All in One Voice explained
All in One Voice is the twelfth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1998 by EastWest Records, following her previous album with EastWest, Free Spirit (1995). The album remains the least commercially successful in Tyler's career as it failed to chart worldwide.
Recording
Tracks produced by Jimmy Smyth were recorded at Full Moon, Westland and Park House Studios in Dublin, Ireland. "The Reason Why" was recorded at Boogie Park Studios in Hamburg, and "I Put a Spell on You" was recorded for Mike Batt's album Philharmania at Abbey Road Studios in London. The remaining tracks were recorded at Red Deer Studios in Germany.
Promotion
Singles
"He's the King" was released ahead of All in One Voice in December 1997. The song was originally used for the German TV series . Tyler made an appearance in one of the episodes performing the song in a casino. "He's the King" spent one week on the German Singles Chart at number 95.[2]
"Heaven" was released as the second single in 1998. The song was first performed at Melodifestivalen 1997—Sweden's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest—by N-Mix, under the title "Där en ängel hälsat på" (Where an angel has visited in English), where it came 2nd.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes; the credits for tracks 8–14 are incomplete.[3]
Musicians
- Bonnie Tyler – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Jimmy Smyth – production, backing vocals, choir arrangement, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar, programming Hammond organ, bass
- Gernot Rothenbach – production
- Mike Batt – production, arrangement, conducting
- Tessa Niles – backing vocals
- Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
- Jenny Newman – backing vocals
- Ed Kenehan – backing vocals
- Conor Stevens – backing vocals
- Karen Hammill – backing vocals
- Robbie Casserly – backing vocals
- Irish Film Orchestras - IFO Orchestra[4]
- Fiachra Trench – strings arrangements
- David Downes – uilleann pipes, low whistle, choir arrangement
- Paul McAteer – additional drums
- Anto Drennan – electric guitar, gut string guitar
- Frank Gallagher – violin, viola, fiddle, tin whistle Tom Molloy – bass
- Billy Farrell – programming
- Peter McKinney – additional drums
- Gerry O'Connor – violin
- Benjamin Hüllenkrämer – bass
- Axel Wernecke – drums
- Maik Bösenberg – percussion
- Herbert Böhme – backing vocals
- Sebi – special effects
- Andreas Linse – arrangement
Technical
- Achim Kruse – mastering
- Graham Laybourne – remixing
- Harold Faltermeyer – engineering, mixing
- Gernot Rothenbach – engineering, mixing
- David Cooke – mixing
- Bill Somerville-Large – engineering
- Jon Mallison – engineering
- Tim Martin – engineering
- Ed Kenehan – assistant engineering
- Ciaran Cahill – assistant engineering
- Ryan Martin – assistant engineering
Notes and References
- Web site: Bonnie Tyler - All in One Voice. AllMusic. All Media Network. 26 March 2015.
- Web site: He's the King – Bonnie Tyler. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813093305/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Bonnie+Tyler&title=He%27s+The+King&cat=s&country=de. dead. August 13, 2014. officialcharts.de. 26 March 2015.
- All in One Voice. Bonnie Tyler. 1998. booklet. EastWest Records. 3984-25658-2. Germany.
- Web site: IFO Discography. Irish Film Orchestras . 26 March 2015.
