For Your Entertainment
by Adam Lambert
  • Record Label: 19/RCA
  • Release Date: Nov 23, 2009
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    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.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    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.
  3. The A.V. Club
    75
    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.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    75
    For Your Entertainment is a polished affair, but stylistically, it shows Lambert running loose like a kid in a Comme des Garçons store.
  6. Spin
    70
    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.
  7. Slant Magazine
    70
    Over the course of the album's 14 tracks, Lambert struts and vamps and brings a real sense of spectacle to his vocal performances.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    63
    It’s a series of hedged bets. It stuffs Lambert into a box of formulas that keep his musical flamboyance in check.

Awards & Rankings

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#9 Most Discussed Album of 2009

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 220 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 191 out of 220
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 220
  3. Negative: 21 out of 220
  1. GinaS
    Dec 2, 2009
    10
    Adam Lambert's debut album is aptly titled. Rarely do I buy full CDs, as I only like a few tracks as a rule. On FYE, I'm hard Adam Lambert's debut album is aptly titled. Rarely do I buy full CDs, as I only like a few tracks as a rule. On FYE, I'm hard pressed to even pick my favorite songs. There are only one or two that I don't love (Time for Miracles doesn't really fit with the vibe of the other songs) Lambert's vocals are incredible, and his dance tunes make great workout songs. This is a great album, and I highly recommend it.… Full Review »
  2. azooz
    Sep 18, 2013
    10
    great album full of good songs like for your entertainment,fever,whataya want from me and there is so much glam rock influence in the albumgreat album full of good songs like for your entertainment,fever,whataya want from me and there is so much glam rock influence in the album you can tell that by listening to the songs… Full Review »
  3. GagaForGhibli
    May 28, 2012
    8
    Great Choice Of Singles
    Great Voice
    Great Debut Album
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