Cuts Like a Knife
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Cuts Like a Knife | ||
 |
||
| Studio album by Bryan Adams | ||
| Released | January 1983 | |
| Recorded | 1982 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 38:53 | |
| Label | A&M Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bryan Adams chronology | ||
| You Want It You Got It (1981) |
Cuts Like a Knife (1983) |
Reckless (1984) |
Cuts Like a Knife is the third solo album by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). It proved to be Adams's major and definitive breakthrough as it managed to crack the Top 10 in the charts, peaking at #8 and spinning off Adams's first major hits in "Straight From the Heart" (his first great ballad) and the hard rocking title track as well as the top-25 hit "This Time".
Another standout track on the album is "The Best Was Yet to Come," a tribute to Canadian-born Playboy Playmate/actress Dorothy Stratten, who was slain by her estranged husband in a murder-suicide in 1980. The song was later covered by Laura Branigan.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Only One" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) – 3:14
- "Take Me Back" (Adams, Vallance) – 4:49
- "This Time" (Adams, Vallance) – 3:18
- "Straight from the Heart" (Adams, Eric Kagna) – 3:30
- "Cuts Like a Knife" (Adams, Vallance) – 5:16
- "I'm Ready" (Adams, Vallance) – 3:58
- "What's It Gonna Be" (Adams, Vallance) – 3:39
- "Don't Leave Me Lonely" (Adams, Vallance, Eric Carr) – 3:09
- "Let Him Know" (Adams, Vallance) – 2:56
- "The Best Was Yet to Come" (Adams, Vallance) – 3:04
[edit] Performers
- Bryan Adams - vocals, guitars, piano
- Jim Vallance - guitars, percussion, keyboards
- Mickey Curry - drums
- Tommy Mandel - organ, synthesizer
- Keith Scott - guitars, vocals
- Alfa Anderson - background vocals
guest musicians:
-Discography-
Studio albums
Bryan Adams • You Want It You Got It • Cuts Like a Knife • Reckless • Into the Fire
Waking Up the Neighbours • 18 til I Die • On a Day Like Today • Room Service
Compilation albums
So Far So Good • The Best of Me • Anthology
Live albums
Live! Live! Live! • MTV Unplugged
Top 10 Singles
Straight from the Heart • Run to You • Heaven • Summer of '69 • Heat of the Night
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You • Can't Stop This Thing We Started • Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
Do I Have to Say the Words? • Please Forgive Me • All for Love • Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You • Let's Make a Night to Remember • I Finally Found Someone
When You're Gone • Cloud Number Nine • Don't Give Up • Here I Am • Open Road
-Related people-
Composers: Jim Vallance • Robert Lange • Michael Kamen • Eliot Kennedy • Gretchen Peters
Guitarists: Keith Scott • Jamie Glaser
Keyboards: : Gary Breit • Tommy Mandel • Bill Payne
Drummers: Mickey Curry • Pat Steward • Steve Smith
Bassists: Norm Fisher • Dave Taylor • Brian Stanley
