In Berlin (Bonnie Tyler album)

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In Berlin
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Live album by
Released19 April 2024
Recorded8 May 2019
Venue Admiralspalast, Berlin
Length79:43
Label earMUSIC
Bonnie Tyler chronology
The Best Is Yet to Come
(2021)
In Berlin
(2024)
Singles from In Berlin
  1. "Faster Than the Speed of Night"
    Released: 22 March 2024
  2. "Let's Go Crazy Tonight"
    Released: 12 April 2024

In Berlin is the third live album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It will be released on 19 April 2024 by earMUSIC. The album was recorded during her concert as part of the Between the Earth and the Stars Live Tour at the Admiralspalast in Berlin on 8 May 2019, with the set list including songs from her albums Natural Force (1978), Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983), Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986), Hide Your Heart (1988), Rocks and Honey (2013), and Between the Earth and the Stars (2019). The album failed to chart worldwide.

Contents

Background and release

Tyler announced plans to release a live album in March 2020. [1] Two concerts from her Between the Earth and the Stars Live Tour were recorded; the 20 May show at L'Olympia in Paris was filmed and released as a concert film through Canal+ in 2020. [2] In Berlin was originally set for release on 5 April 2024, [3] but its release date was delayed by three weeks. [4]

The album was formally announced on 21 March 2024. [5] "Faster Than the Speed of Night" was released as the first single on 22 March 2024. [6] "Let's Go Crazy Tonight" followed as the second single on 12 April. [7]

Tyler described the release as "bittersweet" because In Berlin was recorded "not long before the pandemic started". She described the concert as "a great show [and] a great night". [8] She later expressed that she felt the audience sounded too quiet in the final mix of the recording. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Writing for Spill magazine, Aaron Badgley commended Tyler's ability to "present herself and her music in a very different light on stage", concluding that In Berlin is "further proof of her incredible ability to touch souls with her songs and voice". [10] musikmag.de described In Berlin as a collection of "well-crafted" rock, pop and blues songs. [11] Hans Korte of pop-himmel.de viewed the album as "an excellent live document that impressively demonstrates [Tyler's] versatility". [12]

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Flat on the Floor" Rocks and Honey 5:01
2."Hold On"
Between the Earth and the Stars 4:11
3."It's a Heartache"
Natural Force 5:01
4."Seven Waves Away"
Between the Earth and the Stars4:50
5."Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" John Fogerty Faster Than the Speed of Night 4:41
6."Move"
  • Tom E Morrison
  • Rachel Morrison
Between the Earth and the Stars4:22
7."This Is Gonna Hurt"
Rocks and Honey3:35
8."Let's Go Crazy Tonight"
  • Ron Beckett
  • Bob Huff
  • Richard Klender
  • Ted Winchester
  • Mackay
Between the Earth and the Stars4:12
9."Bad for Loving You"Between the Earth and the Stars3:26
Total length:38:19
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Total Eclipse of the Heart" Jim Steinman Faster Than the Speed of Night7:37
2."Between the Earth and the Stars"
  • John David
  • Richard Wold
Between the Earth and the Stars4:31
3."Faster Than the Speed of Night"SteinmanFaster Than the Speed of Night6:43
4."Turtle Blues" Janis Joplin Hide Your Heart 7:12
5."Slow Walk"Between the Earth and the Stars4:00
6."The Best"Hide Your Heart4:51
7."Holding Out for a Hero"
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire 4:18
8."Older"WadgeBetween the Earth and the Stars3:52
Total length:42:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [13]

Musicians

Technical

Release history

In Berlin release history
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Worldwide19 April 2024 earMUSIC
Various CD [14]
26 April 2024 [15]
Canada3 May 2024 [16]

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