Bonnie Tyler's 5th and most successful album including the monsterhit "Total eclipse of the heart". The album went straight to nr. 1 on the british charts, the first album by a female to do so. It also reached nr. 4 in the U.S.A Jim Steinman of Meat Loaf-fame produced the album and if one compare Meat Loaf's and Bonnie Tyler's music they sound very very similar with it's pompous melodic arrangements, progressiveness and quite nice guitarwork. The album has some re-worked coversongs and I don't understand why. It seems unnescesary when there were so good songwriters involved in the album.

The very well known guitarrist Rick Derringer had prior to this album played with Weird Al Yankovic for some time. Pianist Roy Bittan is mostly know for playing in Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band.

1)Have you ever seen the rain? (6,0) Creedence Clearwater Revival-cover in a heavyrock-vein with screaming guitars and heavy rhythm. It was at a time when rock still could reach the charts!

2)Faster than the speed of night (7,0) Pompous Jim Steinman-arrangement but it could have been better.

3)Getting so excited (5,0) Embarresing uptempo pop-rocker aimed for the charts...

4)Total eclipse of the heart (8,5) Incredibly pompous and powerful ballad and one of the biggest hits of the 1980's. At the time it was still possible for a 7 minute-song to reach the charts!

5)It's a jungle out there (7,0) Pretty good pop-reggaesong.

6)Going through the motions (6,0) A Blue Öyster Cult-cover. Just a supermelodic rocksong.

7)Tears (7,5) Duet with Frankie Miller. A good powerful ballad with very good singing by two excellent singers!

8)Take me back (7,0) Written by former Bob Dylan-guitarist Billy Cross. A good powerful melodic rocksong in the vein of Steinman/Meat Loaf.

9)Straight from the heart (6,0) Bryan Adams-cover. Another powerful ballad.

Score: 6,67

Bonnie Tyler-vocals

Rick Derringer (Richard Zehringer) -guitars (b.1947)

Steve Buslowe-bass

Max Weinberg-drums

Jimmy Maelen-percussion

Larry Fast-synthesizers (b.1951)

Roy Bittan-piano (b.1949)

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