The World Starts Tonight is the debut studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released in February 1977 by RCA Records.

"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.

The World Starts Tonight was received positively by contemporary critics, who praised Tyler for releasing a "promising debut".

Bonnie Tyler (then known as Gaynor Hopkins) spent seven years performing in local pubs and clubs around South Wales between 1969 and 1976, first as part of Bobbie Wayne & the Dixies, and then with her own band Imagination.

[4] The Sydney Morning Herald gave a positive contemporary review, naming "Lost in France" the "stand-out track", whilst praising her cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart".

[5] On the week ending 10 March 1978, over a year since its release, The World Starts Tonight debuted at number thirteen on the Swedish Albums Chart.

In the fifth running week on the chart, The World Starts Tonight fell to number six, replaced by Tyler's second studio album Natural Force.

[9] All tracks are written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, except where notedCredits are adapted from liner notes of The World Starts Tonight.