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New Moon Risiiiiiing!!

This has nothing to do with Twilight or anything, it's just that song by Wolfmother. GOD, those guys can make some quality music. If you're being inattentive, which is hard, they could remind you of a baby Led Zeppelin. Which is never a bad thing.  I'm halfway through it, and am extremely impressed. I like it very much, thank you.

Which brings me to the other album I've been listening to, For Your Entertainment, by Adam Lambert. Oy. Where do I begin? The album cover which looks like it was fan art made by a thirteen year old mucking around on Photoshop? We get it, Adam, you's flamboyant. You're pretty neat when you sing. But seriously? Would it have killed you to get a decent picture of yourself for the album cover? Without compromising on your shock value, and without having the cover be a mockery of yourself? Dude, what the.

So okay, the music. The starting track 'Music Again' sounds like a rehashed 80's song that was discarded by Bon Jovi. This is the same guy who took the hugest risk ever by choosing to perform Led Zeppelin while not being a member of Led Zeppelin. There is a distinct Michael Jackson mates with Justin Timberlake feel to the songs, surely he was capable of more? Well, you know what, he IS. For Your Entertainment sounds like something Avril Lavigne wrote and performed. The fact of the matter is that Adam is good at a lot of music, and it's surprising that the album chose to go completely electro-pop and ignore his brilliance at belting and holding  notes. 'Whatya Want From Me' is again, synth-infused, synth-ruled - composed by P!nk, it's so obvious. Maybe that speaks volumes about P!nk's integrity of character or something, for being so distinctive, but it just does not bode well for Lambert, who is made to jump through hoops again, sounding like he's singing a reject from Good Charlotte's musical line-up. 'Strut', presumably the feel-good-anthem for all prepubescent twelve-year-olds pretending that the rolled-up-magazines are microphones in their hands. If there was a saving grace for the album, it would be 'Soaked', composed by Matthew Bellamy, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a rabid fan of Muse. Its opening notes are reminiscent of United States of Eurasia's second part, mildly Arabic, hey atleast SOMEONE is trying to explore the guy's range, because Adam can sing. That we know. It's a waste of an album for someone this massively talented, to be singing electro-pop. All the time, in any case. 

So essentially my problem with the album is the lackluster lyrics, no depth, getting one word to rhyme with another and lyrics like - "I want your body, mind and soul etcetera and one day you will see you should give it to me", I MEAN SERIOUSLY, stopped being musically credible after the age of seven.  Shoddy, pretty much. 

"I don't want to lose you, I want to keep you"

Oh that's just GENIUS.

"There's no escapin' when I start, once I'm in I own your heart."

Duuuude, no.

I could go on. I don't blame my not loving this album on Adam. He sang what he was asked to sing. And he sings it well. Sadly, this becomes one of those albums that you'll only hear passively on a bus journey or something after you're done listening to it properly.

So yeah. You want me to pick ONE song that I'll listen to long after I forget this album, and trust me, I will, I pick Soaked. Great orchestral arrangement, decent enough lyrics, and adequate opportunity for the man to show off his voice. 

And overall, pretty disappointing for its lack of exhibitionism. You'd think he'd want to preen a little more, and if I'm left with no real aftertaste 14 tracks later, hey, it's probably not totally worth it. Except, yeah, maybe I kind of like Matthew Bellamy a little more for a great song, but THAT WASN'T THE POINT MISTER GLAMBERTINI.