She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

Now best known as one of the reigning queens of the 80's had a rocky start to her career. She first arrived on the scene as the lead singer of the now defunct band Blue Angel. The band was not a hit and by 82 had disbanded.

Cyndi Tried again in 1983 this time with huge success. Her Debut solo album She's So Unusual was one of the best selling albums of the 80's (charting at number 4 on the billboard 200 and going 6x platinum) and launched cyndi's status as a pop icon. The album contained The billboard number one track Time After Time and the top ten hits Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Charted at number 2), She Bop (Peaked at 3), All Through The Night (Charted at number 5).

In 1985 She contributed the song The Goonies 'R' Good Enough to the soundtrack of the hit motion picture The Goonies. The song managed to chart at number 10 on the Billboard hot 100.

By 1986 Cyndi was more than ready to produce her sophomore album True Colors, though not as successful as her debut the album was still a huge hit. It charted at number 4 on the billboard 200 and sold 2 million copies. The lead single and title track True Colors went straight up the charts to number 1. The follor up singles Change of Heart and What's Going On charted at 6 and 12 respectively. The fourth single Boy Blue however failed to make a lasting impact on the charts.

Lauper soon maved on to her third solo album originally to be titled Kindred Spirit but changed to A Night To Remember before its release. The album was the start of a decline in popularity for Lauper as it only contained one hit single, I Drove All Night (Charted at number 6). The only other charting single from the album was My First Night Without You which only managed to reach number 62 on the Billboard hot 100. Despite the failure of the singles, the album still managed to go gold in the U.S.A.

After the commertial failure of her thrid album and the shift of the music scence away from the synth pop of the 80's Cyndi was ready to try experimenting with new genre's. Her fourth Album Hat Full of Stars was a departure from the style of her other albums and contained much more diverse and serious songwriting and music. It was widely critically acclaimed but did not manage to recapture the success of her earlier career.

In 1995 Cyndi's first greatest hits album Twelve Deadly Cyns...and The Some was released to the american market. This album marked a slight comeback because the lead single, a reworking of her first hit now retitled Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun) managed to charts on the billboard hot 100.

By 1997 Lauper had again decided to change up her music style. This time she opted for a electronic inspired album with club styling and the use of antique instruments. Although the album only managed to sell1 million worldwide, it was widley accepted by the gay community for it dancy/ club feel. From 1998 to 2000 cyndi released a chritmas cd, made an appearance on the Simpsons, Co-Headlined a tour with Cher, and Covered the disco classic Disco Inferno for the soundtrack of A Night at The Roxbury. When 2001came around Cyndi had prepaired a new studio album for release. The Album, Shine, expanded upon the feeling of her previous album by incorperation dated instruments to electronic tinged music. sadly however the album was widely leaked months before release and Cyndi no longer felt the use of releasing it. The album was laer given a Japan Only Pressing. Following the Dissapointment of the Shine album Cyndi began work on an album of 50's and 60's cover songs. The album At Last Was released in 2003 to a large ammount of critical aclaim. It was somewhat of a comback for her as it featured a top ten dance hit and managed to chart in the top 40 on the albums chart. By the year 2005 Lauper had been in the music industry for 22 years and had enough material to choose from for her next indevor, a album of acoustic reworkings of previous songs. The album was released to mixed reception, some praising her for her new versions of the songs while some critised them saying that they lacked the energy of their original formats. In the period between 2005 and 2008 Cyndi put together the first annual True colors tour For LGB rights. Part of the tours profits go toward The Human Rights campain, The Matthew Sheppard Foundation, and other orgaizations benifiting the LGB Community. In the summer of 2008 Lauper Released her most recent album, Bring Ya To The Brink, The album had both her first and second Billboard Dance chart number ones (Same ol' Story and Into The Nightlife.) These were the first number ones on a U.S. chart that Cyndi has had since 1986's True colors. Lauper has since organized the second annual True Colors Tour and is begining to write her autobiography which is planned to be released in late 2009 or early 2010. She is a really amazing artist and she has done a lot of different types of music so if you like music then im sure that you will like at least something by her.



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She's So Unusual (1983)

1. Money Changes Everything 5/5
   
2. Girls Just Want to Have Fun 5/5
   
3. When You Were Mine 5/5
   
4. Time After Time 5/5
   
5. She Bop 5/5
   
6. All Through The Night 5/5
   
7. Witness 4.5/5
   
8. I'll Kiss You 4/5
   
9. He's So Unusual (Intro)
   
10. Yeah Yeah 4/5
    
11. Money Changes Everything (Live) 5/5
    
12. She Bop (Live) 5/5
    
13. All Through The Night (Live) 5/5

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True Colors (1986)

1. Change Of Heart 5/5
   
2. Maybe He'll Know 5/5
   
3. Boy Blue 5/5
   
4. True Colors 5/
   
5. Calm Inside 5/5
   
6. What's Going On 3/5
   
7. Iko Iko 5/5
   
8. The Faraway Nearby 3/5
   
9. 911 4/5
   
10. One Track Mind 4/5

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A Night To Remember (1989)

1. Intro
2. I Drove All Night 5/5
   
3. Primitive 5/5
   
4. My First Night Without You 4/5
   
5. Like A Cat 5/5
   
6. Heading West 5/5
   
7. A Night To Remember 3/5
   
8. Unconditional Love 4/5
   
9. Insecurious 5/5
   
10. Dancing With A Stranger 4/5
    
11. I Don't Want To Be Your Friend 4/5
    
12. Kindred Spirit (Outro)
    

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Hat Full of Stars (1993)

1. That's What I Think 5/5
   
2. Product Of Misery 4.5/5
   
3. Who Let In The Rain 5/5
   
4. Lies 5/5
   
5. Broken Glass 5/5
   
6. Sally's Pigeons 3/5
   
7. Feels Like Christmas 3/5
   
8. Dear John 3/5
   
9. Like I Used To 5/5
   
10. Someone Like Me 4/5
    
11. A Part Hate 4/5
    
12. Hat Full Of Stars 3/5
    

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Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some (1995)

1. I'm Gonna Be Strong 4/5
   
2. Girls Just Want to Have Fun 5/5
   
3. Money Changes Everything 5/5
   
4. Time After Time 5/5
   
5. She Bop 5/5
   
6. All Through The Night 5/5
   
7. Change Of Heart 5/5
   
8. True Colors 5/5
   
9. What's Going On 3/5
   
10. I Drove All Night 5/5
    
11. That's What I Think 5/5
    
12. Sally's Pigeons 3/5
    
13. Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) 5/5
    
14. Come On Home 4/5

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Sisters of Avalon (1997)

1. Sisters of Avalon 5/5
   
2. Ballad of Cleo & Joe 5/5
   
3. Fall Into Your Dreams 5/5
   
4. You Don't Know 5/5
   
5. Love to Hate 5/5
   
6. Hot Gets a Little Cold 2/5
   
7. Unhook the Stars 4/5
   
8. Searching 3/5
   
9. Say a Prayer 2/5
   
10. Mother 2/5
    
11. Fearless 4/5
    
12. Brimstone and Fire 4/5
    
13. Lollygagging (Outro)
    

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Shine [Delux Edition] (2001)

1. Shine 5/5
   
2. It's Hard to Be Me 5/5
   
3. Madonna Whore 4/5
   
4. Wide Open 4/5
   
5. Rather Be with You 4/5
   
6. Who Let In The Rain 5/5
   
7. Comfort You 5/5
   
8. Eventually 5/5
9. (Waiting For) Valentino 3/5
   
10. This Kind of Love 5/5
    
11. Higher Plane 5/5
    
12. Water's Edge 4/5
    
13. I Miss My Baby 3/5
    
14. Higher Plane (Demo Version) 4/5
    
15. Comfort You (Demo Version) 4/5
    
16. This Kind of Love (Demo Version) 4/5
    
17. Shine (Illicit Mix) 4/5
    
18. Shine (Tracy Young Club Mix) 3/5
    
19. Shine (Babylon Mix) 4/5
    

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At Last (2003)

1. At Last 5/5
2. Walk On By 3/5
3. Stay 5/5
4. La Vie en rose 2/5
5. Unchained Melody 5/5
6. If You Go Away 5/5
7. Until You Come Back To Me 4/5
8. My Baby Just Cares for Me 2/5
9. Makin' Whoopee 2/5
10. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 3/5
11. You've Really Got a Hold on Me 3/5
12. Hymn To Love 2/5
13. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 2/5

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. The Body Acoustic (2005)

1. Money Changes Everything (With Adam Lazzara) 5/5
   
2. All Through The Night (With Shaggy) 5/5
   
3. Time After Time (with Sarah McLachlan) 5/5
   
4. She Bop 3/5
   
5. Above The Clouds (With Jeff Beck) 3/5
   
6. I'll Be Your River (With Vivian Green) 3/5
   
7. Sisters of Avalon (With Ani DiFranco & Vivian Green) 4/5
   
8. Shine 5/5
   
9. True Colors 5/5
   
10. Water's Edge (with Sarah McLachlan) 4/5
    
11. Fearless 4/5
    
12. Girls Just Want To Have Fun (With Puffy AmiYumi) 2/5
    

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Bring Ya To The Brink (2008)

1. High and Mighty 5/5
   
2. Into the Nightlife 5/5
   
3. Rocking Chair 5/5
   
4. Echo 5/5
   
5. Lyfe 5/5
   
6. Same Ol' Story 5/5
   
7. Raging Storm 4.5/5
   
8. Lay Me Down 5/5
   
9. Give It Up 4/5
   
10. Set Your Heart 4/5
    
11. Grab a Hold 5/5
    
12. Rain on Me 5/5
    

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Disco Inferno (Album Version) 5/5

The Goonies _R_ Good Enough 5/5

Hole in My Heart (All the Way To China) 5/5