Adam Lambert was honored for knowing who he was, while competition for the”American Idol.’Eighth-season runner-up want to have their forces out. In his provocative performances on”American Music Awards”on Sunday evening for an album-by-committee feel of his debut, his musical identity is not entirely clear.

For local fans, the committee is blue-ribbon panel that includes Weezer Rivers Cuomo, Lady Gaga, Green Day producer Rob Cavallo, the spiritual father and Swedish Max Martin and many others. Each member contributes their expertise, but does not appear, if it all fits together.

A week passed between the chameleonic performances Lambert is on”Idol.”For”For Your Entertainment”intervals are about five seconds. This may not be enough time for adaptation in paragraph retro metal from opener”Music Again”less-than-serious-wink wink, evoking the Britney-bashing-pop of the title track. Or maybe it’s just that some of the songs that are not serious, that regardless of genre or pedigree.

The least-known names here contributes album’s catchiest, cheekiest song,”Sure Fire Winners “, which sounds like Raunchy warrant is a metal anthem”Cherry Pie”naked and redressed by Gaga.”Firefox”actually co-written by Lady, makes a compelling case for Lambert as a long-lost sister Scissor eruptive his synths. Matthew Bellamy Muse contribute to the high-drama ballad”soaker,”the singer who combines his love for Freddie Mercury, Thom Yorke, and overdoing it pretty windy results.

Lambert, goods to sell a lot of styles, but the songs don’t always the presentation of goods in the best light.