In Berlin (Bonnie Tyler album)
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| In Berlin | ||||
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| Released | 19 April 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 8 May 2019 | |||
| Venue | Admiralspalast, Berlin | |||
| Length | 79:43 | |||
| Label | earMUSIC | |||
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In Berlin is the third live album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released on 19 April 2024 by earMUSIC. The album was recorded during her concert as part of the Between the Earth and the Stars Live Tour at the Admiralspalast in Berlin on 8 May 2019, with the set list including songs from her albums Natural Force (1978), Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983), Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986), Hide Your Heart (1988), Rocks and Honey (2013), and Between the Earth and the Stars (2019). The album failed to chart worldwide.
Tyler announced plans to release a live album in March 2020.[1] Two concerts from her Between the Earth and the Stars Live Tour were recorded; the 20 May show at L'Olympia in Paris was filmed and released as a concert film through Canal+ in 2020.[2] In Berlin was originally set for release on 5 April 2024,[3] but its release date was delayed by three weeks.[4]
The album was formally announced on 21 March 2024.[5] "Faster Than the Speed of Night" was released as the first single on 22 March 2024.[6] "Let's Go Crazy Tonight" and "Bad for Loving You" followed as the second and third singles on 12 April and 25 July, respectively.[7][8]
Tyler described the release as "bittersweet" because In Berlin was recorded "not long before the pandemic started". She described the concert as "a great show [and] a great night".[9] She later expressed that she felt the audience sounded too quiet in the final mix of the recording.[10]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Spill |   [11] |
Writing for The Spill Magazine, Aaron Badgley commended Tyler's ability to "present herself and her music in a very different light on stage", concluding that In Berlin is "further proof of her incredible ability to touch souls with her songs and voice".[11] musikmag.de described In Berlin as a collection of "well-crafted" rock, pop and blues songs.[12] Hans Korte of pop-himmel.de viewed the album as "an excellent live document that impressively demonstrates [Tyler's] versatility".[13]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Flat on the Floor" | Rocks and Honey | 5:01 | |
| 2. | "Hold On" |
| Between the Earth and the Stars | 4:11 |
| 3. | "It's a Heartache" |
| Natural Force | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Seven Waves Away" |
| Between the Earth and the Stars | 4:50 |
| 5. | "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" | John Fogerty | Faster Than the Speed of Night | 4:41 |
| 6. | "Move" |
| Between the Earth and the Stars | 4:22 |
| 7. | "This Is Gonna Hurt" |
| Rocks and Honey | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Let's Go Crazy Tonight" |
| Between the Earth and the Stars | 4:12 |
| 9. | "Bad for Loving You" | Between the Earth and the Stars | 3:26 | |
| Total length: | 38:19 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Jim Steinman | Faster Than the Speed of Night | 7:37 |
| 2. | "Between the Earth and the Stars" |
| Between the Earth and the Stars | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Faster Than the Speed of Night" | Steinman | Faster Than the Speed of Night | 6:43 |
| 4. | "Turtle Blues" | Janis Joplin | Hide Your Heart | 7:12 |
| 5. | "Slow Walk" | Between the Earth and the Stars | 4:00 | |
| 6. | "The Best" | Hide Your Heart | 4:51 | |
| 7. | "Holding Out for a Hero" |
| Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Older" | Wadge | Between the Earth and the Stars | 3:52 |
| Total length: | 42:04 | |||
