Bonnie Tyler: Diamond Cut

Released on 15/02/10. The third studio album by Welsh songstress Bonnie Tyler, originally released in 1979 and a Top 20 hit in Norway and Sweden as well as Top 50 in the USA Country Chart Contains the UK hit single Married Men (No.35) plus the French Top 20 smash My Guns Are Loaded Booklet contains original LP artwork with lyrics, detailed liner notes and pictures of all relevant singles sleeves Bonnie is currently enjoying a chart revival in the UK courtesy of her duet with Only Men Aloud on a remake of her classic Total Eclipse Of The Heart

1.If You Ever Need Me Again
2. Too Good To Last
3. What A Way To Treat My Heart
4. The Eyes Of A Fool
5. Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love
6. Louisiana Rain
7. Baby I Just Love You
8. Words Can Change Your Life
9. My Guns Are Loaded
10. I’m A Fool
Bonus Tracks
11. (The World Is Full Of) Married Men
12. My Guns Are Loaded (European Single Version)

Bonnie Tyler: Goodbye To The Island

Released on 15/02/10. Long overdue CD revamp for Bonnie Tyler’s fourth and final album for RCA Records. Now comes with three rare bonus tracks including the previously non CD single version of I Believe In Your Sweet Love. Booklet contains detailed liner notes by Mr.70s, Phil Hendriks, pictures of all relevant singles, lyrics and original album artwork. Bonnie is currently enjoying a new wave of popularity courtesy of her duet with Only Men Aloud on Total Eclipse Of The Heart and a recent TV appearance in soap opera Hollyoaks1.

1. I’m Just A Woman
2. We Danced On The Ceiling
3. Wild Love
4. The Closer You Get
5. Sometimes When We Touch
6. Goodbye To The Island
7. Wild Side Of Life
8. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
9. Sitting On The Edge Of The Ocean
10. I Believe In Your Sweet Love
Bonus Tracks
11. Come On, Give Me Loving
12. Get Out Of My Head
13. I Believe In Your Sweet Love (Single Version)

Great news, Patrick. Have ordered the first two in this series of reissues, so am looking forward to these, too. They needed a sound upgrade, and the bonus tracks/b-sides from this era are surprisingly good. I really like the song "Come On, Give Me Loving," so that will be especially welcome on the expanded "Goodbye To The Island." Just wish they would/could have included her 1981 Japan-only single, "Sayonara Tokyo," which I don't think has ever been issued on CD. (If I'm wrong here, I hope someone will correct me and tell me where to find it!)

Now if only Columbia would follow up with similarly expanded reissues of Bonnie's 1980s albums...