Reckless [VINYL]

Reckless by Bryan Adams is just timeless. And few albums, past or present, can attest to being home to so many great tracks. Aside from the obvious rockers, 'Summer of '69' and 'Run To You', you have the heartfelt 'Heaven', 'Somebody' and 'It's Only Love' with Tina Turner. Each side is laden with gems, and the two openers, 'One Night Love Affair' and 'She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'' shouldn't be discounted at all. 'Long Gone', and the record's other tracks mean there isn't a skippable piece. And they sound great on refreshed 180g vinyl. The gatefold packaging is beautiful, the sleeves themselves are, and the bonus disc full of anniversary content (bonus and live tracks) is wonderful to see! Some real incredible pieces that were left off the final product for some reason. The titular 'Reckless', 'Play to Win' and especially 'Too Hot To Handle' are all standout songs that could easily have been on the final record - but choosing any that made the final cut to replace would be tough, for sure.My only problem is that, for a brand new record, my own certainly has skips. Not many. A couple on 'She's Only Happy...' and once on 'It's Only Love' - all my favourite tracks are left untouched. But it's still annoying, and hammered home to me that brand new records are still, sadly, a gamble. One other track, the bonus 'Let Me Down Easy' is virtually unplayable - by far the worst affected. However this is probably just my copy, and if I had the energy to replace it, I'd probably be fine.Either way, for a great price you can get a brilliant record and extra goodies that, for once, are just as warrant of listening as the original album.

BA at his very best and a very important album for me as a young teenager; I must have bought a dozen versions in one format or another. The deluxe box set is the essential bells and whistles purchase but then of course I needed this for the turntable. This sublime slice of AOR speaks for itself so then we’re looking at the bonus and live tracks. The vinyl sounds excellent and the brilliant song Reckless is an impassioned mid tempo track that would have fitted so well as an opener for the album. What happened? Lack of space? Major omission in my opinion but worth the second disc just on its own. The others are so so and ‘Diana’ is missing which is a shame but I’m sure he had his reasons. Please also be aware that the download card doesn’t work and ‘the sound of vinyl’ didn’t want to know so hence the 4 stars.

Epic tune's from Bryan Adams. He never disappoints in his music. Listening on my new record player.

One of the best albums of all time on 180g vinyl. Sounds amazing

This Vinyl is brilliant, the classic reckless album as a 180g heavy weight. Although the Amazon description didn't include the 1st track (one night love affair) it was on and it has all the original tracks, the unreleased tracks and a few live ones. This is a brilliant purchase