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 only single.
Adams said of Tracks of My Years: "Making the selection of the songs for the album took a long time.
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."
The album was mainly produced by David Foster and Adams. In 2016, Adams said he was "reluctant" to record a covers album, but his label Polydor wanted him to do it.
Adams said, "I got into it in the end. And David is a brilliant producer — nothing against him.
It just wasn’t something I really wanted to do." Adams simultaneously worked with producer Jeff Lynne on his thirteenth studio album, Get Up, which was released in 2015.
Adams said of the process: "I would literally leave one studio where I was recording the covers with David Foster, and go to another studio where I was working on the new album with Jeff.
That gave me the impetus to get through the Foster record, because I didn’t enjoy that at all."
Track listing
1. Any Time At All (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) - 2:33
2. She Knows Me (Jim Vallance; Bryan Adams) - 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) - 3:09
6. Rock And Roll Music (Chuck Berry) - 2:34
7. Down On The Corner (John Fogerty) - 2:39
8. Never My Love (Dick Addrisi; Don Addrisi) - 3:16
9. Sunny (Bobby Hebb) - 2:37
10. The Tracks Of My Tears (Smokey Robinson; Warren Moore) - 2:53
11. God Only Knows (Brian Wilson; Tony Asher) - 3:29
Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Edition)
12. You’ve Been A Friend To Me (Bryan Adams; Gretchen Peters) - 2:53
13. Help Me Make It Through The Night (Kris Kristofferson) - 2:40
14. C’mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran; Jerry Capeheart) - 2:49
15. Many Rivers To Cross (Jimmy Cliff) - 4:10
16. You Shook Me (Muddy Waters) - 3:47
Personnel
- Bryan Adams – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
- David Foster – piano, keyboards
- Gary Breit – piano, organ
- Mickey Currey – drums
- Keith Scott – electric guitar, EBow guitar
- Michael Thompson – electric guitar
Additional musicians
- Rusty Anderson – electric guitar
- Josh Freese – drums
- Norm Fisher – bass
- Bob Clearmountain – bass
- Chris Steele – percussion
Liner Notes
Producer – Bryan Adams (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Producer – David Foster (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15)
Producer – Bob Rock (Tracks 4, 6, 14, 16)
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Jochem van der Saag, Bob Clearmountain, Bob Rock, Adam Greenholtz
Mixed By (Assistant) – Adam Greenholtz, Ryan Enockson, Brandon Duncan
Recorded By – Jochem van der Saag, Bob Clearmountain, Eric Helmkamp
Recorded By (Assistant) – Olivier Bassil, Jorge Vivo, Adam Greenholtz, Matt Harvey, Ryan Enockson
Artwork, Design – Dirk Rudolph
Photography – Ray Parker, Bryan Adams
Mastered At Gateway Mastering
Mixed At Verve Records, Santa Monica, CA
Mixed At Blue Studios
Mixed At The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC
Recorded At Verve Records, Santa Monica, CA
Recorded At The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC
Recorded At Apogee Studio, Santa Monica, CA
Recorded At Gary’s House, Toronto
Phonographic Copyright Badman Ltd
Notes
Released: September 30, 2014
Recorded: 2014
Genre: Rock
Length: 51:01
Producer: Bryan Adams, David Foster, Bob Rock
Label: Polydor
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