For Your Entertainment Adam Lambert

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  • Release Date: 11/23/2009
  • Sales Rank: 61
  • Label: RCA
  • UPC: 886975480128

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For Your Entertainment

1LISTENMusic Again 3:16
2LISTENFor Your Entertainment 3:35
3LISTENWhataya Want from Me 3:47
4LISTENStrut 3:29
5LISTENSoaked 4:33
6LISTENSure Fire Winners 3:33
7LISTENA Loaded Smile 4:04
8LISTENIf I Had You 3:48
9LISTENPick U Up 4:00
10LISTENFever 3:26
11LISTENSleepwalker 4:26
12LISTENAftermath 4:26
13LISTENBroken Open 5:10
14LISTENTime for Miracles Bonus Track 4:42

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

With Adam Lambert, American Idol finally got a finalist who was completely, utterly contemporary, aware of what†s hip in music and culture and aware of how music is made and consumed in 2009, never seeming to try to follow fads or set trends, just embodying the time. Mercifully, he came in second to Kris Allen, for if he came in first he may have had to tame his self-styled glamazon ways. A second place finish allowed Lambert to come out of the closet and indulge in his penchant for theater on his debut, For Your Entertainment -- which isn†t quite the same thing as camp, for if Adam Lambert is anything, he†s earnest about his dress-up, never winking at the audience because he doesn†t think there†s much funny about his glitter and mascara: that†s just what pop stars are supposed to do. He†s learned that by listening to his stacks of Queen and Bowie records, from watching old MTV videos on YouTube, from living in a present that always competes with the ever-present past, so he takes it all at face value, mixing up arena rock guitars, new wave, disco, operatic overdubs with a constant electro pulse, glassy modern R&B, and the vague Euro strains of new millennium teen pop. All this makes For Your Entertainment very, very modern in a way few mainstream pop albums are in 2009, whether they†re products of the American Idol/19 machine or not: Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Rivers Cuomo, P!nk, Lady GaGa, Linda Perry, Ryan Tedder, Muse†s Matthew Bellamy, and Justin Hawkins of the Darkness all elbow each other for space here, creating cheerful genre-bending where Sweet gives way to the Scissor Sisters, and it†s never, ever necessary for a listener to recognize the allusions, either the intentional or accidental. All the heavy-hitters here write to Adam†s image -- GaGa wisely goes so far as to keep the object of his affection male -- and they give him some truly terrific pop tunes: Hawkins† glorious, goofy opener "†Music Again,†" a strange dead ringer for Aldo Nova; Dr. Luke†s cool strutting title track; Bellamy†s shimmering smoothed-out Radiohead "†Soaked†"; P!nk†s pained "†Whataya Want from Me†"; Cuomo†s surging "†Pick U Up,†" which could have fit on Raditude; Tedder†s typically icy alienation "†Sleepwalker†"; and Lady GaGa†s terrific disco "†Fever.†" Lambert sounds larger than life on these, just like he wants to be, and if there†s no sense of danger here -- whenever he dons his leather and his girlfriends put on their stripper heels, it†s playacting drama club kids getting a kick out of their adopted roles -- at least there†s a lot of pure pop pleasure here, more than any immediate post-Idol album has ever delivered., All Music Guide All Music Guide



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Great, great first albumby Anonymous

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February 07, 2010: This is one artist that has a lot going for him. Not only is he extremely talented but he knows how to use his gifts in the most artistic way. As great as the album is, my favorite performances of Adam's are the ones I've seen online at the Upright Cafe. It would be wonderful if he would sing more traditional blues songs on future albums. This talent has no limits.

Great 1st!by shyla1

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February 06, 2010: This high energy CD has me listening to it alot! Adam really does have alot of talent, he needs to refine it a little more, but I really found him entertaining and diverse.


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This item Rated Appropriate for Ages 12 and Up

Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 12 and UP

What to watch out for

  • Sex:

    "Fever" details a non-explicit homosexual fantasy and includes references to ménage à trois, sneaking a rendezvous while parents aren't at home, and possibly having an encounter in a car. Other songs talk about laying down together, kiss... More

    "Fever" details a non-explicit homosexual fantasy and includes references to ménage à trois, sneaking a rendezvous while parents aren't at home, and possibly having an encounter in a car. Other songs talk about laying down together, kissing, and lovers. Close

  • Violence:

    One song mentions jumping out of a window, and "For Your Entertainment" makes a subtle connection between violence and sex: "I'ma hurt 'ya real good, baby...Can you handle what I'm about to do, 'cause it's about to get rough for you."

  • Consumerism:

    Lambert was on American Idol...

  • Drugs:

    "Fever" mentions a bar.

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.

What Parents Need to Know

About For Your Entertainment

Parents need to know that for the most part this album is rather tame, but there are a few tracks on here that might raise some eyebrows when it comes to sexy lyrics. Although there's nothing really explicit, Lambert does sing about some mature subject matter, like a ménage à trois and mixes talk of pleasure and pain together in a seductive way. Having caused quite the controversy at the American Music Awards for his performance, which included kissing a guy and a brief move that simulated oral sex, it should be noted that this album is far less scandalous than this one performance.