All in One Voice

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All in One Voice
Bonnie Tyler - All in One Voice.jpg
Studio album by
Released1998
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length53:03
Label EastWest Records
Producer
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Free Spirit
(1995)
All in One Voice
(1998)
Heart Strings
(2003)
Singles from All in One Voice
  1. "He's the King"
    Released: December 1997
  2. "Heaven"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
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All in One Voice is the twelfth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1998 by EastWest Records, following her previous album with EastWest, Free Spirit (1995). The album remains the least commercially successful in Tyler's career as it failed to chart worldwide.

Contents

Recording

Tracks produced by Jimmy Smyth were recorded at Full Moon, Westland and Park House Studios in Dublin, Ireland. "The Reason Why" was recorded at Boogie Park Studios in Hamburg, and "I Put a Spell on You" was recorded for Mike Batt's album Philharmania at Abbey Road Studios in London. The remaining tracks were recorded at Red Deer Studios in Germany.

Promotion

Singles

"He's the King" was released ahead of All in One Voice in December 1997. The song was originally used for the German TV series The King of St. Pauli  [ de ]. Tyler made an appearance in one of the episodes performing the song in a casino. "He's the King" spent one week on the German Singles Chart at number 95. [2]

"Heaven" was released as the second single in 1998. The song was first performed at Melodifestivalen 1997—Sweden's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest—by N-Mix, under the title "Där en ängel hälsat på" (Where an angel has visited in English), where it came 2nd.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Heaven"
  • Per Andreasson
  • Permilla Emme
Jimmy Smyth3:24
2."Like an Ocean"
  • Andreasson
  • Emme
Smyth4:08
3."Soon Will Be Too Late"
  • Andreasson
  • Emme
Smyth3:52
4."You Always Saw the Blue Skies"Smyth3:52
5."We Can Start Here"
Smyth4:03
6."Angel of the Morning" Chip Taylor Smyth3:43
7."The Reason Why"
  • Paul Hopkins
  • Lee Morris
Graham Laybourne3:50
8."Return to Blue"
  • Eric Brodka
  • Gernot Rothenbach
3:26
9."You’re Breaking My Heart Again"
  • Brodka
  • Rothenbach
  • Faltermeyer
  • Rothenbach
3:37
10."I Put a Spell on You" Screamin' Jay Hawkins Mike Batt 4:38
11."I’ll Never Let You Down"MillerSmyth3:52
12."The Rose" Amanda McBroom
  • Faltermeyer
  • Rothenbach
3:24
13."He's the King"
  • Faltermyer
  • Rothenbach
  • Faltermeyer
  • Rothenbach
4:48
14."Silent Night"Faltermeyer2:26
Total length:53:03

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes; the credits for tracks 8–14 are incomplete. [3]

Musicians

  • Bonnie Tyler – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1)
  • Jimmy Smyth – production (1–6, 11), backing vocals (1, 6), choir arrangement (1), electric guitar (1–2, 4–6), acoustic guitar (1, 3–4, 6), gut string guitar (2–3), programming (2, 4–6) Hammond organ (4), bass (4–6)
  • Graham Laybourne – production (7), programming (7), keyboards (7), backing vocals (7), mandolin (7), Gibson guitars (7)
  • Harold Faltermeyer production (8–9, 12–14), arrangement (14)
  • Gernot Rothenbach – production (8–9, 12–13)
  • Mike Batt production (10), arrangement (10), conducting (10)
  • Tessa Niles backing vocals (1–2, 6)
  • Katie Kissoon backing vocals (1–2, 6)
  • Jenny Newman – backing vocals (1, 4–6)
  • Ed Kenehan – backing vocals (1)
  • Conor Stevens – backing vocals (4)
  • Karen Hammill – backing vocals (6)
  • Robbie Casserly – backing vocals (6)
  • Irish Film Orchestras - IFO Orchestra [4] (1,6)
  • Fiachra Trench strings arrangements (1, 6)
  • David Downes –  uilleann pipes (1, 5), low whistle (2), choir arrangement (5)
  • Paul McAteer – additional drums (1)
  • Anto Drennan – electric guitar (2), gut string guitar (2)
  • Frank Gallagher – violin (2), viola (2–4), fiddle (4), tin whistle (4)
  • Tom Molloy – bass (2)
  • Billy Farrell – programming (2, 4, 6)
  • Peter McKinney – additional drums (5)
  • Gerry O'Connor – violin (6)
  • Benjamin Hüllenkrämer – bass (7)
  • Axel Wernecke – drums (7)
  • Maik Bösenberg – percussion (7)
  • Herbert Böhme – backing vocals (7)
  • Sebi – special effects (7)
  • Andreas Linse – arrangement (14)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (10)

Technical

  • Achim Kruse – mastering (all tracks)
  • Graham Laybourne – remixing (1–6, 11)
  • Harold Faltermeyer – engineering (14), mixing (14)
  • Gernot Rothenbach – engineering (14), mixing (14)
  • David Cooke – mixing (14)
  • Bill Somerville-Large – engineering (1, 6)
  • Jon Mallison – engineering (1–6)
  • Tim Martin – engineering (1–6)
  • Ed Kenehan – assistant engineering (1–6)
  • Ciaran Cahill – assistant engineering (4–5)
  • Ryan Martin – assistant engineering (6)

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