Cuts Like A Knife
by Bryan Adams
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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 1498 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,136.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cuts Like A Knife rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 80 Music Albums of 1983 | 47/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 4 | 43/59 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 99/99 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s Pt 3 | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1983 | 30/53 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 31 America Canada | 53/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1983 | 35/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1983 | 30/77 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 51 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 95 | |||
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| ! | 03/19/2026 02:03 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2025 14:38 | markl73 | 639 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2025 10:57 | Jboy69 | 364 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.
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TheDude85 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.
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'.
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.
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.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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