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Post by jjose712 on Mar 24, 2015 5:47:03 GMT -5
such a shame that "Never Close Our Eyes" flopped, that song was a smash True, although Sleepwalker has to be his ultimate missed smash. That sounded like a massive hit, how it went unreleased is a mystery to me. Someone on his old label should be fired, the promotion of both albums was incredibly bad. I know he has an image that it's not the usual for american standards, and being gay probably is now less a problem than when he released his first songs but that doesn't change how bad his career was handled (if he has still a possibililty os mainstream success is because he is incredibly talented and charismatic). First of all, for the life of me i will never understand the release of Time for miracles. Not for the song itself (it was a little dated but it had its fans) but for killing the momentum. He was incredibly hyped on Idol, people were waiting for his first song and they wasted that impact on a song that never had the intention to release as single. Big faliure. Some of the basic mistakes with talent shows contestants is not knowing the fanbase of the show you participated, James Arthur made a similar mistake in UK, but the release of For your entertainment was a big mistake too. AI is a familiar show, a big part of the audience loved Adam, so the first step is offer them what they liked about you on the show (there will be enough time to take risks after that). In Adam cases the less polarizing of his performances were the ballads (and probably the most praised too), instead of that they went with an upbeat song about rough sex. Not a good idea (and i like the song). He was very lucky that Whataya want from me put him in the good path, but they wasted a big oportunity not releasing Sleepwalker, even if the song ended not being the smash most people predicted, it would be a decent hit for sure, and the more hits after his belt the easier it would be the release of the second album. The second album promo was even more disastrous because the hype after the show was gone, the fact the label was unable (more that unable they didn't care at all) of make a song like Never close our eyes at least a decent hit is unbelievable. Hopefully this time it will be different
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Post by Kurt on Mar 24, 2015 17:15:10 GMT -5
Co-written by Sterling Fox (Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts," Cash Cash/Bebe Rexha's "Take Me Home," Matt McAndrew's "Wasted Love," Elle King's "Where The Devil Don't Go").
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Post by vithor on Mar 25, 2015 9:53:20 GMT -5
WAIT! He had a second album?
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Post by secretchef on Mar 25, 2015 10:05:45 GMT -5
Can't wait, the beat sounds amazing! Get it Adam
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Post by pnobelysk on Mar 25, 2015 12:35:28 GMT -5
WAIT! He had a second album? And it went number 1!
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Post by suttonplace on Mar 25, 2015 12:36:45 GMT -5
WAIT! He had a second album? Yep...Trespassing..check it out on spotify...terrific album
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Post by jimmyt on Mar 26, 2015 10:43:33 GMT -5
Adam remains an enigma. Very talented but lacking a musical personality. In the end he is really a musical theatre artist, acting musical roles rather being an authentic artist. Probably why he was perfect to do the Queen gig.
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Post by Kurt on Mar 26, 2015 12:04:59 GMT -5
WAIT! He had a second album? Going to hop aboard the stan bandwagon (stanwagon? lol) here and give a good recommendation to Trespassing - listened to it the other night and it's still fresh. A bit of dead weight in the back half, but "Shady" still knocks.
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Post by emerald on Mar 26, 2015 21:53:12 GMT -5
The dance tracks on "Trespassing" were so fresh. Definitely a mishandled era, especially when his label is putting out tracks like "BTIKM" as the lead single. Hoping this doesn't disappoint.
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Post by MyLastView on Mar 26, 2015 23:34:43 GMT -5
WAIT! He had a second album? This is the unfortunate proof of what everybody has said about bad promo for the album. I just recently listened to it in its entirety, and it is definitely worth the listen!
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Post by jjose712 on Mar 27, 2015 14:27:11 GMT -5
And hopefully it won't be needed because his single will be a hit, but he is friends with Gaga, with Katy Perry and with Sam Smith, and a duet never killed nobody (and sometimes do wonders for a career), so it won't be bad had one in store
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 14:39:01 GMT -5
I have a feeling this is going to be huge!
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Post by jimmyt on Mar 27, 2015 14:47:07 GMT -5
I have a feeling this is going to be huge! Why? His career has been in decline year on year. Is anyone really interested in him beyond his fanbase? Can he really produce anything modern and fresh? I doubt it tbh
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 14:57:24 GMT -5
I have a feeling this is going to be huge! Why? His career has been in decline year on year. Is anyone really interested in him beyond his fanbase? Can he really produce anything modern and fresh? I doubt it tbh The preview sounds fresh to me, I would even describe it as anthemic. Max Martin and Shellback are involved in this project which leads me to believe the production and sound should be modern. I just heard a 5 seconds clip but things are looking good for him and this album. We'll see...
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Post by tamed09 on Mar 27, 2015 14:58:46 GMT -5
Trespassing clearly as an album and body of work didn't really sound like any album out that year. Pharell didn't rehash and the album was FRESH. Even though it had a good first week, it was still dead on arrival. I hope Warner Brothers does right by him and I'm glad that they were willing to spend enough to let Max produce the album.
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Post by jjose712 on Mar 27, 2015 15:08:03 GMT -5
I have a feeling this is going to be huge! Why? His career has been in decline year on year. Is anyone really interested in him beyond his fanbase? Can he really produce anything modern and fresh? I doubt it tbh Well, the song is released in a month and we are in our second page of this thread, so at least in this site there's some interest. Even you seem quite interested because that's your second negative post in little time. He has enough fanbase to go number one on the billboard top 200 without his label putting any effort on it. And he has enough fans to have a successful tour. Of course nothing of that guaranties that radio will be interested, but at least this time he will get a fair chance. It's obvious that this time he won't be too controversial and i think his label this time is really interested in promote him.
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Post by jimmyt on Mar 27, 2015 15:20:23 GMT -5
Trespassing clearly as an album and body of work didn't really sound like any album out that year. Pharell didn't rehash and the album was FRESH. Even though it had a good first week, it was still dead on arrival. I hope Warner Brothers does right by him and I'm glad that they were willing to spend enough to let Max produce the album. Trespassing was full of dated songs, especially the singles- they were anything but 'fresh'! At this point no one knows who Adam Lambert is as a musical artist, he's done the rock thing okish, done the dance thing okish; nothing musically edgy or standout. As, a now 33 year old, solo male artist with a list of previous failed singles he's going to have to produce something extraordinary to make it in the current market 'competing' with the likes of Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran. But as said lets wait and see.
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Post by jimmyt on Mar 27, 2015 15:29:25 GMT -5
Why? His career has been in decline year on year. Is anyone really interested in him beyond his fanbase? Can he really produce anything modern and fresh? I doubt it tbh Well, the song is released in a month and we are in our second page of this thread, so at least in this site there's some interest. Even you seem quite interested because that's your second negative post in little time. He has enough fanbase to go number one on the billboard top 200 without his label putting any effort on it. And he has enough fans to have a successful tour. Of course nothing of that guaranties that radio will be interested, but at least this time he will get a fair chance. It's obvious that this time he won't be too controversial and i think his label this time is really interested in promote him. It may seem 'negative' to you, to me its a bit of common sense and realism, given the sales of the last album and singles and his current profile. 'Huge' isnt too likely.
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Post by ¤ Matthea ¤ on Mar 27, 2015 15:43:08 GMT -5
I have a feeling this is going to be huge! Why? His career has been in decline year on year. Is anyone really interested in him beyond his fanbase? Can he really produce anything modern and fresh? I doubt it tbh His new album is executive produced by Max Martin and Shellback. If those two can't make him sound modern and fresh, then who will?
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Post by secretchef on Mar 27, 2015 16:12:55 GMT -5
Well, the song is released in a month and we are in our second page of this thread, so at least in this site there's some interest. Even you seem quite interested because that's your second negative post in little time. He has enough fanbase to go number one on the billboard top 200 without his label putting any effort on it. And he has enough fans to have a successful tour. Of course nothing of that guaranties that radio will be interested, but at least this time he will get a fair chance. It's obvious that this time he won't be too controversial and i think his label this time is really interested in promote him. It may seem 'negative' to you, to me its a bit of common sense and realism, given the sales of the last album and singles and his current profile. 'Huge' isnt too likely. New label and producers that asked to executive produce for him is already a better start than what RCA did for him last era. The singles were a gutless choice, but there are still some fresh tracks on the album. Shady is still great. He held down a huge Queen tour, got his name out there between eras, I'm not counting him out yet. Although I don't know what the size of his fanbase is now, they will need a hit. With Max and Shellback on board, I'm optimistic. The beat sounds awesome.
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Post by jjose712 on Mar 27, 2015 16:16:51 GMT -5
Well, the song is released in a month and we are in our second page of this thread, so at least in this site there's some interest. Even you seem quite interested because that's your second negative post in little time. He has enough fanbase to go number one on the billboard top 200 without his label putting any effort on it. And he has enough fans to have a successful tour. Of course nothing of that guaranties that radio will be interested, but at least this time he will get a fair chance. It's obvious that this time he won't be too controversial and i think his label this time is really interested in promote him. It may seem 'negative' to you, to me its a bit of common sense and realism, given the sales of the last album and singles and his current profile. 'Huge' isnt too likely. One of the two negative comments was an opinion which is totally valid but far from being a fact. And yes, you are right his last album was not a commercial success, but i think people explained already why they are positive this time He is not a big star (and even big stars fail big time, Britney and Christina know a lot about that), but generally when a new album is announced people tend to be positive about it, and given the fact the song is not released in a month there will be plenty of time to be negative if it's needed
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Post by secretchef on Mar 30, 2015 19:33:46 GMT -5
@melonytorres: Wow! Just heard new @adamlambert. Max Martin is on some next level ish.
@melonytorres: @chicagocollen you have no idea! You're gonna be obsessed ????
@melonytorres : @chicagocollen @saspurs21fan @adamlambert hahah not at all! I'm excited to play the song too on @dcs1073 :)
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Well at least people are finally getting to hear it!
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Post by cufan7 on Mar 30, 2015 19:45:14 GMT -5
I have a feeling this is going to be huge! Why? His career has been in decline year on year. Is anyone really interested in him beyond his fanbase? Can he really produce anything modern and fresh? I doubt it tbh I'm outside of his fancies but I have this premonition that this era is going to be big for him too.
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Post by getonthebus on Mar 30, 2015 20:07:50 GMT -5
I'm going to be thirsty for this for an entire month.
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Post by keepitreal on Mar 31, 2015 4:19:32 GMT -5
clip sounds great-- he looks great too....he isn't "stealing" Madonna's song titles...this song was probably written a year ago before anyone even knew she had a song of the same title... I assume the label would've changed the title if they thought it would be an issue (although maybe it was too late by the time she announced it as her second single)...damn now that whistling is stuck in my head I don't think there should be any issues. It wouldn't be the first time two songs with the same title was released at the same time. Also Madonna's management tweeted they heard Adam's song so it doesn't look like anyone is concerned. Maybe Adam's people gave them the heads up because I can't imagine why her management team would be hearing Adam's music if for no other reason.
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Post by secretchef on Mar 31, 2015 7:52:08 GMT -5
clip sounds great-- he looks great too....he isn't "stealing" Madonna's song titles...this song was probably written a year ago before anyone even knew she had a song of the same title... I assume the label would've changed the title if they thought it would be an issue (although maybe it was too late by the time she announced it as her second single)...damn now that whistling is stuck in my head I don't think there should be any issues. It wouldn't be the first time two songs with the same title was released at the same time. Also Madonna's management tweeted they heard Adam's song so it doesn't look like anyone is concerned. Maybe Adam's people gave them the heads up because I can't imagine why her management team would be hearing Adam's music if for no other reason. I'm not sure I buy this at all, except a coincidence of the management team, which is a big group. Unless you know this guy manages Madonna directly. Pharrell is managed by this group and his publicist reps him too, there could be many ties to why someone heard it that happens to be in this group. Knows someone who knows someone.. I'd be pretty shocked if they ran it by Madonna's team first.
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Post by suttonplace on Mar 31, 2015 7:56:14 GMT -5
I don't think there should be any issues. It wouldn't be the first time two songs with the same title was released at the same time. Also Madonna's management tweeted they heard Adam's song so it doesn't look like anyone is concerned. Maybe Adam's people gave them the heads up because I can't imagine why her management team would be hearing Adam's music if for no other reason. I'm not sure I buy this at all, except a coincidence of the management team, which is a big group. Unless you know this guy manages Madonna directly. Pharrell is in this group and his publicist reps him too, there could be many ties to why someone heard it here. I'd be pretty shocked if they ran it by Madonna's team. Glad to hear that this guy likes the song but I think you are reading way to much into this...I don't think this guy is part of her management team and I highly doubt they ran the song or its title by Madonna's team..
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Post by keepitreal on Mar 31, 2015 9:55:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure I buy this at all, except a coincidence of the management team, which is a big group. Unless you know this guy manages Madonna directly. Pharrell is in this group and his publicist reps him too, there could be many ties to why someone heard it here. I'd be pretty shocked if they ran it by Madonna's team. Glad to hear that this guy likes the song but I think you are reading way to much into this...I don't think this guy is part of her management team and I highly doubt they ran the song or its title by Madonna's team.. You could be right. It looks like not only radio stations are hearing the song in advance. I'm still not sure why this guy got to hear it though.
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Post by chloris on Apr 2, 2015 4:37:18 GMT -5
Christopher K @ckontheradio 13h13 hours ago Wow new @adamlambert #GhostTown very unique & cool! Starts acoustic, then chill dance beat kicks in chorus. Trippy dreamlike lyrics. Dig it! 300 retweets 175 favorites
This seems to be the most detailed description to date.
Can't wait !!!!!!!
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Post by getonthebus on Apr 6, 2015 16:25:33 GMT -5
New clip with vocals!
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