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''Room Service'' is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. The album was released by Polydor Records on September 10, 2004. ''Room Service'' was the first release of new Adams material since the soundtrack album ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' in 2002 and the first studio album in six years since ''On a Day Like Today''. Adams produced the album and co-wrote the album with Gretchen Peters, Nicholas Bracegirdle, Phil Thornalley, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Eliot Kennedy and Jörgen Elofsson. Similar to Adams previous material, the themes in ''Room Service'' are mainly based on romance, love and relationships. ''Room Service'' was a commercial success, peaking at number one in Germany and Switzerland, despite mixed reviews from critics. The album charted in the top ten in seven other territories; its least successful charting area was France, where the album peaked at number two-hundred. ''Room Service'' entered the charts in more than 15 countries. The album didn't fare as well in the United States, where it was released by Adams without a record company, but internationally the album sold 3 million copies. Five songs were released from the album in various forms and at various times: "Open Road", "Flying", "Room Service", "This Side of Paradise" and "Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love?, of which the three firsts were released as physical singles internationally and the two later being a radio-airplay singles. The album's first single charted within the top twenty on the Canadian Singles Chart, the second within the top forties in Canada and the top hundred in Europe; "Room Service" was less commercially successful. The album was nominated for two Juno Awards, for "CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year" and "Artist of the Year". ==Recording and writing== Adams first started working on the album in 2001, but he later started working on the soundtrack album, ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' which was slated for release in 2002.〔"〕 Adams had started working on the album in The Warehouse Studio, Canada, but he ran out of time because he was about to headline a tour in Europe.〔"〕 He, together with his associates, created a system and decided to do small overdubs while on tour, to see how it worked out.〔"〕 The idea of recording while on tour was mainly due to boredom on Adams' part. With his earlier releases Adams used, in his owns words, to "go kind of nuts, a bit stir crazy", so he began using his spare time on tour to write and record new songs. This is not as complex as one might assume; a normal concert took two hours, which left the bulk of the day doing nothing or getting to the next gig. "I tried to make use of the time which is generally spent doing nothing," Adams said. He was able to gather enough gear into a couple of suitcases to create a small studio for himself. They'd normally order a couple of rooms, order room service, and then begin the recording season. Adams believed it to be a better working environment, even when Adams and the crew moved the gear many times during a season. They would normally get help from the local staff, however.〔"〕 Regarding "East Side Story", the opening track, when asked why he picked New York for the song, Adams replied, "Probably because there is so much street activity there, even though there is an east side to every city, the NY east side, or lower east side, is particularly full of character. It just seemed to paint the picture." The second track, "This Side of Paradise", is about finding the truth; ironically, there were many American radio stations who refused to play the song because of the line "There ain't no Santa Claus".〔 The first single, "Open Road", was completed over two continents while Adams was touring. "The basic track was recorded in Vancouver, at the Warehouse studio," Adams notes, but the vocals were done in Paris, France and guitarist Keith Scott started working on the song backstage in Lethbridge, Alberta. The music video for the song is not so much about traffic as it is about "power, authority () and anti-establishment" statements.〔"〕 The album's title track deals "with the idea that touring can be very lonely". When writing the song, Adams wanted to make the "peephole in the hotel door" so people could know what he was doing, while acknowledging that isn't always like that, "but you do end up really missing the things you have at home".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Room Service (Bryan Adams album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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