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Adams 是八十年代最具有影响力的主流摇滚歌手，他的数张专辑都成为创下了白金记录并多次进入全美排行榜前10名。 Adams 与他的前辈
Bruce Springsteen 或者 John Cougar Mellencamp 相比，他并不能算是一个革命者。他的音乐风格在很大的程度上继承了他们的风格，但他将他们的音乐变的更加的圆润并在其中加入了率直的摇滚乐的风格，同时他的沙哑的嗓音也成为了他的特色之一。在他音乐生涯的初期，他的音乐风格更加偏向与摇滚而不是
POP ，但随着他的发展，他的 POP 歌曲在更大的程度上得到了广泛的好评。在这之后他的创作天赋也更多的显现了出来。
Bryan Adams 出生在加拿大，在他事业的初期，他一直担任前 Prism 乐队 Jim Vallence 的助手。 Adams
当时为很多的加拿大乐队写了很多的歌曲，其中有 Loverboy 、 Bachman-Turner Overdrive 、 Bonnie
Tyler 和 Kiss 等乐队。 Adams 在1981年的时候与 A&M 唱片公司签约并与年底推出了他的处女作，但遗憾的是，该专辑并不十分成功，甚至没有能够成为打榜专辑。但第二年，他推出了他的第二张专辑
You Want It, You Got It ，这张专辑终于不负厚望，登上了全美排行榜。
Bryan Adams was one of the most popular mainstream rock & rollers
to emerge in the '80s, producing a series of platinum albums and
Top Ten hits. Adams wasn't an innovator on the level of Bruce Springsteen,
or even John Cougar Mellencamp. He followed in their footsteps,
smoothing out their rougher edges while retaining a down-to-earth
earnestness in both his straightforward rock & roll and his husky
voice. At the beginning of his career, he relied more on rock than
pop, but as his career progressed, he became known for his ballads.
But both his rockers and his slow numbers were the result of his
craftsmanship, both as a writer and a performer -- Adams never let
anything obscure a good hook.
Born in Canada, Adams began his career as a songwriting partner
of Jim Vallence, a former member of Prism. Vallence and Adams wrote
songs for several Canadian rockers, including Loverboy and Bachman-Turner
Overdrive, as well as Bonnie Tyler and Kiss. Adams landed a solo
record contract with A&M Records in 1981, releasing an eponymous
album by the end of year; it failed to make the charts. The following
year, he released You Want It, You Got It, which managed to reach
the U.S. charts.
Bryan Adams' commercial breakthrough came in 1983 with Cuts Like
a Knife. "Straight from the Heart," a ballad taken from the record,
reached the Top Ten before the album was released. The album also
made it into the Top Ten, while the title track peaked at number
15; a third single, "This Time," reached number 24.
Late in 1984, Adams returned with the surging, mid-tempo "Run
to You," which became his second Top Ten single; it also became
his first British hit, peaking at number 11. Reckless, also released
in late 1984, became a blockbuster success, spending two weeks at
the top of the U.S. album charts and selling over five million copies.
Besides "Run to You," Reckless featured five other Top 15 singles,
including the number one "Heaven," "Summer of '69," "Somebody,"
"One Night Love Affair," and "It's Only Love," a duet with Tina
Turner.
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