Faster Than the Speed of Night

The album contains six dramatically re-worked cover songs, produced in the model of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound,{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Dick |title=Bonnie Tyler aims for 'total eclipse' of charts |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19830920&id=CWZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6160,2695215 |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The Times-News |date=20 September 1983}} including the Creedence Clearwater Revival hit "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?".{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/faster-than-the-speed-of-night-mw0000196124 | title = Faster Than The Speed Of Night | access-date = 2012-06-10 | last = Guarisco | first = Donald | work = allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corp.}} "Goin' Through the Motions" is a cover of the song by Blue Öyster Cult from their 1977 album Spectres,{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/spectres-r30969/review | title = Blue Öyster Cult Spectres review | access-date = 2012-02-10 | last = Jurek | first = Thom | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}} while "Straight from the Heart" was the break-out Top 10 hit for Canadian rock singer/songwriter Bryan Adams from his platinum album Cuts Like a Knife. "Getting So Excited" was a cover of a song by British singer Lee Kosmin (with a short spoken interlude recited by Steinman inserted after the second verse: "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that").{{cite web |last1=Everley |first1=Dave |title=The story behind Meat Loaf's I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-meat-loafs-id-do-anything-for-love-but-i-wont-do-that |website=Classic Rock |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=en |date=26 January 2022}} Another song, "Tears", was originally written and performed by Frankie Miller for his 1980 album Easy Money; for this album, Tyler performed the song as a duet with Miller.{{cite web |title=Tears - Frankie Miller |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/tears-mt0004284511 |website=AllMusic |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=en}} The sixth single, "Take Me Back", was written by Billy Cross and originally released by the Delta Cross Band in their 1981 album titled Up Front.

The album also includes three original songs produced in the same manner, two of which were written and composed by Steinman himself: the title track and the international No. 1 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Additionally, this contains the initial recording of "It's a Jungle Out There", written by Dennis Polen, Paul Pilger, and William Moloney, which was picked up and re-recorded (in a shorter version) by the band Three Dog Night for their 1983 EP It's a Jungle.

{{Track listing

| headline = Original LP and cassette track listing

| title1 = Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

| writer1 = John Fogerty

| length1 = 4:08

| title2 = Faster Than the Speed of Night

| writer2 = Jim Steinman

| length2 = 6:44

| title3 = Getting So Excited

| writer3 = Alan Gruner

| length3 = 3:33

| title4 = Total Eclipse of the Heart

| writer4 = Steinman

| length4 = 6:57

| title5 = It's a Jungle Out There

| writer5 = {{flat list|

• Dennis Polen
• Paul Pilger
• William Moloney}}

| length5 = 4:39

| writer6 = {{flat list|

• Ian Hunter
• Eric Bloom

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| title6 = Goin' Through the Motions

| length6 = 4:09

| title7 = Tears

| note7 = with Frankie Miller

| writer7 = Frankie Miller

| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = Take Me Back

| writer8 = Billy Cross

| length8 = 5:24

| title9 = Straight from the Heart

| writer9 = {{flat list|

• Bryan Adams
• Eric Kagna

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| length9 = 3:42

| total_length = 43:14

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• Bonnie Tyler – lead & backing vocals
• Roy Bittan – piano, organ on track 8
• Larry Fast – synthesizers
• Rick Derringer – guitars
• Steve Buslowe – bass
• Max Weinberg – drums
• Jimmy Maelen – percussion
• Eric Troyer – backing vocals
• Holly Sherwood – backing vocals on track 4
• Rory Dodd – backing vocals, vocal on track 4

• Paul Shaffer – organ (also organ on track 7)
• Hiram Bullock – guitars
• Will Lee – bass
• Steve Jordan – drums
• Jimmy Maelen – percussion

• Dave LeBolt – additional synthesizer on track 1
• Steve Margoshes – all keyboards on track 2
• Holly Sherwood – backing vocals & wailing on track 2
• Martin Briley – additional guitars on track 2
• Stephanie Black, Erika Katz, Brian Pew, Edward Skylar, Tristine Skylar, David Varga – children's chorus on track 6
• Frankie Miller – male vocal on track 7

• Produced & directed by Jim Steinman; associate producer: John Jansen
• Arranged by Roy Bittan & Jim Steinman, except track 2 (arranged by Steve Margoshes & Jim Steinman)
• Recording engineers: Neil Dorfsman (basic track recording), Rod Hui; chief recording engineer: John Jansen
• Additional recording by Frank Filipetti & Scott Litt
• Recorded at The Power Station, Greene Street Studio, Right Track Studios
• Mixed by Neil Dorfsman, John Jansen & Jim Steinman, except track 2 (mixed by John Jansen, Scott Litt & Jim Steinman)
• Mixed at The Power Station
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

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