Via Yahoo! Music: Lyndsey Parker's "Track by Track Guide" To Adam Lambert's Album 'The Original High'
Filed Under () by glitzylady on Saturday, June 6, 2015
Posted at : Saturday, June 06, 2015
Via Yahoo! Music's Lyndsey Parker
LINK To "Adam Lambert's 'The Original High': A Track-by-Track Guide"
Photo credit via Yahoo! Music. Photographer: Freddie Main
Excerpts from the Intro to the "Track by Track Guide":
"It’s not like Lambert really needed a “comeback,” of course, considering that he spent his between-album/label years starring on Glee, fronting Queen on an international tour, collaborating with superstar DJ Avicii, and so on. But The Original High is indeed a triumphant return. Adam Lambert is back. It may not be the guylinered, glittery, glam-rock Adam Lambert that some people expect, but that’s OK. It’s actually more than OK."
"Since his American Idol days, Lambert has always kept his audience guessing. And sure enough, The Original High is full of curveballs, depending on one’s particular brand of Lambert fandom. Those still partial to the hard rock he did when he was on Idol (come on, that was six years ago, let’s move on), as well as newly indoctrinated Glamberts who discovered him via Queen, will likely be surprised that — despite one in-studio collaboration with Queen’s Brian May — this is Lambert’s least rockist album yet. Diehard fans of the theatrical showman’s famously octave-straddling wail may admittedly miss some of his over-the-top vocal acrobatics; this album features some of Lambert’s subtlest, most nuanced performances to date. And anyone grooving on the ‘70s and '80s influences of Trespassing and its 2009 predecessor, For Your Entertainment, will be in for a futureshock, because despite this album’s forays into '90s-style house, The Original High is very now, very wow, and very 2015. "
"All that being said, fans may be surprised… but they won’t likely be disappointed. To quote a line from one of the album’s tracks, “There I Said It,” Lambert is a “grown-ass man,” and the 33-year-old has grown gracefully into his signature sound."
LINK To "Adam Lambert's 'The Original High': A Track-by-Track Guide"
Excerpts from the Intro to the "Track by Track Guide":
"It’s not like Lambert really needed a “comeback,” of course, considering that he spent his between-album/label years starring on Glee, fronting Queen on an international tour, collaborating with superstar DJ Avicii, and so on. But The Original High is indeed a triumphant return. Adam Lambert is back. It may not be the guylinered, glittery, glam-rock Adam Lambert that some people expect, but that’s OK. It’s actually more than OK."
"Since his American Idol days, Lambert has always kept his audience guessing. And sure enough, The Original High is full of curveballs, depending on one’s particular brand of Lambert fandom. Those still partial to the hard rock he did when he was on Idol (come on, that was six years ago, let’s move on), as well as newly indoctrinated Glamberts who discovered him via Queen, will likely be surprised that — despite one in-studio collaboration with Queen’s Brian May — this is Lambert’s least rockist album yet. Diehard fans of the theatrical showman’s famously octave-straddling wail may admittedly miss some of his over-the-top vocal acrobatics; this album features some of Lambert’s subtlest, most nuanced performances to date. And anyone grooving on the ‘70s and '80s influences of Trespassing and its 2009 predecessor, For Your Entertainment, will be in for a futureshock, because despite this album’s forays into '90s-style house, The Original High is very now, very wow, and very 2015. "
"All that being said, fans may be surprised… but they won’t likely be disappointed. To quote a line from one of the album’s tracks, “There I Said It,” Lambert is a “grown-ass man,” and the 33-year-old has grown gracefully into his signature sound."
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11 comments:
That was kind of painful since I have to still wait. They sound so wanting. Like I so want to hear them and I'm really jealous!
Excellent!
Thanks for posting, glitzylady.
Love her writing about Adam <3
What a great review! She's such a Glambert and her track by track review leaves me waiting for TOH even more impatiently!
The wait is not going to be any easier now. Can't wait for the full revelation of "The Original High"!!!
Gotta say that the only song so far that I have felt a huge attraction to is "Underground." When I listen to that song -- over and over and over - "I'm in trouble," as says the song. Hope it gets lots of radio requests. I see it attracts lots of hits on You Tube Looking forward to hearing the others. For years I have appreciated Lyndsey's reviews. She is so informed and aware about music -- especially Adam's.
Beverly
Don't think Underground will get any radio requests unless it is released as a single which I doubt. unfortunately, as I love EITN, but it will be the same with that.
Adam never fails to be original,to surprise us ,to leave us wanting for more,more,more...I just pre- ordered an armful of his CD The Original High.. Love Lyndsey's review..
I love all the songs that have been released so far.. The tip of the fantastic iceberg...
Melody, so glad you ordered them but if you buy too many from once source all at once they don't count for charting on Billboard. Maybe consider buying them over the course of the first couple of days after the release? Just a thought.
Lyndsey has me drooling for TOH! Love her reviews of each song. Sounds like they each have a lot to say about Adam. It think that this album WILL show off his voice, both at the low end of the scale and at the top end. He does keep us guessing. There is no same-old same-old when it comes to Adam. I posted here a while ago that I thought an apt name for his musical themes might be "urban angst." That's not to say that it's always sad or negative, but that it's introspective and unsettled and searching. Angsty, IMO.
Here is some newish pic of Adam in Finland:
https://instagram.com/p/3oAJBnqf75/?taken-by=maijupellikka
Apparently he has left from Finland a couple of hours ago, pics from airport of Helsinki-Vantaa:
https://twitter.com/SirilovesKevin/status/607530222079090688/photo/1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CG5sBHkW0AA8HUi.jpg
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