Track Listing

1. Is Your Mama Gonna Miss Ya?
2. Hey Honey - I'm Packin' You In
3. Can't Stop This Thing We Started
4. Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven
5. Not Guilty
6. Vanishing
7. House Arrest
8. Do I Have To Say The Words?
9. There Will Never Be Another Tonight
10. All I Want Is You
11. Depend On Me
12. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
13. If You Wanna Leave Me (Can I Come Too?)
14. Touch The Hand
15. Don't Drop That Bomb On Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15448 in Music
• Published on: 1991
• Released on: 1991-09-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

CD Description
Released 10 years after Adams's debut record, WAKING UP THENEIGHBORS continues in the hard-rocking tradition of its predecessors, but there are some notable changes. Here, Robert"Mutt" Lange, producer of AC/DC and guiding hand behind a number of other successful hard rock acts, is now Adam's fulltime songwriting partner instead of Jim Vallance, who had co-written all of Adams's early hits. Many of the latter had atouch of heartland melancholy, but these songs are more concerned with the human heart. The love song "Everything I Do (I Do it for You)", featured in the movie ROBIN HOOD, was anenormous hit.
Lange's heavy-metal influence is evident here, with Adams serving up a fine approximation of an AC/DC song on "Hey Honey--I'm Packing You In", while "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" carries with it the unmistakable flavour of Def Leppard. But in general the emphasis, as always, is on hook-heavy rockers with catchy choruses like "Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Whereas on earlier records Adams had spiced up his songs with traces of social consciousness, this set is back squarely in love-and-lust territory.

Customer Reviews

Bryan Adams Rocks Again
I originally brought this album on tape, but because I have played it so many times its starting to go, so I bought the CD.

I have played it upmteen million times and each time it gets better and better.

In my opinion this is the best Bryan Adams album I have ever heard him do.

Top drawer quality from start to finish
Not being a big Bryan Adams fan I bought this album because I was probably the only human being on the planet who WASN'T sick of "Everything I Do" when it spent 2 million weeks at number 1 and there's a WONDERFUL 6:34 version on the album.

Then I slowly got into the rest of the album and loved all the singles that he released and wow, I was hooked, and this has remained one of my favourite albums ever since.

So why? Well, Mutt Lange (producer) influences are plentiful on this and there's more than a hint of "Def Leppard" feel on a number of these tracks, as he also produced their "Hysteria" album and had a hand in a few others, so you're guaranteed a treat if you're a rock fan.

Also there are no fillers on the album and despite its length (15 tracks) it never fades. Apart from the obvious track on it, there are some great soft rock classics such as "Can't stop this thing..." and "...Never be another tonight" as well as a gentler side with great feeling in tracks such as "Thought I'd died..." and "Vanishing". Also some humour in tracks such as "If you wanna leave me" and "Hey Honey..." which includes great lines such as "...gettin bored of microwave cookin/and you tellin me how awful i'm lookin/don't wanna hear how you gotta be thin/hey honey - I'm packin you in!" Great stuff!

Probably his best ever album.

The Best of Bryan
Five stars does not even begin to cover how much I love this album, it is by far my favourite of Bryan's albums...as I love the song 'Thought I'd died and gone to Heaven'. I would definately suggest adding this one to your collection!!!