Faster Than the Speed of Night

Faster Than the Speed of Night
Studio album by Bonnie Tyler
Released	8 April 1983 (United Kingdom)[1] September 1983 (United States)
Recorded	1982
Studio	Power Station, New York City Greene Street, New York City Right Track Studios, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	43:14
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jim Steinman John Jansen
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Goodbye to the Island (1981) Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983) Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986)
Singles from Faster Than the Speed of Night
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Released: 11 February 1983 (UK) "Faster Than the Speed of Night" Released: April 1983 (UK) "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Released: 17 June 1983 "It's a Jungle Out There" Released: July 1983 (Japan)[2] "Straight from the Heart" Released: 11 August 1983 "Take Me Back" Released: November 1983 (US) "Getting So Excited" Released: 27 February 1984 (UK) "Tears" Released: 1984 (Netherlands)

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Faster Than the Speed of Night is the fifth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in Europe on 8 April 1983 and later that year in the US through Columbia Records.

After releasing four albums on RCA, Tyler signed with CBS Records and changed musical direction. Soon after, she began working with Jim Steinman who produced the album and wrote its most successful single "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Faster Than the Speed of Night entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 1, and was certified Silver in the UK, Platinum in the US, and Double Platinum in Canada.