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Goodbye to the Island

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Released
  
January 1981

Length
  
42:02

Release date
  
January 1981

Genres
  
Rock music, Country music

Recorded
  
1980–1981

Artist
  
Bonnie Tyler

Label
  
RCA Victor

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Producer
  
Ronnie Scott, Steve Wolfe

Goodbye to the Island (1981)
  
Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)

Similar
  
Bonnie Tyler albums, Rock music albums

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.

Contents

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.

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Singles

The album's lead single, "I Believe in Your Sweet Love" was released in November 1979. It reached number 27 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart in February 1980.

Tyler won the World Popular Song Festival with "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" when she represented the United Kingdom. It was then released as a single in November 1979.

The final two singles, "I'm Just a Woman" and "Goodbye to the Island", failed to chart worldwide.

Personnel

  • Bonnie Tyler - vocals
  • Garth Watt-Roy, Gary Taylor, Robert Ahwai, Steve Lipson - guitar
  • Felix Krish, Kevin Dunne - bass
  • Betsy Cook, Mike McNaught - keyboards
  • Jeff Allen, Liam Genockey - drums
  • Raphael Ravenscroft - saxophone
  • Betsy Cook, John Cameron, Mike McNaught, Wil Malone - arrangements
  • Songs

    1I'm Just a Woman5:08
    2We Danced on the Ceiling4:58
    3Wild Love4:37

    References

    Goodbye to the Island Wikipedia