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Bryan Adams: Reckless

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s

Artist: Bryan Adams
Title: Reckless
Released: 1984
Label: A&M Records
Time: 37:54
Producer(s): Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain
Appears with:
Category: Pop/Rock
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.05.17
Price in €: 3,56
Web address: www.bryanadams.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] One Night Love Affair (Adams/Vallance) - 4:34
[2] She's Only Happy When She's Dancin' (Adams/Vallance) - 3:13
[3] Run to You (Adams/Vallance) - 3:53
[4] Heaven (Adams/Vallance) - 4:03
[5] Somebody (Adams/Vallance) - 4:43
[6] Summer of '69 (Adams/Vallance) - 3:36
[7] Kids Wanna Rock (Adams/Vallance) - 2:35
[8] It's Only Love (Adams/Vallance) - 3:14
[9] Long Gone (Adams/Vallance) - 3:58
[10] Ain't Gonna Cry (Adams/Vallance) - 4:06

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


BRYAN ADAMS - Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Harp, Vocals, Background Vocals, Handclapping, Harmony Vocals

TINA TURNER - Vocals
KEITH SCOTT - Electric & Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals, Handclapping
PAT STEWARD - Drums, Background Vocals
DAVE TAYLOR - Bass, Vocals
JIM VALLANCE - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Associate Producer
STEVE SMITH - Drums
MICKEY CURRY - Drums
STEVE SMITH - Drums
TOM MANDEL - Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards
JODY PERPICK - Percussion, Background Vocals, Handclapping
ROBERT SABINO - Keyboards
BEANBAG - Percussion, Handclapping
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN - Background Vocals, Engineer
JOHN EDDIE - Background Vocals
LOU GRAMM - Background Vocals
JODY GERRY - Voices
JODY - Vocals

BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
MICHAEL FRASER - Assistant Engineer
BRUCE LAMPCOV - Assistant Engineer
MICHAEL SAUVAGE - Assistant Engineer
CHUCK BEESON - Art Direction, Design
JAMES OMARA - Photography
RICH FRANKEL - Art Direction
HIRO ITO - Photography
RICHARD FRANKEL - Art Direction

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1984 CD A&M 75021-5013-2
1984 LP A&M 5013
1991 CD Mobile Fidelity UDCD-544
1991 CD Mobile Fidelity 544
1990 LP A&M 5013
1990 CS A&M 75021-5013-4



Bryan Adams capitalized on the momentum of Cuts Like a Knife with 1984's Reckless, a virtually flawless collection of melodic hard rock which would dominate radio for years to come. "Run to You" was a brilliant lead-off single which remains one of Adams' best songs ever, but its success still pales in comparison to follow-up smashes such as "Summer of '69," "It's only Love," (a duet with Tina Turner), and the ballad to end all ballads, "Heaven." Although some songs haven't aged very well (especially the overtly cheesy "Kids Wanna Rock"), these weak links are easily eclipsed by further highlights such as the cool rock of "One Night Love Affair" and the irrepressible pop chorus of "Somebody." Sales figures may point to 1991's Waking Up the Neighbors as the peak of Bryan Adams career, but the songs from Reckless will most certainly prove to be his lasting legacy.

Ed Rivadavia, All-Music Guide



Reckless ist purer, erdiger, energiegeladener Mainstream-Rock'n'Roll, der seine Wurzeln bei Bruce Springsteen und John Mellencamp hat. Mit seinem Markenzeichen, der rauhen klassischen Rock'n'Roll-Reibeisen-Stimme, hatte sich Bryan schnell ein Stammpublikum erspielt, das sich mit Reckless noch vergrößern sollte. Reckless überzeugt sowohl durch Uptempo-Nummern, kernige Gitarrenriffs und Adams Gespür für eingängige Melodien sowie einfache, aber geniale Hooks als auch durch traumhafte Balladen.

Die Hit-Singles des Albums sind heute allesamt Klassiker, die ganze Stadien zum Ausrasten bringen können: "Run To You", "Summer Of '69", "Somebody", "Heaven", "One Night Love Affair" und "It's Only Love" nannte das Musikfachblatt Rolling Stone "Lieder jugendlicher Leidenschaft". Diese Jugendlichkeit hat sich Bryan Adams bis heute bewahrt. Nachzuhören auch auf den Alben Cuts Like A Knife, Waking Up The Neighbours, 18 Til I Die oder der Hit-Sammlung So Far, So Good (eine Auswahl). Bei zwei Songs auf Reckless wurde der Kanadier übrigens unterstützt von Lou Gramm (Foreigner) und Tina Turner.

Dirk Ruschepaul, Amazon.de



Mit dieser Knaller-Kollektion landete der kanadische Shouter 1984 seinen stärksten Treffer - vier Top-Ten-Stürmer weltweit. Der heisere Sänger rockte sich hart am Mainstream entlang, getragen von knalligen Gitarren- riffs und Refrains, die jeder sofort mitgrölen konnte. Die Drei/Vierminutensongs, handwerklich perfekt, kommen sofort zur Sache - da ließ sich auch Tina Turner nicht lange zum Bekenntnis It's Only Love bitten. Den fetten, kraftstrotzenden Rock-Sound verströmt die teure Goldscheibe mit noch mehr Schmackes.

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Die großen Hit-Alben der Rockgeschichte auf goldverspiegelten CDs mit (fast) 100 Prozent Klanggarantie - die Remastering-Experten des kalifor- nischen Labels Mobile Fidelity machen's möglich -, wenn auch nicht billig. Bryan Adams "Reckless" erfüllt als mehrfach paltinveredeltes Millionending das eingangs genannte Kriterium ganz gewiß. Mit Hits wie "Run To You", "Heaven", "One Night Lover Affair", "Summer Of '69" und "It's Only Love" promovierte der Kanadier 1984 zum internationalen Superstar. Die Neubearbeitungen der Masterbänder lassen Adams' gitarrenlastigen Mainstream-Rock im Vergleich zur Original-CD auf einem gewichtigeren Baßfundament ruhen. ** Interpret.: 07-08

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 L y r i c s

ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR

You're the silent type
And you caught my eye
But I never thought that I'd be touchin' you
How was I to know
I'd let my feelin's go
And that I'd be yours before the night was through

Chorus

One night love affair
Tryin' to make like we don't care
We were both reachin' out for somethin'
One night love affair
Pretendin' it ain't there
Oh - and now we're left with nothin'

When the mornin' breaks
We go our separate ways
If the night was made for love it ain't for keeps
But I lose control
As I watch you go
All my senses say I'm in this much too deep
Now you're outta reach

Chorus

Solo

Chorus

SHE'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S DANCING

Monday mornin' - it's time to get up
Two cups of coffee and she runs for the bus
Looks in the window and fixes her hair
Nobody notices and nobody cares

She admits it ain't no kinda life
Workin' 9 to 5 you know...

Chorus

She's only happy when she's dancin'
There ain't no place she'd rather be
When she's dancin'
Just her heart and her soul and her fantasies

When Friday evenin' finally rolls around
She grabs a taxi and she heads uptown
Goes to a place they call "The Ball And Chain"
Nothin' matters until Monday so she goes insane

Well its a bitch tryin' to make ends meet
But that's the way the story goes

Chorus

She's only happy when she's dancin'
There ain't nothin' makes her feel so free
When she's dancin'
The girl's outrageous and it's plain to see

Solo

She ain't got much but she got independence
Ya - she's doin' alright
His eyes are on her as the evenin's endin'
But she ain't goin' for no mystery
Because nobody rides for free

Chorus


RUN TO YOU

She says her love for me could never die
But that'd change if she ever found out about you and I
Oh - but her love is cold
It wouldn't hurt her if she didn't know, 'cause...
When it gets too much
I need to feel your touch

Chorus

I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna run to you
Cause when the feelin's right I'm gonna run all night
I'm gonna run to you

She's got a heart of gold she'd never let me down
But you're the one that always turns me on
You keep me comin' 'round
I know her love is true
But it's so damn easy makin' love to you
I got my mind made up
I need to feel your touch

Chorus

Chorus


HEAVEN

Oh - thinkin' about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothin' can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me comin' back for more

Chorus

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it here in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven

Oh - once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you're feelin' down
Ya-nothin' could change what you mean to me
Oh there's lots that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way

Chorus

I've been waitin' for so long
For somethin' to arrive
For love to come along
Now our dreams are comin' true
Through the good times and the bad
Ya - I'll be standin' there by you


SOMEBODY

I bin lookin' for someone
Between the fire and the flame
We're all lookin' for somethin'
To ease the pain
Now who can you turn to
When it's all black and white
And the winners are losers
You see it every night

Chorus

I need somebody
Somebody like you
Everybody needs somebody
I need somebody
Hey what about you
Everybody needs somebody

When you're out on the front line
And you're watchin' them fall
It doesn't take long to realize
It ain't worth fightin' for

I thought I saw the Madonna
When you walked in the room
Well your eyes were like diamonds
And they cut right through - oh they cut right through

Chorus

Another night another lesson learned
It's the distance keeps us sane
But when the silence leads to sorrow
We do it all again - all again

Chorus

SUMMER OF '69

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it til my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you

Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69


KIDS WANNA ROCK

Turned on the radio
Sounded like a disco
Musta turned the dial for a couple of miles
But I couldn't find no rock 'n roll

This computerized crap ain't gettin' me off
Everywhere I go the kids wanna rock

London to L.A.
Talkin' 'bout the new wave
For a couple of bucks you get a weird haircut
And waste your life away

Around the world or around the block
Everywhere I go the kids wanna rock

Get me my D.J.
I got somethin' he's gotta play
Wanna hear it I can't wait
So turn it up, turn it up...

Kick down the barricades
Listen to what the kids say
From time to time people change their minds
But the music is here to stay

I've seen it all from the bottom to the top
Everywhere I go kids wanna rock

Around the world or around the block
Everywhere I go the kids wanna rock
Everywhere I go the kids wanna rock


IT'S ONLY LOVE

Written by B. Adams & J. Vallance

When the feelin' is ended
There ain't no use pretendin'
Don't ya worry - it's only love

When your world has been shattered
Ain't nothin' else matters
It ain't over - it's only love
And that's all - ya

When your heart has been broken
Hard words have been spoken
It ain't easy - but it's only love

And if your life ain't worth livin'
And you're ready to give in
Just remember - that it's only love

You can live without the aggravation
Ya gotta wanna win - ya gotta wanna win

You keep lookin' back in desperation
Over and over and over again

When your world is shattered
Ain't nothin' else matters
It ain't over - it's only love

If your life ain't worth livin'
And you're ready to give in
Just remember - that it's only love
Ya - that's all
Ya it ain't easy baby
But it's only love - and that's all


LONG GONE

The telephone's bin ringin'
Ringin' off the wall
It's your Las Vegas lawyer
Another long distance call
He says you get the house and the car
And I get the clothes I got on

Chorus

Now she's gone
Long, long, long, long gone
Now I'm a happy boy
She's long, long, long, long gone

Operator get me Manhattan
Get my baby on the line
Sooner or later she's gotta realize
That all my feelin's were for real
But maybe she was leadin' me on

Chorus

She took the Frigidair
She got my favourite chair
You could say she got the best of me
It's like a legal crime
But in a matter of time
She'll be back for the rest of me


AIN'T GONNA CRY

Well I hardly knew ya baby
And you were comin' on
Mama told me there'd be days like these
I shoulda known better maybe
Woulda seen right through ya
I needed you like a disease

Chorus

I ain't gonna cry over you
You're a mystery
I ain't gonna cry over you
You're history - history

You said you'd wait forever
But I know your type
The lights are on but on-one's home
I changed my number maybe
You better change your mind
Cause I'd rather spend the night alone

Chorus

Chorus

I ain't your kinda guy
So forget about me
Cause I ain't too shy to say what I'm thinkin' - hit it
I got reckless baby
Put you in your place
Next time maybe re-arrange your face

Chorus

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