Reckless (album)

Reckless
Bryan Adams studio album
Publication (s)	5th November 1984
admission	6-7 June 1983, March – August 1984
Label (s)	A&M Records
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	Rock , hard rock , mainstream rock
Title (number)	10
running time	37:58
production	Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain
Studio (s)	Power Station Studio, New York City (USA) Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver (Canada)
chronology Cuts Like a Knife (1983) Reckless Into the Fire (1987)

Reckless (English for: " Ruthless ") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams , which was released in November 1984. It is still one of his most successful albums and gave Adams the big breakthrough. It also contains one of his most popular songs, Summer of '69 . Kids Wanna Rock, on the other hand, is one of the most popular songs and is the rockiest and heaviest as well as the fastest played number. The LP also contains the most and longest solos.

background

In June 1983 Bryan Adams recorded the song Heaven , which first appeared on the soundtrack to the film A Night in Heaven that year. Both Adams and producer Jimmy Iovine were initially against releasing the song on Reckless because it didn't seem to fit musically into the concept. Adams himself changed his mind at the last moment.

He recorded the remaining songs on the album after the tour for the album Cuts Like a Knife from March to August 1984. Adams composed all songs from the album Reckless with Jim Vallance . More than 13 million copies of the album have been sold to date. The songs on the album are still very popular today. For example, in 1993, on the 14-song compilation So Far So Good, six of the ten songs from Reckless appear on this compilation.

Track list

1. One Night Love Affair (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:32
2. She's Only Happy When She's Dancin ' (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 3:14
3. Run to You (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 3:54
4. Heaven (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:03
5. Somebody (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:44
6. Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 3:35
7. Kids Wanna Rock (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 2:36
8. It's Only Love (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 3:15 ( feat.Tina Turner )
9. Long Gone (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 3:57
10. Ain't Gonna Cry (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 4:06

Charts

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
1984	Reckless	DE19 (61 weeks) DE	-	CH10 (17 weeks) CH	UK7 (118 weeks) UK	US1 (83 weeks) US	CA1 (83 weeks) CA	Initial release: November 5, 1984 Sales: 7,470,000 Re-releases Remastered Edition : November 10, 2014

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
1984	Run to You Reckless	-	-	-	UK11 (13 weeks) UK	US6 (19 weeks) US	CA4 (23 weeks) CA	First published: October 1984
1985	Somebody Reckless	-	-	-	UK35 (7 weeks) UK	US11 (17 weeks) US	CA13 (21 weeks) CA	First published: January 1985
	Heaven Reckless	DE28 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH14 (8 weeks) CH	UK38 (5 weeks) UK	US1 (19 weeks) US	CA11 (21 weeks) CA	First release of the single: April 9, 1985 First release of the song: 1983
	Summer of '69 Reckless	DE62 (6 weeks) DE	AT17 (11 weeks) AT	-	UK42 (14 weeks) UK	US5 (17 weeks) US	CA11 (21 weeks) CA	First published: June 1985
	One Night Love Affair Reckless	-	-	-	-	US13 (15 weeks) US	CA19 (16 weeks) CA	First published: September 1985
	It's Only Love Reckless	DE44 (8 weeks) DE	AT30 (2 weeks) AT	CH16 (8 weeks) CH	UK29 (8 weeks) UK	US15 (14 weeks) US	CA14 (15 weeks) CA	First published: November 1985 with Tina Turner

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	2 × gold 12 × platinum 1 × diamond	7,410,000

Main article: Bryan Adams / Music Sales Awards

Contributors

• Bryan Adams: vocals, rhythm guitar, clap, piano, harmonica, co-producer
• Keith Scott : guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Vallance : percussion, executive producer
• David Taylor: Electric bass
• Pat Steward: drums and backing vocals
• Tommy Mandel: Keyboard
• Jody Perpick: Background: Sound and background vocals
• Mickey Curry: drums
• Tina Turner : Singing on It's Only Love
• Steve Smith : drums
• Mike Fraser, Michael Sauvage: Sound engineers and mixdown
• Bob Ludwig: Mixing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ References to the album in Allmusic.com
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US1 US2 CA
3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
4. ↑ RPM Top Albums from February 23, 1985
5. ↑ RPM Top Albums from June 28, 1986
6. ^ RPM Top Singles from February 2, 1985
7. ^ RPM Top Singles from April 6, 1985
8. ↑ RPM Top Singles from April 13, 1985
9. ↑ RPM Top Singles from June 15, 1985
10. ↑ RPM Top Singles from July 20, 1985
11. ↑ RPM Top Singles from September 28, 1985
12. ↑ RPM Top Singles from September 14, 1985
13. ↑ RPM Top Singles from November 16, 1985
14. ↑ RPM Top Singles from November 23, 1985
15. ↑ RPM Top Singles from January 18, 1986
16. ↑ RPM Top Singles from January 18, 1986
17. ^ RPM Top Singles, March 8, 1986