Ultimate (Bryan Adams album)
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Ultimate
| type = compilation
| cover = Bryan Adams The Ultimate Album Cover.jpg
| artist = Bryan Adams
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 3 November 2017
| recorded = 1980–2017
| studio =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=79|s=54}}
| label = Polydor
| producer =
- Bryan Adams
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Bob Clearmountain
- Chris Thomas
- Bob Rock
- David Nicholas
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
- Jeff Lynne
| prev_title = Get Up
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Shine a Light
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ultimate
| type = compilation
| single1 = Please Stay
| single1date = 13 October 2017
}}
}}
Ultimate is a compilation album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on 3 November 2017, which contains songs he recorded from 1983 through 2017. The album also contains two new songs, "Ultimate Love" and "Please Stay" and was promoted with a tour.{{cite web|title=The Ultimate Tour 2018|url=http://www.bryanadams.com/tour/the-ultimate-tour-2018/|website=bryanadams.com|access-date=14 October 2017}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Go Down Rockin'
| writer1 = Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance
| length1 = 2:57
| title2 = Can't Stop This Thing We Started
| writer2 = Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
| length2 = 3:15
| title3 = Run to You
| writer3 = Adams, Vallance
| length3 = 3:53
| title4 = Ultimate Love
| writer4 = Adams, Vallance
| length4 = 3:32
| note4 = newly recorded
| title5 = Heaven
| writer5 = Adams, Vallance
| length5 = 4:04
| title6 = It's Only Love
| note6 = with Tina Turner
| writer6 = Adams, Vallance
| length6 = 3:17
| title7 = Here I Am
| writer7 = Adams, Edward Elgar, Hans Zimmer, Gretchen Peters
| length7 = 3:34
| title8 = When You're Gone
| note8 = featuring Melanie C
| writer8 = Adams, Eliot Kennedy
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = Cloud Number Nine
| note9 = Chicane mix
| writer9 = Adams, Max Martin, Peters
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
| note10 = single edit
| writer10 = Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen
| length10 = 4:10
| title11 = You Belong to Me
| writer11 = Adams, Vallance
| length11 = 2:30
| title12 = Summer of '69
| writer12 = Adams, Vallance
| length12 = 3:37
| title13 = Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
| writer13 = Adams, Kamen, Lange
| length13 = 4:53
| title14 = Somebody
| writer14 = Adams, Vallance
| length14 = 4:43
| title15 = Please Forgive Me
| writer15 = Adams, Lange
| note15 = single re-mix
| length15 = 4:32
| title16 = Cuts Like a Knife
| writer16 = Adams, Vallance
| length16 = 4:07
| title17 = The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You
| writer17 = Adams, Lange
| length17 = 3:31
| title18 = All for Love
| note18 = featuring Sting and Rod Stewart
| writer18 = Adams, Lange, Kamen
| length18 = 4:43
| title19 = Back to You
| note19 = MTV Unplugged
| writer19 = Adams, Kennedy
| length19 = 4:42
| title20 = Please Stay
| note20 = newly recorded
| writer20 = Adams, Vallance
| length20 = 2:36
| title21 = 18 til I Die
| writer21 = Adams, Lange
| length21 = 3:29
| total_length = 79:54
}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017–19)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2019/3/aria-chart-watch-518/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #518|publisher=auspOp|date=March 30, 2019|access-date=March 30, 2019}}
| 82 |
| {{album chart|Flanders|48|artist=Bryan Adams|album=Ultimate|rowheader=true|access-date=11 November 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|171|artist=Bryan Adams|album=Ultimate|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|80|artist=Bryan Adams|rowheader=true|access-date=27 February 20}} |
| {{album chart|Czech|27|date=201747|rowheader=true|access-date=28 November 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland2|31|artist=Bryan Adams|rowheader=true|access-date=11 November 2017}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|21|artist=Bryan Adams|album=Ultimate|rowheader=true|access-date=12 January 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Poland|3|id=1136|rowheader=true|access-date=17 May 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|25|artist=Bryan Adams|album=Ultimate|rowheader=true|access-date=17 November 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|9|date=20171110|rowheader=true|access-date=11 November 2017}} |
| scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3555-%C3%81lbumes-semana-45-2017|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 45: del 03.11.2017 al 09.11.2017|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=es|access-date=16 November 2017}}
| 70 |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|52|artist=Bryan Adams|album=Ultimate|rowheader=true|access-date=27 June 2018}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|11|date=20171110|rowheader=true|access-date=11 November 2017}} |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|title=Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 24/2025|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=18 June 2025|lang=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618084520/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html|archive-date=18 June 2025|url-status=dead}}
| 37 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bryan Adams|title=Ultimate|award=Gold|certyear=2019|relyear=2017|id=7853-270-2|access-date=10 December 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}