i had a copy of
cuts like a knife on cassette in the mid 80s, when i was very small. however, you can tell that the guys doing the sharon and arafat voiceovers in conan's discovery of ai video must have been canadian, because the record was not released internationally until after
reckless was a global hit.
if bryan adams was on the road to damascus in 1983, it was to get yelled at by god or something. he probably wasn't.