Bryan Adams 18 Til I Die CD

Personnel: Bryan Adams (vocals, acoustic, electric, & 12-string guitars, harmonica, handclaps); Keith Scott (acoustic, electric, 12-string & slide guitars, electric sitar, 6-string bass); Paco De Lucia (Spanish guitar); Mutt Lange (guitar, bass); Phil Palmer (guitar); Olle Romo (piano, keyboards, castanets, pads, percussion); Michael Kamen (piano); Dave Taylor (bass); Mickey Curry (drums); The Pointless Brothers (background vocals).
Le Petite Orchestre De Cannes: Edward Shearmur (conductor); Berhilde Dufoour, Ezther Biro, Laurence Rierat, Matgorzata Calvayral, Yannick Marcoul, Anne Saez, Elsa Benabdallah, Jean Marie Chavannes, Alice Pellegrin, Rachel Nativelle, Jerome Mege.
Producers: Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, David Foster.
Recorded in Jamaica between winter 1994 and spring 1995 and Provence, France between fall 1995 and spring 1996. Originally released on A&M (540 551).
"Let's Make A Night To Remember" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You" was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
Personnel: Bryan Adams (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, hand claps); Keith Scott (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, electric sitar, 6-string bass); Phil Palmer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange (guitar); Paco de Lucia (Spanish guitar); Olle Romo (piano, keyboards, percussion, programming); Michael Kamen (piano); Mickey Curry (drums, percussion); Pointless Brothers (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Olle Romo; Bob Clearmountain.
Recording information: Jamaica (1994-1996); Provence, France (1994-1996).
Unknown Contributor Roles: Tom Mandel; Elsa Benabdallah.
After experiencing enormous success in the early '90s with a handful of soundtrack contributions, Bryan Adams returned in 1996 with 18 til I Die, his first full-length album in five years. Since 1991's "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You," Adams' biggest hits have been big, sweeping power ballads; evidently constrained by that middle-of-the-road persona, 18 til I Die attempts to return to the rockin' good-time vibes of his earlier records. The sound is grunged up a little, and he appears on the album cover in a bizarrely glitzy mod suit -- all meant to telegraph the message that even as Adams approaches 40, he remains a hip teen at heart. Of course, the music doesn't prove that to be true. He turns up the guitars for "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You," "Black Pearl," and "(I Wanna Be) Your Underwear," but that sort of raunch prevents the album from being much fun -- he's simply trying too hard. On the effortless ballads, Adams remains a rock-solid adult contemporary craftsman, writing songs with embarrassingly catchy hooks and melodies. Unfortunately, the ballads don't sit comfortably alongside the rockers -- they sound like the work of two different artists, one trying to sing to baby boomers, the other desperately trying to connect with teens. And while Adams might believe he'll stay a teenager until the end, he's most honest when singing songs to adults like himself. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After experiencing enormous success in the early '90s on the basis of a handful of soundtrack contributions, Bryan Adams returned in the summer of 1996 with 18 'til I Die, his first full-length album in five years. Since 1991's "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," and Adams' biggest hits have been big, sweeping power ballads. Evidently, he was feeling constrained by that middle-of-the-road persona, because 18 'Til I Die is an attempt to return to the rockin' good times vibes of his earlier records. Since the album was recorded in the '90s, the sound is grunged up a little (but not too much) and he appears on the album cover in a bizzarely glitzy mod suit -- all of which is meant to telegraph the message that even as Adams approaches 40, he remains a hip teenager at heart. Of course, the music doesn'Entertainment Weekly (6/7/96, pp.57-58) - "...18 TIL I DIE is hackwork, yet hackwork so upfront about its intentions and so eager to please that it's hard to despise..." - Rating: B-