Goodbye to the Island is the fourth album by Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh singer, most notable for her hits in the 1970s and 1980s including "It's a Heartache", "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart".-Early life:...

 released in 1981. The track "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" was the Grand Prix winner of the Yamaha Music Festival

Yamaha Music Festival

The World Popular Song Festival, also known as Yamaha Music Festival and unofficially as the "Oriental Eurovision", was an international song contest held in 1970-1989. It was organised by the Yamaha Music Foundation in Tokyo, Japan from 1970 until 1989...

 held in Japan in 1979.

Track listing

1. "I'm Just a Woman" (Ronnie Scott
   Ronnie Scott (songwriter)
   Ronnie Scott was a British pop music promoter, group manager and songwriter; known primarily for hit songs co-written with Marty Wilde in the 1960s, and Steve Wolfe in the 1970s.-With Marty Wilde:...
   
   , Steve Wolfe) – 5:08
2. "We Danced on the Ceiling" (Scott, Wolfe) – 4:58
3. "Wild Love" (Scott, Wolfe) – 4:37
4. "The Closer You Get" (Chris Rea
   Chris Rea
   Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...
   
   ) – 3:51
5. "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) – 4:19
6. "Goodbye to the Island" (Scott, Wolfe) – 3:13
7. "Wild Side of Life" (Arlie Carter, William Warren) – 3:46
8. "A Whiter Shade of Pale
   A Whiter Shade of Pale
   "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well...
   
   " (Gary Brooker
   Gary Brooker
   Gary Brooker, MBE, is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and founder of the rock band Procol Harum. Brooker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours on 14 June 2003, in recognition of his charitable services.-Early life:Brooker was born in...
   
   , Keith Reid
   Keith Reid
   Keith Reid is a songwriter who wrote the lyrics of every Procol Harum song that is not a cover...
   
   ) – 4:29
9. "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" (Scott, Wolfe) – 3:19
10. "I Believe in Your Sweet Love" (Scott, Wolfe) – 4:22
11. "Come On, Give My Lovin'" - Bonustrack on the 2009 remastered album release.
12. "Get Out Of My Head" - Bonustrack on the 2009 remastered album release.
13. "I Believe In Your Sweet Love" (Single Version) - Bonustrack on the 2009 remastered album release.

Album

The only area where the album made a considerable ranking was in Norway, where the album reached #38 on the charts.

Singles

Goodbye to the Island was, from a singles standpoint, the worst-performing Bonnie Tyler album to date. Her singles included , I'm Just a Woman, and the title track Goodbye to the Island. None of the singles charted.

Charts

• I Believe in Your Sweet Love

Canada

Canada

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 RPM Adult Comtemporary #28

Spain

Spain

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• Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean (the winner of the 1979 Yamaha World Song Festival)

Spain

Spain

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