BRYAN ADAMS IS ABOUT TO SHOW US CANADA
His homeland becomes the heart of the album.
Published: 19 Sep 26 • Author: Rock Metal Machine • Reading Time: 3 mins
Bryan Adams announces his new studio album, How’s It Goin’, arriving November 6th, 2026 via BAD Records. A deeply personal musical love letter to Canada, the album draws on country, folk and rock to explore the people, places, landscapes and stories that shaped his homeland.
RELEASE DETAILS
Artist:
Bryan Adams
Album:
How's It Goin'
Release Date:
6 November 2026
Record Label:
BAD Records Pre Order:
Link Formats:
CD • Vinyl • Digital
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Bryan Adams announces How’s It Goin’, his new studio album and a deeply personal musical love letter to Canada, arriving November 6th, 2026, via BAD Records.
Rooted in the people, places, landscapes and stories that have shaped his home country, How’s It Goin’ sees Adams turn his unmistakable songwriting and voice towards home. Drawing on country, folk and rock, the album explores a distinctly Canadian musical landscape - at once expansive and intimate, cinematic and personal.
🔥 FIREWORKS INSIGHT
Bryan Adams has spent more than four decades turning Canadian songwriting into international rock currency, from Cuts Like A Knife and the multi-million-selling Reckless to Waking Up The Neighbours. How’s It Goin’ is therefore interesting not simply as another studio album, but as Adams deliberately turning his gaze back towards the country that shaped him. His blend of rock, folk and country also connects with a long Canadian songwriting tradition, while giving a veteran artist room to explore territory beyond the arena-rock template. For fans, the intriguing question is how Adams’ familiar melodic instincts will translate when the subject is place, identity and home rather than romance and rock’n’roll.
For Adams, the album began with a single song inspired by Canada’s east coast and grew into something much bigger: a collection of stories about the country he has called home throughout his life.
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“The idea was simply to make a record about Canada,” says Adams. “It started with writing the song for the documentary Canada’s Wild Eastern Edge and after doing so much research, I was inspired to start writing more songs about Canada. Musically it took me somewhere a little different too, which made the whole thing exciting.”
That sense of discovery runs throughout How’s It Goin’. From landscapes and history to extraordinary characters and moments in the Canadian story, Adams finds inspiration in the familiar and the unexpected, creating an album that celebrates the country through his own distinctly personal lens.
Musically it took me somewhere a little different too, which made the whole thing exciting.
Bryan Adams
Among the album’s 12 songs are ‘Diesel and Dirt’, ‘How’s It Goin’, ‘Iron Ribbon’, ‘The Battle of Lundy’s Lane’, ‘51st State’ and ‘The Ballad of Terry Fox’, the latter one of the most poignant moments on the album, and Adams’ tribute to one of Canada’s most inspirational figures. The song will also feature in the forthcoming documentary film about Terry Fox, Run Terry Run.
At its heart, How’s It Goin’ is about home: the vast landscapes, the characters, the history, the humour, the resilience and the stories that make Canada what it is. It is Adams looking back at the country that shaped him while discovering new ways to tell its stories.
The album will be released across CD and LP, with the LP housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, obi and shrink wrap. A special A4 hardback book edition will also be available, featuring the album on CD, song lyrics and images connected to the stories and subjects explored across the record.
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HOW’S IT GOIN’ TRACK LISTING
How’s it Goin’
Highway 16
Diesel & Dirt
The Battle Of Lundy’s Lane
The Ballad Of Terry Fox
51st State
When Canada Joined Newfoundland
A Handful Of Gold
Iron Ribbon
The Bridge
Canada’s Wild Eastern Edge
Heave Away
Lake Ontario *
* digital album bonus track
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Images courtesy of Wilful & Sullivan PR
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