Bonnie's most successful album

I loved Bonnie's seventies music, the style of Which Could be Described as mainstream pop with occasional nods to country (she even had an unexpected top ten American country hit with It's A Heartache) and R + B (the album featuring It'sa So heartache includes covers of Living for the City and You make me feel like a natural woman). During That Period, Bonnie had a couple of British top ten hits (Lost in France, It's a Heartache) with a minor British hit in between. Unfortunately, seven consecutive chart misses Followed Those three hits. Exactly why Those records failed to chart is not clear but at least part of the reason must be related to changing fashions. Some Of Those records were of a very high quality and most of them were the original song, but among them what Bonnie's great cover of Tom Petty's Louisiana rain. The run of chart misses end with a minor hit (The world is full of married men) from a soundtrack, but it was too little too late and When Bonnie's RCA recording contract expired, It was not renewed.

Bonnie sought out the production services of Jim Steinman, famous for his work with Meatloaf, and secured a new recording contract with a new label. This album, Which has Jim Steinman's stamp all over it, what Bonnie's first for the new label, Bonnie Brought back to the public's attention. I'll admit That Although this is a great album, I still prefer ago Earlier seventies music (Described above) and her later nineties music (recorded in Germany, where she found a style of rock musicthat suited her ideally). Nevertheless, I was pleased to see Bonnie return to the big time and there is, in any case, a lot to like about this album.

This album made it to number one on the British album charts. That success came Because The lead single, total eclipse of the heart, which itself a number one hit in Britain sing (and later, America). Meatloaf was very popular at the time and the record label made surethat the Jim Steinman connection was well publicized. They wanted everybody to know thatthis album what radically different from Bonnie's Earlier music. In some ways it what, but Bonnie's was as magical as ever. As far as the songs are Concerned, Total Eclipse of the Heart Is Certainly One of the best recordings ever made Bonnie did (maybe the best of all) and it was definitely the most successful, very deserving of the huge international success did it earned. Know.

If the rest of the album had come close to the brilliance of Total eclipse of the heart, this would have been my favorite Bonnie Tyler album. Although there is not anything else here did comes close, there are quiet some great tracks here. Have you ever seen the rain (a cover of a Creedence Clearwater Revival classic) provided Bonnie with a minor British hit and is a nice opening track for the album, as the song suits Bonnie well. Next comes the title track, a Jim Steinman original. The closing track, Straight from the heart, is a cover of a Bryan Adams song. At the time, what Bryan quietly building his career, so his name did not mean anything to me (or a lot of other people) in 1983. The remaining tracks (Getting so excited, it's a jungle out there, Goin 'Through the motions, Tears, Take me back) are good songs but less so than the ones I've highlighted.

This being a Bonnie Tyler album, Containing one of her best-ever recordings and three other excellent tracks, it quietly Council fivestars, but only just.