18 Til I Die

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18 'til he dies alright! [Posted on 2005-07-13]
Bryan Adams has always been one of the most interesting solo rockers. The first record I remember purchasing myself at the age of 7 was Bryan Adams' 1984 album Reckless. With that in mind, I feel no shame in saying that I am a fan of Bryan's music.

His career might have recieved a renewed boost in the early 90's with the classic Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves ballad Everything I Do (I Do It For You), but the lyrics and music on 18 Til I Die still sounds as raw and electrifying as it did in the early to mid 80's. The title track says it all with lines like "someday I'll be 18 going on 55..." True to the lyric, Bryan doesn't seem to be growing any older as far as the record is concerned. He sings about things that only adolescents would dare sing about, take (I Wanna Be) Your Underwear for instance. However, Bryan delivers such charming rockers as The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You which ranks up there with Summer Of 69 and Cuts Like A Knife as one of his best rock songs, the groovy hit single Let's Make A Night To Remember, the uplifting Star, and the ballads You're Still Beautiful To Me, I'll Always Be Right There, and I Think About You.

18 Til I Die signifies Bryan Adams' most commercially successful work over the past decade. It also symbolizes that there's no growing up completely for Bryan Adams, at least not for now, but why should he grow up?

He'll be 18 til he dies alright!

Recommended

B+

Great Record - Lang really makes the record flow [Posted on 2005-07-18]
Brian Adams can really write great songs and this album is full of them. Now some of the songs may not be as honorable as others, but at least Adams is honest. This record will take you for a ride from its fast/fun songs such as "18 Till I Die" to the slower songs such as "I'll Always Be Right There". "Have You Every Really Loved a Woman?" is also a great song.
Mutt Lang did a great job producing this record. The flow of the record is incredible. When I listen to most records I skip around, but I don't with this one. The key is how the songs are spaced out. There is a silence of up to almost 10 seconds after the slower, more thoughtful songs and as short as less than a second after the fast songs. I'm not really sure about the science behind the timing of the album, but it is a great album. There is a song for every type of listener on Brian Adams' "18 Till I Die".

Timeless [Posted on 2005-10-16]
After hearing "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?", I sat back and asked myself that same question. I came to the conclusion that I needed to have this song at least in my collection. Brian Adams' 18 Til I Die is a combination of feeling and yearning to be more than what appears on the surface. "Do To You" is an example of a man wanting to do better and to give back to his woman to an upbeat tune. With lyrics saying "...let's do something amazing..." to enhance any relationship, is covered on "Let's Make A Night To Remember". On to something slower, uplifting and thought provoking, "Star" gives hope and adds to the remainder of this album. Brian spends time to reflect on things over a slow tempo "I Think About You" produced by Brian Adams himself. The more epic "I'll Always Be Right There" sounds as if it's an addition to a movie score with harmonious rhythm and violins to match. "You're Still Beautiful To Me" could be a crossover country song. Production was by Robert John Lange & Brian Adams and was very insightful and clear, but didn't continuously keep it constant.

Not bad but not as good as previous cd's [Posted on 2007-12-29]
Bryan explores new horizons, that's fine, but the result is not as good as we are use to with this artist. It is a good cd, there is few songs that I don't really like but I would say that I like 80% of the album and Bryan is still a very good signer and composer, good rocking songs, excellent ballads (Let's make a night to remember and Have you ever really loved a woman) and more...

not quite a (black) pearl [Posted on 2008-09-05]
Bryan Adams' 1996 compilation of greatest hits is all about cheap thrills. With lyrics like `The only thing that looks good on me ... is you', `I just wanna' be ... your underwear', you don't buy this album after a hard think about whether to spend your nine bucks on this or on, say, that new translation of Homer's Odyssey. You plunk down your cash for good, old-fashioned, hedonistic, irreverent rock & roll. The second most overused line in assessments of Bryan's music--after `the Canadian rocker'--seems to be `feel-good rocker'.

With good reason.

Adams is very good on the classic rock themes, most notably `The Only Thing', I Wanna' Be' (both quoted above), and It Ain't a Party ... If You Can't Come `Round'. The superb `'Black Pearl', with its awesome bass track and exquisitely driving tempo, leads this pack.

He can also toss off a memorable ballad, revealing in the process an uncanny debt to Rod Stewart: `Let's Make a Night to Remember', `I Think About You', `I'll Always Be Right There', `You're Still Beautiful to Me'. Here the most memorable is that swan song of besotted pub crawlers everywhere with its flamenco-esque guitar, `Have You Ever Loved a Woman'.

On the other hand, an unsettling pair of losers has made it on to this anthology under the titles `Do to you' and `We're Gonna Win'. Adams is much better than these two songs. And while we're at it, it's not obvious to this reviewer--clearly lots of CD buyers thought otherwise--why the vacuous `18 til I die' was such a hit and even the claimed the title track on this collection.

I never thought I'd describe a musician as more irreverent and hedonistic than the aforementioned Stewart, but Bryan Adams just may claim the crown. Hedonism of this kind--as opposed to that of John Piper, for example--is not an ethic that commends itself to this reviewer. The music, however, has some foot-stomping good tunes as its vehicle. And this was only 1996. Adams was hardly done. Some of his best work, both before and after the releast of `18 til I Die', does not appear here. One things of `Everything I Do', `Cuts Like a Knife', `Do I Have to Say the Words', `Summer of `69', and--perhaps his best song--'Please Forgive Me'.

This is a good place to begin to listen to Bryan Adams' music. The CD will not give you a full picture of his body of work. Rock on, you Canadian feel-goody crooner guy.

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