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Recorded | 2019 | |||
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Velvet (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American singer Adam Lambert,released through More Is More and Empire Distribution on March 20,2020. [1] It features the singles "Feel Something","New Eyes","Comin in Hot","Superpower",and "Roses" with Nile Rodgers,as well as all the tracks featured on the Velvet:Side A EP,released in September 2019. Lambert was scheduled to promote the album with five appearances at the Venetian Las Vegas on April 18,19,22,24 and 25 (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) before embarking on a European tour from August to September 2020. [2]
Lambert described the album as "thirteen slinky numbers to catch a vibe to". [3]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 [4] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Clash | 8/10 [6] |
Velvet received positive reviews from critics,with some calling it Lambert's best work to date. The album has a score of 84 on Metacritic indicating "universal acclaim". Mike Wass of Idolator described Velvet's sound as a "wild ride that incorporates everything from disco to glam rock", [7] while Stephen Daw of Billboard stated that the record was "continuing in the same vein of late '60s funk rock that's fueled his latest releases". [8] Writing for AllMusic,Matt Collar called the album a "new and delightfully retro direction",as well as a "dazzling,glitter-dipped exercise in '70s disco-era funk,rock,and soul". [5] A.D. Amorosi of Variety praised the record,writing "the 38-year-old out singer goes for something less glamorously amorously entertaining and more grimily soulful and sleekly funky than we're used to hearing from him" and "Adam Lambert has made "Velvet" a testament to finding his way,personally and professionally,in what is his most accomplished solo work to date". [9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Velvet" |
| 2:58 | |
2. | "Superpower" |
| English | 3:10 |
3. | "Stranger You Are" |
| Booker | 2:52 |
4. | "Loverboy" |
| English | 3:20 |
5. | "Roses" (with Nile Rodgers) |
| Ball | 3:49 |
6. | "Closer to You" |
| Noise Club | 4:19 |
7. | "Overglow" |
| Walker | 3:32 |
8. | "Comin in Hot" |
| The Monarch | 2:48 |
9. | "On the Moon" |
| Odegard | 3:58 |
10. | "Love Dont" |
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| 3:40 |
11. | "Ready to Run" |
| Ball | 3:09 |
12. | "New Eyes" |
| Seirota | 3:44 |
13. | "Feel Something" |
| Cumbee | 2:58 |
Total length: | 44:00 |
Notes
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] | 8 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] | 112 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] | 194 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 77 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] | 19 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [15] | 66 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 67 |
UK Albums (OCC) [17] | 54 |
US Billboard 200 [18] | 89 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [19] | 10 |
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