Bryan Adams marks 30th Anniversary of 'Reckless'

This is one of my all-time favorite albums from the '80s. Can't wait to hear it. Read on for more info...

Thirty years after its initial release, Bryan Adams’ Reckless will get a lavish reissue package on Nov. 24 through Universal Music Enterprises.

It features a four-disc super deluxe edition housed in a DVD case-sized hardback book that will include the 2014 re-mastered audio and seven bonus tracks, the BBC in Concert Hammersmith Odeon live concert performance recorded in April of 1985, and a DVD of Reckless - The Movie. The latter was a first at the time, as it was an accompanying release alongside the Reckless album and was shot by director Steve Barron (Dire Straits, A-ha, Michael Jackson).

The movie features videos from Reckless interspersed with scenes linking the tracks. The fourth disc in the super-deluxe edition is Blu-Ray Pure Audio recording of the original album and a stereo mix re-mastered this year.
 
Packaging includes never before seen historical photos from the studio, photos of Bryan and writing partner Jim Vallance as well as a conversation between the two, remembering the writing and recording of the album cut by cut.

There is an exclusive interview with Adams and a technical interview with legendary mastering engineer Bob Ludwig as well as lyrics, work sheets, paperwork, notes and much much more, remarkably kept intact from 1984.

A&M Records released Reckless on Nov. 5, 1984 – Adams’ 25th birthday. The 10-track record spawned six hit singles, "Run To You," "Somebody," "Heaven," "Summer of 69," "One Night Love Affair" and "It's Only Love" – the duet with Tina Turner. Reckless became a multi-million selling disc in the U.K., Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.S., Germany and his home country of Canada.

The original 10-track recording sessions began in March 1984, but the album wasn't finished until September.

"By the time I'd finished the album," noted Adams, "I was completely exhausted. I'd pushed everybody, including myself, very hard. It was almost like I didn't care about any other relationship any more with anybody. I was just going to make the best record I possibly could."
History proves he did just that. "'Reckless' was just the right record at the right time," says Adams. "It was just unstoppable."

Bryan Adams is on a European tour through December and performing a set that will honor the 30th Anniversary of Reckless.

Formats:

Super Deluxe – 2 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Blu-Ray Pure Audio™
Deluxe – 2 CD
Remaster Original – 1 CD
Vinyl – 2 LP
Blu-Ray Pure Audio™ - 1 DVD Audio 

RECKLESS
DISC 1 - RECKLESS – THE ALBUM

1. ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR
2. SHE’S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE’S DANCIN’
3. RUN TO YOU
4. HEAVEN
5. SOMEBODY
6. SUMMER OF ‘69
7. KIDS WANNA ROCK
8. IT’S ONLY LOVE
9. LONG GONE
10. AIN’T GONNA CRY
 
BONUS TRACKS
11. LET ME DOWN EASY
12. TEACHER, TEACHER
13. THE BOYS NIGHT OUT
14. DRAW THE LINE
15. PLAY TO WIN
16. TOO HOT TO HANDLE
17. RECKLESS
DISC 2 – BBC IN CONCERT 

HAMMERSMITH ODEON APRIL 1985

1. REMEMBER
2. THE ONLY ONE
3. IT’S ONLY LOVE
4. KIDS WANNA ROCK
5. LONG GONE
6. CUTS LIKE A KNIFE
7. LONELY NIGHT
8. TONIGHT
9. THIS TIME
10. THE BEST IS YET TO COME
11. HEAVEN
12. RUN TO YOU
13. SOMEBODY
14. STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
15. SUMMER OF ‘69
DISC 3 – DVD – RECKLESS THE MOVIE
 
THIS TIME
SUMMER OF ‘69
SOMEBODY
KIDS WANNA ROCK
HEAVEN
RUN TO YOU
IT’S ONLY LOVE (BONUS VIDEO)
DISC 4 – BLU-RAY – PURE AUDIO

RECKLESS - STEREO MIX - 2014 REMASTER
RECKLESS - ORIGINAL ALBUM - 5.1 MIX
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