![]() ![]() ![]() If you don’t know The album GET IT! Wonderful. It appealed to everyone we all thought he was cool! An MTV wet dream, Bryan was slick and clean cut yet one of the boys. It connected for so many, and crossed that divide between die hard rock fans (like me) and the casual listener. The production by Bob Clearmountain is still to this day, crisp and timeless it is perhaps one of the greatest rock/pop crossover records of all time. It’s joyous and emotional without being mawkish, it’s narrative approach throughout is accessible yet possessed of depth and great tonal qualities. Up until then I had never heard of him, but from that moment on me and that record were inseparable. It is packed with memorable, instant, likeable songs belted out by Bryan in that unbelievable voice. ‘Reckless’ is an album that personifies that approach. The hardest thing to learn and master in song writing is the art of simplicity. So, when my Dad presented me with a cassette of the new record by Bryan Adams, his latest album ‘Reckless’, I sniffed at it and initially dismissed it as ‘lightweight’.Įventually, after Dad‘s continual playing of it in the house, The penny dropped and I sneakily stole it. I’d had a love affair with punk and the new wave but that had taken a back seat and all I was listening to was Dio, Sabbath, Def Leppard and the like. Back in 1984 I was in the midst of my appreciation of rock and metal. ![]()
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