Bryan ADAMS


11

(2008)



1. Tonight We Have The Stars 4'06
(Bryan Adams / Jim Vallance / Gretchen Peters)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SOME GUY SONGS / EMI APRIL MUSIC Ltd., (SOCAN)
2. I Thought I'd Seen Everything 5'07
(Bryan Adams / Eliot Kennedy / Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC UK (Prs) / OUT OF POCKET PRODUCTIONS Ltd. / ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS Ltd.
3. I Ain't Losin' The Fight 3'56
(Bryan Adams / Eliot Kennedy / Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC UK (Prs) / OUT OF POCKET PRODUCTIONS Ltd. / ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS Ltd.
4. Oxygen 3'35
(Bryan Adams / Eliot Kennedy / Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC UK (Prs) / OUT OF POCKET PRODUCTIONS Ltd. / ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS Ltd.
5. We Found What We Were Looking For 3'38
(Bryan Adams / Robert John "Mutt" Lange / Trevor Rabin)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / OUT OF POCKET PRODUCTIONS Ltd. / ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS Ltd. / WONDERLAND MUSIC COMPANY, Inc., (BMI)
6. Broken Wings 3'37
(Bryan Adams / Eliot Kennedy)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC UK (Prs)
7. Somethin' To Believe In 4'01
(Bryan Adams / Eliot Kennedy)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC UK (Prs)
8. Mysterious Ways 4'28
(Bryan Adams / Gretchen Peters)
Strings Recorded by Roger Monk in Dublin, Ireland in Room 292 at The MERRION HOTEL 17.5.05
Additional Recording at PULSE RECORDING STUDIO, Dublin, Ireland
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC / PURPLE CRAYON MUSIC (ASCAP)
Note: Featuring in the UK film "Cashback"
9. She's Got A Way 4'42
(Bryan Adams / Eliot Kennedy)
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SONY MUSIC (Prs)
10. Flower Grown Wild 3'53
(Bryan Adams / Jim Vallance / Gretchen Peters)
Drums Recorded by Rick Colhoun at Jim STUDIO
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SOME GUY SONGS / EMI APRIL MUSIC Ltd., (SOCAN)
11. Walk On By 2'54
(Bryan Adams / Jim Vallance / Gretchen Peters)
Strings Recorded by Roger Monk in Dublin, Ireland at PULSE RECORDING STUDIO
Published by BADAMS MUSIC LIMITED, (ASCAP) / SOME GUY SONGS / EMI APRIL MUSIC Ltd., (SOCAN)

Total Time: 43:57


  • Bryan Adams - Electric Guitar (1), Acoustic Guitar (1-11), Electric Solo (8), Bass (1-3), Vocals (1-11)
  • Colin Cripps - Guitar (1, 7, 10), Electric Slide Guitar (2, 3), Electric Guitar (4), Slide Guitar (5, 11), Rhythm & Solo Slide Guitar (6, 9)
  • Keith Scott - Electric Guitar (2, 3, 5), Solo Guitar (4), Slide Guitar (7), Rhythm Guitar (9)
  • Gary Breit - Hammond B-3 Organ (1-3, 5, 7, 9, 10), Piano (1-3, 5, 8-10)
  • Eliot Kennedy - Bass (4, 6, 9, 10), Piano (6)
  • Mutt Lange - Bass (5)
  • Norm Fisher - Bass (7, 8)
  • Mickey Curry - Drums (1, 6-8)
  • Pat Steward - Drums (2-5, 9)
  • Jim Vallance - Drums (10)
  • Maire Breatnach - Fiddle (8), Viola (11)

    Produced by Bryan Adams
    Tracks 1 & 5 Produced by BA & RJ "Mutt" Lange
    Recorded by Ben Dobie
    Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
    Editing by Olle Romo
    Additional Recording by Bryan Gallant & Kirk McNally
    Assisted by Mike Cashly and Eric Mosher
    String Arrangment: Teese Gohl (8)
    String Arrangment: Gavin Greenaway (11)
    Conductor: Hal Beckett (11)
    Design by Dirk Rudolph
    Photos by BA

    Thanks To all the musicians & friends that helped out with the recording of this album & to all of the staff at the Hotels we stayed at & to the brilliant crew that I tour with,
    Thanks Especially To Alicia Grimaldi, Eliot Kennedy, Mutt Lange, Jim Vallance, Colin Cripps, Bruce Alien, Carl Leighton - Pope, Jody Perpick, Sandee Bathgate, Katie Biever, Nancy Emery, Bob Rock, Davey Robertson, Gemma Peacock, Roy Lamb, Don 'Toe' Prodaehl, Natalie Mendoza, Kathleen Edwards, Kara Martin, Capone, Gloria Durrant, Sean Ellis, Elke Degenkolb, Teese Gohl, Princess Aleksandra Woroniecka, The Trout, Beanbag, Bob Ezrin, Natalie Manchot, Franca Sozzani, Robert Rabensteiner and L'uomo Vogue for the DIOR suit, Perry Curries, Trevor Rabin, Gavin Greenaway, Max Hole, Mike Pacholuk, Andrew Shaw, Amy Worobec, Adam Greenholtz & of course my mum Jane for the tea.
    Special Thanks To Ben Dobie for schlepping all the gear & setting up the endless recording sessions in locations all around the world during the writing & recording of the album ... ye did a great Job Lad.

    Basic Tracks Recorded at The WATERHOUSE STUDIO, Vancouver, Canada over a few seasons starting in 2005 ending in December 2007.
    All Tracks were Recorded on a vintage NEVE 6630 Desk, into Protools. Vocals were Recorded in houses in Switzerland and the Grenadine Islans, W.1.
    Additional Recording was done in Hotel rooms and backstage concert areas around continental Europe.
    All on vintage NEWMANN M49 and U87 Microphones on a portable digi design Protool unit, packed in a suitcase.





    1. Tonight We Have The Stars

      We'll save ourselves a bottle
      Of California red
      We'll drink it on a Tuesday
      Let it go straight to our heads

      And we'll eat from good china
      And make love on linen sheets
      Just like there's no tomorrow
      No surrender, no retreat

      I can feel it in my bones
      And I know it in my heart
      Tomorrow may be rainin' but tonight we have the stars
      We may always be together
      Or miles and miles apart
      Tomorrow may be rainin' but tonight we have the stars

      We were young and we were foolish
      We were easy to deceive
      Said we'd be in love forever
      And it was easy to believe

      Well you and I we had our moments
      Our devils and our doubts
      But the time we spend together
      We gotta make it count
    Chorus

    So let's hold on to this moment
    Cause it's all we've really got

    2. I Thought I'd Seen Everything

      I like the way we are - i love what we've become
      When i'm in your arms - i know i've found the one
      I love your kiss me mouth - and your static touch
      Its just the way you are - that makes me feel so much

      No one could ever know - what we're like alone
      Rollin' round like rain - we're a midnight storm
      Like a river rising - i feel it thru your skin
      When we're together - i never want it to end

      I thought I'd seen everything - til i saw you
      I thought I'd been everywhere - til i'd been with you
      I thought that everyone knew what i knew
      I thought I'd seen everything - til i saw you

      I like the way we are - like a raging fire
      Burning up the night, burning with desire
      You're such a sweet temptation - you know i can't resist
      Electricity, hey every time we kiss

    3. I Ain't Losing The Fight

      How come the best ones are always taken
      What I see when I see ya - is love in the makin'
      Something about timin', something about fate
      Gotta go with the feeling - not a moment too waste

      Bring it on bring it on -ya - I was born ready
      I'm a son of a strong man - i'm rock steady
      Everything you throw - I can see it coming
      Ain't gonna be no TKO just a lot of lovin'

      Cuz opposites attract this way
      If day is night and night is day
      If loving you is wrong then babe - wrong is right
      And I ain't losin' the fight

      Take it on, take it on, take it on - no second guessing
      Dressin' up a situation - we should be undressing
      Hear the bell ringing - seconds out round two
      I got my eyes on the prize, and the prize is you

    4. Oxygen

      My hands are shaking , My heart skips a beat
      I can't focus, I can't speak
      It's like I'm going underwater
      And I'm going deep - I need ya around me

      Oxygen - every moment
      Oxygen - everyday,
      I can't live without it - don't take it away
      I need to breath you in - like Oxygen

      Losing cohation
      I'm trying to resist if - to stay out of the light
      It's like I'm drownin' in the deepest sea
      I need ya around me

      Oxygen - every moment
      Oxygen - everyday,
      I can't live without it - don't take it away
      I need to breath you in - like Oxygen Oxygen - every moment - Oxygen - everyday,
      I can't live without it - don't take it away
      I need to breath you in - like Oxygen

      My pulse raciin' - my head in a spin
      I need to see you darlin' - cuz you're my Oxygen

    5. We Found What We Were Looking For

      We found our strength - we found our way at last
      We found tomorrow - by building on our past
      We paid our dues - we stick together - come whatever

      We're still standin' - didn't fall to pieces
      Never lost our reason - never stopped believin'

      We found our wings and now we fly above the wind
      You and me - we found what we're looking for

      We gave it all - gave our very best
      With every fall - we withstood the test
      We broke the rules
      Had to do it - to get thru it

      We found our wings together we found everything
      You and me - we found what we're looking for
      You made me shine - picked me up when I fell behind
      With you - I never need to search no more

      We're still standin' - didn't fall to pieces
      Never lost our reason - never stopped believin'
      Ah never stopped - believin'

      We found our wings and together we found everything
      You and me - we found what we're looking for
      You made me shine picked me up when I fell behind
      With you - I never need to search no more
      You and me we found what we were looking for

    6. Broken Wings

      You always say the things I can believe in
      Always say the things I wanna hear
      I believe them all - the stories short and tall
      I believe you, ya I believe you

      You give me love
      When love is all I need to live
      You gave your word, when words were just superlative
      When I was blind, you came and opened up my eyes
      Now I feel I can believe in anything
      You taught me how to fly on broken wings

      You always do the things I can depend on
      You're always there every night and day
      Everytime i've fallen down - you've always been around
      To lift me up again
      To set me straight again

      Sometimes I find myself on my own
      And can't find the road that leads me back home
      But you made believe I can do anything
      Even fly on broken wings

    7. Something To Believe In

      It's funny what goes through your mind
      When you think of times you spent together
      Funny but when I think back why we broke up
      The reasons seem so small
      One day she's with me everything's fine
      Sayin' somethin' sounded like I love you
      The next week I see her walkin' down the street with someone else
      Probably sayin' the same thing
      It's doin' my brain in...

      I got nothin - goin' nowhere
      Tired of under achieving
      I keep searchin' - nothin's workin'
      It's not enough just to be breathin'
      I need somethin' to believe in

      It's funny what goes on in your head
      When you think about the way things come together
      But now I think back why things had to change
      The reasons seem so small
      Cruel twist of fate keepin' me awake
      When I need to sleep to take away the hurtin'
      But now I got time on my hands tryin' to understand
      But there ain't no explainin'
      It's doin' my brain in ...

    8. Mysterious Ways

      Just when I thought I had it figured out
      Just when I thought I had the answers
      You came along so full of promises
      Full of grace and second chances

      For awhile I tried to shut it out
      For awhile I tried to fight it
      But now I see that there just ain't no use
      There ain't no reason to deny it
      Oh - ya just never know, no you don't

      The world is full of mysteries
      Full of magic and of wonder
      There's so much more than what we see
      Can't explain the spell I'm under
      Everytime I look upon your face
      I'm constantly amazed
      And love moves through my days
      In mysterious ways

      They say the heart is shaped just like a fist
      Holding in its feelings
      I say the heart is like an open hand
      Holding out and healing
      Oh wherever you go - don't ya know

    9. She's Got A Way

      She's got a way - of getting inside your soul
      She'd breach the walls of jericho
      Make you fall like virgin snow
      She's got a smile, makes you forget the things
      You were only just thinking about
      It kind of turns me inside out
      And if I try to conceal, she's got a way to reveal

      I feel so naked - I feel so totally exposed
      It's such a mystery, how she seems to know, every part of me
      I feel so shaken - and it's like everybody knows
      Whenever she touches me, no one else can feel, as much as me
      Ya she's got a way

      She's got a way - of taming the wild in me
      With patience and serenity
      I'm drowning in her revery
      And I can't run away she's got a way to make me stay

      She comes to me like rain falls down my window
      Sure as night will follow day - i'll surrender
      Ya she's got a way

    10. Flower Grown Wild

      She was the girl in the very front row
      Always waitin' after the show
      She was the queen of the hollywood hills
      Knew the stars, the bars, the pimps and pills
      Somebody's climbin' on a greyhound tonight
      Too much lipstick and her dress real tight
      Looks like a woman but she ain't quite
      No, not quite

      She's somebody's baby
      She's somebody's mother's child
      She may look like a lady
      But she's just a flower grown wild

      They never knew you by your childhood name
      But they were drawn to you like moths to a flame
      Nobody saw the tears in your silk n' lace
      Or the scarred little kid behind your face
      Just remember when you hold her tight
      What you're holding in your arms tonight
      She's no angel, but that's alright
      Ya that's alright

      She's somebody's baby
      She's somebody's mother's child
      She may look like a lady
      But she's just a flower grown wild

      Just another little pretty thing
      Another angel with a broken wing
      Who fell to earth Ñneath the hollywood hills
      Amid the stars and the bars, the pimps and pills

      Just like the girl on the movie screen
      She played it up until the very last scene
      The picture faded and the day was done
      Went home to nothin but a loaded gun

      Somebody's climbing on a greyhound tonight
      A little angel flyin' out of sight
      Looks like a woman but she ain't quite
      No, not quite

    11. Walk On By

      I heard that you're leavin - this sleepy little town
      The bright lights must have caught your eye cuz you ain't hangin' round
      Ya know people been talkin' - they say you're makin' a mistake
      Gotta get on that greyhound and forget about what they say

      Just walk on by - walk on by
      Don't look over your shoulder - keep your head up high
      Just walk on by

      I've heard bad things about the city and i'm told that they're true
      Better watch out for those guys out there they're gonna hit on you
      So don't talk to no strangers - no it ain't your style
      Don't give up when the chips are down - just turn around and smile

      Just walk on by - walk on by
      Don't look over your shoulder - keep your head up high
      Just walk on by - ya walk on

      You're old enough to know why - you're old enough to know why

      Now you're standing at the station - got a ticket in your hand
      Guess you got you're mind made up - gotta get out while you can
      Don't say I never told ya - now the rest is up to you
      Those streets can be like a battlefield - when it's hard to make it thru...

      Just walk on by - walk on by
      Don't look over your shoulder - keep your head up high
      Just walk on by

      Walk on by - walk on by
      You're a little bit lonely you're a little bit shy
      Just walk on by

      Walk on by - walk on by
      Don't look over your shoulder - keep your head up high
      Just walk on by

      Walk on by - walk on by
      You're a little bit lonely you're a little bit shy
      Just walk on by