Bryan Adams "Reckless (Japan, A&M Records, UICY-76835)"

Reckless is the fourth studio album by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams. It was released on 5 November 1984 by A&M Records, the album was co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, and it's arguably Adams' most successful album. The album was a huge international hit, selling over 5 million copies in the United States alone and 12 million copies worldwide. It was the first Canadian album to sell more than one million copies within Canada. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and reached high positions on album charts worldwide.

Six singles were released from the album: "Run to You", "Somebody", "Heaven", "Summer of '69", "One Night Love Affair", and "It's Only Love". All six singles made the top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, which until that time had been accomplished previously only by Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. The album was ranked No. 49 on Kerrang!s "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" in 1989, and 99th Greatest Rock Album of All Time by Classic Rock and was also named the #12 Greatest Canadian Album of All Time by Bob Mersereau in his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. The album was recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada. On 12 December 2009 the syndicated radio program In the Studio celebrated the 25th anniversary of the album.

A 30th Anniversary edition of the album, featuring previously unreleased material and a brand new 5.1 surround mix, was released on 10 November 2014 in both four and two-disc editions. The Reckless 30th Anniversary Tour also took place in November 2014, consisting of eleven exclusive arena shows in the United Kingdom.

In March 1984, recording for Reckless began after extensive touring for the support of Cuts Like a Knife. However, unhappy with the recording process, Adams decided to take a month off. In August, Adams headed back to the studio with Tina Turner for the track "It's Only Love"; he also returned with more new songs and started re-recording songs which would lead to the development of such tracks as "Run to You", Summer of '69", and "Heaven".

"Run to You" was recorded after a tour in Asia. The recording for "Run to You" started on 27 March 1984 and went through the summer at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver. It was mixed in New York by Bob Clearmountain, with mixing of the song completed on 21 September. The recording of "Heaven", co-written by Adams and Jim Vallance, started on 6 June and lasted only two days, ending on 7 June. The song was recorded for the film A Night in Heaven, and was mixed by Bob Clearmountain on 16 June 1984. "Summer of '69" was written on 25 January 1984 with Jim Vallance. The recording took place at Little Mountain Sound Studios where the song was recorded three times over the winter. It was mixed in New York by Bob Clearmountain on 22 November 1984.

"Run to You" was released as the debut single from Reckless on 18 October 1984 in Canada and the U.S. and became one of the most successful songs from the album on the American pop and rock charts; it would become arguably one of Adams' most recognizable and popular songs. The song was Adams' first number one hit on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks, and reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached the top 20 on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top 20 for seven weeks, peaking at number 4. With "Run to You", Adams reached the highest Canadian chart position in his career to that time; it was his third top 20 hit single in Canada. "Run to You" was released in November 1984 in Europe where it peaked at the top ten in Ireland at number 8 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart; it was his second single to chart in Europe.

"Somebody" was released as a single in January 1985 and became one of the most successful songs from Reckless on the American rock charts. The song was Adams' second number one hit on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was in the top 20 on the Canadian singles chart for six weeks. "Somebody" was Adams' fourth top 20 hit on the Canadian chart. "Somebody" was released the following month in Europe and peaked at the top 20 in Ireland at number 20 and reached the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart at 35; it was his third single to chart in Europe.

"Heaven" was the third single from Reckless. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in June 1985. The song previously peaked at number nine on the Billboard Top Tracks chart from the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in February 1984. The song has appeared on all of Adams' compilation albums with the exception of The Best of Me. The single was certified Gold in Canada in 1985.

Upon the release of the album in November 1984, "Summer of '69" received some airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations but was mostly overshadowed by the tracks "Run to You" and "It's Only Love", only managing to reach number 40 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart. After it was released as a single in June 1985, "Summer of '69" reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was released in Australia, Europe and New Zealand in 1985. "Heaven" reached the UK top 40, while "Summer of '69" peaked at the top 40. "Summer of '69" continued the trend of higher-charting singles when it debuted and peaked at top 20 in most of the European countries it charted. Adams' previous singles had charted much weaker in Europe and "Summer of '69" would be Adams' second single to chart in mainland Europe.

Although "Summer of '69" reached the top ten in Norway and then the top 20 in the Austria, Ireland and Sweden, it was a moderate top 100 success in Germany, where it peaked at 62.

Co-writer Jim Vallance has always gone for the more conventional interpretation of the title being a reference to a year. He notes Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty", which contains references to 1965 and 1969, as his own influence, and recalls that Adams cited the film Summer of '42 as his.

Released as the fifth single from the album in September 1985, "One Night Love Affair" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 13 and at number 7 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. In Canada, "One Night Love Affair" was officially released to radio in February 1985. The song reached the top 20 on the Canadian Singles Chart and remained in the top twenty for another month. "One Night Love Affair" was the lowest charting single from Reckless.

While never released as a single, "Kids Wanna Rock" received airplay on album-oriented rock stations in Canada and the United States enabling it to chart on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number 42. Due to its popularity in concert, it was included on the greatest hits collection "So Far So Good".

In December 1984, Adams and his touring band which consists of Keith Scott, Dave Taylor, Pat Steward and Johnny Blitz played concerts in Chicago, Detroit, New York City and Philadelphia. In early 1985, Adams' started a tour throughout the United States with opening act and Canadian musician Kim Mitchell and later in Japan, Australia, Europe and finally Canada after winning four Juno Awards. Later he headed south towards the American West Coast, culminating with two dates at the Paladium in Los Angeles.

After the tour in the United States Adams traveled to Ethiopia to aid famine relief efforts there. Adams later went to Europe for a fifty-city concert tour with Tina Turner, culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon. Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled "World Wide in 85" which started in Oklahoma. The tour ended in October. Adams would later visit Vancouver, and afterwards he returned to the American East Coast to play two sold-out concerts in New York.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance.

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

Total length: 37:58

30th Anniversary edition - disc one (Bonus tracks)

1. "Let Me Down Easy" 3:40
2. "Teacher, Teacher" 3:48
3. "The Boys Night Out" 3:53
4. "Draw the Line" 3:26
5. "Play to Win" 3:28
6. "Too Hot to Handle" 4:02
7. "Reckless" 4:01

Total length: 64:11

30th Anniversary edition - disc two: Live in Hammersmith Odeon 1985

1. "Remember" 4:32
2. "The Only One" 4:39
3. "It's Only Love" 3:50
4. "Kids Wanna Rock" 3:16
5. "Long Gone" 6:21
6. "Cuts Like a Knife" 5:40
7. "Lonely Nights" 3:55
8. "Tonight" 6:13
9. "This Time" 3:37
10. "The Best Was Yet to Come" 2:43
11. "Heaven" 4:04
12. "Run to You" 4:30
13. "Somebody" 4:20
14. "Straight from the Heart" 3:17
15. "Summer of '69" 4:40

Total length: 65:24

Bryan Adams – producer

Bob Clearmountain – producer, engineer, mixing

Jim Vallance – associate producer

Mike Fraser – assistant engineer

Michael Sauvage – assistant engineer

Bruce Lampcov – assistant engineer

Bob Ludwig – mastering

Masterdisk (New York, NY) – mastering location

Chuck Beeson – art direction, design

Richard Frankel – art direction

Hiro – front cover photography

Jim O’Mara – inner sleeve photography

Bruce Allen – management

Tina Turner "Private Dancer"

Private Dancer is the fifth solo studio album by Tina Turner. It was released by Capitol Records in May 1984, and was her first album released through the label. Recording sessions for the album took place at several studios in England and was overseen by four different production teams, including Rupert Hine, and Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh of Heaven 17. A radical departure from the rhythm and blues sound Turner had performed with her former husband and performing partner Ike Turner, the tracks in the album are a mixture of uptempos and ballads, inspired by pop and rock genres; it also features elements of smooth jazz and R&B.

After several challenging years of going solo after divorcing Ike, Private Dancer propelled Turner into becoming a viable solo star, as well as one of the most marketable crossover singers in the recording industry. It became a worldwide commercial success, earning multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To date, it remains her best-selling album in North America. Private Dancer produced seven singles, including "What's Love Got to Do with It", "Better Be Good to Me", "Private Dancer", and "Let's Stay Together". Positively received by critics on release for Turner's ability to give energy and raw emotion to slickly-produced professional pop/rock songs; its long term legacy is that the softening of her raw Southern soul style produced a "landmark" in the "evolution of pop-soul music". The album was promoted throughout 1985 in a 177-date worldwide tour entitled the Private Dancer Tour.

A&R man John Carter of Capitol Records is credited with relaunching the career of Tina Turner in the 1980s. In 1983, despite opposition from within Capitol, he signed her and managed her first album for the label, Private Dancer. The album itself was produced in England using several different producers.

"Let's Stay Together" was produced by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh of British band Heaven 17. Terry Britten produced the reggae-tinged "What's Love Got to Do with It". Rupert Hine produced "Better Be Good to Me", which had been written by Holly Knight, Mike Chapman, and Nicky Chinn, and most of the other songs. John Carter produced "Private Dancer", which was written by Mark Knopfler and has a guitar solo by Jeff Beck. "Ball of Confusion", a cover of The Temptations song which was Turner's first collaboration with the B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation)/Heaven 17 production team and part of their collaborative 1982 album Music of Quality and Distinction Volume One was not included on the Private Dancer album. A recording of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" from the same sessions would re-appear in remixed form on B.E.F.'s Music of Quality and Distinction Volume Two in 1991. "Help!" was recorded with The Crusaders.

The album was released on 29 May 1984 and became an outstanding commercial success. Private Dancer has been certified 5 × Platinum (5 million) in the United States and sold around 250,000 copies each week for two months. Worldwide the album has been estimated to have sold over 20 million copies.

The album produced a number of highly successful singles including "What's Love Got to Do with It" which went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for three weeks. At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Private Dancer won four of the six awards for which it was nominated. No less than seven of the album's ten tracks (nine in the U.S.) were released as singles: "Let's Stay Together", which was a UK Top 10 hit and a US Top 30 hit; "Help!"; "Better Be Good to Me"; "Private Dancer"; "I Can't Stand the Rain" and "Show Some Respect" (1985).

In 1997, EMI, the parent label of Capitol Records, released a digitally remastered Centenary Edition of the Private Dancer album on CD, then including four additional demo tracks recorded in late 1983 and early 1984 with the producer John Carter, first released as B-sides to some of the Private Dancer singles, as well as three extended 12" remixes. The album remains the only Tina Turner studio album to have been re-issued in digitally remastered form.

In 2015, the 30th Anniversary edition of this album was released by the Parlophone Records unit of Warner Music Group which now controls this album.

A 177 date tour to promote the album took place from February 8, 1985 to December 28, 1985. Called the Private Dancer Tour, there were 60 shows in Europe, 105 in North America, 10 in Australia, and 2 in Japan. Opening acts in North America included Glenn Frey and Mr. Mister. As well as songs from the album, Turner performed hits from her time with Ike & Tina, such as "River Deep – Mountain High", "Nutbush City Limits", and "Proud Mary".

Track listing
Original US vinyl/cassette edition
Side one

1. "I Might Have Been Queen" (Hine, Obstoj, West-Oram) – 4:10
2. "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Britten, Lyle) – 3:49
3. "Show Some Respect" (Britten, Shifrin) – 3:18
4. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:41
5. "Better Be Good to Me" (Chapman, Chinn, Knight) – 5:10

Side two

1. "Let's Stay Together" (Green, Jackson, Mitchell) – 5:16
2. "1984" (Bowie) – 3:09
3. "Steel Claw" (Brady) – 3:48
4. "Private Dancer" (Knopfler) – 7:11

Original international edition

1. "I Might Have Been Queen" Jeanette Obstoj, Rupert Hine, Jamie West-Oram 4:10
2. "What's Love Got to Do with It" Terry Britten, Graham Lyle 3:48
3. "Show Some Respect" Britten, Sue Shifrin 3:18
4. "I Can't Stand the Rain" Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller 3:41
5. "Private Dancer" Mark Knopfler 7:11
6. "Let's Stay Together" Willie Mitchell, Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr. 5:16
7. "Better Be Good to Me" Holly Knight, Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman 5:11
8. "Steel Claw" Paul Brady 3:48
9. "Help!" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 4:30
10. "1984" David Bowie 3:09

2015 30th Anniversary Edition bonus disc

1. "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)" (with B.E.F.)
2. "I Wrote a Letter" ("Let's Stay Together" B-side)
3. "Rock 'n Roll Widow" ("Help" B-side)
4. "Don't Rush the Good Things" ("What's Love Got to Do with It" B-side)
5. "When I Was Young" ("Better Be Good to Me" B-side)
6. "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" ("Private Dancer" B-side)
7. "Tonight" (Live with David Bowie) (Live at The NEC, Birmingham)
8. "Let's Pretend We're Married" (Live)
9. "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Extended 12" Remix)
10. "Better Be Good to Me" (Extended 12" Remix) (edit)
11. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Extended 12" Remix)
12. "Show Some Respect" (Extended Mix)
13. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (Single Edit)
14. "One of the Living" (Single Remix)
15. "It's Only Love" (with Bryan Adams)