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For Your Entertainment
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 134 votes
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Album Info
Label: 19/RCA
Release Date: 23 November 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Pop
Summary
The runner-up in season eight of American Idol releases his debut album.
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly
If For Your Entertainment's material sometimes wears him rather than vice versa, he's still the belle of what turns out to be one heck of a glitter-pop ball.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Lambert sounds larger than life on these, just like he wants to be, and if there’s no sense of danger here, at least there’s a lot of pure pop pleasure here, more than any immediate post-Idol album has ever delivered.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Lambert’s ambition and undeniable vocal chops make it easy to forgive an occasionally over-reaching record that ultimately feels like a rough draft for an interesting career.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times
For Your Entertainment is a polished affair, but stylistically, it shows Lambert running loose like a kid in a Comme des Garçons store.
Read Full Review >Spin
Everyone from Lady Gaga to Muse chips in here with perhaps the strongest, most flavorful batch of tunes to reach an AI vet, and Lambert's polymorphous vocal skills unite dancefloor strut and hard-rock pomp in a convincing glam package.
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
Over the course of the album's 14 tracks, Lambert struts and vamps and brings a real sense of spectacle to his vocal performances.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune
It’s a series of hedged bets. It stuffs Lambert into a box of formulas that keep his musical flamboyance in check.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
The songs sound great but feel strangely stuffy--Entertainment seems like a disc that was overthought.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
Musically it’s a gloriously tacky mix of dance pop and hair metal, and we mean that in the best way possible....The only problem is that he doesn’t go far enough, likely the result of the label trying to tone down his flamboyance.
Read Full Review >The New York Times
This is an overwrought, clunky, only sparingly entertaining record, constantly in argument with itself. Worse, 'For Your Entertainment' isn’t an ambitious flop, it’s a conservative one.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 134 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Fayt H. gave it a9:
Glam rock, a rock genre that's literally extinct before I was born, but now I can proudly named the new succesor of it, Mr. Adam 'G'Lambert. The vocal powerhouse didn't dissapoint in his debut album, cranking up tunes that were done in a basic formula but in a whole new level (better of course). Despite the repetitive nature of this album, it definitely stands out (also in a good way). With upbeat and infectious songs like 'For Your Entertainment' and 'Fever', ballads like 'Time For Miracles' and 'Whatya Want From Me' that compliments his true vocal arrangement and a suprisingly resemblance with Mika in 'Music Again', this album is hands down the most entertaining album ever from any post-idol album ... period.
Connie B gave it a9:
Wonderful but not as good as it could have been. Next time make sure his voice shines and is not covered up by the background noise, please.
Kathy K. gave it a10:
More good songs on this CD than most. Some of the songs are very clever and catchy...good to dance to. Some are slow and tender. What a nice variety!
Brandon S. gave it a7:
His vocals are superb as one would suspect. However he has a little bit of Mika syndrome here with his tracks chipping off melodies from all sorts of various influences from Radiohead to Queen to Britney Spears. You never feel as though anything outside of the vocals are his. I swear though, once he shakes off the shackles of whatever is keeping him in the box he's gonna be fire.
Carol M. gave it a10:
I love every song on this CD! I can't wait for Adam's next CD! He really made me wanna listen to 'Music Again'! (Great first song for the CD!).
Mel K. gave it a10:
For Your Entertainment is a wonderfully eclectic album that showcases several different facets of Adam Lambert's amazing voice. I'm actually hard pressed to name a favorite, each track has something to get excited about. And after playing the CD on a high quality sound system rather than just my iPod, I think that there are some fascinating layers to both the production and vocals on this material that especially with quality audio keep you discovering new things even after many listens.
Mike T gave it a10:
This is a amzing showcase of talent! The vocals are on point, the arrangements and lyrics of the songs are great, and the music is just fun and easy to listen to! There is something for everyone too! Great ballads, fun dance songs, a lot of 70s inspired rock, I mean it is just a great CD! can not really point out any flaws! Prob one of the most original, complete, daring idol CD to date!!! And it is such a breath of fresh air to have something to finally be different than what is out there today!
