Goodbye to the Island explained

Goodbye to the Island
Type:Studio album
Artist:Bonnie Tyler
Cover:Goodbye_to_the_Island_Front_Cover.jpg
Released:January 1981
Recorded:1979–1980
Studio:Rak Mobile; Startling Studios, Ascot, Berkshire
Genre:Country rock
Length:42:02
Label:RCA Victor
Prev Title:Diamond Cut
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Faster Than the Speed of Night
Next Year:1983

Goodbye to the Island is the fourth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, issued in January 1981, her final album for RCA Records. Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe wrote the majority of songs for the album, and co-produced the record with Hugh Murphy.

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.

Release and promotion

Goodbye to the Island became Tyler’s final album under RCA Records. It was released in January 1981 on vinyl and cassette.[1] [2] In 1991, Castle Communications issued the album on CD with an alternate artwork.[3] The album was again reissued in 2010 by 7T’s with two bonus tracks.[4] Goodbye to the Island featured on the 2019 box set The RCA Years released by Cherry Pop with eight bonus tracks.[5] This version of the album was released digitally in the United States and Canada in 2020.[6]

Singles

The album's lead single, "I Believe in Your Sweet Love" was released in November 1979. It reached number 138 on the US Record World chart in the following month,[7] and 27 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart in February 1980.[8]

Almost a year later, "I'm Just a Woman" was released as the album's second single but it failed to chart.

Tyler won the Grand Prix International prize at the World Popular Song Festival for her performance of "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", which became the album's third single in November 1979.

"Goodbye to the Island" was released shortly before the album as its fourth and final single in January 1981, and it reached no. 54 on the UK Airplay Chart.[9]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Hugh Murphy, Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, except "I'm Just a Woman" and "We Danced on the Ceiling" produced by Hugh Murphy.

Personnel

Technical

Release history

CountryDateFormat(s)Label
Europe1981VinylRCA
United StatesChrysalis
Europe1991CDCastle Classics
United Kingdom2010CD7T's
United States, Canada17 April 2012Digital downloadRdeg
2020Soundbarrier

Notes and References

  1. Goodbye to the Island. 1981. RCA Records. United Kingdom. LP. RCA LP 5002.
  2. Goodbye to the Island. 1981. RCA Records. United Kingdom. Cassette. RCAK 5002.
  3. Goodbye to the Island. 1991. Castle Legends. Germany. CD. CLC 5027.
  4. Goodbye to the Island. 2010. 7T's Records. United Kingdom. CD. GLAM CD 103.
  5. News: Review: Bonnie Tyler – The RCA Years . John . Earls . . October 2019 . 23 August 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200518134416/https://www.classicpopmag.com/2019/10/review-bonnie-tyler-the-rca-years/ . 18 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Goodbye to the Island – Bonnie Tyler on iTunes. iTunes Store. United States. 23 August 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809074812/https://music.apple.com/us/album/goodbye-to-the-island/1497213714. 9 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Record World Singles . 11 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Adult Contemporary – Volume 32, No. 22, February 23, 1980 . . . 5 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150411195641/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9489&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 . 11 April 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: Airplay Guide 100. Record Business. 14. 3. 42. London, United Kingdom. 28 May 2022.