Description
Bryan Adams – Get Up – Compact Disc
Bryan Adams’ Get Up is his 13th studio album, released in October 2015 on Polydor. It’s a notable late-career entry because it pairs Adams with Jeff Lynne (ELO) as producer—an unmistakable sonic fingerprint—and reunites Adams with longtime co-writer Jim Vallance for most of the new material.
The project came together over time rather than in one continuous studio block. It was recorded across 2013–2015, with Adams describing a process where songs were developed “song by song” and often assembled remotely—parts and demos being exchanged until they were right. That workflow fits the way the album feels: concise, hook-first tracks that sound tightly edited, with Lynne’s trademark approach to layering and rhythm making the band feel bigger than the track lengths suggest. The standard running time is 36:03, short by modern standards and closer to classic rock LP pacing.
Structurally, Get Up is split into two clear parts: nine new songs followed by four acoustic versions (13 tracks total). The “new songs” section leans into Adams’ core strengths—driving rock tempos, clean choruses, and straightforward lyric themes—while the acoustic versions act like alternate takes rather than remixes, highlighting how well the material stands up without the full production. A detail fans often notice is how much of the instrumentation Lynne handles himself; Adams has said that in many cases Lynne effectively “became the band” on the tracks he produced.
The rollout started with “You Belong to Me” being released digitally as an early track in August 2015, followed by “Brand New Day” as a lead single in September 2015. Additional singles followed over the next year, keeping the album active beyond its initial release window. In Adams’ catalog, Get Up is also significant because it was his first studio album of all-new original material since 11 (2008), after the mostly-covers set Tracks of My Years (2014).
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Track Listing
You Belong To Me
Go Down Rockin’
We Did It All
That’s Rock Aand Roll
Don’t Even Try
Do What Ya Gotta Do
Thunderbolt
Yesterday Was Just A Dream
Brand New Day
Acoustic Versions
Don’t Even Try
We Did It All
You Belong To Me
Brand New Day
