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Goodbye to the Island
Rock · 1981 · 15 tracks · 1h 3m

Goodbye to the Island

A transitional collection of coastal soft rock and piano ballads. Tyler's signature rasp finds a quieter, more wistful home before her pivot to stadium melodrama.

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It's Bonnie Tyler before the lightning strikes, singing heart-heavy ballads at the edge of the sea.

A weary, salt-aired collection of songs about moving on and looking back.

Goodbye to the Island · vs · Bonnie Tyler
Ocean+4.0σ

Ocean saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 1h 3m
01
I'm Just a Woman
5:07
02
I Believe in Your Sweet Love
4:21
04
Get Out of My Head
4:15
05
Sitting On the Edge of the Ocean (Single Version)
2:57
06
Sola a La Orilla Del Mar
3:25
07
I'm Just a Woman (Single Version)
3:50
08
Sitting On the Edge of the Ocean (Alternate Version)
3:31
09
We Danced On the Ceiling
4:53
10
Wild Love
4:37
11
The Closer You Get
3:47
12
Sometimes When We Touch
4:22
13
Goodbye to the Island
3:09
14
Wild Side of Life
3:51
15
A Whiter Shade of Pale
4:27
16
Sitting On the Edge of the Ocean
3:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way her voice cracks with genuine fatigue on the opening lines of I'm Just a Woman
The surprisingly delicate piano bridge in Sitting On the Edge of the Ocean that contrasts her heavy rasp
The slow, organ-led build of A Whiter Shade of Pale that transforms the psychedelic classic into a weary soul ballad
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