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Straight from the Heart: The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler
Released: October 1995
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The song lineup is all over the place in terms of chronology, starting with {&"Holding Out for a Hero"} and moving forward to {$Tyler}'s {$Todd Rundgren} duet {&"Loving You Is a Dirty Job But... Continue[+]

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Straight from the Heart
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Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire
Released: 1986
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Total Eclipse of the Heart - CBS
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The World Starts Tonight
Released: 1977
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It's a Heartache - RCA
Released: 1978
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Diamond Cut
Released: 1979
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Faster Than the Speed of Night
Released: 1983
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Although she had earned worldwide fame in 1978 with {&"It's a Heartache,"} {$Bonnie Tyler} had trouble building on that success looked as if she were doomed to one-hit wonder status by the early 1980s. However, she returned to prominence in 1983 with {^Faster Than Speed of the Night}, a bombastic opus that took her gift for heartbroken balladry to epic heights. The key to the this album's success is the production and writing chops of {$Jim Steinman}. He applies the same gothic operatic touch that made his work with {$Meat Loaf} so captivating (and successful), wrapping the songs in atmospheric, all-stops-out arrangements that blend drama and power chords in equal measure. The combination of {$Steinman}'s cinematic production style with {$Tyler}'s smoky vocals made {^Faster Than the Speed of Night} her most successful album. It also spawned a huge hit single in {&"Total Eclipse of the Heart,"} an epic {\ballad} about longing for a lost love that starts as a quiet piano-led piece and builds into a gargantuan production built on an equal balance of power chords and thick choral vocals. The title track, a romantic rocker that blends lighting-fast piano runs with metallic guitar soloing from {$Rick Derringer}, also got a decent amount of radio play. The remainder of the album has {$Tyler} turning her attention to cover versions, including a {$Phil Spector}-styled remake of {$Bryan Adams}' {&"Straight From the Heart"} and a radically rearranged version of {&"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"} that transforms the song into an {\arena rock} tune built on a complex, {\classical}-styled piano riff from {$Roy Bittan}. The standout among the cover versions is {&"Tears,"} a heart-tugging power {\ballad} that {$Tyler} performs as a duet with its author, {$Frankie Miller}. Since {$Miller}'s gruff voice is close in style to {$Tyler}'s, their duet has a special chemistry and they milk the song for every drop of drama it has to offer. This combination of bombast and melodrama could have worn thin quickly, but {$Steinman} keeps things moving smoothly by carefully pacing all the songs and throwing in odd, ear-catching elements to keep things interesting (example: the chanting children's chorus that introduces {&"Goin' Through the Motions"}). All in all, {^Faster Than Speed of the Night} remains {$Bonnie Tyler}'s finest and most consistent achievement on record. It's a must for anyone interested in her work and a worthwhile purchase for anyone who enjoys {\rock} at its most melodramatic. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide

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Goodbye to the Island
Released: 1981
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The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler - RCA
Released: 1981
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{^The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler} falls short of being a definitive collection, mainly because it only covers her RCA recordings. That means such hits as {&"Total Eclipse of the Heart"} and "Holding... Continue[+]

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