BONNIE TYLER - MORE THAN A LOVER

MORE THAN A LOVER

BONNIE TYLER

SONGWRITERS: RONNIE SCOTT & STEVE WOLFE

COUNTRY: WELSH

ALBUM: THE WORLD STARTS TONIGHT

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1977

The World Starts Tonight is the debut studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released in February 1977 by RCA Records. Most of the songs were written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, who worked as her managers while she was signed to RCA. They also produced the album alongside David Mackay. Musically, the album features country and pop songs.

Two singles were released from the album. The first, "Lost in France", was certified silver by the BPI for sales of over 250,000 copies. "More Than a Lover" was also a hit, but failed to make progress in the UK Singles Chart after the BBC banned the song for its controversial lyrical content. Shortly after recording the album, Tyler had surgery to remove nodules from her vocal folds. The operation left Tyler with a permanently raspy voice.

The World Starts Tonight was received positively by contemporary critics, who praised Tyler for releasing a "promising debut". The album was hugely popular in Sweden, where it reached number two. Despite this, it failed to chart in any other country.

Blown in the breeze

Falling like leaves

Give me a chance to recover

Deep in your eyes

Half of me lie

Let me be more than a lover

Let me be more than a lover

Oh, let it be known

You're my heart, you’re my home

You're the world that I wanna discover

All I can give is the way that I live

And I wanna be more than a lover

Oh, let me be more than a lover

Lovers are like

Stars in the night

Never quite touching each other

Deep in your eyes

Half of me lie

Let me be more than a lover

Let me be more than a lover

Oh, let it be known

You're my heart, you’re my home

You're the world that I wanna discover

All I can give is the way that I live

And I wanna be more than a lover

Oh, let me be more than a lover

Ad Libs...

Oh, let it be known

You're my heart, you’re my home

You're the world that I wanna discover

All I can give is the way that I live

And I wanna be more than a lover

Oh, let me be more than a lover

Ad Libs...

Let me be more than a lover.