Adam Lambert’s Ultra Manly Album Cover
Posted by: Kate Torgovnick
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10:40AM, Wednesday October 28th 2009
When I saw this album cover, before my first cup of coffee for the day, I thought this was Pink going through a blue period. But nope, it’s the cover for Adam Lambert‘s first album, For Your Entertainment. Folks on the interwebs are calling it “glamtastic,” but I think it’s a few steps beyond that—homedude got in a time machine, traveled back to the ‘80s, went to the mall for a Glamour Shot, and paid extra for the “extreme airbrushing” package. Do you like this cover, or think it’s way over the top?
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Jitterbugs232
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:44 am: [report]
wow umm yeaa…well whatever floats your boat
Perceptible
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:45 am: [report]
He looks too much like a woman. He’s a good looking guy who happens to be gay and doesn’t have to look so feminine to sell his album. (This really would have fit right in in the 80s. Right next to Culture Club. I think he’s channeling a little Boy George here. I can almost hear him saying, “Do you really want to hurt me?”)
Also, why is he naked, why is his left shoulder so long, and where did his right shoulder go? Did it slide down into his left shoulder? Someone call the Photoshop police!
A.J.R.
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:49 am: [report]
Huh…you know, I think that guy may not be 100% straight.
equnsuocha
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:49 am: [report]
He really does look like Pink, amazing…
novavariations
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:54 am: [report]
So glad I’m not the only one who saw Pink when I first saw the album cover.
koshka
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:56 am: [report]
also, why is he in space?
bethlynn00
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 09:57 am: [report]
I thought of Pink as well. It is a throwback for sure, I’m so over the overly airbrushed look though, it’s very distracting.
cattgirl813
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 10:04 am: [report]
It makes me wonder if his label and/or the “American Idol” brass are trying to make the album cover look so cheesy that it will turn potential customers away. He’s got talent, so here’s hoping his music overcomes the bad marketing.
qnzmami718
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 10:32 am: [report]
lmfaoooo! i thought the same freakin thing.. PINK! made a new album..!
lewomack
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 11:02 am: [report]
I was thinking of Gary Glitter, sans the gigantic hair and child pornography. I like the idea of it, I mean it suits his schtick, but the layout is really terrible.
CarleRae
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 11:19 am: [report]
isn’t this just rhianna’s new album cover in color—with an extra eye?
hannahsguy
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 11:20 am: [report]
The dude should just get a sex change operation and get it over with.
Stef-F
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 11:50 am: [report]
Huh, I thought that was Pink at first
msu.umich
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 12:13 pm: [report]
I don’t really know much about this guy, musically, but this album cover absolutely reminds me of Bowie, and his gender-bending androgyny. I LOVES me some Bowie.
So shine on, you crazy diamond.
lindseylee21
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 12:29 pm: [report]
He looks like a Lisa Frank sticker.
cattgirl813
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 12:34 pm: [report]
@lindseylee21: I was getting more of a Patrick Nagel vibe (which the Rihanna cover totally had), but you may have a point.
aisatsana
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 12:47 pm: [report]
holy s@#%^. the yearning to be a woman is all too much for him
idiotfactory
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 01:14 pm: [report]
He looks so pretty! However, the typography makes me want to cry. Of course, the 80s is coming back in full force so this is no surprise.
gsplsngr
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 04:31 pm: [report]
OK who is this album going to be marketed to. Any straight guy will take serious grief if he has this album in his possession. And are girls going to buy this album when they know that he is not singing about them. It is like this is being purposely marketed to the gay club scene.
Natalie W
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 06:57 pm: [report]
It’s over the top, and that’s why I like it.