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Bryan Adams
Anthology UMe 2005 |
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| 36 Tracks with more
than half qualified as radio or music video hits. I cant think of why this double CD
wouldnt satisfy most listeners. Most of the songs are recognizable, while the others
performed and produced the way Bryan Adams is known for. The one thing I realized while
listening to this excellent CD was that Bryan Adams and his producer Bob Clearmountain
must have helped create the power ballads that become so prevalent in the 1980s. Adams
isnt recognized as a hard rocker, but that doesnt matter. If you listen to the
way his songs are constructed and the elements of guitar, drums and bass, its easy
to see how his hit songs affected the radio and music videos alike. My favorite songs off the Disc One included: "Straight From The Heart," "Cuts Like A Knife," "Run To You" (which always makes me think back to seeing the music video while in the Army in West Germany), "Heaven" (a ballad before Warrant recorded a song with the same title), "Thought Id Died and Gone To Heaven" which has Def Leppard backing type vocals and I wasnt surprised to see that Matt Lunge wrote & produced this tune. The second disc had some interesting guest stars; Sting and Rod Stewart join in "All For Love," "Rock Steady" live with Bonnie Raitt and "When Youre Gone" with Pamela Anderson. My favorite tracks off the second disk are: "Please Forgive me," "All For Love," "Have You Ever Loved A Woman," "Lets Make A Night To Remember," "Cloud Number Nine" Chicane Mix. Bryan Adams has more songs played on the Radio than most artists could dream of. Youll get most of those with this 2-CD Collection. www.universalchronicles.com
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