Bryan Adams / Reckless (US, A&M Records, SP-5013) <November 5, 1984>

Bryan Adams / Reckless (US, A&M Records, SP-5013)
(1) SP05013-A-ES1
(2) SP05013-B-ES1

ブライアン・アダムスの最大のヒット作。6曲がシングルカットされ、全てチャートの15以内に入りました。これは当時M.ジャクソンの「スリラー」とB.スプリングスティーンの「ボーン・イン・ザ・USA」に続く3回目の快挙だった言うことです。個人的には"Summer Of '69"とTina Turnerをゲストに迎えた"It's Only Love"が好きでした。

Reckless is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Released on 5 November 1984 by A&M Records, the album was co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, and it was arguably Adams' most successful solo album. The album was a huge international hit, selling over 5 million copies in the United States for a total of 12 million worldwide. It was the first Canadian album to sell more than a million copies within Canada.The album reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 and reached high positions on album charts worldwide.

ロック小僧時代を懐かしく思い出す"Summer Of '69"は、ついつい中島みゆきの「ばいばいどくおぶざべい」とセットで思い出してしまいます。どちらが心に響くかというと、言うまでも無いですがね。https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c

"Summer Of '69"

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard.
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you've got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah.
Back in the summer of '69, oh.

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no! yeah!

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that it'd last forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah.
Back in the summer of '69, oh.
It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah.
Me and my baby in '69, oh.
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah.