• Artist: Bryan Adams
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• Styles: Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
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Review

Made up of brisk, pop-perky guitar fair, Bryan Adams' first album gained a considerate amount of airplay in Canada, but his notoriety abroad was still a couple of albums away. At 21, Adams' voice sounds a whole lot younger than his age, but the album itself holds up well, comprised of simple but buoyant pop songs. The better tracks stem from the brisk but amicable "Hiding From Love," the well-sung "Give Me Your Love," and from the staunch keyboard zing of "Remember." But the other tracks are in no way disappointing, with "Win Some, Lose Some," "Wastin' Time," and "Don't Ya Say It" all containing a pleasurable albeit rudimentary pop formula. In his late teens, Adams had worked with writer Jim Vallance, collaborating and writing songs for Prism (who Vallance was a member of at one time) and Bachman-Turner Overdrive before he was signed to A&M. This partnership had payed off for Adams, and his musicianship and writing skills became stronger with each release. Although his big break came with the release of 1983's Cuts Like a Knife, an album that gave him his first three Top 40 singles, Bryan Adams makes for an interesting and entertaining debut, especially from a retrospective standpoint. His tapered guitar punch may still have been in the making, but it's obvious by the cuts on this album that he was destined to be a successful radio rocker. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Hiding From Love	...		Bryan Adams
Win Some, Lose Some	...		Bryan Adams
Wait and See	...		Bryan Adams
Give Me Your Love	...		Bryan Adams
Wastin' Time	...	Martin Shaer, C.S. Prest	Bryan Adams
Don't Ya Say It	...		Bryan Adams
Remember			Bryan Adams
State of Mind	...		Bryan Adams
Try to See It My Way	...		Bryan Adams

Credits

Bryan Adams (Guitar), Bryan Adams (Piano), Bryan Adams (Vocals), Bryan Adams (Producer), Bryan Adams (Main Performer), Jeff Baxter (Guitar), Peter Bjerring (Bass), Peter Bjerring (Keyboards), Jim Clench (Bass), Jim Clench (Keyboards), Dick Heckstall-Smith (Percussion), David Hungate (Bass), David Hungate (Keyboards), Gene Meros (Saxophone), Marek Norman (Bass), Marek Norman (Keyboards), Colina Phillips (Bass), Colina Phillips (Keyboards), Bob Schaper (Engineer), Tom Szczesniak (Bass), Tom Szczesniak (Keyboards), Fred Turner (Bass), Fred Turner (Keyboards), Jim Vallance (Bass), Jim Vallance (Drums), Jim Vallance (Guitar (Electric)), Jim Vallance (Keyboards), Jim Vallance (Producer), Sharon Williams (Bass), Sharon Williams (Keyboards)