Some 13 years after he cut an MTV Unplugged album, Bryan Adams decided to once again strip down his songs to acoustic, to take them down to their Bare Bones, to coin a phrase that’s used for the title of this 2010 collection. Culled from performances from his 2010 North American tour, Bare Bones doesn’t skimp on the hits but it does dig deep into his catalog, possibly due to Adams soliciting song suggestions via Twitter, a move that also indicates how this intimate performance is geared toward fans who have stuck with him through the years. Backed by just his acoustic guitar and sometimes a piano, Adams sounds lean and his charm is put to the forefront. This setting turns "Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You” into a fun little rocker and reveals the strong bones of such perennials as “Cuts Like a Knife” and “Summer of 69.". ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rovi