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Tracks:

1. Whataya Want From Me (Live At Energy Berlin 103.4)
2. Music Again (Live at Hit Radio FFH)
3. Aftermath (Live at Glam Nation)
4. Soaked (Live at Glam Nation)
5. Mad World (Live at Glam Nation)

I was able to listen to full previews of Adam Lambert’s Acoustic Live! EP via this German Fan site. That’s because practically everyone in the world except for the US/UK can download the EP now. Why is that?

I guess no one will be surprised that I absolutely love the acoustic EP, and my only wish is that RCA gets it in their thick skulls to release the physical CDs (with Grammy Nominated! stamped on the covers!) to stores and Amazon so I can buy a couple as gifts. A digital gift just doesn’t have the same effect as something tangible you can wrap. (My second wish is that they included more songs in the EP.)

This is an EP that you can shove in the faces of those AI fans who complained that they couldn’t enjoy Adam’s flawless vocals on the CD due to the production or the electronic enhancements. Or to the non-fans who only remember Adam from the rock wails he did back on AI. This is Adam unplugged, no accoutrements, just the great, great voice straight to your ears.

And there are two tracks in particular that absolutely shine for me since I didn’t particularly like them on the CD. Aftermath has been the track that I always skip on the CD since I hated the production (and sorry, I hated the back-up singers too). Acoustic Aftermath is an absolute beauty and I guess I finally got the message of redemption and self-empowerment hearing it without any bells and whistles (or oversinging back-up singer pals).

The other track that I am absolutely in love with is Soaked. I thought it sounded cheesy and like an 80s movie theme song on the CD, but stripped of everything but the voice? The song is heartbreaking and defiant – reflecting Matt Bellamy’s talent as a song writer – and Adam’s operatic vocals? Absolutely sublime. I can’t help but wonder how much more Adam’s voice coach (the teary one on his E! True Hollywood Story) will sob while listening to this.

Lastly, I thought by now that I would be sick and tired of Whataya Want from Me? But whataya know – the vocals slay me each and every time still 🙂

Supposedly, you can pre-order the exclusive AdamOfficial Only Acoustic Live! (CD Album) for $4.99 OR the Acoustic Live! EP exclusive poster bundle for $12.99 on Adam’s Sony Music Store. But note that both are currently listed as sold out, however, the RCA mod on AdamOfficial has promised that they are rushing the printing of the second edition right now.

Digital-only downloads of Adam Lambert’s ‘Acoustic Live! EP‘ will be released December 6, is now available on Amazon as an MP3 Album. And I’ll put up the US iTunes link once available. and now also on US iTunes!

For those overseas, here are the iTunes links: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, New Zealand and France. And Amazon links: Germany, UK, France.

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