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Album Review: Adam Lambert - The Original High

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"Lambert’s breadth of musical influences is both a blessing and a curse, but there’s certainly something here for fans."

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With a busy touring schedule with Queen, it’s easy to forget that aside from being a fantastic rock vocalist, Adam Lambert is also a damn good pop artist.

Although stylistically somewhat disjointed, Lambert’s third album remains fairly consistent quality-wise, briefly dipping in the middle on tracks Underground and There I Said It. The album kicks back into gear with Queen bandmate Brian May joining on scorching rocker, Lucy. Sitting dangerously on the line between eclecticism and confusion, Lambert’s breadth of musical influences is both a blessing and a curse, but there’s certainly something here for fans.