Goodbye to the Island

Goodbye to the Island is the fourth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, issued in January 1981, her final album for RCA Records. Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe wrote the majority of songs for the album, and co-produced the record with Hugh Murphy.

Goodbye to the Island
Studio album by Bonnie Tyler
Released	January 1981
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	Rak Mobile; Startling Studios, Ascot, Berkshire
Genre	Country rock
Length	42:02
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Hugh Murphy Ronnie Scott Steve Wolfe
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Diamond Cut (1979) Goodbye to the Island (1981) Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)
Singles from Goodbye to the Island
"I Believe in Your Sweet Love" Released: October 1979 "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" Released: November 1979 "I'm Just a Woman" Released: 3 October 1980 "Goodbye to the Island" Released: 9 January 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Music critics described the album as "more upbeat" than her previous album Diamond Cut (1979). Goodbye to the Island had the weakest sales of all albums Tyler released through RCA, only charting in Norway at number 38.

Release and promotion

Goodbye to the Island became Tyler’s final album under RCA Records. It was released in January 1981 on vinyl and cassette.^[2][3] In 1991, Castle Communications issued the album on CD with an alternate artwork.^[4] The album was again reissued in 2010 by 7T’s with two bonus tracks.^[5] Goodbye to the Island featured on the 2019 box set The RCA Years released by Cherry Pop with eight bonus tracks.^[6] This version of the album was released digitally in the United States and Canada in 2020.^[7]

Singles

The album's lead single, "I Believe in Your Sweet Love" was released in November 1979. It reached number 138 on the US Record World chart in the following month,^[8] and 27 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart in February 1980.^[9]

Almost a year later, "I'm Just a Woman" was released as the album's second single but it failed to chart.

Tyler won the Grand Prix International prize at the World Popular Song Festival for her performance of "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", which became the album's third single in November 1979.

"Goodbye to the Island" was released shortly before the album as its fourth and final single in January 1981, and it reached no. 54 on the UK Airplay Chart.^[10]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Hugh Murphy, Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, except "I'm Just a Woman" and "We Danced on the Ceiling" produced by Hugh Murphy.

Goodbye to the Island

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Just a Woman"	Ronnie Scott Steve Wolfe	5:08
2.	"We Danced on the Ceiling"	Scott Wolfe	4:58
3.	"Wild Love"	Iain Sutherland	3:51
4.	"The Closer You Get"	Chris Rea	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"	Gary Brooker Keith Reid	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
Total length:			42:02

Personnel

• Bonnie Tyler - vocals
• Garth Watt-Roy, Gary Taylor, Robert Ahwai, Steve Lipson - guitar
• Felix Krish, Kevin Dunne - bass
• Betsy Cook, Mike McNaught - keyboards
• Jeff Allen, Liam Genockey - drums
• Raphael Ravenscroft - saxophone
• Betsy Cook, John Cameron, Mike McNaught, Wil Malone - arrangements

Technical

• Douglas Hopkins, Gregg Jackman, Steve Lipson - engineer
• Andrew Christian - art direction
• Chris Thomson - cover photography

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11]	38

Release history

Country	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Europe	1981	Vinyl	RCA
United States			Chrysalis
Europe	1991	CD	Castle Classics
United Kingdom	2010	CD	7T's
United States, Canada	17 April 2012	Digital download	Rdeg
	2020		Soundbarrier