Roll with the Punches (Bryan Adams album)

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Roll with the Punches
Roll With the Punches by Bryan Adams.jpg
Studio album by
Bryan Adams
Released29 August 2025 (2025-08-29)
Genre Rock
Length37:21
Label Bad
Producer Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams chronology
Classic
(2022)		Roll with the Punches
(2025)
Singles from Roll with the Punches
  1. "Roll with the Punches"
    Released: 7 February 2025 [1]
  2. "Make Up Your Mind"
    Released: 6 March 2025 [2]
  3. "Never Ever Let You Go"
    Released: 7 May 2025 [3]
  4. "A Little More Understanding"
    Released: 16 July 2025 [4]

Roll with the Punches is the sixteenth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on 29 August 2025, on Adams' own Bad Records record label. [5]

Contents

Composition and lyrics

The album's title track has been described as a "hefty rock stomper", is about resilience and "the spirit of getting back up no matter how hard you've been knocked down" according to Bryan Adams himself. [6]

Release and promotion

The albums's title track was released as the lead single from the album on 7 February 2025, [1] accompanied with a music video. [7] "Make Up Your Mind" was released as the album's second single on 6 March 2025. [2] The third single, "Never Ever Let You Go" was released on 7 May 2025. [3] "A Little More Understanding" was released on 16 July 2025. [4] A tour to promote the album was announced on 23 April 2025, [8] which will reportedly be his biggest tour in years. [9] A special edition will be released and will contain a second disc with acoustic recordings, and a boxed set. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Germany Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Classic Rock critic Emma Johnston notes a nod to the song "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival is in the title track's lyrics. [11] Renowned for Sound critic Ryan Bulbeck states it is "as surface level as rock can be", but notes it is enjoyable, concluding that "No doubt fans will eat up what he and his band have cooked up here." [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bryan Adams.

Roll with the Punches track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Roll with the Punches"3:32
2."Make Up Your Mind"3:38
3."Never Ever Let You Go"3:25
4."A Little More Understanding"4:33
5."Life Is Beautiful"3:03
6."Love Is Stronger Than Hate"3:58
7."How's That Workin' for Ya"2:24
8."Two Arms to Hold You"4:00
9."Be the Reason"2:42
10."Will We Ever Be Friends Again"3:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [14]

Charts

Chart performance for Roll with the Punches
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 62
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 128
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 71
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 31
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) [22] 44
Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon) [23] 10
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [24] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 3
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [27] 2

References

  1. 1 2 "Roll With The Punches - Single by Bryan Adams on Apple Music". 7 February 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Make Up Your Mind - Single by Bryan Adams on Apple Music". 6 March 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Never Ever Let You Go". Spotify . 7 May 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "A Little More Understanding". Spotify . 16 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Staff, Rock Cellar Magazine (12 February 2025). "Bryan Adams Urges You to "Roll with the Punches" in New Video". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Stickler, Jon. "Bryan Adams Releases New Song Roll With The Punches - Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Lewry, Fraser (7 February 2025). "Watch the video for Bryan Adams' muscular new single Roll With The Punches". Louder. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Staff, Rock Cellar Magazine (23 April 2025). "Bryan Adams: 2025 Tour with Pat Benatar + Neil Giraldo". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Grimes, Navier (23 April 2025). "Bryan Adams Announces North American Tour Dates As Part Of "Roll With The Punches" Tour 2025". Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Biggane, Dan (7 May 2025). "Bryan Adams rolls with the punches on 17th studio album". Classic Pop Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  11. 1 2 Johnston, Emma. "Bryan Adams: Roll with the Punches album review | Louder". Classic Rock . Louder Sound . Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Mautz, Ina Simone (29 August 2025). "Bryan Adams :: „Roll With The Punches"". Rolling Stone Germany (in German). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Album Review: Bryan Adams – Roll With The Punches" . Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Roll With The Punches / Bryan Adams / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 September 2025". The ARIA Report. No. 1853. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 September 2025. p. 6.
  16. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Bryan Adams – Roll with the Punches" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams – Roll with the Punches" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams – Roll with the Punches" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  19. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bryan Adams – Roll with the Punches" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts Top 20 Rock/Metal-Charts – 5 September 2025" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2025-09-08/p/4" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  22. ↑ "Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2025-09-08" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "Oricon Top 30 Rock Albums: 2025-09-08" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "Roll With the Punches - Bryan Adams" . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Bryan Adams – Roll with the Punches". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
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