Room Service by Bryan Adams

Room Service, Bryan Adams's tenth studio album, checked in on Polydor on September 10, 2004. On a Day Like Today had been six years earlier, and the only new Adams music in between was the Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron soundtrack. Adams produced it himself and co-wrote the songs with a handful of partners, and the title fits a set that keeps circling back to life on tour, along with street life, telling the truth and the usual tangles of love.

It's a veteran's no-frills rock record, built on sturdy guitars and that sandpaper rasp. Europe snapped it up, sending it to number one in Germany and Switzerland, but with no American record company or publicity behind him it fared far worse in the States. "Open Road" led the singles and went top twenty in Canada, with "Flying" and the title track after it.

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