Best of 3 CD

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Best of 3 CD

| type = Compilation album

| artist = Bonnie Tyler

| cover = Bonnie_Tyler_Best_Of_3_CD.jpg

| alt =

| released = 26 September 2011

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 03:35:17

| label = Sony

| producer =

| prev_title = From the Heart: Greatest Hits

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Live in Germany 1993

| next_year = 2011

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Best of 3 CD

| type = studio

| single1 = Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)

| single1date = 29 August 2011

}}

}}

Best of 3 CD is a compilation album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 2011 by Sony. The album features three CDs including some of her early hit songs, and selections from recent albums Simply Believe (2004), Wings (2005) and Bonnie Tyler Live (2006).

The compilation features three previously unreleased tracks, including a bilingual version of the Bangles' "Eternal Flame" with French singer Laura Zen which became the album's lead single.

Release and promotion

"Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)" was released to commercial radio on 29 August 2011 and reached no. 250 on the French Airplay chart.{{cite web|last=Hamard|first=Jonathan|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Bonnie-Tyler/news-75346.html|title=Bonnie Tyler est de retour: elle reprend le hit "Eternal Flame"|language=fr|website=chartsinfrance.net|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-date=19 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019162430/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Bonnie-Tyler/news-75346.html|url-status=live}} Tyler and Zen performed the song on the French TV show Génération 90 broadcast by TF1 on 24 September 2011.{{cite web|title=VIDEO - Génération 90: l’heure est à la nostalgie sur TF1|url=https://www.premiere.fr/Tele/VIDEO-Generation-90-l-heure-est-a-la-nostalgie-sur-TF1|language=fr|work=Premiere|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309151619/https://www.premiere.fr/Tele/VIDEO-Generation-90-l-heure-est-a-la-nostalgie-sur-TF1|url-status=live}} Tyler later appeared on Les Grands du rire for an interview broadcast by France 3 on 10 December 2011.{{cite web|url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/programme/les-grands-du-rire-f6127445|title=Programme TV – Les grands du rire|language=fr|work=Le Figaro|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309152417/https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/programme/les-grands-du-rire-f6127445|archive-date=9 March 2022|url-status=live}}

Best of 3 CD was first released to digital platforms on 26 September 2011, before receiving a physical release on 3 October 2011.

Critical reception

In an unrated review for AllMusic, Jon O'Brien noted the compilation's "generous 53 tracks" which offer a "comprehensive overview of Welsh rock songstress Bonnie Tyler's impressive 34-year career".{{cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Jon|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-of-3cd-mw0002252985?1646726863125|title=Best of 3CD – Bonnie Tyler|website=AllMusic|access-date=8 March 2022}}

Commercial performance

Best of 3 CD entered the French Albums chart at no. 36, its peak position, and spent a total of five weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Bonnie-Tyler/Best-Of-3-CD-a112177356.html|title=Bonnie Tyler – Albums & Singles – Best of 3 CD|language=fr|website=chartsinfrance.net|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214101908/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Bonnie-Tyler/Best-Of-3-CD-a112177356.html|url-status=live}} Best of 3 CD peaked at no. 6 on the French Compilation Albums chart. The compilation also charted in French-speaking Belgian territory Wallonia. It spent three weeks on the Wallonian Ultratop 200 Albums chart, entering at no. 48, its peak position.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/2b22c/Bonnie-Tyler-Best-Of-3-CD|title=Bonnie Tyler – Best of - 3 CD|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304132259/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/2b22c/Bonnie-Tyler-Best-of-3-CD|url-status=live}} The compilation also spent one week on the Wallonia Heatseekers Top 20 Albums at no. 10.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 1

| total_length =

| title1 = Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)

| note1 = with Laura Zen

| writer1 = {{flat list|

}}

| length1 = 3:25

| title2 = Total Eclipse of the Heart

| note2 = Single Version

| writer2 = Jim Steinman

| length2 = 4:29

| title3 = It's a Heartache

| note3 = 2005 Version

| writer3 = {{flat list|

}}

| length3 = 3:21

| title4 = Loving You's a Dirty Job (but Somebody's Gotta Do It)

| note4 = with Todd Rundgren

| writer4 = Steinman

| length4 = 7:51

| title5 = Crying in Berlin

| writer5 = {{flat list|

}}

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Louise

| writer6 = {{flat list|

  • Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:42

| title7 = Driving Me Crazy

| writer7 = {{flat list|

  • Karen Drotar
  • Tyler
  • Erick Stezycki
  • St James II{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length7 = 3:11

| title8 = The Best

| writer8 = {{flat list|

}}

| length8 = 4:18

| title9 = Lost in France

| note9 = Live

| writer9 = {{flat list|

  • Scott
  • Wolfe

}}

| length9 = 4:13

| title10 = Wings

| writer10 = {{flat list|

  • Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Olivier Renoir
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length10 = 4:07

| title11 = All I Need Is Love

| writer11 = Stuart Emerson

| length11 = 4:46

| title12 = I'll Stand by You

| note12 = with Lorraine Crosby

| writer12 = Emerson

| length12 = 4:17

| title13 = Time

| writer13 = {{flat list|

  • Paul Hopkins
  • Tyler

}}

| length13 = 3:39

| title14 = Don't Turn Around

| writer14 = {{flat list|

}}

| length14 = 4:16

| title15 = Take Me Back

| writer15 = Billy Cross

| length15 = 5:23

| title16 = Stand Up

| writer16 = {{flat list|

  • Arnaud de Rozenblat
  • Y. Shah
  • Tyler
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length16 = 3:33

| title17 = Open Your Eyes

| note17 = Re-recording

| writer17 = {{flat list|

  • Tyler
  • John Stage
  • Bethanee Bishop
  • Oliver Fox{{ref|c|[c]}}

}}

| length17 = 3:51

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 2

| total_length =

| title1 = Holding Out for a Hero

| note1 = Re-recording

| writer1 = {{flat list|

}}

| length1 = 3:43

| title2 = Here She Comes

| note2 = Re-recording

| writer2 = {{flat list|

}}

| length2 = 3:15

| title3 = If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)

| note3 = Re-recording

| writer3 = Desmond Child

| length3 = 3:50

| title4 = Run Run Run

| writer4 = {{flat list|

  • Karen Drotar
  • Bonnie Tyler
  • Serge Haouzi
  • John Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length4 = 3:31

| title5 = Hold Out Your Heart

| writer5 = {{flat list|

  • Paul D. Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length5 = 3:46

| title6 = Under One Sky

| writer6 = {{flat list|

  • Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • James Lahcène{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:27

| title7 = A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)

| note7 = with Shakin' Stevens

| writer7 = {{flat list|

}}

| length7 = 2:52

| title8 = Hide Your Heart

| writer8 = {{flat list|

}}

| length8 = 4:24

| title9 = I Want You

| note9 = Re-recording

| writer9 = {{flat list|

  • Tyler
  • John Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}
  • Bethanee Bishop
  • Oliver Fox{{ref|c|[c]}}

}}

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = Straight from the Heart

| writer10 = {{flat list|

}}

| length10 = 3:42

| title11 = It's Not Enough

| writer11 = {{flat list|

}}

| length11 = 5:12

| title12 = Simply Believe

| note12 = Re-recording

| writer12 = {{flat list|

  • Tyler
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}
  • Bishop
  • Fox{{ref|c|[c]}}

}}

| length12 = 4:38

| title13 = I Won't Look Back

| writer13 = {{flat list|

  • Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Lahcène{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length13 = 3:39

| title14 = Gonna Get Better

| writer14 = {{flat list|

  • Hopkins
  • Tyler

}}

| length14 = 3:28

| title15 = Streets of Stone

| writer15 = {{flat list|

  • Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length15 = 3:30

| title16 = Total Eclipse of the Heart

| note16 = 2005 Version

| writer16 = Steinman

| length16 = 3:53

| title17 = Celebrate

| writer17 = {{flat list|

  • Drotar
  • Tyler
  • Haouzi
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length17 = 3:00

| title18 = Band of Gold

| writer18 = {{flat list|

}}

| length18 = 5:28

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 3

| total_length =

| title1 = Si demain... (Turn Around)

| note1 = with Fanny Llado

| writer1 = {{flat list|

}}

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

| writer2 = John Fogerty

| length2 = 4:08

| title3 = Notes from America

| writer3 = {{flat list|

}}

| length3 = 4:55

| title4 = Simply Believe

| note4 = Live

| writer4 = {{flat list|

  • Bonnie Tyler
  • John Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}
  • Bethanee Bishop
  • Oliver Fox{{ref|c|[c]}}

}}

| length4 = 4:38

| title5 = Save Up All Your Tears

| writer5 = {{flat list|

}}

| length5 = 4:25

| title6 = To Love Somebody

| writer6 = {{flat list|

}}

| length6 = 5:47

| title7 = No Way to Treat a Lady

| writer7 = {{flat list|

}}

| length7 = 5:21

| title8 = Crying in Berlin

| note8 = Live

| writer8 = {{flat list|

  • Paul D. Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length8 = 3:49

| title9 = Run Run Run

| note9 = Live

| writer9 = {{flat list|

  • Karen Drotar
  • Tyler
  • Serge Haouzi
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length9 = 3:31

| title10 = Driving Me Crazy

| note10 = Live

| writer10 = {{flat list|

  • Drotar
  • Tyler
  • Erick Stezycki
  • St James II{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length10 = 3:25

| title11 = Lovers Again

| writer11 = Child

| length11 = 4:37

| title12 = Turtle Blues

| writer12 = Janis Joplin

| length12 = 4:14

| title13 = Il Est Mon Homme

| writer13 = {{flat list|

  • Fitzgerald
  • Tyler
  • Jean Lahcène{{ref|a|[a]}}{{ref|b|[b]}}
  • Julien Billon-Feller{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length13 = 4:14

| title14 = Chante Avec Moi

| writer14 = {{flat list|

  • Tyler
  • Drotar
  • Stage{{ref|b|[b]}}
  • Haouzi

}}

| length14 = 2:56

| title15 = It's a Heartache

| note15 = Live

| writer15 = {{flat list|

}}

| length15 = 5:05

| title16 = Holding Out for a Hero

| note16 = Live

| writer16 = {{flat list|

  • Steinman
  • Dean Pitchford

}}

| length16 = 3:48

| title17 = If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)

| note17 = Live

| writer17 = Child

| length17 = 4:26

| title18 = Here She Comes

| note18 = Live

| writer18 = {{flat list|

}}

| length18 = 3:34

}}

=Notes=

  • {{small|{{note|a|a}}}} French adaptation of lyrics
  • {{small|{{note|b|b}}}} Pseudonym for Jean Lahcène
  • {{small|{{note|c|c}}}} Pseudonym for Olivier Renoir

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2011)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Wallonia|48|artist=Bonnie Tyler|album=Best of - 3 CD|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 February 2019}}
scope="row"|Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/heatseekers-albums/2011/20111008|title=Ultratop.be – Heatseekers Albums – 8 octobre 2011|publisher=Hung Medien|language=fr|access-date=21 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221232624/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/heatseekers-albums/2011/20111008|archive-date=21 February 2019}}

|align="center"|10

{{album chart|France|36|artist=Bonnie Tyler|album=Best of - 3 CD|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 February 2019}}
scope="row"|French Compilation Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-257573-Compilations.html|title=Le classement Compilations – Semaine du 17/10/2011 au 23/10/2011|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102234214/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-257573-Compilations.html|archive-date=2 November 2011}}

|align="center"|6

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