Cuts Like a Knife

Cuts Like a Knife
Studio album by
Released18 January 1983
Recorded13 August – 20 October 1982
Studio
  • Little Mountain, Vancouver, Canada
  • Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Canada
  • Power Station, New York City, US
GenreRock
Length38:53
LabelA&M
Producer
Bryan Adams chronology
You Want It You Got It
(1981)
Cuts Like a Knife
(1983)
Reckless
(1984)
Singles from Cuts Like a Knife
  1. "Straight from the Heart"
    Released: February 1983[1]
  2. "Cuts Like a Knife"
    Released: May 1983
  3. "This Time"
    Released: August 1983
  4. "The Best Was Yet to Come"
    Released: November 1983 (Can. and NL)[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
MusicHound Rock[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Cuts Like a Knife is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Released on 18 January 1983 by A&M Records, the album was a huge commercial success in the United States and Canada. Three singles were released worldwide from the album: "Straight from the Heart", the title track and "This Time"; the three were responsible for launching Adams into mainstream popularity.

  1. ^ "Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife". Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. ^ "Great Rock Discography, 2004 edition". p. 13.
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Bryan Adams". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review