Tracks of My Years

Tracks of My Years
Studio album by Bryan Adams
Released September 30, 2014
Recorded 2014
Genre Rock
Length 33:00
Label Verve
Producer Bryan Adams, David Foster & Bob Rock
Bryan Adams chronology

11
(2008)		 Tracks of My Years
(2014)
Singles from Tracks of My Years
  1. "She Knows Me"
    Released: August 27, 2014

Tracks of My Years is the twelfth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. It is an eclectic mix of songs reflective of the time when rock was played alongside pop, country and R&B, and follows Adams’ acoustic album, 2010's Bare Bones, a release that resulted in sold out shows across Europe, North America, Australia and South Africa.

The track list features 10 covers, including "Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan), "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Ray Charles) and "Any Time at All" (The Beatles). The album also includes "She Knows Me", an original song written by Adams and Jim Vallance, which was released as the album's first and only single.

"Making the selection of the songs for the album took a long time," noted Adams. "We recorded all kinds of songs until the songs sort of presented themselves, or sounded different enough from the originals. We did about three months of recording, spread out over the course of two years."[1]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 14,000 copies in its first week [2] and at number 22 in Italy. [3] In the US, the album debuted at number 89 on the Billboard 200, selling 4,000 copies in its first week.[4]

Track listing

Original CD
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Any Time at All"  Lennon-McCartney 2:34
2. "She Knows Me"  Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance 3:37
3. "I Can't Stop Loving You"  Don Gibson 3:39
4. "Kiss and Say Goodbye"  Winfred Lovett 3:10
5. "Lay Lady Lay"  Bob Dylan 3:34
6. "Rock and Roll Music"  Chuck Berry 2:34
7. "Down on the Corner"  John Fogerty 2:39
8. "Never My Love"  Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi 3:17
9. "Sunny"  Bobby Hebb 3:31
10. "The Tracks of My Tears"  Robinson, Moore, Tarplin 2:56
11. "God Only Knows"  Brian Wilson, Tony Asher 3:30
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
12. "You've Been a Friend to Me"  Adams, Gretchen Peters 2:50
13. "Help Me Make It Through the Night"  Kris Kristofferson 2:40
14. "C'mon Everybody"  Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart 2:50
15. "Many Rivers to Cross"  Jimmy Cliff 4:09
16. "You Shook Me"  Willie Dixon, J.B. Lenoir 3:47
17. "Let It Be Me" (Japan bonus track)   

[5] [6]

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 61
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 5
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 34
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 5
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[15] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 6

References

  1. ↑ "Bryan Adams: New Album 'Tracks Of My Years' Will Cover Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, The Beatles : Genres". Music Times. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  2. ↑ Cross, Alan (2014-10-10). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 October 2014". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  3. ↑ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php/
  4. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (October 12, 2014). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Herb Alpert Returns After 27-Year Absence". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Announcement: Bryan Adams New Album". Concertblogger.com. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  6. ↑ Rock107.com
  7. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (October 18, 2014). "Triple J Has Australia's Number One Album". Noise11. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Illegal name entered Bryan Adams/Bryan+Adams/chart?f=309 Bryan Adams Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Bryan Adams.
  10. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  15. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years". Portuguesecharts.com. Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Bryan Adams – Tracks Of My Years". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien.

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