On A Day Like Today - Bryan Adams

...my favrourites.

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY is a black and white covers and is quite easy to recognise. It has Bryan walking along the street with his guitar case on his back with an Elephant following behind him (I wonder where this idea came from? It works anyhow!) I think this cd was released back in 1998 (Blimey that only seems like yesterday!)

The booklet inside the case has pictures of Bryan and his band members and all ...
...Please be gente with me on your ratings as this is the first CD op I have done so my descriptions of the songs may not be very good!!


HOW DO YA FEEL TONIGHT

A slow start. I love this song, it starts quiet guitar with Bryan's vocals quite quiet. Builds up slightly to a more upbeat chorus with a lovely guitar sound. Slows down again towards the end 'I feel so high, no onelse will know it.....tell me,how do you ... more

Well, if you have read any of my other ops you will have realised by now that I am a HUGE Bryan Adams fan and saw him Twice in 2002. I've got most of his albums and this has to be one of my favrourites.

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY is a black and white covers and is quite easy to recognise. It has Bryan walking along the street with his guitar case on his back with an Elephant following behind him (I wonder where this idea came from? It works anyhow!) I think this cd was released back in 1998 (Blimey that only seems like yesterday!)

The booklet inside the case has pictures of Bryan and his band members and all the lyrics to his songs. The CD Itself is a lime green colour and behind the cd in the case there is lots of little pictures of Bryan and again his band members during variour times of recording and preparing for concerts.

Please be gente with me on your ratings as this is the first CD op I have done so my descriptions of the songs may not be very good!!

HOW DO YA FEEL TONIGHT

A slow start. I love this song, it starts quiet guitar with Bryan's vocals quite quiet. Builds up slightly to a more upbeat chorus with a lovely guitar sound. Slows down again towards the end 'I feel so high, no onelse will know it.....tell me,how do you feel tonight'. This song really suits Bryans voice, it has a nice edge to it.

C'MON C'MON C'MON
Starts with a nice slow, quite again guitar riff. Build up for the chorus with a build up on the drums and guitar. 'C'mon c'mon c'mon - we're gonna make it home tonight'. Basically this song is about how you can believe in Bryan (I would any day he's lovely ;)

GETAWAY
This song starts more upbeat than the first two. 'Drove all night from New york city in your best friends car'
This song is more upbeat and more of a pop song rather than a rock song. It's about 'getting away' and that you should just do it as you don't live forever and have to take the chance while you have got it.

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
This is another song I really like. The title of the Album this is a song that sticks in my head once I have listened to it. Again, a slow quiet start, basically saying that we can have our dreams and that it is not always bad and that there is something good out there for all of us and when it happens you never want it to end.

FEARLESS
'It's 3am - I'm lying here next to you what ya gonna do?'
This song is very upbeat about a women he is with who is already in a relationship. He knows where he stands but he's trying desperatley to get through to this woman that hes the right man for her and not this other guy. He's saying he's fearless about the situation. This is definately one of my FAVE tracks on the whole album. So catchy!

I'M A LIAR
Another good song here, good drum beat in this song. This song is Bryan admitting he has told lies to this person and that he is 'over his head'. He's trying to say he's telling the truth now even though he has lied. 'I'm over my head forget what I said'

CLOUD NO. NINE
This single was released from this album. Cloud no. is a well known Bryan Adams song.
'Well it's a long way up and we won't come down tonight'
This song is about going to cloud no.9 ;) and that once they are there everything is okay and how it all feels right.
Like I say a good pop song taken from this album.

WHEN YOU'RE GONE FEAT. MELANIE C
I like this song also. Hate her or love her Melanie's vocals really suit this song. If you don't know this song then it is about two people who are apart and don't know what to do. He can't concentrate because he keeps thinking about her and can't listen to the radio because the radio's playing songs that remind them of each other.
'Baby when you're gone, I realise I'm in love'
Again, another really good pop song which done well in the charts.

INSIDE OUT
Basically this is slow song which is describing how Bryan wants to know this woman. He wants to know everything about her just like he knows about himself. I like this song but I prefer the more up beat tunes.

IF I HAD YOU ~
This is a nice song, about how he can do anything if he had you (you can have me Bryan come and take me away!) Basically anything is possible for him and his life complete if he had this person

BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER
Upbeat start.
'hey baby - I've got someone and you've got someone too'
'before the night is over we're gonna get what we desire'
This song is about being with their own couples yet they still want to be togther. They know that it is wrong but they cannot help it that they want to be together. This is Bryan Adams at his best I think I really like this song.

I DON'T WANNA LIVE FOREVER
Another upbeat song with good guitar.
I don't wanna live forever is about doing everything he possibly can in this life time and he's going to go out fighting when his time is up.

WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
Another slow number, a slow drum beat in the background with guitar. This song is about Bryan never thinking he would find someone who would be able to know everything about him and see what he is really like. 'You found your way into my head where even angels fear to tread'

LIE TO ME
I think this song starts a bit like cloud no.9 but it does turn into it's own. Another good song. He wants his partner to lie to him (he doesn't want to know the truth about what she has really been up to), he doesn't care if she doesn't mean it he just doesn't want to be hurt. I think this is his senstive side coming out and his insecurities about being hurt.

CLOUD NUMBER NINE (CHICANE MIX)
Again, cloud no,9 only remixed by Chicane (remember them? Bryan done a song with them a couple of years back)

*OVERALL*
I love this album. It is more of a pop/rock album rather than Rock. There are some really excellent tracks on here which I cannot get bored of. 15 tracks it is well worth the money. Even if you are not much of a fan of Bryan Adams I think you may like this album as it has a mixture of his styles of music on. (Oh and he writes all his own music, either by himself or jointly with someone else - which a lot of people nowadays don't!)

For more on Bryan Adams go to www.bryanadams.com

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