Bryan Adams released Waking Up the Neighbours

First posted 3/28/2011; updated 9/10/2020.

Waking Up the Neighbours Bryan Adams

Released: September 24, 1991 Peak: 6 US, 11 UK, 110 CN, 14 AU Sales (in millions): 4.0 US, 0.9 UK, 13.2 world (includes US and UK) Genre: mainstream rock

Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) Is Your Mama Gonna Miss Ya? Hey Honey, I’m Packin’ You In! Can’t Stop This Thing We Started (9/14/91, 2 US, 12 UK, 2 AR, 40 AC, sales: ½ million) Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven (2/22/92, 13 US, 8 UK, 14 AR, 36 AC) Not Guilty Vanishing House Arrest Do I Have to Say the Words? (8/1/92, 10a US, 30 UK, 5 AC) There Will Never Be Another Tonight (11/23/91, 31 US, 32 UK, 36 AR) All I Want Is You (7/18/92, 22 UK) Depend on Me Everything I Do I Do It for You (6/29/91, 1 US, 1 UK, 10 AR, 1 AC, sales: 3 million, airplay: 3 million) If You Wanna Leave Me (Can I Come Too?) Touch the Hand (5/2/92, 13 AR) Don’t Drop That Bomb on Me

Rating: 3.177 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings) Quotable: “Old-fashioned good time…rock & roll.” – Jose F. Promis, All Music Guide Awards:

About the Album: “Although not as good as Reckless, Bryan Adams’ 1991 album, Waking up the Neighbours, signaled his commercial apex. Bridging the time gap between ‘80s arena rock and ‘90s angst-ridden grunge, the album also ushered in an era in which Adams became more known for his sweeping power ballads than his straight-ahead rock tunes. This album, filled with nearly 75 minutes of showstopping arena rockers and mid-tempo ballads, churned out no less than five hit singles, the most notable being the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves theme Everything I Do I Do It for You. That ballad spent seven weeks atop the U.S. pop charts, becoming the longest-reigning American chart-topper since Prince’s ‘When Doves Cry’ seven years earlier. The song also became a phenomenon in Europe, becoming Adams’ biggest hit ever” JF with a whopping sixteen weeks atop the UK chart. “Other singles which followed included the joyous rocker Can’t Stop This Thing We Started, which became a number two hit, the mid-tempo ballads Do I Have to Say the Words? and Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven, and the fun, straight-ahead rocker There Will Never Be Another Tonight.” JF “Waking up the Neighbours was co-produced by Robert Jon ‘Mutt’ Lange, and as a result, many of these songs sound as though they could have easily been Def Leppard recordings, especially All I Want Is You, which sounds like ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ part two. Nonetheless, Waking up the Neighbours is a fun album and perfect for those who expect nothing more than an old-fashioned good time from their rock & roll.” JF

Resources and Related Links: Bryan Adams’ DMDB Encyclopedia entry Mutt Lange’s DMDB Encyclopedia entry JF Jose F. Promis, All Music Guide