Though it's as easy as shooting fish in a barrel, taking a pop at Bryan Adams' 15th album for a lack of sophistication is no more useful. Adams is one step ahead of you, because halfway through this admirably ridiculous record you'll hear John Cleese introducing a song called Kick Ass, offering an alternative creation myth in which God realizes there's something missing and sends out an angel to fix it.
Much of So Happy It Hurts was written during lockdown, so it makes sense that the Canadian rocker was hankering for simple pleasures, and this album overflows with them, from the workmanlike title track's overfamiliar opening imagery - "Driving down Trans-Canada 1/ Top down, I've got the radio on" - to Always Have, Always Will's simple, Heaven-like sentiments: "I loved you yesterday/ I love you still".
There's also Alright Now-style cowbell on I Ain't Worth Shit Without You, its central riff as subtle as stepping on a rake, and slick rockabilly on I've Been Looking For You. These aren't the best days of his life, but they're still almost as fun as that Summer Of '69.
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