Total Eclipse: Anthology

Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 766485734426
EAN: 0766485734426
ASIN: B000057YJF

Release Date: 2002-02-01

Total Eclipse: Anthology

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Tracks:

My My Honeycomb
Lost In France
Baby I Remember You
The World Starts Tonight
Heres Monday
More Than A Lover
Its A Heartache
Hey Love (Its A Feeling)
Blame Me
Here I Am
If You Ever Need Me Again
My Guns Are Loaded
Goodbye To The Island
We Danced On The Ceiling
Sitting On The Edge Of The Ocean
Married Men
Hide Your Heart
Notes From America
Ravishing
Streets Of Little Italy
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Faster Than The Speed Of Night
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Loving You Is A Dirty Job (But Somebody Has Gotta Do It)
Holding Out For A Hero
Bitterblue
You Wont See Me Cry
Angel Heart
Save Your Love
Silhouette In Red
Stay
I Cant Leave You Alone
Whenever You Need Me
Limelight
Islands
Sem Limites Pra Sonhar
Say Goodbye

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Album Description

UK compilation from Welsh singer who was once thought of as a female Rod Stewart. Best known for her power ballad from 1983 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' as well as 'Holding Out For a Hero' from the 'Footloose' soundtrack. 37 tracks on 2 CDs, remastered from the original tapes. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

More Than Covers..........2005-02-25

This is the clipse of the whole carriere Bonnie Tyler has had. There's two CDs full of great songs from the time period 1976-1996, about 20 years! Like usually in 2 CD collections, there's great songs, good songs, and songs that should have been lef off. The songs in her early carriere all absolutely fastastic "My! My! Honeycomb", "Lost in France", "More Than a Lover", "It's a Heartache" are played in my CD player quite often. There's some songs that have no great value: "The World Starts Tonight", "Here Am I", "Hide Your Heart" which are quite boring material. I think there's much more great songs than basic pop songs but I think Bonnie Tyler would have more to offer. Where are the great songs "It's a Jungle Out There", "Against the WInd", "Where Were You", and "Too Hot"? There's great classics "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Faster Than the Speed of Night", "Bitterblue", "Sem Limites Pra Sonhar", "Angel Heart" etc in the CD 2. There's also some songs I would have left off ("Save Your Love", "Islands", "You Won't See Me Cry", "Stay") but I think this 37-track collection offers quite great music.
Stars: Total Eclipse of the Heart, Holding Out for a Hero, My! My! Honeycomb, More Than a Lover

A magnificent anthology.......2005-02-21

Bonnie never achieved consistent success in Britain or America, though she has fared better in Germany. This compilation includes all Bonnie's British and American hits and a selection of her other songs.

Being a double CD, this anthology explores her career in greater depth than a single CD could ever do. Still, they can all be found elsewhere. As compensation, this collection contains many other excellent songs including My my honeycomb (Bonnie's first single) and several of Bonnie's nineties recordings, as well as Islands (a Mike Oldfield track featuring Bonnie as vocalist).

There were three phases to Bonnie's career. The first phase, her RCA recordings, occupy the first sixteen tracks. Many of them have a country feel to them although the final track (Married men) is very different and shows that Bonnie was already seeking a different musical direction. The biggest hit during this period was It's a heartache, which made the British top ten, the American top ten and also made the top ten in the American country charts. Lost in France also made the British top ten. More than a love and Married men were minor UK hits. Many other singles were released but failed to chart. My favorite among them (Louisiana rain - a Tom Petty cover) is not included but several others are.

The second phase (Bonnie's Columbia recordings) is represented by just nine tracks. This somewhat understates their importance in Bonnie's career, but the label that released this anthology had to license these tracks and that may be the explanation. The British hits during this period were Total eclipse of the heart (a number one hit in Britain and America), Faster than the speed of night, Have you ever seen the rain, A rocking good way (with Shaking Stevens), Holding out for a hero and Loving you is a dirty job. Again, there were several failures, among them The best (a Bonnie Tyler original recording that failed to chart until Tina Turner covered it, when it became a major worldwide hit - you may know it as Simply the best) but although Bonnie's recording of this song is brilliant, it's not included here.

The third phase of Bonnie's career began when she signed to a German record label in the nineties. She continued to record in English (though she has since recorded a few songs in other languages) and I regard her German recordings as being among the finest of her career. You'll find them here on the second CD beginning with Bitterblue, a major hit for Bonnie in Germany and the title track of her first German-recorded album. The title tracks of her next two albums, Angel heart and Silhouette in red, are also included, deservedly so as they are outstanding.

This is a very strong compilation. If (like me) you find one or two tracks not here, they can probably be found on other compilations, but this is a great starting point for a Bonnie Tyler collection.

The Best!.......2004-04-20

The other reviewers pretty well summed it up, but I wanted to add my comments.

I have lots and lots of music but this has quickly become one of my favorites. Every single track is great!

I spend a lot of money on music but consider this the best money I ever spent.

If you are a Bonnie Tyle fan or just enjoy great music, this album is a "must have".

Go for it!!

An extensive overlook on Bonnie Tyler's career.......2003-01-07

I am a fan of Bonnie Tyler's, and I have a few compilations. This one is my favorite. It includes songs from all of Bonnie's albums, minus All in One Voice and the recent Heart Strings. You will get a chance to hear all the different styles she has experimented with, and the booklet included has details on her career, and a discography. If you choose to have at least one Bonnie Tyler greatest hits album in your collection, pick this. I will note that this does not have the album version of Total Eclipse of the Heart, but there are many other great songs that you won't find on just any collection.

One very big drawback.......2002-03-22

Two CD's worth of material, and they use the DRAMATICALLY EDITED version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart"?????? It was the biggest hit of her career! And they use the FULL-LENGTH version of "Faster Than the Speed of Night," which in my opinion should have been edited instead. This does NOT make me a happy camper.

Oh well...aside from that, it's a great collection and the most extensive one I've found so far. The sound quality is superb. The lead-off track, "My! My! Honeycomb," was Bonnie's first record and is a great tune.

This collection has extensive liner notes and plenty of Bonnie pics, although some of them leave a bit to be desired as far as quality.

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