Angel Heart | ||||
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Released | 5 October 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 57:57 | |||
Label | Hansa | |||
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Singles from Angel Heart | ||||
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Angel Heart is the ninth album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler released in 1992. It is the second of three albums Tyler released with Hansa Records, succeeding Bitterblue and preceding Silhouette in Red , achieving European success and spawning two hits, "Fools Lullaby" and "Call Me".
The majority of tracks were written by Tyler's producer, Dieter Bohlen. Tyler duetted with Frankie Miller on "Save Your Love", the first time Tyler has duetted with Miller since 1983 on her album Faster Than the Speed of Night .
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Charlotte Dillon of AllMusic described Angel Heart as "album to add to any rock collection" featuring "a pleasing mixture of ballads and upbeat pop". [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fools Lullaby" | Howard Houston [a] | Houston [a] | 3:52 |
2. | "Take a Chance" | Dieter Bohlen |
| 3:39 |
3. | "Race to the Fire" | Bohlen |
| 3:52 |
4. | "Sending Me Angels" |
| 5:27 | |
5. | "Call Me" | Steve Benson [a] | Benson [a] | 3:59 |
6. | "Angel Heart" | Houston [a] | Houston [a] | 3:49 |
7. | "Daytime Friends" | Bohlen |
| 4:19 |
8. | "God Gave Love to You" | Bohlen |
| 4:31 |
9. | "All We Have Is Tonight" | Benson [a] | Benson [a] | 3:36 |
10. | "I'm Only a Lonely Child" | Bohlen |
| 3:09 |
11. | "Born to Be a Winner" | Benson [a] | Benson [a] | 4:13 |
12. | "Save Your Love" (with Frankie Miller) |
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| 5:16 |
13. | "You're the Greatest Love" | Houston [a] | 3:52 | |
14. | "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night" |
| 4:23 | |
Total length: | 57:57 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] | 9 |
European Top 100 Albums ( Music & Media ) [4] | 39 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen singlelista) [5] | 13 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] | 28 |
Hungarian Albums (Hungarian Recording Industry Association) [7] | 39 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [8] | 4 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] | 30 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] | 14 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [11] | Gold | 25,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [12] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [13] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [14] | Gold | 25,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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