Bryan Adams-Reckless

Record Label: A and M

Year: 1984

Track listing:

01. one night love affair

02. she’s only happy when she’s dancin
03. run to you
04. heaven
05. somebody
06. summer of 69
07. kids wanna rock
08. it’s only love
09. long gone

10. ain’t gonna cry

Every big name artist working in the industry today has that one BIG album that forever changes their lives. For Bryan Adams Reckless was that album.

Although he had scored hits with cuts like a knife, this album brought him hit after hit with run to you, heaven, summer of 69, one night love affair, and it’s only love.

Of course, summer of 69, is probably his biggest hit ever, and one that stands the testament of time.

To this day, every time I hear this song, I feel the passion involved with it, and what the song was all about.

It makes you wonder how many people can say the same about songs of some of today's artists?

This album is probably one of my all-time favorites, and one I don’t pull out enough. It was the first album I owed on cassette in 84, at the age of 8, and one of the albums that cemented my love for music.

Hence, to say, there isn’t anything bad I can say about this album.

Naturally, it’s flannel rock music, and it’s hard and heavy as Adams could go, but still it’s just pure magic.

From the dark run to you, the story of a man cheating on his partner to the sweet ballad of heaven, this album is a MUST for music lovers.

It has blistering guitar riffs, and is pure rock n roll. It captures an era that knew how to play instruments, and knew how to rock n roll and define their music.

If you were going to buy one Bryan Adams album to have in your CD collection, my advise would be to buy pass the stuff he’s brought out recently, and head straight for this one.

I give it 4/5

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