Bryan Adams
Room Service

THE REVIEW

Bryan Adams, returns with "Room Service"

"Room Service" is out, the new album from the Canadian rocker, four years after the compilation "The Best Of Me"

It's no longer the golden years for Bryan Adams when flaming guitars shook stages worldwide, and rock could still be called by its name. However, the spirit remains, as demonstrated in the clean yet decisive riffs of some songs, and why not, also in the lyrics that faintly echo the sounds of the early albums.

As has happened before, in his albums Adams draws inspiration from the events of his own life, in fact, "Room Service" (literally "room service") tells about the life of an artist perpetually on tour, incapable of consolidating any kind of relationship with those around him, as recounted in the first single "Open Road", life as an "open road", and every place, though safe, warm, and welcoming, is never like home ("Right back where I started from"). But a rock star worth their salt doesn't feel the need for a fixed place, so perhaps Adams bemoans the weight of his now 46 years; however, the fact remains that for him it’s never a vacation, so much so that in the last five years Bryan and his band have traveled the world almost without stopping, such that this latest effort was almost entirely written and composed in hotels where they stayed. With this resume, his reputation as a performer is certainly not denied, but some sounds and the quest for new effects in the instruments suggest a desire for modernity, despite the fact that the lyrics retain the elements that distinguish Adams’ style ("She's A Little Too Good For Me", "This Side Of Paradise"). Certainly, the eighties are gone, but there are still slow and romantic pieces, like "I Was Only Dreaming" or the beautiful "Flying", which almost recall the legendary songs of the past that made millions of people dream and fall in love.

Ultimately, the "old" Bryan Adams, even though consecrated as a true stage animal, will be hard to find in a new album, but "Room Service" will remain in the hearts of fans for its distinguishable nods to the old times, while for the novelties it can also be appreciated by new generations who do not want to see rock, the true kind, die out.