Website touts release of "new" Adam Lambert single.

A popular gossip website posted a link to the "new" Adam Lambert single, Want, from an album to be released this summer called On With the Show.

Fans who played the link to the ballad griped it sounded too much like "Clay Aiken" (the horror!) or it just was not good enough to be a first single. Still other fanatics gushed.

Don't worry Adam fans. This isn't a new song from his post-Idol album. It's a track cut more than a year ago before his run on Idol and it's not from the album he's cutting for the major label J Records/BMG.

It's an OK midtempo, ballady tune but if it were his official first single from an album set to come out in later fall I would agree that it was a let-down. At this stage, for the legit album, I hope Adam comes out with something a lot gutsier than what he did for this older, rather ordinary recording.

 I'm sure BMG isn't thrilled if an old indie, pre-fame record leaps out ahead of his first big-time release and masquerades as his "debut album post-American Idol." Fans should not get too excited and should proceed with caution and not hold Want against him as an indicator of his post-Idol career. Let's wait to evaluate the material he's working on now as a whole. 

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Comments

[Diggity Dave]

Mancrush much?

[JOE]

Yes

[Macca]

Adam does not and will never sound like Clay Aiken. That is not a good thing but it is a true thing.

[annie]

Hi-Fi's just cashing in on his newfound fame. That stuff wasn't good enough to release, yet they're doing it now based on his name recognition regardless of how craptastic it is. Adam's camp will (and probably already has) weigh the cost of buying the rights to the music versus any perceived damage to his big-label debut that this release may cost.

Adam's statement indicates he's not exactly proud of this material: “Back in 2005 when I was a struggling artist, I was hired as a studio singer to lend my vocals to tracks written by someone else. I was broke at the time and this was my chance to make a few bucks, so I jumped at the opportunity to record for my first time in a professional studio. The work I did back then in no way reflects the music I am currently in the studio working on. I’m thrilled to be working with some of today’s hottest songwriters and producers and can’t wait for people to hear what my music really sounds like.”

If Adam's pre-Idol work doesn't reflect his sound, then who is he musically and what can we expect from him? He has potential and showmanship, but is not yet as proven and exciting as the media portrays him... at least not his music, he's getting attention for everything but that.

This debacle is an example why I found season 7 to be the most interesting and exciting season. There were several artists last year whose pre-Idol records are representative of the kind of music we could expect from them post-Idol... I knew out the gate that I'd buy records from David C., Brooke, and Michael (due out tomorrow) and am newly excited for Carly who, after floundering around with pop ideas, just announced she's formed a hard rock band (the route I originally thought she'd take) named The Fallen with the guys from Evanescence and the debut single is due out today as a free download at www.wearethefallen.com.
I can't say the same of season 8... maybe Allison.