In Britain and America, Bonnie Tyler is mostly remembered for It's a heartache and Total eclipse of the heart, though she had a few other hits. In the mid eighties, the hits dried up despite some brilliant original songs including The best - a failure for Bonnie but a worldwide success a year later via a Tina Turner re-titled Simply the best. Eventually, Bonnie signed for a record label in Germany, where she recorded a series of brilliant albums including Bitterblue, Angel heart and All in one voice (all of which I've already reviewed) and this one. Despite being recorded in Germany for German fans, these albums were all recorded in English.

All the songs here are of a high quality and feature songs of varying tempos, though mainly rock ballads. You are so beautiful and You won't see me cry are covers but the others are all originals. Sally comes around is about a lonely woman with a heart of gold. Fire in my soul is an up-tempo rocker. Stay is a tender ballad, not to be confused with the sixties classic of the same title. Send me the pillow is another great original song - there was a sixties country song with a similar title and idea, but the two songs are very different. From the bottom of my lonely heart and Silhouette in red are brilliant love songs. And the quality of the songs never drops - the other songs are equally brilliant..

This is a typical Bonnie Tyler album with great songs and Bonnie in top form. It was released in Germany but not in Britain or America - no surprise because Bonnie is more popular in Germany than elsewhere. Yet Bonnie's music remained as good as ever and if you are one of Bonnie's fans, you will surely enjoy this album.

I have just begun collecting Bonnie's CD's and this is right next to 95's Free Spirit! Even after 15 songs I still wanted to hear more. Send me the pillow and From the bottom of my lonely heart are my star tracks. The only disappointment is her cover of You are so beautiful. This CD rocks! I intend to get the other 90's CD's she released. Too bad these arn't released in the USA. But, I'll still buy them anyway!

It's greaaaaaat ! All songs in this album are hyper hits ! Silhouette in red, Sally comes around, Stay... I love so much and want to listen and listen to again. With an awesome strongbeat voice from Bonnie and a supar job done by the German Dieter Bohlen - also well-known singer and composer for Modern Talking, Blue System, CCCatch, Chris Norman, Engelbert Humperdinck. Dieter (or, in this album, he takes the few differents names such as Howard Houston, J. Blake...) and Bonnie, thank you, and I'm looking forward to ENJOYING yours songs soon again.

One of 3 albums by Bonnie Tyler released in Germany in the early 90's, it is a far cry from her previous work with producers Jim Steinman and Desmond Child. Here Bonnie is poorly served by Dieter Bohlen, whose production is so cheesy that it's akin to bad karaoke backing [ no kidding ]. He even wrote most of this dreck! The backing is mostly computer programmed to simulate instruments, including horrendous celtic pipes that he used on many of the songs. If you ever wondered why this album was not released in the US or UK, it's because it's bad!

The songs that don't have such awful production are the only ones worth a listen. He actually did a good job on a techno song " RACE TO THE FIRE ", and her version of " YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL " is refreshing to hear considering the other schlock on here, and Bonnie's own " YOU WON'T SEE ME CRY " is good. But how such a worldwide hit artist as Bonnie could have let herself be produced into this inferior work is a question to be asked.

Thank goodness Bonnie has returned to rock music again with her new CD " WINGS " , where she co-wrote the songs. These early 90's albums from Germany are really a mixed lot. Bonnie completists will be better served by the 3 CD " ALL THE BEST " , which covers almost all the songs from the 3 German albums, plus a few singles only tracks. There you will find some good songs not produced solely by Dieter Bohlen.