Cuts Like A Knife
by Bryan Adams

Cuts Like A Knife by Bryan Adams
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 12,468th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 90 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (160th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,691st)
Award Best albums of all time (12,468th)

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Bryan Adams bestography

Cuts Like A Knife is ranked 3rd best out of 26 albums by Bryan Adams on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bryan Adams is Reckless which is ranked number 1490 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,147.

Bryan Adams album bestography « Higher ranked (5,382nd)
Waking Up The Neighbours
This album (12,468th)
Cuts Like A Knife
Lower ranked (16,709th) »
Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Cuts Like A Knife rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,468th | 1980s rank: 1,691st | 1983 rank: 160th  Overall chart history
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From 04/27/2019 15:12 | #235570
A Classic of Heartland rock. "Cuts Like A Knife", "Straight From The Heart", "The Best Was Yet To Come" and plenty of other tunes that filled FM radio back in the. Many teenagers came of age to the music of Bryan Adams. Why does excessive commercial success have to equal poor quality? In my eyes - it doesn't.
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From 08/09/2015 17:43 | #147399
Pretty good album
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From 03/07/2015 18:59 | #136335
The platform album for 'Reckless' Nothing topped that album there after a great period for 'Bryan Adams' Best tracks here 'Cuts Like A Knife' (his best track),'Take Me Back','Straight From The Heart'.
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From 09/16/2014 03:14 | #122024
This was actually his third album. But it's the first one the made him popular. It has a strong set of songs, particularly tracks 3, 4, and 5.
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From 08/07/2012 20:16 | #48060
A good debut from a fresh face. Bryan Adams looks about 12 on this album, but has already mastered catchy pop-rock. Decent, but not deep.
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From 06/26/2012 23:02 | #45410
Not a bad debut album - it delighted the (female) fans in its day with some safe, romantic music. Not the most thought-provoking lyrics ever, but that never was Adams' deal.
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