Bryan Adams was a mere 22 years old in 1981 but had already released his second album,You Want It You Got It, which made it to #3 on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.
Not bad for a lad from Kingston, Ontario, Canada with a writing partner from Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Recorded at the Power Station in New York, keyboardist Tommy Mandel told Goldmine it was the beginning of something special, especially while being guided by the experienced hands of producer/engineer Bob Clearmountain (Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie).
“It was just us in there, playing the tunes, with Bryan singing live,” he recalled. “That’s something that didn’t change through the following albums: Cuts Like a Knife, Reckless, and for a while, Into the Fire. Just five kids in a room playing these cool songs, making up parts that seemed right, and having a surprising amount of fun. Then Bob Clearmountain would say either, ‘Do another one’ or ‘Come on in and listen’ and when we did, it sounded good. Bob had this way of pacing: Over to move the mic on an amp or a cymbal, with his trademark head-down concentration.”
The first single, “Lonely Nights,” got the ball rolling and a few years later was covered by Uriah Heep pretty nicely.
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