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Bonnie Tyler - Definitive Collection Audio CD

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Bonnie Tyler Band: Bonnie Tyler
Title: Definitive Collection
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Release Date: 1995-07-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Total Eclipse Of The Heart 2: Faster Than The Speed Of Night 3: Have You Ever Seen The Rain 4: If You Were A Woman(And I Was A Man) 5: Here She Comes 6: Loving You's A Dirty Job 7: Getting So Excited 8: Save Up All Your Tears 9: The Best 10: Holding Out For A Hero 11: Married Men 12: A Rockin' Good Way(To Mess Around And Fall In 13: More Than A Lover 14: Don't Turn Around 15: Lovers Again 16: Lost In France 17: It's A Heartache 18: To Love Somebody 19: A Total Eclipse Of The Heart(Long Version) 20: Faster Than The Speed Of Night(Long Version) 21: Band Of Gold 22: Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do 23: Holding Out For A Hero(Dance Version-Jellybean

Some great songs...
I love some of her hit songs such as TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART, however the pompous synthesizer style of music from the '80's grates on me. I cannot claim to be a Bonnie Tyler fan. With that being said, their are some great tracks on this cd and some tragically lame ones as well. The bonus disk with the 12 inch releases makes this compilation worth buying. The extended version of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART is fabulous (if not pompous and annoying. ) Furthermore, the sound quality of the bonus disk is vastly superior to the primary disk, which detracts from my evaluation of this release. And if you are one who appreciates liner notes. . . do not buy this release. The liner notes (if you wish to call them that) consists of a fold out advertisement for a SONY walkman player. .


The essentials from the seventies and eighties


Apart from the RCA hits already mentioned (two of which made the UK top ten), Bonnie's other UK hits to be found here are Total eclipse of the heart (a number one hit), A rocking good way (a top five hit duet with Shaking Stevens), Holding out for a hero (a number two hit) and three minor hits, these being Have you ever seen the rain (a cover of the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic), Faster than the speed of night and Loving you is a dirty job. This compilation focuses on Bonnie's eighties music recorded for CBS, but her four UK hits for RCA (Lost in France, More than a love, It's a heartache, Married men) are also included under license, so this collection contains all of Bonnie's UK hits, plus a selection of her other tracks from the eighties.

Bonnie had less success in America although Total eclipse of the heart made number one while It's a heartache made the top ten in both pop and country charts. Three other singles (all included here) also charted. .

Also here is Bonnie's original recording of The best. Generally known as Simply the best, it completely missed the charts, but Tina Turner covered the song a year later and had a major international hit with it. Another song that you may be familiar with is To love somebody. Originally written and recorded by the Bee Gees, the song has been a hit for several different singers around the world. Nina Simone (in 1969) and Jimmy Somerville (in 1990) both took it into the UK top ten.

The bonus CD includes the album versions of three of Bonnie's classic hits together with a re-mix of another and her excellent cover of Band of gold.

There are many Bonnie Tyler compilations (both double and single CD's) to choose from. I wouldn't describe this as the strongest but it contains all the essential tracks that most people expect. The first CD has been released on its own at a lower price with different packaging - you must decide if the bonus CD is worth the extra cost.


Bonnie Rocks!
Bonnie Tyler is simply put. . a great singer.

She is one of the great female vocalists, and perhaps one of the most underrated.

Definitive Collection is really, that, the definitive collection of great songs by a great vocalist.


An excellent introduction to Bonnie Tyler
I decided to order this, and a few other compilations. After having purchased two collections in a local store, I had to have more material from Bonnie Tyler. This is my favorite so far. It includes Bonnie's earlier works, including It's a Heartache, Lost in France, and Married Men. It also has her work from the 1980s such as: Total Eclipse of the Heart, If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man), Holding Out for a Hero, Save Up All Your Tears from the rare Notes from America, etc. Also included is a bonus disc which includes the full versions of a few songs, as the first disc has edits. And there is an excellent remix of Holding Out for a Hero, which is on the second disc as well. The booklet is less than informative, with just the track listings of disc one; but the music here is great, and that's what is most important. There are enough tracks here to satisfy until you can search for Bonnie's original albums. Overall, I would easily recommend this to a collector, or to a beginner who wants a collection of Bonnie Tyler's works.


Excellent Collection
Althought she has not had a large collection of big hits like Streisand or Madonna, this collection includes all her 5 chart hits plus some excellent renditions of other artists' songs along with more songs of her own albums where she shows the great rock singer she is. This Bonnie Tyler's two-CDs package is worthy. The second CD includes long version of some of her "classics". In total 23 excellent tracks. It's really worthy
The CD is excellent and that's why I ranked it 5 stars.


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