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Bryan Adams: So Happy It Hurts

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Label: BMG Records
Released: 2022.03.11
Time:
 39:10
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.bryanadams.com
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Purchase date: 2022
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] So Happy It Hurts (B.Adams/G.Peters) - 3:35
[2] Never Gonna Rain (B.Adams/G.Peters/M.Elizondo/J.Evigan/K.Lykken) - 3:18
[3] You Lift Me Up (B.Adams/R.J.Lange) - 3:08
[4] I've Been Looking For You (B.Adams/J.D.Vallance) - 2:01
[5] Always Have, Always Will (B.Adams/R.J.Lange) - 3:46
[6] On The Road (B.Adams/R.J.Lange) - 2:49
[7] Kick Ass (B.Adams/R.J.Lange) - 5:37
[8] I Ain't Worth Shit Without You (B.Adams/J.D.Vallance) - 3:11
[9] Let's Do This (B.Adams/R.J.Lange) - 3:18
[10] Just Like Me, Just Like You (B.Adams/J.D.Vallance) - 2:11
[11] Just About Gone (B.Adams/G.Peters) - 2:50
[12] These Are The Moments That Make Up My Life (B.Adams/G.Peters/Th.Shapiro) - 3:26

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Bryan Adams - Vocals, Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar on [1,3-5,9-12], Backing Vocals on [1,2,7,9], Drums on [1-4,6,7,9-12], Organ on [1,2,5,7-9,11], Percussion on [1,2,4,9-12], Rhodes Piano on [3], Piano on [4,5], Producer

Mutt Lange - Backing Vocals on [3,5-7,9], Synth bass on [3], Keyboards on [7], Producer on [3,5-7,9]
Keith Scott - Electric Guitar on [1,3,5,7,9]
Pat Steward - Drum on [5,8]
Michael Elizondo - Backing Vocals on [2]
John Cleese - Spoken Voice on [7]
Luke Doucet - Electric Guitar on [11]

Olle Romo - Engineering
Hayden Watson - Engineering
Emily Lazar - Mastering
Chris Allgood - Mastering

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For four decades, Bryan Adams has been the master of boy-next-door, chorus-led radio-friendly rock. He has occasionally deviated from that path, but just when you think that might mean he’s acting his age (now 62) he’ll snap back into the groove – as he’s done here.

There are co-writes with longterm collaborators Jim Vallance and Gretchen Peters, and ‘Mutt’ Lange (co-writer/producer of 1991’s best-selling Waking Up The Neighbours) is at the desk beside Adams on three of the 12 tracks, having helped him write seven. But, really, this is just Adams grinning and doing what he knows he does best.

He does slightly break type on the excellent Never Gonna Rain, and goes a bit rockabilly on I’ve Been Looking For You, but it’s pretty much finger-snappin’ rockers all the way.

The title track is classic Bryan Adams, right down to its ‘woah-woah’ refrain, and even the slower tunes sound more like Def Leppard than a stab at the dreaded ballads market. The stand-out is Kick Ass, a knowing homage to himself (and AC/DC) begun with a 90-second spoken-word intro by John Cleese.

What’s not to like?

Neil Jeffries - March 11, 2022
Classic Rock



If you look up the phrase ‘unabashedly upbeat’ we are convinced that you will find the new Bryan Adams album ‘So Happy It Hurts’ there.

In life you have those that are in the ‘cup half full’ camp and this is definitely where the consummate Canadian rocker sits. 

The clue is in the title of the album and indeed the lead single which includes the endearing lyrics "I'm so happy it hurts / I'm so glad it's outrageous /You know, I think it's contagious…"

Think the happy-o-meter stops here? Think again! Bryan’s 15th album is universally positive and is chock-full of uplifting tracks guaranteed to put a smile on even those with a dour disposition.

Intriguingly, Bryan plays every single instrument on the album (owing to lockdown recording restrictions) including his first foray into playing drums for the first time. He keeps the percussion simple but effective as demonstrated on tracks like ‘On the Road’ and ‘Let’s do this’, letting his accomplished fretwork and lyrics do the talking.

‘Always Have Always Will’ has a slight reggae-laden Police vibes is a sweet love letter which does the job without being too saccharine. "You are the only one that makes my heart stand still" – you can envisage this being requested as a first dance at a wedding. 

Imagine a world without rock ‘n’ roll?! Unthinkable, but Bryan explores this in the rallying ‘Kick Ass’ which includes a spoken word segment from the comedy genius that is John Cleese with an impossibly infectious guitar riff.

This collection of 12 tracks celebrates freedom, spontaneity and being happy and in what is a dark time, this album from Mr Adams provides a fun and euphoric escape which is without doubt needed.

As Bryan says in ‘Kick Ass’ – "Turn the tunes on up to ten / If you had a long hard day, you need to get away / It's time to rock 'n' roll again!"

I’m in – are you?

7/10

Emma Harrison
CLASHMUSIC REVIEWS - 09·03·2022



The album is the singer's first to be released on the BMG Rights Management label after his previous album Shine a Light was released by Polydor Records and its parent label Universal Music Group. Adams confirmed that the album would be called So Happy It Hurts, describing the album as a "return to life" after the COVID-19 pandemic. Describing the album, he also said: “The pandemic and lockdown really brought home the truth that spontaneity can be taken away," he said in a press release. "Suddenly all touring stopped, no one could jump in the car and go. The title song "So Happy It Hurts" is about freedom, autonomy, spontaneity and the thrill of the open road. The album of the same name touches on many of the ephemeral things in life that are really the secret to happiness and, most importantly, human connection."

Adams played the majority of the instruments while recording the album. He detailed the process in an interview with the Rock Cellar Magazine: "The only thing that’s different on this record compared to previous albums is I couldn’t perform it with my band. I had to find another way. And so what I was doing was recording all the instruments myself, one by one, and trying to create the feeling of a band — and in the meantime, perhaps this is one of the reasons the record is quite joyous. I had such a good time doing it. It was really fun to try and live my lifelong dream of being a drummer and then structuring each piece of the record one-by-one until it sounded like a song or it sounded like an album."

Several of the songs pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic, Adams told Dutch newspaper Metro. He admitted the song These Are The Moments That Make Up Our Life was originally intended for the 2008 film Marley & Me, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. "We never completed it in time. However, when putting ideas together for this album I found a rough demo I'd made of the song and so I went at it again. This could be my favourite song on the album compositionally, at least today it is."

The song I've Been Looking For You dates back to the writing sessions for Pretty Woman: The Musical, Adams explains: "Writing that musical was a masterclass in songwriting, it was also a masterclass in not losing your mind, as there was so much re-writing and rejection during the process of the production. But that doesn’t mean that the rejected songs haven’t found a home. I love I’ve Been Looking For You, Please Stay, and I Could Get Used To This, and of course it’s too bad they aren’t in the musical, but that’s the way the Broadway ball bounces."

In the same interview Adams comments on reconnecting with songwriter and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange: "We had been bouncing ideas back and forth for a couple of songs, just prior to my working on the record. It just happened naturally, so we kept writing songs. I liked a song he had started called Kick Ass and so we worked that up. Then I asked him to help me with an idea I had called On The Road and we got that done. It was just one song after the other, it was a bit of magic if I think about it. " Their last collaboration was on the 2008 album 11.

So Happy It Hurts received critical acclaim. Cryptic Rock who awarded it 5/5, claiming it "is a must have for anyone who considers them a fan of Rock-n-Roll".

Emma Harrison of Clash stating that the album "Bryan's 15th album is universally positive and is chock full of uplifting songs that will make even stern smiles smile."

Neil Jeffries of Louder wrote: "For four decades, Bryan Adams has been the master of boy-next-door, chorus-led radio-friendly rock. He has occasionally deviated from that path, but just when you think that might mean he’s acting his age (now 62) he’ll snap back into the groove – as he’s done here."

Michael Gallucci of Ultimate Classic Rock wrote: "There are plenty of big guitar riffs and standard rock fare on So Happy It Hurts, which at times sounds like a throwback to Adams' '80s heyday, along with a few modern touches to place things in the 21st century. It's not an uneasy mix – Adams and co-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange hone the dozen songs to their sharpest edges..."

Sam Richards of Riff Magazine wrote: "Listen to the catchy title song of Bryan Adams’ new album, So Happy It Hurts, and it’s almost like the late ‘80s never left us, and the oppression of COVID-19 never existed. That’s much of the point of this and the 11 other new songs here. Of course, the muscular electric rhythm guitars and generally sunny lyrics take us back to a happier time..."

Steve Baltin of Forbes wrote in the introduction of an interview with Adams: "On this new album, Adams goes back a bit to the feel of his Reckless days sonically. As we also discussed, Adams had a lot of energy in making So Happy It Hurts and it explodes on songs like "Kick Ass," "On The Road," "I Ain't Worth S**t Without You" and more."

In an article for The Telegraph UK, Sarfraz Manzoor spoke to Bryan Adams and commented on the album: When one recalls the last few years, it is hard to feel optimistic. Unless your name is Bryan Adams. The Canadian rock star... has somehow made an album during a global pandemic which is filled with feel-good rock songs guaranteed to raise spirits and fists in the air. With his excellent new record So Happy it Hurts, one wonders how anyone could live through the last two years and be this cheerful. "It was just what was coming out of me", Adams says via Zoom from Madrid. "I had this optimism, despite what was happening around us, I had this general feeling of it's going to be alright."

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