Released
April 17th, “
Never Close Our Eyes” is the name of
Adam Lambert‘s new single from his forthcoming
sophomore album,
Trespassing. The single was written and produced by
Bruno Mars and
Dr. Luke and serves as the follow up to “
Better Than I Know Myself,” which by most accounts was a commercial floppity-flop. “
Never Close Our Eyes,” sees the flamboyantly big-voiced Lambert return to his dance-pop glory days in this pulse-pounding new dance-floor-ready new single. Stylistically, “
Never Close Our Eyes” is right in Lambert’s wheelhouse, echoing the same sound of his past club friendly hit “
If I Had You.” Lambert does his thing, belting out the big chorus, his voice soaring over the bangin’ electro-rock beats and sleek production. It’s clear that Lambert’s looking for another anthem, and “
Never Close Our Eyes” very well could be it. Here’s hoping radio latches on to this one more than they did with the lead single.
It’s really a pity that “Better Than I Know Myself” wasn’t more interesting because vocally Lambert sounds his best on big emotional electro-ballads and mid-tempo pop/rockers like the P!nk-penned “Whataya Want From Me,” “Time For Miracles” (from the Blockbuster disaster movie 2012) and “Aftermath.” Don’t get me wrong, Lambert sounds AMAZING on a party track like “Never Close Our Eyes,” but it’s hard to tune out all the clutter around his voice. With a voice as powerful as Lambert’s, it really should be about the voice. To be honest, I’d love to see him record a more rock & roll album (a la James Durbin). Lambert’s always had that rock & roll-ready tone and quality to his voice – that certain roughness, gruffness and growl that you hear on a quality rock record.
Lambert’s sophomore album,
Trespassing is due out
May 15th on
RCA Records/
19 Recordings. The album will be available in a 12 track standard edition as well as a deluxe edition with three bonus tracks. With this album, Lambert pitched in with the songwriting, co-writing tracks with a who’s who roster of top writing talent and superstar producers like
Pharrell Williams,
Claude Kelly,
Benny Blanco,
Bonnie McKee,
Nile Rogers,
Sam Sparro and others.
Trespassing comes to us nearly three years after the release of his debut, 2009’s
For Your Entertainment, which went on to sell nearly 2 million copies worldwide. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Lambert became the first
American Idol to ever tour the world in support of their debut album in the year following their season on Idol. In addition, Lambert’s hit single, “
Whataya Want From Me” earned the singer a
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy nod in 2010, followed by the release of the
Glam Nation Live CD/DVD and
Acoustic Live! EP. That’s a lot of success for someone so young (Lambert turned 30 this year) and I know he has a long way to go. Here’s hoping
Trespassing is a hit for
Adam Lambert. I don’t think his star is quite ready to fizzle out just yet. There’s a lot of room to grow and I think he’ll do that with time.
Check out the Trespassing track list, download Adam Lambert on iTunes and check out the official lyric video for “Never Close Our Eyes” BELOW.
STANDARD VERSION
01 Trespassing
02 Cuckoo
03 Shady
04 Never Close Our Eyes
05 Kickin’ In
06 Naked Love
07 Pop That Lock
08 Better Than I Know Myself
09 Broken English
10 Underneath
11 Chokehold
12 Outlaws Of Love
DELUXE VERSION
01 Trespassing
02 Cuckoo
03 Shady
04 Never Close Our Eyes
05 Kickin’ In
06 Naked Love
07 Pop That Lock
08 Better Than I Know Myself
09 Broken English
10 Underneath
11 Chokehold
12 Outlaws Of Love
DELUXE EDITION TRACKS
13 Runnin’
14 Take Back
15 Nirvana
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