Released in 2014 and charting at number six in the UK (and number four on the Billboard 200 in the US), Adams' self-titled album, produced by the artist and his recording partner Mike Viola, earned two nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards - 'Best Rock Song' for lead single 'Gimme Something Good' and 'Best Rock Album’.

After the largely acoustic 'Ashes & Fire', it marked a return to a rocking, electric approach inspired by the music he listened to while growing up: 'The music that really, really mattered to me. nothing's ever going to be more important to me than The Wipers, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements’.