You Want It You Got It

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You Want It, You Got It
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Studio album by Bryan Adams
Released July 21, 1981 (1981-07-21)
Recorded 1981 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec
Genre Rock
Length 38:33
Label A&M
Producer Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain
Bryan Adams chronology
Bryan Adams
(1980)Bryan Adams1980		 You Want It, You Got It
(1981)		 Cuts Like a Knife
(1983)Cuts Like a Knife1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2/5 stars [2]

You Want It, You Got It is the second studio album that was released by Bryan Adams in 1981 (see 1981 in music). This was the album that established the sound that Adams has retained throughout his recording career. Unlike the debut album where Adams and Vallance played most of the instruments themselves, You Want It You Got It was recorded live in the studio. It was recorded and mixed in NYC over a two-week period during the spring of 1981. The album was originally to be titled "Bryan Adams Hasn't Heard Of You Either" (due to critics' indifference to his first album and singles) but Adams's sense of humour didn't make it past the gate keepers at the record company, who opted for the safer title.

Overview

The first single "Lonely Nights" broke out of the Northeast of America long before it broke anywhere else, partially due to a couple of late night DJs working in Rochester, Albany and Syracuse. Within a few months the album had been picked up across the country and Adams was soon on tour doing clubs and noon hour concerts for radio stations, as well as support to such acts as The Kinks and Foreigner. Two further singles 'Coming Home' and 'Fits Ya Good' were very well received, the latter becoming Adams' debut Top 40 hit in Canada.

In later years, many of the songs were recorded by other artists. Some examples are "Lonely Nights" by Uriah Heep, "Jealousy" by Prism, "Tonight" by Randy Meisner, and "Fits Ya Good" by Tove Naess, to name a few.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Lonely Nights"   3:46
2. "One Good Reason"   4:22
3. "Don't Look Now"   3:06
4. "Coming Home"   3:34
5. "Fits Ya Good"   4:35
6. "Jealousy" (Adams, Lindsay Mitchell) 3:49
7. "Tonight"   4:58
8. "You Want It, You Got It" (Adams) 3:49
9. "Last Chance" (Adams) 3:17
10. "No One Makes It Right" (Adams) 3:17

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ You Want It You Got It at AllMusic[dead link]
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