Shine a Light (Bryan Adams album)

Shine a Light
Studio album by Bryan Adams
Released	March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)
Genre	Rock
Length	35:50
Label	Polydor
Producer	Bryan Adams Johan Carlsson Bob Rock Phil Thornalley Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams chronology
Ultimate (2017) Shine a Light (2019) Christmas (2019)
Singles from Shine a Light
"Shine a Light" Released: January 17, 2019 "That's How Strong Our Love Is" Released: February 15, 2019 [1]

Shine a Light is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on March 1, 2019, by Polydor Records. ^[2] The album's title track, co-written by Ed Sheeran, was released on January 17, 2019. ^[3] The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart ^[4] and won the Juno Award for "Best Adult Contemporary Album" in 2020.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Shine a Light"	Bryan Adams Ed Sheeran	Bryan Adams	3:25
2.	"That's How Strong Our Love Is" (featuring Jennifer Lopez)	Adams Jim Vallance	Adams Johan Carlsson	3:32
3.	"Part Friday Night, Part Sunday Morning"	Adams Gretchen Peters	Adams Bob Rock	3:13
4.	"Driving Under the Influence of Love"	Adams Vallance	Adams Rock	2:38
5.	"All or Nothing"	Adams Eliot Kennedy	Adams Rock	2:58
6.	"No Time for Love"	Adams Peters	Adams Rock	2:03
7.	"I Could Get Used to This"	Adams Vallance	Adams Vallance	1:48
8.	"Talk to Me"	Adams Phil Thornalley	Adams Rock	3:05
9.	"The Last Night on Earth"	Adams Thornalley	Adams Thornalley	3:06
10.	"Nobody's Girl"	Adams Vallance	Adams Rock	2:44
11.	"Don't Look Back"	Adams Vallance	Adams Rock	3:28
12.	"Whiskey in the Jar"	Traditional; arranged by Adams	Adams	3:45
Total length:				35:50

Japan bonus track ^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"I Hear You Knockin'"	Dave Bartholomew Pearl King	Adams Rock	3:55
Total length:				39:51

Personnel

• Bryan Adams – vocals; guitars (1–3, 9), acoustic guitar (1, 11, 12), bass (1, 3, 7), keyboards (1), percussion (1), harmonica (12)
• Mickey Currey – drums (1, 3)
• Johan Carlsson – sub-bass (1), programming (2), piano (2), bass (2), guitar (2)
• Jamie Edwards – piano (2, 5, 6, 10), keyboards (3, 8, 10)
• Jennifer Lopez – vocals (2)
• Mattias Johansson – violin (2)
• David Bukovinszky – cello (2)
• Nils-Petter Ankarblom – string arrangement (2)
• Mattias Bylund – string synthesizer and string arrangement (2)
• Keith Scott – guitar (3–6, 8, 10, 11)
• Gary Breit – piano (3, 4, 11), organ (3)
• Josh Freese – drums (4, 6, 10)
• Paul Bushnell – bass (4–6, 8, 10, 11)
• Lyle Workman – guitar (4, 6, 10)
• Jim Vallance – organ (4), tambourine (4, 7, 11), guitar (7, 10), backing vocals (7, 10, 11)
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (5, 8, 11)
• Rusty Anderson – guitar (5, 8, 11)
• Pat Steward – drums (7)
• Phil Thornalley – slide guitar (8), guitar (9), bass (9), keyboards (9)
• Tom Meadows – drums (9)

Additional personnel

• Bryan Adams – production (all except 2)
• Johan Carlsson – production (2)
• Bob Rock – production (3–6, 8, 10, 11)
• Jim Vallance – production (7)
• Phil Thornalley – production (9)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 7 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 43 Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [4] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [10] 32 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 37 French Albums (SNEP) [12] 147 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 3 Irish Albums (IRMA) [14] 50 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] 2 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [16] 47 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [17] 13 Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] 2 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [19] 16 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 2 UK Albums (OCC) [21] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard) [22] 48

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23]	Gold	40,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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