Track Listing

1. Heat Of The Night
2. Into The Fire
3. Victim Of Love
4. Another Day
5. Native Son
6. Only The Strong Survive
7. Rebel
8. Remembrance Day
9. Hearts On Fire
10. Home Again

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13539 in Music
• Released on: 1993-03-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 45 minutes

CD Description
When he released INTO THE FIRE, Bryan Adams was an established and extremely successful rock & roller. Styles had changed over the decade, but Adams's brand of melodic hard rock was still very much in vogue, and even flourishing, as bands from Guns & Roses and Aerosmith to the so-called hair-metal bands made the power ballad a genre unto itself.
Teaming up with long-time producer Bob Clearmountain and songwritingpartner Jim Vallance, Adams sticks with this approach. Clearmountain brings his trademark ultra-clear, '80s-style production to the proceedings, especially evident on the gleamingtitle track. And the songs continue to mine the basic rock idiom. Yet Adams shows a desire to evolve. He looks at the lives of the working class a la Bruce Springsteen on "AnotherDay" and "Rebel", while "Remembrance Day" is a homage to World War Two soldiers. He even addresses Native American issues in "Native Son". Although the record doesn't feature whatcould be called a signature Bryan Adams song, the collection offers what any Bryan Adams record has: big drums, big guitars, lots of strong and memorable hooks, and that voice.

Customer Reviews

Bryan At His Best
This is truely the most under-rated Bryan Adams album of all-time. Even though Bryan didn't have his biggest hits from Into The Fire, the first track "Heat Of The Night" is the most known, with Bryan playing the lead guitar, which is also rare to find. The other tracks on the album are just outstanding, and have a class none of his other albums have. The touchy "Into The Fire" is definitely one of my favorite songs but good-oldstyle rockers like "Only The Strong Survive", "Another Day" and "Rebel" are songs not to be missed. The most outstanding tracks are "Into The Fire", "Native Son", "Remembrance Day" and "Hearts On Fire". My conclusion is that Bryan has completed this album with a lot of style, and what the critics say about that lyrics were never his best thing: Think again, because Bryan's lyrics are the most touching you can imagine, and very well written too. The fans love him for his music and the strong lyrics, which on every album are very well written. A 5 star is even underrated for this album, it deserves a 10 star as far as I'm concerned :)

Tom Verbroekken.

It doesn't get any better
I like this album and play it regularly. Having rocked with the Reckless/Cuts like a knife albums, this was departure into a more thoughtful style of music. Why isn't a rock star allowed a conscience ? 'Into the fire' is the last great album from Bryan Adams, and probably his most personal. 'Native Son' deals with the issues of mis-treated native indians, Remebrance Day and Rebel deal with subjects surrounding Canada and the early 1900's. There are still some rock tracks such as 'Hearts on Fire' and 'Only the strong survive' but it is essentially 'his' album.

Probably Bryan's best work to date
Although this was released before Bryan was a major star in Britain, some of the songs on this CD have never been bettered. The music is wide-ranging, from the classy rock tune 'Only the strong survive', to the slower, more soulful 'Native son', which is definitely the best song here. 'Remembrance day' has since become an anthem for peace, and none of the songs dissapoint. It is a tradgedy that none of these songs were included on the 'Best of me' album. A true, if unrecognised, classic of its time.