Double CD of RCA music

This collection focuses on Bonnie's music from 1976 to 1981 therefore does not include her later hits such as Total eclipse of the heart. However, there is much to like about Bonnie's early music despite the paucity of hits.



Bonnie recorded four albums for RCA plus a few other tracks making the total number of tracks available for selection somewhere between 40 and 50. With 36 tracks, this collection doesn't miss out much although it omits My guns are loaded, which the compiler of the line notes describes as lacklustre. I disagree with him but that song (and some of the other tracks omitted from this collection) can be found elsewhere.



Bonnie had four UK hits during her time with RCA. Her first three singles (Lost in France, More than a lover, It's a heartache) all charted, two of them making the top ten, and it seemed that Bonnie was set for a long run of success. Unfortunately, her next seven singles all missed the charts before her last RCA single (World is full of married man) became a top forty hit. People may argue about the reasons for that run of seven misses but the main reason would seem to be changing musical trends. Some of those seven singles were brilliant, especially Louisiana rain (a cover of a Tom Petty song), which is one of my favorite Bonnie songs.



The four hits and Louisiana rain are all here, together with many other great songs. Many of them are original songs but the set also includes excellent covers of Piece of my heart, Yesterday dreams, Living for the city, You make me feel like a natural woman, Sometimes when we touch and Whiter shade of pale.



This is the most generous compilation of Bonnie's RCA music I have yet seen but although it is now apparently out of print, the music continues to be re-packaged and re-issued at regular intervals.

It's okay

A nice set, but missing Total Eclipse of the Heart.