Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife
Side one
1. "The Only One" 3:16
2. "Take Me Back" 4:41
3. "This Time" 3:20
4. "Straight from the Heart" (Adams, Eric Kagna) 3:31
5. "Cuts Like a Knife" 5:17
Side two
6. "I'm Ready" 3:58
7. "What's It Gonna Be" 3:40
8. "Don't Leave Me Lonely" (Adams, Vallance, Eric Carr) 2:58
9. "Let Him Know" 3:11
10. "The Best Was Yet to Come" 3:04
Bryan Adams Band Members / Musicians
Bryan Adams – vocals, guitars, piano on "Straight from the Heart"
Mickey Curry – drums
Tommy Mandel – organ, B-3 organ, synthesizers, piano on "Let Him Know" and "The Best Was Yet to Come"
Keith Scott – guitars, background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
Dave Taylor – bass guitar, background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
Bruce Allen (credited as "B.A.") – background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
Alfa Anderson – background vocals on "Take Me Back"
Bob Clearmountain (credited as "B.C.") – background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
K. Davies – background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
L. Frenette – background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
Lou Gramm – background vocals on all tracks except "Straight from the Heart", "Cuts Like a Knife" and "The Best Was Yet to Come"
M. Simpson – background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
Jim Vallance – percussion on "Take Me Back", "This Time", "Straight from the Heart" and "Let Him Know", electric piano on "The Best Was Yet to Come"
Jim Wesley – background vocals on "Cuts Like a Knife"
James O'Mara – photography
Cuts Like a Knife is the 3rd studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Released on 18 January 1983 by A&M Records, the album became a huge commercial success in Canada and the United States whereas in other countries, the album did poorly. After the release of Reckless, the album would chart on the British album chart and would later be certified Silver by the BPI. It was recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
