Faster Than the Speed of Night is the fifth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in Europe on 8 April 1983 and later that year in the US through Columbia Records.

After releasing four albums on RCA, Tyler signed with CBS Records and changed musical direction. Soon after, she began working with Jim Steinman who produced the album and wrote its most successful single "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

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

"It's a Jungle Out There"
Paul Shaffer – organ (also organ on track 7)
Hiram Bullock – guitars
Will Lee – bass
Steve Jordan – drums
Jimmy Maelen – percussion

Additional musicians
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