Rocks and Honey

Rocks and Honey
Studio album by
Bonnie Tyler
Released8 March 2013
RecordedFebruary–May 2012
Studio
  • Cutting Cane Studios (Davie, Florida)
  • Paragon Studios (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Blackbird Studio, Ben's Studio, Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length51:14
Label
  • ZYX Music
  • Labrador Music
  • AXR Music
  • Celtic Swan Recordings
  • WMG
Producer
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Wings
(2005) 		Rocks and Honey
(2013) 		Between the Earth and the Stars
(2019)
Singles from Rocks and Honey
  1. "Believe in Me"
    Released: 13 March 2013
  2. "This Is Gonna Hurt"
    Released: 16 August 2013
  3. "Love Is the Knife"
    Released: 16 September 2013

Rocks and Honey is the sixteenth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, first released by ZYX Music on 8 March 2013.[1] Eight years after Wings was released in 2005, this was the longest gap between album releases in Tyler's career, and is the first of her studio albums to chart in the United Kingdom since Hide Your Heart in 1988.[2] With tracks written by Nashville-based songwriters such as Frank J. Myers, Desmond Child, Brett James and Beth Hart, the album consists of a number of country songs reminiscent of Tyler's country albums from the 1970s with elements of rock.

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Tyler's vocals as well as the album's consistency.[3] Rocks and Honey charted in Europe, reaching number 28 in Denmark, number 52 in the UK and number 59 in Germany and Switzerland. Tyler embarked on her South Africa Tour 2013 following the Eurovision Song Contest.[4] The single "Believe in Me" represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden on 18 May 2013,[5] and has charted in the UK Singles Chart at number 93. The album was named in reference to the contrast between the voices of Tyler and duet partner Vince Gill on the track "What You Need From Me". The follow-up singles, "This Is Gonna Hurt" and "Love Is the Knife", were released in August and September 2013 respectively.

  1. ^ "Rocks & Honey". ZYX Music. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Bonnie Tyler UK charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  3. ^ B, Jon (8 May 2013). "Album Review: Bonnie Tyler – Rocks and Honey". So So Gay. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. ^ Arcadio, Bernard (1 June 2013). "Bernard Arcadio avec Sylvain Luc, André Ceccarelli et Philippe Chayeb // Passi // L'tarn-et-Saône // Bonnie Tyler". France Inter. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. ^ Repo, Juha. "UK: Holding out for a hero – it is Bonnie Tyler with Believe in me". Eurovision Song Contest Today. Retrieved 10 May 2013.