Best of 3 CD explained

Best of 3 CD
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Bonnie Tyler
Cover:	Bonnie_Tyler_Best_Of_3_CD.jpg
Released:	26 September 2011
Genre:	Pop rock
Length:	03:35:17
Label:	Sony
Prev Title:	From the Heart: Greatest Hits
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Live in Germany 1993
Next Year:	2011

Best of 3 CD is a compilation album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 2011 by Sony. The album features three CDs including some of her early hit songs, and selections from recent albums Simply Believe (2004), Wings (2005) and Bonnie Tyler Live (2006).

The compilation features three previously unreleased tracks, including a bilingual version of the Bangles' "Eternal Flame" with French singer Laura Zen which became the album's lead single.

Release and promotion

"Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)" was released to commercial radio on 29 August 2011 and reached no. 250 on the French Airplay chart.^[1] Tyler and Zen performed the song on the French TV show Génération 90 broadcast by TF1 on 24 September 2011.^[2] Tyler later appeared on Les Grands du rire for an interview broadcast by France 3 on 10 December 2011.^[3]

Best of 3 CD was first released to digital platforms on 26 September 2011, before receiving a physical release on 3 October 2011.

Critical reception

In an unrated review for AllMusic, Jon O'Brien noted the compilation's "generous 53 tracks" which offer a "comprehensive overview of Welsh rock songstress Bonnie Tyler's impressive 34-year career".^[4]

Commercial performance

Best of 3 CD entered the French Albums chart at no. 36, its peak position, and spent a total of five weeks on the chart.^[5] Best of 3 CD peaked at no. 6 on the French Compilation Albums chart. The compilation also charted in French-speaking Belgian territory Wallonia. It spent three weeks on the Wallonian Ultratop 200 Albums chart, entering at no. 48, its peak position.^[6] The compilation also spent one week on the Wallonia Heatseekers Top 20 Albums at no. 10.

Track listing

Notes

• French adaptation of lyrics
• Pseudonym for Jean Lahcène
• Pseudonym for Olivier Renoir

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[7]	10
French Compilation Albums (SNEP)^[8]	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hamard. Jonathan. Bonnie Tyler est de retour: elle reprend le hit "Eternal Flame". fr. chartsinfrance.net. 9 March 2022. 19 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111019162430/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Bonnie-Tyler/news-75346.html. live.
2. Web site: VIDEO - Génération 90: l’heure est à la nostalgie sur TF1. fr. Premiere. 9 March 2022. 9 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309151619/https://www.premiere.fr/Tele/VIDEO-Generation-90-l-heure-est-a-la-nostalgie-sur-TF1. live.
3. Web site: Programme TV – Les grands du rire. fr. Le Figaro. 9 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309152417/https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/programme/les-grands-du-rire-f6127445. 9 March 2022. live.
4. Web site: O'Brien. Jon. Best of 3CD – Bonnie Tyler. AllMusic. 8 March 2022.
5. Web site: Bonnie Tyler – Albums & Singles – Best of 3 CD. fr. chartsinfrance.net. 9 March 2022. 14 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211214101908/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Bonnie-Tyler/Best-Of-3-CD-a112177356.html. live.
6. Web site: Bonnie Tyler – Best of - 3 CD. Hung Medien. 9 March 2022. 4 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220304132259/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/2b22c/Bonnie-Tyler-Best-of-3-CD. live.
7. Web site: Ultratop.be – Heatseekers Albums – 8 octobre 2011. Hung Medien. fr. 21 February 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190221232624/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/heatseekers-albums/2011/20111008. 21 February 2019.
8. Web site: Le classement Compilations – Semaine du 17/10/2011 au 23/10/2011. SNEP. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111102234214/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-257573-Compilations.html. 2 November 2011.