Hide Your Heart (album)

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Hide Your Heart
Hide Your Heart Front Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Bonnie Tyler
Released9 May 1988
Recorded1987–1988 at the Bearsville Studios, New York
GenreRock
Length44:22
LabelColumbia
ProducerDesmond Child
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
(1986) 		Hide Your Heart
(1988) 		Bitterblue
(1991)
Alternative cover
"Notes From America" Cover
"Notes From America" Cover
Singles from Hide Your Heart
  1. "The Best"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Hide Your Heart"
    Released: 9 May 1988
  3. "Save Up All Your Tears"
    Released: 15 August 1988
  4. "Notes from America"
    Released: 23 January 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]

Hide Your Heart (released under the title Notes from America in the United States, Canada and Brazil [2]), is the seventh studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in Europe on 9 May 1988 by CBS, and in the US on 20 September 1988 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded in Woodstock, New York, and produced by Desmond Child.

Unlike Tyler's previous two releases, the album failed to chart on the Billboard 200, but did see success in Europe.

Overview[]

The album features the song "Hide Your Heart" written by Paul Stanley, Desmond Child and Holly Knight. This song was later covered three times in 1989 Ace Frehley's Trouble Walkin', Robin Beck's Trouble Or Nothin', and Molly Hatchet's Lightning Strikes Twice. And performed in 1989 by Paul Stanley with Kiss on their Hot in the Shade album.

The album also features the original versions of the track "Save Up All Your Tears", which would be covered, with a faster arrangement, by Cher on her 1991 album Love Hurts, and "The Best", later covered by Tina Turner. Also included is Bonnie Tyler's power ballad[3] remake of Turner's 1986 B-side "Don't Turn Around" (which was also a #1 UK hit for Aswad in 1988 and an international hit for Ace of Base in 1994), and the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody", also a hit for Michael Bolton and Jimmy Somerville.

Recording[]

Hide Your Heart was recorded at the Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. Desmond Child had received a budget from CBS Records to write and produce three songs for Tyler's next album. Within a few days, they recorded an entire album on that budget. "I begged the musicians to stay overtime," Child recalled in a 2013 interview.

Bass guitarist Seth Glassman and lead guitarist John McCurry swapped instruments to record "Turtle Blues", which was not planned to feature on the album. The song was recorded at 2 a.m. after a jamming session. McCurry overdubbed the guitar solo after the song was recorded. "Turtle Blues" was originally written and recorded by Janis Joplin for her 1968 album Cheap Thrills with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Tyler recorded her vocals in the same booth as Joplin's original version.

Additional recording took place at The Hit Factory and Right Track in New York City.

Critical reception[]

Hide Your Heart received generally positive reviews from music critics. It was listed as an Album of the Week in Music & Media,[4] who wrote "with her powerful, raucous voice, the British rock singer delivers a pleasant album full of hook-heavy material, pompous build-ups and dramatic grooves."[4] Mario Tarradell of The Miami News described Tyler as "revitalized" after her work with Jim Steinman. He noted Tyler's cover of Janis Joplin's song "Turtle Blues" as the album highlight, stating, "Tyler captures the jazzy raspiness and riveting intensity characteristic of Joplin's style and adds her own theatrics to create an impressive homage to the late singer." Tarradell added that Tyler "isn't always blessed with the best material and has been a victim of a roller-coaster career," but described the album as an "impressive return" to rock music.[5] Curt Anderson of Bangor Daily News agreed that "Turtle Blues" is the album highlight, and "stands head and shoulders above the rest [of the tracks]." He also opined that Tyler's cover of "To Love Somebody" is "better than the original." He did argue, however, that the album is over-produced, saying that the core of "Don't Turn Around" gets "lost in a tidal wave of sound" as the choir enters. He concluded, saying that the track "Notes from America" sounds "like much of the commercial rock 'n' roll on the radio," and that "it's a shame [Tyler] isn't singing more memorable music."[6]

Single releases[]

Tyler's first single from the album was "The Best", which was the best performing single, reaching #10 in Norway[7] and Portugal, #20 in Spain and #95 in the UK.[8] Other singles included "Hide Your Heart", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Don't Turn Around", and the U.S. title track "Notes From America".

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Notes from America"
4:54
2."Hide Your Heart"
4:25
3."Don't Turn Around"
4:18
4."Save Up All Your Tears"
  • Child
  • Warren
4:24
5."To Love Somebody"
5:49
6."Take Another Look at Your Heart"
3:47
7."The Best"
4:16
8."Shy with You"Seidman3:40
9."Streets of Little Italy"Seidman4:37
10."Turtle Blues"Janis Joplin4:12
Total length:44:22

Personnel[]

  • Louis Cortelezzi, Lawrence Feldman - saxophone
  • Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
  • Keith O'Quinn - trombone
  • Ralph Schuckett - conductor, horn arrangements
  • Chuck Kentis - organ, synthesizer
  • Holly Knight - keyboards
  • Gregg Mangiafico, Bette Sussman - piano
  • Tony Levin, John Regan, John McCurry, Seth Glassman - bass guitar
  • John McCurry - guitar
  • Seth Glassman - rhythm guitar
  • Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion
  • Elaine Caswell, Desmond Child, Diana Grasselli, Jerry Marotta, Louis Merlino, Steve Savitt, Joe Lynn Turner, Myriam Naomi Valle - choir, chorus
  • Patricia Darcy, Patty d'Arcy, Janice Payson, Al Scotti, Bernie Shanahan, Melanie Williams - other vocals
  • Joe Shepley, Joseph J. Shepley - trumpet

Production[]

  • Engineers - Sir Arthur Payson, Chris Isca
  • Assistant Engineer - Chris Isca, Thom Cadley, George Cowan, Jay Healey, Chris Laidlaw, Danny Mormando
  • Mixing - Bob Rock, David Thoener
  • Mastering - George Marino
  • Illustrations - Audrey Bernstein
  • Design - Steve Byram
  • Photography - John Swannell

Charts[]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Albums (RPM)[9] 91
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[10] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 64
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 13
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 78

Tour[]

Main article: Hide Your Heart Tour

References[]

  1. ^ " Bonnie Tyler Notes from America". AllMusic review by Tomas Mureika
  2. ^ "Notes From America". Diário do Pará. 3 August 1988. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Bonnie Tyler's Raspy Voice Lent Heft to Some Classic '80s Songs".
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Album of the Week – Music & Media" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ^ Tarradell, Mario (20 October 1988). "Bonnie Tyler proves she can rock". The Miami News. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ^ Anderson, Curt (6 January 1989). "Tyler's great voice buried in production". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. ^ Norwegian Charts Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ U.K. Charts Archived 2007-07-18 at WebCite
  9. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 12 November 1988. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  10. ^ "European Top 100 Albums – July 2, 1988" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9 no. 10. 7 March 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Bonnie Tyler – Hide Your Heart". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  12. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Hide Your Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Hide Your Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Hide Your Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Bonnie Tyler | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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