Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Bryan Adams, Mel C., Sting, Rod Stewart, Paco De Lucia. | | Producers include: BA, Pat Leonard, Bob Rock, Bob Clearmountain, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. | | While ANTHOLOGY provides a comprehensive overview of Bryan Adams's career and SO FAR SO GOOD anthologizes his early hits, THE BEST OF ME shows the Canadian pop-rocker's staying power by focusing on his finest work from the '90s onward. There are a couple of older tracks (rockers "Summer of '69" and "Run to You") thrown in for good measure, but the spotlight here is on Adams the balladeer, belting out lighter-waving, larger-than-life tunes like "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You." The new material here is added incentive for hardcore fans. | | The Best of Me acts as a kind of companion piece to So Far So Good, collecting Bryan Adams' biggest hits from the '90s, some new tracks, and some of his classic singles. Along with staples such as "Summer of '69" and "Run to You," the compilation spans power ballads like "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You," "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?," and "Let's Make a Night to Remember," as well as more upbeat tracks like "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" and "Can't Stop This Thing We Started." Unlike So Far So Good, however, The Best of Me doesn't quite balance Adams the balladeer and Adams the rocker; too much of The Best of Me focuses on less than stellar duets and the sappiest side of his work. Overall, The Best of Me is an adequate look at Adams' later work, but as a greatest-hits collection, it's lacking. ~ Heather Phares | | This rather bizarre Japanese collection was culled from Bryan Adams' recordings for A&M from his first couple of albums, and doesn't include anything from 1983's Cuts Like a Knife. What? Right, it doesn't include that track or "This Time," to name a couple. Technically, it sounds great, but -- simply put -- this is far from the best of a songwriter who made his mark with the aforementioned album. For those interested in Adams' work, or for the nostalgically curious, the 2005 release Anthology -- which comes with a DVD of his videos and live performances -- is a far better buy, since any CD coming from Japan is going to cost a mint anyway. ~ Thom Jurek |
Musical Guests | | Mel C. |
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