The Best (Bonnie Tyler album)

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The Best
Bonnie Tyler The Best UK.jpg
UK cover
Compilation album by
Bonnie Tyler
Released22 April 1993
Recorded1976–1993
Genre Pop rock
Length74:48(UK edition)
Label
Alternative cover
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1998 French cover
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Bonnie Tyler: The Best is a compilation album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1993 by Columbia in the UK and by Versailles Records in France. Both issues feature the same front cover, but they do not have matching track lists. In 1995, the album was reissued in the UK under the title The Definitive Collection, featuring the original track listing and a bonus CD with five more tracks.

Contents

Track listing

UK Version [2]

  1. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Jim Steinman) – 4:27
       (from the 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night)
  2. "Faster Than the Speed of Night" (Steinman) – 4:40
       (from the 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night)
  3. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (John Fogerty) – 4:03
       (from the 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night)
  4. "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" (Desmond Child) – 3:57
       (from the 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire)
  5. "Here She Comes" (Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder) – 3:21
       (from the 1984 soundtrack for Metropolis)
  6. "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (Steinman) – 5:47
       (from the 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire)
  7. "Getting So Excited" (Alan Gruner) – 3:38
       (from the 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night)
  8. "Save Up All Your Tears" (Child, Diane Warren) – 4:02
       (from the 1988 album Hide Your Heart)
  9. "The Best" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 4:00
       (from the 1988 album Hide Your Heart)
  10. "Holding Out for a Hero" (Steinman, Dean Pitchford) – 4:28
       (from the 1984 album Footloose and the 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire)
  11. "(The World Is Full of) Married Men" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) – 3:57
       (1979 single only)
  12. "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (with Shakin' Stevens) (Brook Benton, Luchi de Jesus, Clyde Otis) – 2:54
       (from the 1983 Shakin' Stevens album The Bop Won't Stop)
  13. "More Than a Lover" (Ronnie Scott, Steve Wolfe) – 4:08
       (from the 1977 album The World Starts Tonight)
  14. "Don't Turn Around" (Warren, Albert Hammond) – 4:16
       (from the 1988 album Hide Your Heart)
  15. "Lovers Again" (Child) – 4:13
       (from the 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire)
  16. "Lost in France" (Scott, Wolfe) – 3:57
       (from the 1977 album The World Starts Tonight)
  17. "It's a Heartache" (Scott, Wolfe) – 3:30
       (from the 1978 album Natural Force)
  18. "To Love Somebody (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 5:30
       (from the 1988 album Hide Your Heart)

France Version [3]

Writer is same as English version for any occurrence of the same song.
  1. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
  2. "Holding Out For A Hero" (Club Mix)
  3. "It's A Heartache"
  4. "If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)"
  5. "Here She Comes"
  6. "Loving You Is A Dirty Job But Somebody's Got To Do It"
  7. "Lost In France"
  8. "Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)"
  9. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
  10. "Straight From The Heart" (Bryan Adams/Eric Kanga)
       (from the 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night)
  11. "Faster Than The Speed Of Night"
  12. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King/Jerry Wexler)
       (from the 1978 album It's a Heartache)
  13. "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" (Gary Brooker/Keith Reid)
       (from the 1981 album Goodbye to the Island)
  14. "The Best"
  15. "Hide Your Heart" (Paul Stanley/Child/Knight)
       (from the 1988 album Hide Your Heart)
  16. "Don't Turn Around"
  17. "Band Of Gold" (Extended Version) (Edyth Wayne / Ronald Dunbar)
       (original version from the 1986 album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire)

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
French Albums [4] 4
Chart (1995)Peak
position
French Albums [4] 4
Chart (1996)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 93
Chart (1998)Peak
position
French Albums [4] 12
Chart (1999)Peak
position
French Albums [4] 16

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [6] Platinum300,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Silver60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Track Listing UK version
  3. ↑ Track Listing French version
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé" (PHP). InfoDisc (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Find "Bonnie TYLER" under the drop-down menu to see statistics.
  5. ↑ "Bonnie Tyler | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "French album certifications – Bonnie Tyler – The Best" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "British album certifications – Bonnie Tyler – The Best". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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