01 - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
02 - Lost In France
03 - Faster Than The Speed Of Night
04 - It's A Heartache
05 - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
06 - Holding Out For A Hero
07 - Loving You's A Dirty Job
08 - Rockin' Good Way
09 - In My Life
10 - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
11 - World Is Full Of Married Men
12 - More Than A Lover
13 - If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)
14 - Streets Of Little Italy
15 - You Won't See Me Cry
16 - Louise
17 - Si Demain (Turn Around)

Yet another greatest-hits compilation from Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh female version of Rod Stewart. She has released a few hits collections, including full-price titles on RCA and CBS and several budget titles on Castle, Crimson, and Camden, and despite her multitude of hit singles, none of performed particularly well on the album charts. This collection, titled From the Heart, just fell short of reaching the Top 30 in March 2007. It brought together the obvious hits from her CBS days and collaborations with producer Jim Steinman, mainly centering on the Faster Than the Speed of Night album with its title track and the giant number one single "Total Eclipse of the Heart," her hit duets with Shakin Stevens ("Rockin Good Way"), and Todd Rundgren ("Loving You's a Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It"); her other solo hits, from "Holding out for a Hero" from the Footloose soundtrack to the cover of the Air Supply hit "Making Love out of Nothing at All." But this album also included her lesser heard, early RCA hits "Lost in France," "It's a Heartache," "More Than a Lover," and even the title track from the dire film The World Is Full of Married Men (from the era of The Bitch and The Stud) although all of these were also included on the previous greatest hits from 2001. However, when an artist's hit singles are few and far between and there was no album success to speak of (apart from the Steinman number one), one would expect a best-of to feature some filler tracks, and this album did include the tracks "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)," the Beatles' "In My Life" sung with the City Of Prague Philharmonic, and the album closer "Si Demain..." ("Total Eclipse" alternately sung in French and English). ---Sharon Mawer, allmusic.com

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1 [04:32] Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
2 [03:30] Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
3 [05:52] Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
4 [03:56] Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France
5 [06:44] Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night
6 [04:02] Bonnie Tyler - (The World Is Full Of) Married Men
7 [04:10] Bonnie Tyler - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
8 [04:15] Bonnie Tyler - More Than A Lover
9 [02:59] Bonnie Tyler - A Rocking Good Way
10 [03:12] Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye To The Island
11 [07:50] Bonnie Tyler - Loving You Is A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It
12 [03:41] Bonnie Tyler - Straight From The Heart
13 [03:51] Bonnie Tyler - Bitterblue
14 [03:50] Bonnie Tyler - Piece Of My Heart
15 [07:52] Bonnie Tyler - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
16 [03:02] Bonnie Tyler - My Guns Are Loaded
17 [05:21] Bonnie Tyler - Tyre Tracks And Broken Hearts

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins) is a British pop singer born in 1951.

In the beginning, Gaynor Hopkins sang in pubs and clubs all over south Wales with her bands; first Bobby Wayne and the Dixies and then Imagination. By 1975 she had settled on the stage name Bonnie Tyler and had recorded her first single for RCA Records, "My Honeycomb". Though it failed to chart, her second release, "Lost in France" reached the British Top Ten and charted well in Europe.

Prior to the release of her first album, The World Starts Tonight (1977), she underwent surgery to remove nodules on her vocal cords. Fears that her singing career would be over proved unfounded as the resultant husky quality in her voice became her trademark. Her next album, Natural Force (1978), led to the release of "It's a Heartache", which showcased the power of her gravelly voice and reached the charts in several countries. As a result of the success of the single she undertook her first American tour. She continued to release moderately successful albums but it was in 1982 that her career took off, with the release of Faster Than the Speed of Night. The album contained the operatic rock masterpiece single "Total Eclipse of the Heart", written by Jim Steinman, and earned her a Grammy nomination - making her nominations that year total three. She followed this success with "Holding Out for a Hero", which was her contribution to the Footloose soundtrack and appeared on her next album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.

For her next big success she had to wait until she released Bitterblue in 1991. The album was a huge success across Europe, achieving quadruple platinum sales in Norway. Angel Heart (1992) continued this run of success.

Her most recent album was 2007's compilation album, From The Heart: Bonnie Tyler's Greatest Hits, but it is reported that she is working on a follow-up with Jim Steinman; the friend who provided her with such success several years ago. ---amazon.com

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01. This Is Gonna Hurt
02. Sunshine
03. Believe In Me
04. What You Need From Me
05. Crying
06. Little Superstar
07. Flat On The Floor
08. All I Ever Wanted
09. Stubborn
10. Love Is The Knife
11. Lord Help Me
12. Mom
13. You Try
14. Believe In Me

Country artist turned power balladeer Bonnie Tyler is one of music’s juke box elite, with a rack of hits to spice up any wedding reception. The infamous 40-a-day cackle that put her on the map was rivaled only by Rod Stewart‘s raspy vocals back in the day.

Rocks And Honey is Tyler’s 16 studio album and its business as usual for Bonnie. Sunshine is fairly indicative of the whole of the album and the majority of her ’80s output. The formula is simple – loud, quiet, loud, quiet. It explodes into a Bon Jovi-esque chorus, very reminiscent of I’m With You from their latest album What About Now. Tyler’s voice seems good for only one thing and that’s belting out gravely vocals; when she tries to restrain, it ends up with a Johnny Cash type croon (OAP Cash, to clarify).

Comparisons to other hairbrush heroes are inevitable; in fact Tyler’s biggest hit Total Eclipse Of The Heart was initially written for Meatloaf by Jim Steinman. Foolishly, Mr Loaf refused the track and the rest is rock history. To give her credit, she still retains that distinctive vocal that Meat Loaf lost some 15 years ago. Crying could have almost been a ’90s Steinman hit with its classic drummer-in-a-deck-chair rolls. The lyrical content is bog standard – “why do I still love, and where do I go from here” – typical soppy stuff. Although her voice is still unmistakable, it relies on fairly heavy backing vocals to give it some beef.

This album is more than just a nostalgia trip, of course; it carries the UK’s Eurovision hopes and dreams. 2012 saw veteran Engelbert Humperdinck come a poor, but predictable 25th with Love Will Set You Free. With the pressure off, Bonnie has nothing to lose with Believe In Me which is, unsurprisingly, the highlight of the album. It strays away slightly from the stodgy ballad and has a catchy pop quality that’s pleasant, but is nowhere near novelty enough to strive at Eurovision.

There are but two modes on this album. It’s either cheesy ballads or country pop-rock. Flat On The Floor is amongst the latter, with crunchy guitars and pounding kick drum, it’s all terribly clichéd, but worryingly catchy. Again it’s fairly naff, but at least it breaks up the monotony. Power ballads should instil the listener with the feeling they can do anything, but there is a limit to how much you can take in one sitting before you just need a lie down.

It’s all formulaic stuff, but tracks like Lord Help Me and Love Is The Knife are just clutter, and really miss an over the top hair metal guitar solo. Yet the most extraordinary thing is that she has any vocal chords left at all, and for fans this has everything they need. At the risk of stating the obvious, she has no chance of reversing the Eurovision trend.

Rocks And Honey is Bonnie Tyler doing what she does best. If you dig ’80s anthems, here is a solid record for the collection. It’s nothing more, nothing less. ---Thomas Ingham, musicomh.com

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