Room Service - Bryan Adams

Performer – Bryan Adams. The Album – Room Service. Released 2004 on Polydor 986 824-5 Oh dear. I like Bryan Adams. When it comes to rocking out, he keeps up with the best of them. And when it comes to writing post pub knicker strippers, this man has got to be the best in the business. But not here. So what’s gone wrong? To be honest, I haven’t got a clue. He’s still got the voice, and he and his band can still turn up the volume when they want to. It’s just that too few of the songs on this album stick in my mind. I first heard songs from this album on a live broadcast Adams did for the BBC and they ...  Read the complete review

Now before I begin, let me set the record straight. I like Bryan Adams, I do, I’ve seen him several times in concert and he’s guaranteed to give a good show and I’d happily go again….. But! This latest album offering begs the question, honestly, is he losing it, or is there something I’m just not getting? Now the real Adams classics like ‘summer of ’69’, ‘waking up the neighbours’ and even the dreaded, you either love it or hate it, ‘everything I do’ are in a completely different league to everything on this album, that may be an unfair sweeping generalisation and maybe if I heard pieces like this in isolation I would feel differently but the main gripe I ...  Read the complete review