This double-disc comp of {$Bonnie Tyler}'s early chart-happy period ranges from her first charting single, {&"Lost in France"} in 1977, to 1981, when she was still a force at the beginning of the {@MTV} era. It's a slew of A- and B-sides, and album tracks that give a solid picture of {$Tyler}'s career as a fine interpretive singer and an individualistic, if idiosyncratic, voice in {\pop}. Her delivery is rugged yet vulnerable, assertive yet tender. She is capable of anthems such as her monumental worldwide smash {&"It's a Heartache,"} to the most lithe of love songs, as evidenced by her read of {&"Goodbye to the Island."} There are some very compelling covers here as well, including {$Stevie Wonder}'s {&"Living for the City,"} the {$Goffin & King} classic {&"You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman,"} {$Gary Brooker} and {$Keith Reid}'s {&"A Whiter Shade of Pale,"} and even {$Jerry Ragovoy}'s {&"(Take a Little) Piece of My Heart"} so closely associated with {$Janis Joplin}. Truly, the only thing missing here is her movie smash {&"Holdin' Out for a Hero,"} which has been compiled in numerous other places. There are 30 cuts here, ranging from straight-up-and-down {\pop}, to {\rock}, to hybrids, to post-{\disco} '80s {\new wave}. All of them bear {$Tyler}'s indelible, utterly convincing stamp. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide