Bryan Adams Week: What Went Wrong

Ok, ok...we admit that headline is too strong. Still Bryan Adams had two wonderful albums, Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless. He followed this up with the risk Taking Into the Fire and his risk was well rewarded. Victim of of Love and The Heat of the Night are strong, interesting, risky songs. The later has a great chorus.

What was he supposed do, Reckless II?

In 1991 Bryan Adams released Waking up the Neighbors. We wish to be clear, there is nothing wrong with songs, per se. But they do not rise to the level of his previous work. In fact the tracks on this album, while competent the songs seem musically lazy.  What we are trying to say, is that while Bryan Adams is writing decent enough music, it just isn't as interesting or intense as what he was doing the previous decade.

My god do we hate Everything I do (I do it for you). By the Lords of Kobol we hate the bridge linking the guitar solo to the final chorus, this is how love struck 8th graders think.

[You're in a position to know-ed].

Robin Hood is good though...