With the exception of “Remember” and “Wastin’ Time”, most of the album was recorded from 29 October up until 29 November 1979 at Manta Studios in Toronto and co-produced by Adams and Vallance. The song was later recorded for Adams’ third album Cuts Like A Knife in 1983 and released as a single, becoming Adams’s first top ten record in the US in 1983.Īdams’ self-titled debut album was released in February 1980 and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance. “Straight From The Heart” was also written during this period. Also recorded during this time was “Let Me Take You Dancing,” which made the Canadian RPM chart in March 1979 and its B-Side “Don’t Turn Me Away”. Both songs were covered by other artists even before his first album was released. Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably “I’m Ready” (recorded for both the album Cuts Like a Knife and later his release for MTV Unplugged) and “Remember,” which was recorded on his first album. Later in 1978, Adams signed to A&M records for the paltry sum of one dollar. They agreed to meet at Vallance’s home studio a few days later, which proved to be the beginning of a partnership which still exists today. Vallance was the former drummer and principal songwriter for Vancouver based rock band Prism and had recently quit that band to focus on a career as a studio musician and songwriter. In 1978, at the age of 18, Adams met Jim Vallance introduced by a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store.
He quit school to play nightclubs and go on the road and upon his return he settled into the Vancouver studio scene, working as a background vocalist for the CBC and working with keyboardist Robbie King, whom Adams attributes as having given him his first paying session. Adams elected to sing until they found a singer, but they never found one, and his auditioning landed him a few jobs, with bands like Shock and Sweeney Todd, who in 1976 released If Wishes Were Horses with the 15-year-old Adams as the singer. He quit the job after a year and started auditioning as a guitarist while rehearsing his own band in his mother’s rented basement in North Vancouver. He travelled through the United Kingdom, and the Middle East, and spent more than four years in Lisbon, Portugal and a year in Vienna, Austria.įrom the ages of 14 to 18, Adams worked as a dishwasher to save money for a proper guitar. Adams grew up travelling around the world with his parents, with his father’s diplomatic postings in Europe and the Middle East. Bryan’s albums continue to mine a rich vein with their well crafted, well performed, songs that resonate with fans around the world.īorn in Kingston, Ontario, to British parents who had emigrated from England in the 1950s., Adams’ father joined the Canadian Army, followed by a stint with the United Nations as a peacekeeping observer, and finally as a Canadian diplomat.
The song in the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and topped the charts in numerous countries around the world including France, Australia and Germany and the UK where it spent an astonishing 16 consecutive weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. It included the record-breaking ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’ that became his second No.1 hit single in Billboard Hot 100. All this was just a prelude to what followed when Waking Up the Neighbours, Adams’s 1991 album, went to No.1 in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and a string of countries worldwide. While Into The Fire performed less well in America, reaching No.7, it was a big hit in many countries in Europe. All this action helped take Reckless, the album from which both ‘Run To You’ and ‘Heaven’, along with a string of other singles, including the ‘Summer of ’69’, to No.1 in America and top 10 in a host of charts around the world.
In the US it made No.6, however, that success was eclipsed later in the year when ‘Heaven’ topped the US charts somewhat surprisingly it did less well in Britain and elsewhere. It wasn’t until 1985 that Adams made his breakthrough in Britain and Europe when the classic, radio-friendly, anthem, ‘Run To You’ made No.11 in the UK and was a hit in a number of other countries.
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