Adams: Road Movies

Advantages: Chilled Out Slightly Disturbing Stuff
Disadvantages: Me Ranting About Vanishing Point

...As a man possessed by a new found love of electronica this Album was purchased upon a whim, I had heard and read lots of good stuff about Boards of Canada and it can in a rather sexy digipack, and that is a major selling point in my book. Also I am of the firm belief that weird ambient electronic scoundscapes is the way of the future and I want to be in on it before the hateful NME gets there. The Record label says that "The Campfire Headphase has already achieved critical acclaim to rival its predecessors. What defines this album from previous work is Boards' desire to simply make a melodic, beautiful record. Playing out like a road movie, The Campfire Headphase is a dense and intricate collection of music, immersing the listener in kaleidoscopic swathes of spacious live instrumentation and trademark isolated chords of sound. Here... Read review

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Advantages: Fresh, Vibrant and familiar
Disadvantages: Some might think it sounds the same as before!

...- Spice Girl/ Solo wannabe, Mel C. They carried it off well as a duet, although I got the feeling Adams' was trying to break boundaries of his style by doing something a bit more modern than his usual early 90's rock ballads. However, this latest release also beggars belief that the Canadian rocker still has some original inclusions to be heard. The release of the new single Open Road, seems to suggest that Adams is back in his prime. He appears to be going back to his roots, and the inspiration behind this seems to stem from his experience. There are still some ballads on this latest infusion. They appear between the "happy songs" on the album, those you would define as Adams' uplifting effigys we have all grown so accustomed to. Those that are going to turn you into a mushy and reminiscent teenager are: She's a Little Too Good For Me... Read review

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Advantages: Some excellent rock ballads are present on this album. Powerful vocals throughout.
Disadvantages: Bryan Adams has recorded better albums than this.

...been one of my favourite artists, but I certainly have a strong love of his 'Summer of 69', many a time I have cranked up the volume and blasted out his raucous rock ballad. Sadly there is no 'Summer of 69' here, but what we are treated to is 47 minutes of Bryan Adams as he charms his way through the twelve tracks of the '11' album. His mid-tempo rock music is perfect for long journeys on the road, it's always good to pump up the volume for Bryan Adams and unlock that air guitar of yours. Sadly this is not the strongest of albums from Bryan Adams, but a decent one nonetheless and one that is complete with a number of impressive tracks. 'Broken Wings' for example is greatly uplifting, right from its opening guitar riff you know that this is going to be so and with this one Bryan Adams progresses softly but effectively through the track... Read review

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