Bonnie Tyler - Heart Strings (2002)

Bonnie has recorded plenty of covers in her career but this is her first album devoted exclusively to them. It comprises covers of songs that became UK hits for Bruce Springsteen (Human touch), REM (Everybody hurts), Lonestar (Amazed), Phil Collins (Against all odds take a look at me now), Jennifer Holliday (And I'm telling you I'm not going), Bill Withers (Lean on me - this song later became a bigger UK hit for Mud), Tom Petty (Learning to fly), Richard Marx (Right here waiting), U2 (I still haven't found what I'm looking for), Bonnie Raitt (I can't make you love me), Fleetwood Mac (Need your love so bad) and Roy Orbison (It's over) as well as a Beatles song (In my life) that wasn't released as a UK single. Many of these songs were American hits for the same artists and in some cases they were much bigger hits in America than in Britain.

Recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra as well as several rock musicians, this album is nevertheless fairly mellow for the most part. If anybody was worried that Bonnie was giving up on recording original material, they needn't have worried. Bonnie has returned to recording mainly original material on subsequent albums. Meanwhile, enjoy this album of covers of songs that particulary suits Bonnie's voice and style.