Do To You What You Do To Me (2001) Review by Steven Stanley

Bryan live in Mumbai, India infront of thousands of insane fans... nice. The trio are on fine form and the crowd is certainly up for it, however although you can hear them singing away it doesn't feel like anything special. Maybe it's just the way it's mixed or whatever, it just seems very... bland. Maybe if we didn't have such a strong bootleg culture as Bryan Adams fans then this would have got a lot more credit, but I've heard better shows than this. Wembley '96 for example just sounds bloody epic from start to finish. When you hear Bryan yell down the microphone you can hear it reverberate around the Wembley bowl and the constant drone of the crowd... you can feel how big it is. The sound has a certain quality and texture to it this just doesn't... too much high end. Listen to the 'Live In South Africa' disc from '99 and the audience atmosphere and band is captured perfectly.

Maybe the full show would have been better... although we are treated with a rare pro-recording of 'Do To You' in trio format, that's about it to be honest. Of the 16 tracks on there only 6 or 7 are rockers and the middle of the disc is filled with acoustic or low key tracks we have heard far too often. For the casual fan this is a great buy as it gives you an incite into how good Bryan is live. However, as this was an Indian only release in 2001 the originals of these are like rocking horse shit to get hold of and are quite a collectors item... so I doubt any casual fans will pick this up anyway.

Another annoying thing about this CD is that the best song in the set for me (and the opening song of the gig) is missing. 'Back To You' isn't included on this disc...lord only knows why. How can you not put the first track on? Insane. I can understand why this CD was released though. It was India only, and it was quite a big deal for them for Bryan to be touring there... so hats off to them for putting a CD out.

Don't get me wrong this is a good CD, it's just we are all spoiled with high quality bootlegs that give you shows far superior in setlists. Granted this is a pro-recording, but as I've already mentioned it feels kind of flat when you listen to it. Originally I gave this 2 stars, but in fairness thats maybe a bit harsh... it just creeps to 3 because of the feel good factor it has. If you want a better taste of what Bryan was like in this period checkout the Slane 2000 show.

Key Tracks:
Do To You
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You

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