Take One (Adam Lambert album)

2009 demo album by Adam Lambert

Take One

Demo album by

Adam Lambert

Released| November 17, 2009 (2009-11-17)
Recorded| 2005
Genre| Pop rock
Length| 56:04
Label| Rufftown
Adam Lambert chronology
| Season 8 Favorite Performances
(2009)  | Take One
(2009)  | For Your Entertainment
(2009)

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Singles from  Take One

Take One is the non-official debut studio album by American singer and American Idol season eight runner-up Adam Lambert, consisting of pre-Idol recordings Lambert made while working as a session musician, but released post-Idol. It was released on November 17, 2009. The album had sold 48,000 copies in the United States.[1]

## Album information

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This album is a collection of recordings Lambert made in 2005 while working as a session musician. Take One was released in the same month as his post-Idol debut, For Your Entertainment.

Lambert issued a statement through 19 Entertainment stating, "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."[2]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
eMusic| [4]

Critical response to Take One has been mixed. Allmusic said that "The songs aren’t horrible but they’re not memorable and neither are Lambert’s performances, but that’s unfair to him: these recordings were designed to sell middle-of-the-road pop with commercial aspirations and have absolutely no room for flair, since the whole point is to showcase the lyric and melody. Lambert acquits himself in that regard, sounding like nothing more than a demo singer because that was, after all, what he was".[5]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Michael Burtscher.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Climb"| 4:39
2.| "December"| 3:29
3.| "Fields"| 3:42
4.| "Did You Need It"| 5:09
5.| "More Than"| 3:16
6.| "Wonderful"| 4:19
7.| "Castle Man"| 5:04
8.| "Hourglass"| 4:49
9.| "Light Falls Away"| 7:12
10.| "First Light"| 2:39
11.| "Want" (December Remix)| 3:27
12.| "Spotlight" (Did You Need It Remix)| 4:22
13.| "On with the Show" (Fields Remix)| 4:06

## Personnel

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* Malcolm Welsford – producer, engineer, mixing
* John Armstrong – assistant engineer
* Mark Endert – additional production
* Bernie Grundman – mastering
* Adam Lambert – vocals
* Marcus Brown – bass, keyboards
* Stuart Pearce – arranger
* Monte Pittman – guitar
* Steve Sidelnyk – drums
* Emma Bogren – images, graphics

## Chart performance

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Chart (2009)  | Peak
position

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U.S. Billboard 200[6] | 72
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums[6] | 6

## Release history

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Year  | Release date  | Type  | Label  | Catalogue

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2009  | November 17, 2009 (2009-11-17) | CD | Rufftown  | 20097

## External links

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* Adam Lambert Official site

## References

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1. ^ "Take One sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
2. ^ Billboard article: "Adam Lambert Pre-'Idol' Debut Album Due This Summer"
3. ^ Allmusic review
4. ^ eMusic review
5. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "allmusic ((( Take One > Overview )))". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
6. ^ a b "Adam Lambert Album & Song Chart History : Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-24.

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Adam Lambert

* Discography
* Awards and nominations

Studio albums|

* For Your Entertainment
* Trespassing
* The Original High
* Velvet
* High Drama

Compilation albums|

* Season 8 Favorite Performances
* Take One

Live albums|

* Acoustic Live!
* Glam Nation Live

EPs|

* Velvet: Side A

Singles|

* "No Boundaries"
* "Time for Miracles"
* "For Your Entertainment"
* "Whataya Want from Me"
* "If I Had You"
* "Fever"
* "Aftermath"
* "Sleepwalker"
* "Better Than I Know Myself"
* "Never Close Our Eyes"
* "Trespassing"
* "Ghost Town"
* "Another Lonely Night"
* "Welcome to the Show"
* "Two Fux"
* "New Eyes"
* "Getting Older"

Other songs|

* "Lay Me Down"
* "Hands"
* "As Long as You're Mine"

Concert tours|

* American Idols LIVE! Tour 2009
* Glam Nation Tour
* The Original High Tour

Related articles|

* Queen + Adam Lambert
* Elliott Gilbert

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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