Rocks and Honey

File:Bonnie Tyler Live Ingolstadt 2March2013.jpg, Germany, on March 2, 2013 during the "Rock Meets Classic" 2013 Tour.]]

Plans for the release of Rocks and Honey date back to as early as 2008, where an interview with Tyler was published in a Turkish newspaper precessing a concert in Northern Cyprus. She announced that she would be working with Jim Steinman for her new album and was aiming for a release in summer 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=146223|title=Bonnie Tyler warming up for comeback album in 2009|newspaper=Today's Zaman|access-date=5 April 2013|date=1 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112165649/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=146223|archive-date=12 November 2013}} Due to health reasons, Steinman did not end up working on the album. Then in September 2008, Tyler was interviewed on an internet radio show called The Bat Segundo Show, where she stated that she had recorded demos for several tracks and had approached Bryan Adams to do a duet for the album, but he said that it was "not the right time".{{cite web|last=Champion|first=Edward|url=http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-bonnie-tyler/|title=The Bat Segundo Show: Bonnie Tyler|publisher=The Bat Segundo Show|date=12 September 2008|access-date=5 April 2013}}

During a 2010 interview in New Zealand when preparing to perform at a charity concert, Tyler stated that she had recorded six tracks for the album, expecting a release at some point in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/bonnie-tyler-does-her-bit-kiwi-kids-charity-3890126/|title=Bonnie Tyler does her bit for Kiwi kids' charity|publisher=Television New Zealand|access-date=14 June 2013|date=11 November 2010}} In years leading up to the album's release, Tyler has performed new songs such as "You Are The One", "Don't Tell Me It's Over Now", "It's My Name", and "Is That Thing Loaded?". However, none of these songs were added to the album, despite Tyler announcing during various concerts that they had been recorded, or were due to be recorded for it. "Under One Sky" was also due to be released on the new album, but was instead released on Tyler's 2011 compilation album, Best of 3 CD. During an interview while promoting the album in the UK, she said that it was a possibility that "Is That Thing Loaded?" may be included on a future album.{{cite web|last=Good|first=Jo|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXOh50GVYo|title=BBC London 94.9 - Jo Good, Bonnie Tyler|publisher=BBC Radio|access-date=29 May 2013|date=24 April 2013}}

File:Bonnie Tyler Würzburg2013.jpg, Germany, on March 10, 2013 during the "Rock Meets Classic" 2013 Tour.]]

On 22 February 2012, Desmond Child announced on his Twitter account that Tyler had been recording some of his songs in Nashville with David Huff as producer.[https://twitter.com/DesmondChild/status/172478658664087552 Desmond Child tweet], 4:31 PM, 22 February 2012.[https://twitter.com/DesmondChild/status/172479114945626113 Desmond Child tweet], 4:33 PM, 22 February 2012. An update about news of the new album was posted on Tyler's old website on 13 February 2012, where it was announced that Tyler had been recording in Nashville. News of a demo recording of "What You Need From Me" was added on 16 April 2012, where it also said that she had visited Los Angeles to help with the mixing of some tracks. Tyler made the title of the album public during an interview in Norway in July later that year.{{cite web|last=Glans|first=Mari|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=10058921|title=Helt greit om publikum er fulle|publisher=VG|access-date=10 May 2013|date=8 July 2012}}

Between the release of Rocks and Honey and Wings in 2005, Tyler had released a number of compilations including Best Of 3 CD with Stick Music, her previous record company. ZYX Music, the first record company to release Rocks and Honey, first signed Tyler in 2011 and released Live in Germany 1993, a CD and DVD.

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"What You Need From Me" was written by Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander and a demo was played to Tyler when visiting a publishing company in Nashville in 2011. After hearing the song she approached Vince Gill to record the track as a duet. After recording the song, Tyler stated that someone compared her and Gill's voices to a combination of rocks and honey, which led Tyler to name the album "Rocks and Honey".{{cite web|last=Bence|first=Inkei|url=http://www.quart.hu/quart/interju/komment/20120824-bonnie-tyler-interju-unique-fesztival.html?SYSref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quart.hu%2Fquart%2Finterju%2F20120824-bonnie-tyler-interju-unique-fesztival.html&cmnt_page=1|title=Sziklák és méz - Bonnie Tyler a Quartnak|publisher=Quart|access-date=9 February 2013}} American singer-songwriters Melissa Bollea and Bill DiLuigi wrote a song with the same title for Tyler, though she had already finalised the naming of the album and turned down the song.{{YouTube|CmE8dBywmO4|Melissa Bollea at the Bluebird Cafe - "Rocks and Honey"}}. Retrieved 19 March 2013

The majority of songs were recorded in various studios in Tennessee between February and May 2012.Celtic Swan Recordings, Rocks and Honey (Bonnie Tyler) CD booklet, p. 6. Tyler has already stated that she has enough remaining material from Nashville-based publishers for a seventeenth studio album.{{cite web|last=Norton|first=Graham|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rcfgm|title=Graham Norton: Bonnie Tyler and Alison Moyet|publisher=BBC Radio 2|access-date=19 March 2013}}

Two songs were written by Desmond Child. This was the first time Tyler had worked with Child since 1988, on her Hide Your Heart album. All thirteen tracks were newly recorded by Tyler, with the inclusion of two covers; "Flat on the Floor" was originally recorded by Carrie Underwood on her 2007 album Carnival Ride, and "All I Ever Wanted" was first recorded by Beau Davidson in 2010.

While Tyler and her manager were living in Nashville, they visited the Bluebird Cafe on a songwriters' evening where she first discovered some tracks that would be included on Rocks and Honey.

{{blockquote| "You have to queue up to get in there, it was like a tiny little house, and all these songwriters sit around a table with their guitars and they all sing their original material. This is where I heard one of the songwriters on the album - I do a song on there called "Mom", it's all about a baby talking to God before it's born. - I heard this singer there, and he was just amazing. There's so much talent there, it's just fabulous. I want to do another album there before the end of my career."{{cite web|last=MacAuley|first=Fred|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018pq3m|title=Bonnie Tyler: Celebrity Interview|publisher=BBC Radio|access-date=8 June 2013|date=7 May 2013}}

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Tyler announced Rocks and Honey on 2 August 2012 during an interview with Roy Noble on his BBC Radio Wales show. Her appearance coincided with the worldwide premiere of "What You Need from Me" on radio. Tyler performed "All I Ever Wanted" on Willkommen 2013, a televised New Year's Eve concert broadcast by ZDF.{{cite web|url=http://willkommen2013.zdf.de/Willkommen-2013/Willkommen-2013-25718698.html|title=Willkommen 2013|work=ZDF|language=de|date=31 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231174041/http://willkommen2013.zdf.de/Willkommen-2013/Willkommen-2013-25718698.html|archive-date=31 December 2012|url-status=dead}} She performed the track again on Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel in February 2013.{{cite web|url=http://carmennebel.zdf.de/ZDF/zdfportal/programdata/f5d78edf-35fd-3433-b034-50c475a4aa19/20124954|title=Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel|work=ZDF|language=de|date=16 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216114055/http://carmennebel.zdf.de/ZDF/zdfportal/programdata/f5d78edf-35fd-3433-b034-50c475a4aa19/20124954|archive-date=16 February 2013|url-status=dead}}

Between February and March 2013, Tyler performed as a guest artist during the Rock Meets Classic tour in Germany. Her debut performance of "Believe in Me", backed by a rock band and a full orchestra, took place at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin on 18 February.{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/rock-meets-classic-official-2013-tour-photo-gallery-updated|title=Rock Meets Classic - Official 2013 Tour Photo Gallery Updated|date=4 March 2013|access-date=11 July 2023|work=bravewords.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711193024/https://bravewords.com/news/rock-meets-classic-official-2013-tour-photo-gallery-updated|archive-date=11 July 2023|url-status=live}}

Tyler stated that Rocks and Honey was originally planned for release in October 2012. However, after the BBC approached her about entering the Eurovision Song Contest with the track "Believe in Me", its release was moved to March 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s9kxg|title=The Graham Norton Show, Season 13 Episode 5|publisher=BBC One|access-date=8 June 2013}} The album received a staggered release, through multiple record labels, in a span of three months from March to May 2013.

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"Believe in Me" was announced as the UK's Eurovision entry on 7 March 2013. It became available for download in the UK on 13 March, and a European maxi CD followed on 15 March.{{cite web|url=http://www.grooves-inc.com/tyler-bonnie-believe-zyx-music-cd-maxi-single-pZZa1-1897988748.html|title=Believe In Me (Maxi CD)|publisher=ZYX Music|access-date=4 March 2013}} On 28 March, Radio 2 listed "Believe in Me" as their Record of the Week.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/music-events/playlist|title=Radio 2 Playlist|work=BBC Radio 2|date=28 March 2013|access-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328233213/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/music-events/playlist/|archive-date=28 March 2013|url-status=dead}} Music Week reported that "Believe in Me" was the most-played track on Radio 2 in the week before Eurovision,{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=24 May 2013|page=32|title=UK Airplay Analysis|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2013/2013-05-25-Music-Week.pdf|access-date=29 May 2023|magazine=Music Week|via=World Radio History}} and the second most played track in the second quarter of the year.{{cite magazine|date=17 August 2013|page=14|title=Business Analysis – UK Airplay – Radio 2 Focus|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2013/2013-08-17-Music-Week.pdf|access-date=29 May 2023|magazine=Music Week|via=World Radio History}}

Tyler indicated that "Sunshine" and "All I Ever Wanted" were likely to follow as the next two singles.{{cite news|last=Atherton|first=Sophie|title=Exclusive interview with Bonnie Tyler|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/exclusive-interview-with-bonnie-tyler-287788.html|work=femalefirst.co.uk|date=10 April 2013|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515114126/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/exclusive-interview-with-bonnie-tyler-287788.html|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=live}} However, in July 2013, "This Is Gonna Hurt" was sent to radio stations. It was quickly added to BBC Radio 2's A-list playlist, indicating frequent airplay.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/radio2/playlist|title=A List – Saturday 13th July|work=BBC Radio 2|date=13 July 2013|access-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713042426/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/radio2/playlist|archive-date=13 July 2013|url-status=dead}} A physical release followed in Germany on 16 August.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00DSDZ740|title=This Is Gonna Hurt|work=Amazon|access-date=8 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529162004/https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00DSDZ740|archive-date=29 May 2023|url-status=live}} "Love Is the Knife" was released as the third and final single on 16 September 2013, exclusively in Scandinavia. To promote its release, Tyler performed the track on Charlies Hjertegalla ("Charlie's Heart Gala"), a charity programme broadcast by the Danish network TV 2.{{cite web|url=https://omtv2.tv2.dk/nyheder/2013/10/rekordbeloeb-til-charlies-hjertegalla|title=

Rekordbeløb til "Charlies Hjertegalla"|language=Danish|work=TV 2|date=1 October 2013|access-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529164347/https://omtv2.tv2.dk/nyheder/2013/10/rekordbeloeb-til-charlies-hjertegalla|archive-date=29 May 2023|url-status=live}}

In 2014, American singer Garth Brooks released a cover of "Mom" as a single from his studio album Man Against Machine.{{cite web|url=http://www.hallels.com/articles/11989/20141109/garth-brooks-man-against-machine-album-review.htm|title=Garth Brooks "Man Against Machine" Album Review|last=Yap|first=Timothy|work=hallels.com|access-date=21 March 2015}}

Tyler has expressed her wishes to tour with the new album in the UK and France.{{cite web|url=http://www.franceinfo.fr/musique/les-choix-de-france-info/bonnie-tyler-j-attends-beaucoup-de-la-france-1005197-2013-05-29|title=Bonnie Tyler : "J'attends beaucoup de la France"|publisher=France Info|access-date=29 May 2013|date=29 May 2013}} While promoting the album in France, she met with a tour company on 1 June 2013 to discuss a tour of France. In August 2013, Tyler began her South Africa Tour 2013, in which she performed at five concerts in three different South African cities.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

File:Bonnie Tyler, ESC2013 press conference 06.jpg press conference in Malmö, Sweden, 15 May 2013.]]

At mid-day, Tyler was interviewed and then performed an acoustic version of the song on BBC Radio 2's Weekend Wogan with her Eurovision group.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018b0zl|title=Bonnie Tyler - Live Session and Interview|publisher=BBC Radio 2|access-date=20 July 2013|date=28 April 2013}}

For further promotion, Tyler was a guest on The One Show on 19 March 2013 and was interviewed on several British radio stations leading up to the Grand Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rft4c|title=Loose Ends: Alan Davies, Alice Lowe, Anthony Horowitz, Bonnie Tyler, Emma Freud, Soweto Kinch, Cody ChesnuTT|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=20 March 2013}} On 19 May, a day after the Eurovision Song Contest, the Official Charts Company announced that Tyler's song charted highest of all Eurovision entries in the UK.{{cite web|last=Lane|first=Daniel|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bonnie-tyler-beats-denmark-in-eurovision-chart-race-2226/|title=Bonnie Tyler beats Denmark in Eurovision chart race|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=29 May 2013|date=19 May 2013}}

After the contest finished, the BBC published the reaction of several journalists and singers towards Tyler finishing 19th. Irish entrant and three-time winner of Eurovision Johnny Logan complimented Tyler, but argued that the song wasn't strong enough. He continued, "If you're going to win Eurovision, to go through some of the incredible voting I've noticed over the last few years, you have to have something that's going to stand out above everything else. Otherwise you're just going to hope to pick up 10 or 11 votes." Similarly, Nathan Moore agreed that the song was not strong enough, but said "It was a great idea to get Bonnie involved, there's a lot of love for Bonnie out there."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22586304|title=What next for the UK in Eurovision?|work=BBC News|access-date=30 May 2013|date=19 May 2013}} Mick Dalley (of Yahoo! News) agreed that "although Tyler herself was on form, singing beautifully and rousing the crowd with her podiumed finale, "Believe in Me" was simply not good enough as a song".{{cite news|last=Dalley|first=Mick|url=http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/eurovision-whats-next-united-kingdom-2014-083900688.html|title=Eurovision: What's next for the United Kingdom in 2014?|work=Yahoo! News|access-date=23 June 2013|date=23 May 2013}} 1997 UK winner Katrina Leskanich (of Katrina and the Waves) stated that she was underwhelmed by Denmark's entry, and expected Tyler to have scored higher than she did. British journalist Dave Goodman acknowledged that Tyler's entry was an improvement on the previous year, though argued that it was a combination of a poor position in the running order and the song that kept the UK from scoring higher.

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Rocks and Honey has received mixed reviews from critics since its release. Dirk Neuhaus of Country Rock Magazine published a favourable review of the album, crediting David Huff and Matt Davis for the album production and called "What You Need From Me" a "fantastic track."[http://www.country.de/2013/03/21/bonnie-tyler-rocks-and-honey/ Bonnie Tyler: Rocks And Honey review]. Country Rock Magazine, Dirk Neuhaus, 21 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013 Norbert Schiegel of G+J Entertainment Media highlighted the tracks "Sunshine" as a "pleasantly catchy" song, and "What You Need From Me" as "sensational." He described the whole album as "outstanding."{{cite news|last=Schiegel|first=Norbert|title=Bonnie Tyler signs with Zyx|url=http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/bonnie-tyler-unterschreibt-bei-zyx/330362|access-date=13 April 2013|newspaper=OMH Media|date=7 March 2013|archive-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413081059/http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/bonnie-tyler-unterschreibt-bei-zyx/330362|url-status=dead}} Jeremy Williams of The Yorkshire Times gave the album a 5/5 rating. He asks, "has the gritty vocal of Bonnie Tyler still got what it takes to make you tingle? The simple answer is YES," and marks the album as an "impressive return to her country roots". He also questions that the track "Little Superstar" was not chosen for the UK's Eurovision song over "Believe in Me". Similarly, Music-News' Andy Snipper suggested that the track "Mom" would have been better suited as the Eurovision song, though describes Rocks and Honey as "a fine album."

The album received a mixed review from Adam Carroll from Seen It Heard It. He says that "This Is Gonna Hurt" provides a solid start to the album, with "Sunshine" being his favourite song, and though not keen on ballads, describes "Believe in Me" as a fantastic song. However, he considers "What You Need From Me" to be one of the weakest tracks on the album, describing Tyler's voice as "rough and beaten" and that her and Vince Gill's voices do not go together well. Despite this, he still describes the album as solid, and ends with "Bonnie Tyler proves that she is still one of the greatest vocalists out there." Virgin Media's Ian Gittins gave the album 3 stars. He stated that the album has nothing new to offer, and could have been recorded any time between 1978 and the present day. The most critical of the album has been Thomas Ingham from OMH Media, who gave the album 2 and a half stars, described the album's format as "simple – loud, quiet, loud, quiet" and is compiled of a mixture of "cheesy ballads" and "country pop-rock" songs, describing "Flat On The Floor" as "clichéd, but worryingly catchy." He ended with predicting that Tyler will not be able to take the UK out of its poor Eurovision results trend.

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|title10 = Love Is the Knife

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|title11 = Lord Help Me

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|length11 = 3:33

|title12 = Mom

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|title13 = You Try

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| headline = UK iTunes bonus track[https://music.apple.com/gb/album/rocks-and-honey/616238410 Rocks and Honey] on iTunes UK. Retrieved 21 March 2013

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Credits adapted from Allmusic:{{cite journal|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rocks-and-honey-mw0002507215/credits|title=Bonnie Tyler – Rocks and Honey Album Personnel |journal=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation|date=20 July 2013|access-date=20 July 2013}}

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;Musicians

• Lead vocals – Bonnie Tyler
• Guest vocals – Vince Gill (track 4)
• Drums – Chad Cromwell
• Bass – Jimmie Lee Sloas
• Acoustic guitar / mandolin / dobro / banjo – Ilya Toshinsky
• Electric guitars – Jerry McPherson, Tom Bukovac, Kenny Greenberg
• Piano / B-3 / synthesizer – Mike Rojas
• Strings – Larry Hall (track 2)
• Backing vocals
• Bekka Bramlett (track 1, 7, 10 and 11)
• Jodi Marr (track 1, 2, 3, 9 and 14)
• James House (track 5 and 6)
• Russell Terrell (track 8 and 12)
• Bob Bailey (track 13)
• Vicki Hampton (track 13)
• Wendy Moten (track 13)
• Derek Lee (track 13).
• Choir – Tennessee Gospel Choir (track 13)

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;Production

• Producer – David Huff
• Executive producer & management – Matt Davis
• Tracking engineer – Drew Bollman
• Assistant engineers – Sorrel Brigman, Seth Morton
• Additional second engineers – Chris Small, Chris Ashburn and Miles Suqua
• Mastering – Adam Ayan

;Photography

• Cover photo – Sergei Arzumanyan
• Page 2 and 6 – Katie Scott
• Page 5 to 8 – Andrew Hopkins

;Recording studios

• Blackbird Studio, Nashville (Tennessee)
• Ben's Studio, Nashville (Tennessee)
• Star Struck Studio, Nashville (Tennessee)
• Paragon Studio, Nashville (Tennessee)
• Cane Cutting Studio, Miami (Florida)

;Mixing

• Eargasm Studio, Santa Monica (California)
• Larabee Studio, North Hollywood (California)
• Star Struck Studio, Nashville (Tennessee)

;Mastering

• Adam Ayan, Gateway Mastering, Portland (Maine)

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Category:2013 albums

Category:Bonnie Tyler albums