Faster Than the Speed of Night

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Faster Than the Speed of Night
Studio album by Bonnie Tyler
Released	1983
Recorded	The End Studios
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	41:49
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Jim Steinman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: link
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Goodbye to the Islands (1981)	Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)	Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986)

Faster Than the Speed of Night is an album by Bonnie Tyler released in 1983. Her fifth album, and her most successful, it includes her No.1 hit, "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

In April of 1983, Faster Than the Speed of Night was the No.1 Album on the UK music charts.

Faster Than the Speed of Night shot straight into the UK album charts at No.1, making Tyler the first ever female artist to have achieved this, earning a Guinness Record. Tyler earned herself a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Charts 3 Album credits: 4 See also

[edit] Track listing

1. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" - (John Fogerty)
2. "Faster Than the Speed of Night" - (Jim Steinman)
3. "Getting So Excited" - (Alan Gruner)
4. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - (Jim Steinman)
5. "It's a Jungle Out There" - (Dennis Polen, Paul Pilger, William Moloney)
6. "Going Through the Motions" - (Ian Hunter & Eric Bloom)
7. "Tears" - (Frankie Miller)
8. "Take Me Back" - (Billy Cross)
9. "Straight from the Heart" - (Bryan Adams & Eric Kagna)

[edit] Charts

• UK #1

• Norway #1

• Sweden #3

• USA #4

• France #12

• Switzerland #19

• Germany #20

• NL #24

[edit] Album credits:

• Roy Bittan: Keyboards, Piano
• Martin Briley: Guitar
• Hiram Bullock: Guitar
• Steve Buslowe: Bass
• Rick Derringer: Guitar
• Rory Dodd: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Larry Fast: Synthesizer
• Erika Katz: Vocals
• Dave Lebolt: Synthesizer
• Will Lee: Bass
• Steve Jordan: Drums
• Jimmy Maelen: Percussion
• Steven Margoshes: Keyboards
• Brian Pew: Vocals
• Paul Shaffer: Organ
• Holly Sherwood: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Jim Steinman: Director, Vocals, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, and Songwriter
• Edward Skylar: Vocals
• Tristine Skylar: Vocals
• Eric Troyer: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• David Varga: Vocals
• Max Weinberg: Drums

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[edit] See also

• Wagnerian Rock
• Meat Loaf