Adam Lambert's New CD, Concert Photos and Song Samples

Although the music style is vastly different from the Adam Lambert we heard on American Idol, Adam's early recordings will be released sometime this summer whether he likes it or not.

Before auditioning for the hit Fox show American Idol, Lambert spent three years recording songs for Los Angeles-based Wilshire Records. Lambert was angry when he learned that the label teamed up with Hi Fi Recordings to release an 11-track album, On With the Show, featuring his early works.

"The work I did back then in no way reflects the music I am currently in the studio working on," Idol producer 19 Entertainment said in a statement on behalf of Lambert. "I was hired as a studio singer to lend my vocals to tracks written by someone else ... I was broke at the time and this was my chance to make a few bucks."

Several reports are showing that Adam co-wrote most of the material on the album, but since going on Idol and moving in a different direction, he had no interest in releasing any of it.

Several bands and singers have been in uproars with their early material being released - most notably Shania Twain, who's rock album surfaced during her peak years as America's top country singer and Metallica, who launched their famous lawsuit against Napster when three different version of their single Until It Sleeps were leaked on the music sharing site.

Demo recordings or early versions of songs are sometime better left alone. In Adam's case, judging from the first single Want, his voice is on the money and the song isn't half bad - it's just not the rockin' Adam the world fell in love with on America Idol.

Chek out some Exclusive Photos of the Vancouver American Idols Concert and listen to the singles Want from the new CD and No Boundaries. Check back on Thursday for more unreleased Adam Lambert Concert Shots.

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