11 (Bryan Adams album)

11 is the eleventh studio album by the Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams. It was released on March 7, 2008 through Universal Music Group. The album was a number 1 hit in Canada, Switzerland and India and on number 6 in the UK. It was recorded at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada, and additionally at hotel rooms and backstage concerts around Europe.

Three singles have been released from the album: "I Thought I'd Seen Everything", "Tonight We Have the Stars" and "She's Got a Way". The album was also released in the US exclusively through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores on May 13, 2008.Wal-Mart Secures Bryan Adams Album Exclusive . Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-10-18 To promote the album, Adams toured around Europe on the "11 Days, 11 Cities" acoustic tour, playing new songs and old classics.

 11 Tour 
In support of the release of 11, Adams started the ‘11 concerts, 11 cities’ tour, having concerts in 11 different countries in just 11 days. The intimate shows at some spectacular venues will see Adams perform an acoustic set, on stage, with just his guitar and harmonica. The London show was on March 11, 2008 at St. James Church in Piccadilly. The last stop of his 11 days concert tour was in Copenhagen, Denmark on 17 March. After the ‘11 concerts, 11 cities’ Adams went and acoustic tour where he toured with Foreigner and Rod Stewart to support his new album. Zimbio asked Adams: "With the acoustic tour, which of your songs do you feel sound best acoustically?"

 Track listing 

 Personnel 
 Bryan Adams - guitar, vocals, bass (on tracks 1, 2, 3), producer
 Keith Scott - guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9)
 Colin Cripps - guitar (all but tracks 8 and 11), backing vocals on track 7
 Gary Breit - hammond organ, piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
 Eliot Kennedy - bass (tracks 4, 6, 9 and 10), piano on track 6, backing vocals on track 7
 Robert John "Mutt" Lange - bass (track 5), producer on tracks 1 & 5
 Mickey Curry - drums (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9)
 Pat Stewart - drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
 Jim Vallance - drums (track 10)
 Máire Breatnach - fiddle on track 8, viola on track 11
 Additional Personnel 
 Pointless Brothers - backing vocals on track 6
 Kathleen Edwards - backing vocals on track 7
 Teese Gohl - string arragement on tracks 7 & 8
 Gavin Greenway - string arragement on track 11
 Hal Beckett - string conductor on tracks 7, 8, & 11
 Bob Clearmountain - Mixing
 Olle Romo - editing
 Ben Dobie - recording
 Bryan Gallant - additional recording
 Kirk Mcnally - additional recording
 Roger Monk - string recording on track 8

 Charts 
 Album 
CountryPeak PositionCertification (If Any)Sales/shipmentsref. Canada1 Switzerland1Gold+15,000 India1" Germany2 Austria2 Denmark2 Portugal4 United Kingdom6 Netherlands8 Romania10 Hungary12 Spain12 Ireland25 Sweden30Australia35 Norway39 Poland50 United States80 France157

 References 

Category:2008 albums
Category:Bryan Adams albums
Category:Rock albums