TMZ reports they have the track list for Adam Lambert’s pre-Idol album On With The Show. The percentages listed beside each of the songwriters names seems odd. Is that standard? There are a lot of co-writes with Madonna’s guitarist, Monte Pittman, from Adam’s band Citizen Vein.
Songs like “Crawl Thru Fire” and “Kiss and Tell” have been floating around the net for months attributed to Adam and are not considered demos…
Check out the track list, after the jump…
1. Beg For Mercy -Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pitman 50%
2. Crawl Thru Fire – Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pitman 50%
3. Want – Micheal Burtscher 100%
4. Kiss and Tell – Adam Lambert 50%, Kiril Dziajkovski 50%
5. Just The Way It Is – Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pittman 50%
6. Turning On – Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pittman 50%
7. On With The Show – Michael Burtscher
8. Runaway – Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pittman 50%
9. 15 Minutes of Fame – Adam Lambert 50% Monte Lee Pittman 50%
10. The Circle – Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pittman 35%, Tommy Victor 15%
11. mp3 Killed The Record Companies – Adam Lambert 50%, Monte Lee Pittman 50%
This was by dishofsalt tweet
I Understand. The point was made to me that the more media reports on it the more HiFi gets attn and Adam doesnt want that
Adam does not want us to buy.. in addition to the EW report
dyg, had just read Adam’s statement. And logged in here to say, it’s always humbling to be wrong. Which apparently I was. Since earlier today I was certain RCA would never issue a statement and give HiFi more free PR. Mea culpa.
Of course, Michael Jackson’s passing changed everything. Because no one in the press cares about this silly HiFi story now.
“Shocked” and “Very disappointed” he says he is. Those are quite personal words. Maybe he feels betrayed? Or he just doesn’t like being called a liar? And the MJ moment allowed expressing that? Otherwise can’t actually understand why they’d issue a statement. Because strategically a statement makes no sense. Even to give a shout out to fans who wanted word from Adam under cover of media going to be elsewhere. So maybe it’s not business, it’s personal?
The theory that something changed since HiFi announced “Want” is substantiated by the statement. He says he found out “Last Friday” about the 2005 demos and “Since then I discovered the entire track listing, revealed online today.” Careful wording. He found out about CV stuff, after Want, since last Friday. And HiFi revealed today. Which means the CV stuff was added.
Adam knows the status of the rights to the songs he and Monte Pittman wrote. And he’s not revealing that. “I was unaware anyone intended to release these recordings…”. We don’t get to know who that “anyone” is. Doesn’t have to be Mr. Pittman. But whoever it is, their putting these songwriting demos into play– “the entire situation” — was disappointing enough for this moment to be seized. And a statement released.
None of it matters. Still Inside Baseball. Fans will still not buy this HiFi stuff. This statement certainly shores up that action. And while HiFi may try to do something with their response to fan the PR flames, Michael Jackson is the only music story there is.
I think I could point out hundreds of people who have their demos on Myspace in hopes that someone who knows someone will hear them and respond to them. This is completely different then having demo music stuck in its rare form on an album and sold for public consumption.
I understand that Tess, but that’s not what he said. He said “heard by the public,” not “sold to the public.” That’s how he should have worded it if that’s what he meant. You don’t post demos on MySpace if you don’t want “the public” to hear them, you send them out to record companies privately.
Sorry to disappoint you Belle. This whole drama won’t affect Adam’s career. People will buy his music if they like it. And with Michael’s sudden death all over the internet, this Hi-Fi issues will go away just in time for people to focus on Adam’s tour performance.
@ FifthHouseSun
As usual, totally agree with you. I admire your wiseness.
I am shocked with MJÂ ´s death, I have followed his music since Jackson 5.
After Michael Jackson’s death today this topic is definitely moot… however, Adam did issue a statement today. The link is here: http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/06/adam-lambert-linda-perry.html
Maybe he cannot say that. This statement was released through a rep for 19 Recordings. They might have worded it very carefully.
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- How sure are we that this came from Adam and not his management team. Was he interviewed and said these straight from his mouth? He is now under contract and everything he says is under control. In fact, I’d like to credit HiFi for saying that it was his management who released the press release statement in behalf of Adam last Friday thus sparing Adam from all the mess.
I just hope fans will stop reacting negatively on the whole issue. Just let Hi-Fi release the album . We know that this is pre-Idol and Adam was just a diamond in the rough back then. RCA isn’t stopping them and it seems that they are confident that Adam will break record sales once his REAL album comes out. Keep the positive energy.
I think people are reading way too much into all this and making a mountain out of a molehill. The way I understand his latest response is that he co-wrote some songs, did his own vocals in an effort to hopefully promote the songs to other singers, and now all these recordings have ended up on a soon-to-be-released album. All he seems to be saying to me is that he doesn’t consider the songs he co-wrote and/or performed in 2005 (four years ago!) to be representative of the kind of music he wants to do now. And that he didn’t anticipate a CD being made from the material.
Kris has made very similar comments on a CD of his earlier work. I’ve listened to it and I enjoyed it, but it was not as good (with the exception of a song or two) as what he did on AI. What I did appreciate was a peek into where Kris was a few years ago musically, seeing the growth of his vocals and song arrangement and creativity, even.
The idols who have already produced a CD (whether released publicly with a label or independently), outnumber those who haven’t, at least in the last few seasons.
I’ll admit to thinking he’s becoming a bit overexposed, but this goes way overboard. Cut the guy some slack, for crying out loud. He made some recordings of songs he co-wrote that he peddled in the hope that someone would want to sing them. bfd. Stop picking apart the poor kid’s every syllable.
MJ started a separate thread on this topic!
On the positive note that EW article with Adam’s statement release by his rep. has an additional good news attached to it. It’s really nice to read that well-known music producers are continuing to line up for him. Way to go Adam.
Discussion in other thread certainly showing how releasing a statement not the ace strategic move. Because it gives all kinds of room for all kinds of non-positive shrilling. No statement and this whole story would be way gone.
So, it must be personal. So personal that this album might really happen. And this moment is the closest way to condemning it as unsanctioned and not giving HiFi a free ride in the media.
This ^ ^
Couldn’t have said it better myself.