Goodbye to the Island | ||||
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Released | January 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1979–1980 | |||
Genre | Country rock | |||
Length | 42:02 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Singles from Goodbye to the Island | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Goodbye to the Island is the fourth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It became her final work with RCA Records after it was released in January 1981. Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe wrote the majority of songs for the album, and co-produced the record with Hugh Murphy.
Music critics described the album as "more upbeat" than her previous album Diamond Cut (1979). Goodbye to the Island had the weakest sales of all albums Tyler released through RCA, only charting in Norway at number 38.
Goodbye to the Island became Tyler’s final album under RCA Records. It was released in January 1981 on vinyl and cassette. [2] [3] In 1991, Castle Communications issued the album on CD with an alternate artwork. [4] The album was again reissued in 2010 by 7T’s with two bonus tracks. [5] Goodbye to the Island featured on the 2019 box set The RCA Years released by Cherry Pop with eight bonus tracks. [6] This version of the album was released digitally in the United States and Canada in 2020. [7]
The album's lead single, "I Believe in Your Sweet Love" was released in November 1979. It reached number 138 on the US Record World chart in the following month, [8] and 27 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart in February 1980. [9] Almost a year later, "I'm Just a Woman" was released as the album's second single but it failed to chart.
Tyler won the Grand Prix International prize at the World Popular Song Festival for her performance of "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", which became the album's third single in November 1979. "Goodbye to the Island" was released shortly before the album as its fourth and final single in January 1981, and it reached no. 54 on the UK Airplay Chart. [10]
All tracks produced by Hugh Murphy, Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, except "I'm Just a Woman" and "We Danced on the Ceiling" produced by Hugh Murphy.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Just a Woman" |
| 5:08 |
2. | "We Danced on the Ceiling" |
| 4:58 |
3. | "Wild Love" | Iain Sutherland | 3:51 |
4. | "The Closer You Get" | Chris Rea | 3:51 |
5. | "Sometimes When We Touch" | 4:19 | |
6. | "Goodbye to the Island" |
| 3:13 |
7. | "Wild Side of Life" |
| 3:46 |
8. | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | 4:29 | |
9. | "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" |
| 3:19 |
10. | "I Believe in Your Sweet Love" |
| 4:22 |
Total length: | 42:02 |
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [11] | 38 |
Country | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Europe | 1981 | Vinyl | RCA | |
United States | Chrysalis | |||
Europe | 1991 | CD | Castle Classics | |
United Kingdom | 2010 | CD | 7T's | |
United States, Canada | 17 April 2012 | Digital download | Rdeg | |
2020 | Soundbarrier |
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