Blog: PopMatters

The one-time force of nature delivers his second disappointing album. Let's get something straight: Trespassing is not Adam Lambert's "big gay dance-club album" (as one illustrious publication put it) any more than Savage Garden was Savage Garden's big gay pop album or Songs from the West Coast was Elton John's big gay roots album. With Trespassing, Lambert becomes the first out solo artist to score a number one album -- cigars all around! -- but queer identity barely shows up in the songs themselves. The...