how to handle an album you thought you'd never find yourself buying. Sort of like an unsuspecting Adam-addict's AA meeting.

-Expect to get 'Music Again' and/or 'Sure Fire Winners' stuck in your head for entire work-shifts at a time. Don't fight it - just run with it. When someone asks why you're grinning, shrug and continue humming.

-It's completely normal to get very turned on during the title track and have to take a cold shower afterwards.

-You're not flaming, flaky, or shallow for digging 'If I Had You'. It's shameless Euro-dance-pop, sure, but the vocals are all real, and the bridge screams of surrender. Just give in.

-'Aftermath' is cheesier than a block of packaged Velveeta, but as long as you relate the lyrical sentiment to something powerful in your own life, you'll feel less retarded for screaming along. 'Sleepwalker' is similar - an excuse to show off Adam's `sad voice'. And his sad voice is, well, effectively sad. Don't listen to this if you've been drinking or you might drive your car into a ditch.

-Speaking of driving, never, ever, under any circumstances, play the fist-pumping anthem 'Fever' in your car, unless you are sober and fully parked. Otherwise you run the risk of completely ignoring the road and ramming into some poor unsuspecting pedestrian who will only wonder why you won't stop headbanging long enough to get out of the car and survey the scene.

-'Broken Open' carves out the kind of emotional hole that should be reserved for indie film tragedies. Remember how it's always nearly impossible to take a song seriously once a modulation happens? Forget that rule. The key change here only makes you hurt harder. Another one to avoid while drunk - late-night listenings could lead to unintelligible journal entries best left to the imagination.

-The fuzzy atmosphere of 'Pick U Up' could fill a smiley-faced balloon and float it away. Feeling down? Put this on. Adam's gleeful laugh at the end melts frost like a hot bath. And while you're taking a bath... have a foolproof formula for relaxation: a glass of wine plus `A Loaded Smile'.

-One should never be above histrionics and random emo moments, as evidenced by the hysterical opening chords and subsequent calm of 'Soaked', as well as the Radiohead-like breakdown shoved into the middle of the anthemic 'Strut'.

-You know it's a good album when the likes of 'Whataya Want From Me' sound like filler. Don't worry about it - one 'meh' out of thirteen 'woo's ain't bad.

-And finally-- yes, 'Time for Miracles' at the end actually works. After this emotionally taxing funhouse of a record, the whole `ain't giving up' theme feels really good, like a cold cheap beer after a long day.

FYE may not be the best album I've ever bought - but it's certainly the most satisfying.

Time for an objective review
Let's start with the fact that I was an Adam fan when he was on AI. However, I'm a country music fan, so Adam's music is not what I would normally listen to, but I do ocassionally make an exception.

When I listened to the 30 second clips, I was in great fear that I was not going to like this CD very much. But, I've changed my mind after listening to it in full, twice now.

Music Again gets a "9" from me. I think this song is a love it or hate it song. I happen to love it. It has a real British sound to it and I am definitely reminded of Freddie Mercury when listening.

For Your Entertainment is a decent song. I gave it an 8, but it is not close to being the best song on this CD.

Whataya Want From Me? I'm not quite certain, but Pink's influence stands out in the first of the 10 star songs on this CD.

Strut: I can't stand it. I'm not big on songs with hard beats, and this one in particular did not sit well with me. I'm sure others will enjoy it, but not my cup of tea. I'll give it a 3 for the heck of it.

Soaked gets a 7 rating as a somewhat decent ballad.

Sure Fire Winners is a song many are going to love. Unfortunately, I don't as it sounds rather ordinary to me. Still not a bad song, just not a great one. But we can't expect every song to be great, can we?

A Loaded Smile: I loved the song except for the fact that it gets somewhat lost at the three quarter mark before rapping up the way it began. Still 8 stars despite the 3/4 quirk.

If I Had You: As I stated before, I don't really care for songs with strong beats, but this one is a real exception. Another 10 star.

Pick U Up: Not bad; it gets progressively stronger as it moves along. Rating; 7

Fever: Another song with a strong beat, but not so impressive. Again, if you like a strong beat you'll enjoy it. For me, I could tolerate it; 5 stars.

Sleepwalker: 6 stars, just an average semi-ballad.

Aftermath: Okay, this song sent me for a loop. I swear I thought I was listening to Chris Sligh when he was with Half Past Forever. And that, for me, is not a bad thing. This is my favorite song on the CD. Rating 10

Broken Open: Nice ballad perfectly placed on the CD. I only gave it a 7 rating because the techno background sound really bothered me. It just doensn't go well with this ballad.

And Finally, Time for Miracles. This is just another great song, plain and simple. Rating 10

Overall, I'm impressed. The only negative I can see is that Adam doesn't really give us an idea where he is heading musically as the CD has a little of everything. That isn't necessarily bad though.

Even though I wasn't ecstatic with every song, there are quite a few really super songs that I think this is a very good, maybe great, CD. Most will enjoy.

Wonderful album
This is a rare album that can be listened to straight through while enjoying everything. There is nothing boring, nothing
sleep-inducing. It's all just gives so much pleasure. Sure some of the songs are favorites and get played more often (this changes everyday though), but there are no clunkers on the whole album. This is so unusual. I am amazed that Adam and his collaborators were able to produce such a fine work in such a short amount of time. It's great.