2012-05 Promo Interviews and Performances

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Article on @adamlambert and #trespassing in
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4:10 PM - 11 May 12 via Echofon
www.20min.ch/ro/musique/news/story/Ecoutez-le-nouvel-album-d-Adam-Lambert-16103466





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Hear the new album of Adam Lambert
by Fabrice Aubert - The American singer of 30 years is about to release his second album Friday. Find out in full today.

Adam Lambert released her second album Friday. (Photo: Cherry lee)

Adam Lambert has been revealed to the public in 2009. It was ranked second in the eighth season of "American Idol." Carried by the buzz, he released his first album, "For Your Entertainment," the same year. This elapse 2 million.

The second single from that album, "Whataya Want From Me," became an international hit and climbed to sixth place Helvetic charts in 2010. This title will be worth at Lambert also a nomination for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance" Grammy Awards.

Queen called on him

The talent of this singer has revealed on television Tappe in the eye of two legendary musicians: Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen. They decided to call on Adam Lambert to replace Freddie Mercury when they return to the stage this year.

"It's a challenge that is worth it for us and I know that Adam would have had the support of Freddie," said Brian May earlier this year. Two dates are already confirmed: 11 and 12 July 2012 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

A new album with stars

In 2012, Adam Lambert is back in stores Friday, May 11 For this second album, "Trespassing", he surrounded himself with sizes in the world of music, coming from diverse and varied universe. Adam Lambert co-wrote most of the songs with the collaboration of artists, producers and composers such as Pharrell Williams, Claude Kelly, Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rogers, Sam Sparro or Dr. Luke and Bruno Mars.

We invite you to discover the result preview below (note: this does not work on the application for smartphones):

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(Photo Art by Lee Cherry and @dorie Beehler Wheaton) — with Jackie McAdams

Dallas Voice: Glam boy’s back! The gay Idol’s sophomore CD reminds us why we first loved Adam Lambert!

Whether to prove himself as a major player or to shed any remaining bits of American Idolatry, Adam Lambert brought in some big guns to help in his second full-length studio release, Trespassing. Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams and Sam Sparro are some of the familiar names that join Lambert this time around, but the album is distinctly his. The gay glam boy shows his mettle — and it’s mostly heavy.

Lambert explodes out of the gate like a champion with the title opener. The bass beat is hard and made heavier by the blazing guitar riffs, but Lambert’s voice is the star. Williams teams with the singer creating a strong start with its addictive chorus and beats. And Lambert is keen on proving his rocker gay side while keeping a dance flair for his pop audiences.

Where his collab with Williams is winning here, a later track, “Kickin’ In,” is out of control. The frenzied song has zero gravity and the cheerleader-y chorus dumbs down their talents big time.

Tag this as “most embarrassing track” and press “skip.”

Coincidentally, the same befalls the Sparro pairings. The gay singer brings his innovative pop perspective to Lambert’s team on “Shady,” a strong track that has evident Sparro-esque touches without taking away from Lambert. The groove is patient but not glacially paced like their second collaboration, the ninth track, “Broken English.” While the sound is massaged into a languid state, it brings the album to a shocking halt like someone pulled the plug on a treadmill; we’re left bruised trying to figure out what just happened.

Perhaps it’s fortuitous, then, he limited Bruno Mars to one track only — the satisfying single “Never Close Our Eyes.” Even with major players in tow, Lambert keeps his identity and sound intact on the CD, though you definitely hear the brilliance of Mars’ talents in small touches like the acoustic guitar against the heavy dance beat or lyrics such as Why can’t we just live life with no consequence / And always live in the now. But the album is all Lambert’s.

He makes us want to dance with tracks like the electronica-laden “Cuckoo,” which pushes all the right buttons. In a goofy way, he perpetuates his rebel-without-a-cause image, emphasizing naughty language such as “cocks” and “fuck,” but he backs it up with a well-constructed melody.

Lambert repeats that formula with the edgy dance rocker “Pop That Lock.” Mixing his glam with some tortured electric beats a la Skrillex, this is the image he strives so much for and achieves.

His gift is keeping a song interesting even when it reeks of cliché. The writing team behind “Better Than I Know Myself” channel their inner Diane Warren for this electro-ballad. The song is the stuff inspirational montages are made of for an episode of Oprah’s Lifeclass or Extreme Home Makeover. Still, Lambert shows heart in his singing and keeps it afloat. The same goes for the stripped-down “Underneath” and the misstep “Outlaws of Love:” Lambert is sexy on the former, but the drama yawns from the latter which is a tragic fate to end the album’s dozen tracks.

But wait, there’s more!

No pop star would be complete without the special edition of their own new album — you know, instead of just putting the tracks on the regular listing. Lambert is no exception. Three extras add to the deluxe package.

He scores big with “Runnin,’” which rocks in all the right areas and has some of that intensity that we hear often from fellow AI alum Kelly Clarkson. There is an epic quality to the track and displays a matured song construction. While other songs grabbed my attention, this song demanded immediate repeats.

Following up with “Take Back,” the album forgets the buzzkilling “Outlaws.” Lambert flexes big time muscle and takes home the trophy with this track and we’re back on a big up. These two tracks make the special edition a worthy purchase. Glamberts will already get this version, but he expands his talents superbly here.

Having said that, he repeats the same earlier mistakes by the finishing off with the dragging “Nirvana.” The song deflates all that great energy we worked so hard to enjoy. But Lambert’s smart to take time between albums and it shows in Trespassing with major growth. This is what makes him exciting. Mistakes can be made, but he’s on the right track to really be a major influence in pop music.

This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition May 11, 2012.

www.dallasvoice.com/glam-boys-10109066.html

BUY – Adam Lambert’s ‘Trespassing’ OR Adam Lambert Brings ‘The Album’ Back.
Published May 9, 2012
www.therealstevegray.com/2012/05/buy-adam-lamberts-trespassing-or-adam-lambert-brings-the-album-back/

THIS IS MY CAPSULE REVIEW – JUST LISTEN TO THE ALBUM AND THEN YOU WILL WANT TO BUY IT TO OWN AS IT IS JUST SHEER FUNK SOUL MOTHER FUCKING BRILLIANT.

WOW. That was my first thought on finishing ‘Trespassing’. He has dance hits, he has radio ready hits, he has love songs and he plummets to the depth of his soul for the ‘real shit’. I did not expect the album to be this good. Adam’s first album was rushed and just seemed like a collection of songs with no theme. Lambert has surpassed himself here, making the most complete album of ideas and emotions for years.
Right from the first song Adam is laying it all on the line, dancing up a storm in your pants with the very cool title track ‘Trespassing’…..Great dance track. Needs to be a single.

But next he leaps into the sexy and playful ‘Cuckoo’, which needs also to be a single…….

‘Kickin’ In’ is the sexiest song about drugs Prince never wrote……

‘Pop that Lock’ is sex on legs……

‘Naked Love’ is an assured radio hit…..

OK, this has changed from being anywhere near a review and turned into ‘Listen to this song, it is really good’. But I have not felt like this about an album for decades.
Adam sometimes does the whole ‘fake diva scream like a banshee Xtina/Mariah/Whitney Diva school’ crime. Well, he does have the best voice in music in the 21st century. He very much controls the ‘shrieking ell’ stuff here, flying when the songs demands and needs it, but also showing a lower register I think few were aware he posessed. The vocals and control are above reproach.

As a whole, the album makes you anticipate the next song and then the next, as it just seems to get better and better. Well, doesn’t ‘seem’ too, it does.
The latter half is quite different in tone from the first half. Searing honesty and a voice that seems to be coming from his boots, with song after song, – ‘Underneath, Chokehold, Broken English, Runnin’, Nirvana’ – all have an emotional intensity and honesty that brings one to tears. Well, I cried during ‘Underneath’. I feel that song can be taken many ways, all that lay emotions bare. This is stellar quality.
This is an album that actually encourage people to buy albums again.
There has been much talk about ‘gay music’ recently and why ‘gay artists’ never make it big. Well, most of them make crap, insular music that does not travel out of their bedroom. Adam Lambert is making music for humans. We have all love, hurt and have been hurt. This comes through his songs in such a human way I found my breath taken away.
JUST BUY IT NOW. YOU SHALL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. DOUBLE PINKY SWEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE – I CANNOT STOP LISTENING. ‘BROKEN ENGLISH’ ALWAYS GIVES ME A LITTLE SCARED.

UPDATE – IT FEELS LIKE A GREAT EPISODE OF EXCELLENT EPISODIC TV. YOU FEEL SO HIGH AND LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN ON A JOURNEY. THAT IS RARE.

ALBUM REVIEW – ADAM LAMBERT – TRESPASSING (Track by Track)
Written and edited by Sarah Hamilton | Posted on May 12, 2012
popledge.co.uk/2012/05/12/album-review-adam-lambert-trespassing-track-by-track/

We know you’ve all been waiting for this one for a while, so without further ado here is popledge’s review of ‘Trespassing’ by Adam Lambert…

Trespassing – Adam kicks off the album with a whole load of attitude and aggression. Adam said earlier this year that he wanted this track to say ‘“fuck you, I’m fierce!” he definitely achieves this with the opening song. It’s very Queen-esq in it’s musical structure, especially the bass line, but the crazy vocal tricks and licks are 100% Adam Lambert. In terms of vocal range Lambert takes some beating, Muse’s Matt Bellamy is the only person who I think comes anywhere near to his falsetto range. Excellent anthemic opener – the electronic guitar at the end of the track is the perfect finish.
Cuckoo – The first time I heard this track I felt it should have been a single, this could be Lambert’s personal track that speaks to his fans in the way that I think Lady Gaga is excellent at achieving, ‘I wanna lose my mind like a maniac…and we’ve gone Cuckoo, gonna party till they take us away’ I want to be there with Adam living this party! Vocally and production-wise it’s half a crazy 80′s vibe mixed with some pure pop moments.
Shady (feat Nile Rodgers & Sam Sparro) – the funk and soul of this track oozes out of my speakers and takes over my head/shoulders/hips and toes – you can’t help but get into the track with it’s retro vibes, Michael Jackson would be proud. The extra soulful guest vocals add another layer to the track, it’s one of my favourites.
Never Close Our Eyes – don’t get me wrong, this is still a good track but to me the record label have got all the single releases from Trespassing wrong. There are more exciting and progressive tracks on the album then this. However, I like the structure of this song, the way it builds up to the chorus is a testament to the skilled production on this album.
Kickin’ In – this is the second Pharrell Williams track on the album (Trespassing being the first) but to me this is more familiar Williams territory, this is also rumoured to be one of Sauli Koskinen (Lambert’s boyfriend) favourite tracks. It’s got more of an urban/dance flavour to it. It definitely stands out as something different on the album, but doesn’t get onto my favourites list..perhaps because I feel it is lacking a good narrative to it lyrically.
Naked Love – alright I’ll admit it I’ve been listening to this track on repeat for the last week! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE it – the lyrics, the pop sensibility tinged with a sprinkling of naughtiness. The ‘ooooh ooohh ooooh’ bits would be amazing to sing along to at a gig and it’s just a fun and flirty track, I love Adam’s vocal take on the lyrics, all the little sounds he makes throughout the track..it just makes me happy inside. Plus I’m sure a few of our readers have imagined Adam’s naked love from time to time!
Pop That Lock – a song that was written to be released, I shall be honest I don’t know if it’s best suited to be an Adam Lambert single though, I can picture Katy Perry or Britney Spears recording a version of this for the club scene. The break-down part is interesting and some of the lengths of Adams notes as just wow- you wouldn’t catch Spears doing that! Not one of my favourite tracks though.
Better Than I Know Myself – this served as a ‘nice’ single and I can see why the record company went for it, it’s a power-ballad which they probably thought was main-stream radio friendly. But again there are braver single choices and stronger songs on this LP. On the other hand if we didn’t have this as a single then we wouldn’t have got that brilliant music video in which ‘dark’ Adam stole my heart. I also liked that the visuals made me think about the lyrics in a different way – as in someone actually singing and talking to themselves about their different sides. The song makes stronger sense in the structure of the album as it’s a half way point between the light and darker tracks.
Broken English – speaking of darker tracks, this album does tell two tales, the first half is pop/dance music and the lyrics are of a lighter natural, ‘English introduces us to the other side of the LP. The beat is of a slower tempo and their is a dub-step influence to the production. Lyrically it’s all about not being able to talk to someone, crossed wires and not being able to tell someone about the ‘little things.’ It’s different and I like it. The break-down section in the track is so haunting and gothic with Adam’s lyrics, it could almost be part of an Operatic performance. This I think is a definitely grower.
Underneath – blimey this track seems to come straight from Adam’s gut and soul. I love it – such amazing vocals throughout the whole track, so raw and emotive. This is the sort of track that makes my heart beat a little faster because of the emotional connection you can have to it, I’ll be honest if I think deeply about all of our secrets and desires and fears whilst listening to this song it makes me go misty-eyed. Not in a bad way it just reminds me that we’re all the same underneath, we all have fears and it’s almost like Adam is baring his soul to us in a way which some people never achieve with anyone in real life. If you connect to this track in the same way as I do then please let me know in a comment below (hopefully I haven’t gone Cuckoo!)
Chokehold – after I’ve just mentioned getting a bit choked up with Underneath Adam has read my mind and written a song around the subject. This is a dark take on the subject, someone has got a hold and power over Adam that he can’t escape, he knows it might be wrong but he can’t resist the lure of this experience despite himself.
Outlaws of Love – Adam takes it right down tempo-wise on this track, it’s a softer vocal from him with just a simple drum beat behind the track. I do not wish to assume this song is a commentary on the LGBT communities struggles in finding acceptance in the world but the lyrics could be read in that way and it was the way in which I interpreted the song.
Runnin’ – a stronger drum beat greets us with the introduction of this track, again it feels like a very emotionally charged track from the sound of Adam’s vocals, I love the drum build up to the chorus, it’s a track which you could sing along to after even a couple of listens. Another potential live anthem, it would be breath-taking to see this track brought to life at a gig.
Take Back – this track isn’t as hard-hitting as some of it’s companions, it’s still got that dark side to it though with a more rocky edge. To me it hasn’t got enough to distinguish it from just ‘fitting in’ on the LP.
Nirvana – oooh I like this as a closing to the album, album endings are important to me as they should close off the story and the narrative built up throughout the tracks. Adam starts off being a trespasser in his own life and at the end is telling us that now he’s in a state of Nirvana – which is the freedom from suffering and pain into a transcendent state of mind. Adam sings of ‘flying away to a higher place’ ‘where the dreamers lay’. It’s a beautiful way to finish the album, highly ethereal sounding it demands your focus and attention from start to finish.

Adam really tells his story through this album, it’s personal and emotional but also contains a sense of fun and naughtiness at the same time. This could be a hard balance to strike for some but Lambert and his team deserve credit for the structure and execution of this album, we are taken from lighter tracks like ‘Naked Love’ through the darker times of ‘Chokehold’ to a final state of ‘Nirvana’ without feeling like the process is rushed or forced, it just feels like a very natural process of discovery and learning. I truly hope he picks up some new fans with this album, he deserves it.

Popledge points – 9/10

Out May 15th in the US.