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Recorded between 1983 & 1996. Includes liner notes by Davil Wild.
Cyndi Lauper is a textbook example of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous dictum "There are no second acts in American lives." The pixieish singer had a few hits after her late mid-1980s domination of the country's popular imagination, and has continued to release fine, mature pop albums all along. Yet her public image is so frozen in stone as that "unusual" girl who sang "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Time After Time" that many people have never been able to entirely move past the old multicolored- hair/thrift-shop-clothes image. Fully half of SHE'S SO UNUSUAL appears here, along with eight other hits, including the affecting "True Colours" and the yearning, sexy "I Drove All Night," as well as should-have-been hits like the wistful, beautifully sung title track from Lauper's underrated 1991 album HAT FULL OF STARS. The fizzy new wave pop of "Money Changes Everything" and even the slight soundtrack entry "The Goonies R Good Enough" are as charming as ever, but it's the unfairly ignored later material that makes THE ESSENTIAL CYNDI LAUPER truly essential.
This is part of the "Essential Collection" series.
Compilation producer: Bruce Dickinson.
Liner Note Author: David Wild.
Recording information: 1983-1996.
Photographers: Bruce G. Ando; JoAnn Toy; Deborah Feingold.
Personnel includes: Cyndi Lauper (vocals).
Producers include: Rick Chertoff, Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze, Mark Saunders, Jan Pulsford.
Award Winner
Rolling Stone (6/26/03, p.82) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This well-assembled disc emphasizes the fun parts of Lauper's career..."
TRUELY ESSENTIAL!! Cydi Lauper has had some wonderful songs through the years and this collection of her best is most defintely a keeper! From her beautiful ballads like, "Time after Time" and "True Colors" to her pop hit like, "All Through The Night" and "Change of Heart" ENOUGH SAID-CYNDI LAUPERS THE ESSENTIALS REALLY SHOWS THE DIFFERENT COLORS OF THIS AMAZING ARTIST! Submitted by dradelbug (houston,tx, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 2 of 2 found this helpful.
AWESOME Aside from the unforgetable appearance and persona, this voice is like that of an angel telling tales. One of the best singers there is. This collection is wonderful, and shows her great vocal range. She is so "UNUSUAL" in that she is so BRILLIANT. Submitted by a reviewer (nassau, bahamas) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
GREAY CD!!!! I LOVED HOW SHE THE SONG'S GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN AND THE GOONIES ARE GOOD ENOUGH THIS LADY CAN REALLY SING SHE HAS A GREAT UNIQUE VOICE. SHE ROCKS!!!! Submitted by IRIS (SPRINGFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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