Bonnie Tyler - Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986)

Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire is the sixth studio album by Bonnie Tyler. Released in 1986 peaked at no.24 on the UK album chart and no.106 in the US, though the album gained success in continental Europe.


Label: Pirate label

Band:

Lead Vocals: Bonnie Tyler
Guitars (Tracks 1-8): Sid McGinnis
Guitars (Tracks 3, 5, 6): Eddie Martinez
Guitars (Tracks 8-9): Hiram Bullock
Bass: Steve Buslowe
Piano and Synthesizers: Roy Bittan
Piano, Synthesizers and Linn Drums (Track 9): Sterling Smith
Synthesizers and Programming (Tracks 1-8): Larry Fast
Synthesizers and Programming (Track 9): Phil Shenale
Saxophone (Track 2): Lenny Pickett
Horns (Track 9): Tom Malone, Michael Brecker, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff, Jim Pugh, Dave Taylor
Drums (Tracks 4-5, 8): Max Weinberg
Drums (Tracks 1-3, 5-6): Jimmy Bralower
Simmons and Linn Drums (Track 9): Art Wood
Additional Drum Programming (Track 6): Joe Stefko
Additional Lead Vocals (Track 6), Backing Vocals: Todd Rundgren
Backing Vocals: Tawatha Agee (Track 1), Rory Dodd, Curtis King (Track 1), Cindy Mizelli (Track 1), Holly Sherwood (Tracks 7-9), Eric Troyer

Tracklist:

"Ravishing" – 6:24 (Jim Steinman)
"If You Were a Woman and I Was a Man" – 5:15 (Desmond Child)
"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (Duet with Todd Rundgren) – 7:47 (Jim Steinman)
"No Way to Treat a Lady" – 5:17 (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance)
"Band of Gold" – 5:49 (Edyth Wayne, Ronald Dunbar)
"Rebel Without a Clue" – 8:35 (Jim Steinman)
"Lovers Again" – 4:32 (Desmond Child)
"Before This Night Is Through" – 5:21 (Beppe Cantarelli, Adrienne Anderson)
"Holding Out for a Hero" – 5:48 (Jim Steinman, Dean Pitchford)