The Original High

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The Original High
Adam Lambert - The Original High (Official Album Cover).png
Studio album by
Adam Lambert
ReleasedJune 12, 2015 (2015-06-12)
Recorded2014–2015
StudioStockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length40:42
Label Warner
Producer
Adam Lambert chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Adam Lambert
(2015)		The Original High
(2015)		Spotify Sessions
(2016)
Adam Lambert studio album chronology
Trespassing
(2012)		The Original High
(2015)		 Velvet
(2020)
The Original High standard edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ghost Town"
3:28
2."The Original High"
3:26
3."Another Lonely Night"
  • Lambert
  • Martin
  • Fox
  • Payami
  • Martin
  • Payami
3:45
4."Underground"
  • Payami
  • Janiak
3:37
5."There I Said It"
  • Lambert
  • Payami
  • Janiak
  • Payami
  • Carlsson [a]
4:21
6."Rumors" (featuring Tove Lo)
3:45
7."Evil in the Night"
  • Shellback
  • Holter
  • Payami
3:56
8."Lucy" (featuring Brian May)
  • Lambert
  • Payami
  • Freja Blomberg
  • Fredrik Samsson
  • Martin
  • Payami
  • Samsson
  • Carlsson [a]
3:32
9."Things I Didn't Say"
  • Ilya
  • Holter
3:58
10."The Light"
  • Lulou
  • Carlsson [a]
3:35
11."Heavy Fire"
  • Lambert
  • Anton Rundberg
  • Hampus Norlander
  • Joakim Jarl
  • Elin Blom
  • Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch
  • Julia Karlsson
  • Eklöw
3:19
Total length:40:42
Deluxe edition bonus tracks [29]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."After Hours"
  • Lambert
  • Schuller
  • West
 Axident 2:44
13."Shame"
  • T. Karlsson
  • Alan
  • T. Karlsson
  • Payami [b]
3:26
14."These Boys"
  • Alan
  • T. Karlsson
T. Karlsson3:25
Total length:50:17
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Ghost Town" (Blood Diamonds Remix)
  • Lambert
  • Fox
  • Martin
  • T. Karlsson
  • Payami
3:49
16."Ghost Town" (SeventyEight Remix)
  • Lambert
  • Fox
  • Martin
  • T. Karlsson
  • Payami
  • Martin
  • Payami
  • Carlsson [a]
  • SeventyEight [c]
3:13
17."Ghost Town" (Tritonal Remix)
  • Lambert
  • Fox
  • Martin
  • T. Karlsson
  • Payami
  • Martin
  • Payami
  • Carlsson [a]
  • Tritional [c]
5:10
Total length:62:29

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe version. [30]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [31] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [32] 43
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [33] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [34] 61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [35] 110
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [36] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [28] 10
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [37] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [38] 20
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [39] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA) [40] 41
Italian Albums (FIMI) [41] 51
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [42] 47
South Korean Albums (Circle) [43] 39
South Korean International Albums (Circle) [44] 10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [45] 6
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [46] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC) [47] 10
South African Albums (RISA) [48] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [49] 51
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [50] 23
UK Albums (OCC) [51] 8
US Billboard 200 [52] 3
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [53] 2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [54] 23

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [55] 87
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [56] 85

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada—4,800 [57]
United Kingdom—9,817 [58]
United States—42,000 [59]
Poland (ZPAV) [60] Platinum20,000‡
Russia (NFPF) [61] Platinum10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions, and reference
RegionDate [29] [62] Format(s)LabelEdition(s)Ref.
AustraliaJune 12, 2015 Warner Bros.
  • Standard
  • deluxe
 [62]
United StatesJune 16, 2015 [29]

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