Ultimate (Bryan Adams album)

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Ultimate
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Compilation album by
Released3 November 2017
Recorded1980–2017
Genre
Length1:19:54
Label Polydor
Producer
Bryan Adams chronology
Get Up
(2015)
Ultimate
(2017)
Shine a Light
(2019)
Singles from Ultimate
  1. "Please Stay"
    Released: 13 October 2017

Ultimate is a compilation album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on 3 November 2017, which contains songs he recorded from 1980 through 2017. The album also contains two new songs, "Ultimate Love" and "Please Stay" and was promoted with a tour. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go Down Rockin'" Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance 2:57
2."Can't Stop This Thing We Started"Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange 3:15
3."Run to You"Adams, Vallance3:53
4."Ultimate Love" (Newly Recorded)Adams, Vallance3:32
5."Heaven"Adams, Vallance4:04
6."It's Only Love" (with Tina Turner)Adams, Vallance3:17
7."Here I Am"Adams, Edward Elgar, Hans Zimmer, Gretchen Peters 3:34
8."When You're Gone" (featuring Melanie C)Adams, Eliot Kennedy 3:26
9."Cloud Number Nine" (Chicane mix)Adams, Max Martin, Peters4:13
10."(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Single Edit)Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen 4:10
11."You Belong to Me"Adams, Vallance2:30
12."Summer of '69"Adams, Vallance3:37
13."Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"Adams, Kamen, Lange4:53
14."Somebody"Adams, Vallance4:43
15."Please Forgive Me" (Single Re-Mix)Adams, Lange4:32
16."Cuts Like a Knife"Adams, Vallance4:07
17."The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"Adams, Lange3:31
18."All for Love" (featuring Sting and Rod Stewart)Adams, Lange, Kamen4:43
19."Back to You" (MTV Unplugged)Adams, Kennedy4:42
20."Please Stay" (Newly Recorded)Adams, Vallance2:36
21."18 til I Die"Adams, Lange3:29
Total length:79:54

Charts

Chart (2017–19)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 82
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 171
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [5] 80
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [6] 27
Irish Albums (IRMA) [7] 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 21
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [9] 3
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [10] 25
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [12] 70
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 52
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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