(Everything I Do) I Do It For You indeed lasted an immense 16 weeks at the top. The irony is that when at last it arrived, he got the longest unbroken #1 single ever. In the UK, he had to wait until 1991 to get his first top 10. Surprisingly, he was still looking for significant success abroad. Home to 6 Top 15 hits, including the chart topping Heaven, this record made Bryan Adams the second biggest rocker of the mid-80s in North America, only topped by Bruce Springsteen. It was still nothing in comparison to the blockbuster Reckless. The song was issued from Cuts Like A Knife, a LP that spanned 3 Top 25 hits in the US while reaching Platinum status. His true breakthrough came one year later when Straight From The Heart went Top 10. In 1981, he got his first Top 50 while in 1982 he got his first US Hot 100 hit. The song just scratched into the Top 100 in Canada where his popularity increased gradually in his first years. One of the first Canadian superstar, he is notably responsible for some of the most remembered ballads of all-time.Īfter an early start in a local group, Bryan Adams dropped his debut single way back in 1978, more than 40 years ago. He is still pretty active though with his 14th album, Shine A Light, out this month. The iconic pretty face rocker of the 90s is now almost 60. Christopher Connelly, Rolling Stone Magazine: With his born-to-rock rasp, his pungent guitar-and-drums sound and his severely undernourished lyrics, Vancouver-bred Bryan Adams has typically produced the closest thing yet to generic rock & roll, long on formal excellence but short on originality.īryan and I accepting our platinum album awards for "Reckless".Bryan Adams is one of these artists who remind us that time passes. Sound Magazine (USA): A helluva record to beat. Adams never needs to top this record as there is enough grist on this to keep him playing live forever. The hit singles still sound consistently good - 'Somebody', 'Summer Of '69' and 'Run To You' - but although he has a clearly recognizable style and sound all the other tracks sound fresh. Revisiting this album more than a decade later still confirms this if anything, hearing him less makes you like him more. MTV website : Bryan Adams was played a great deal on the radio in 1984/5 his music was the most radio-friendly rock to have been heard in a long time. Platinum Album Award Australia (70,000 sales) 2004 Gold Album Award, Germany (250,000 sales) 1986 19, 1992ĭiamond Award, Canada (1 million sales) 1985 Gold Album Award, USA (500,000 sales) 1985ĥx Platinum, USA (5 million sales) Nov. Platinum Album Award, Canada (100,000 sales) 1984 #1 - Billboard Album Chart / August 1985 (83 weeks on chart)
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