I somehow found myself at the seventh floor of the Thompson LES last night, at a sparkly dubstep love-in. Faced with the options to either linger in the darkness like that creepy chick from Gawker's Bloodcopy party earlier this year or make myself useful, I reluctantly embraced the latter charge. Which led to a pleasant chat with pop star Sam Sparro who was on hand to spin his first DJ set in New York. Essentially, 2010 will be all about his follow-up to his shimmery debut. But for the time being, not only has he busied himself by infusing a little soul into Basement Jaxx and moonlighting as one-third of Chauffeur (which also counts Mark Ronson as a collaborator), but you'll recall, Sparro's lent a little of his Midas touch to Lambert's debut. Which may be the tip of the iceberg as far as unexpected surprises are concerned for the Idol alum's album.

And that's a good thing, too, considering the heat he's receiving for the campy cover art that comes with For Your Entertainment. Apart from Sparro's contribution, Lambert also has tunes penned by Brit alt-rock outfit Muse and the former frontman of The Darkness. Add to that that mix the proper lead single is produced by the same guy who gave us about the last five years' worth of top-shelf pop and what we have with Entertainment is the first album from an Idol graduate since anything by Kelly Clarkson possibly worth listening to in full. What we'll ignore: the obligatory RedOne and Ryan Tedder tunes. "Just Dance" and "Halo" will sound extraordinarily dated in 2010, when Entertainment is finally entertaining audiences.