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- Date Released: January 1, 1984
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop, '80s
- Label: Epic/Legacy
- Copyright: (P) 1983, 1984, 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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One of the great new wave/early MTV records, She's So Unusual is a giddy mix of self-confidence, effervescent popcraft, unabashed sentimentality, subversiveness, and clever humor. In short, it's a multifaceted portrait of a multifaceted talent, an artist that's far more clever than her thin, deliberately girly voice would indicate. Then again, Lauper's voice suits her musical persona, since its chirpiness adds depth, or reconfigures the songs, whether it's the call to arms of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" or the tearjerking "Time After Time." Lauper is at her very best on the first side, all of which were singles or received airplay, and this collection of songs -- "Money Changes Everything," "Girls," "When You Were Mine," "Time," "She Bop," "All Through the Night" -- is astonishing in its consistency, so strong that it makes the remaining tracks -- all enjoyable, but rather pedestrian -- charming by their association with songs so brilliantly alive. If Lauper couldn't maintain this level of consistency, it's because this captured her persona better than anyone could imagine -- when a debut captures a personality so well, let alone a personality so tied to its time, the successive work can't help but pale in comparison. Still, when it's captured as brightly and brilliantly as it is here, it does result in a debut that retains its potency, long after its production seems a little dated. [The 2000 reissue contains three live bonus tracks, all enjoyable, all not really necessary.]
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Money Changes Everything |
5:03 |
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| 02. | |
Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
3:55 |
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| 03. | |
When You Were Mine |
5:04 |
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| 04. | |
Time After Time |
3:59 |
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| 05. | |
She Bop |
3:49 |
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| 06. | |
All Through The Night |
4:30 |
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| 07. | |
Witness |
3:40 |
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| 08. | |
I'll Kiss You |
4:12 |
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| 09. |
He's So Unusual |
0:45 |
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| 10. | |
Yeah Yeah |
3:16 |
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| 11. | |
Money Changes Everything |
4:35 |
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| 12. | |
She Bop |
5:20 |
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| 13. | |
All Through The Night |
4:48 |
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13 Total Tracks, 52:56 Total Length
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Credits
- John Jackson - Reissue Director // Cyndi Lauper - Arranger // Cyndi Lauper - Vocals // Cyndi Lauper - Vocals (Background) // Cyndi Lauper - Producer // Cyndi Lauper - Reissue Producer // Cyndi Lauper - Concept // Cyndi Lauper - Cover Art Concept // Jules Shear - Vocals // Jules Shear - Vocals (Background) // Jules Shear - Guest Appearance // Ellie Greenwich - Vocals // Ellie Greenwich - Vocals (Background) // Steven Berkowitz - A&R // John Agnello - Engineer // John Agnello - Assistant Engineer // Eric Bazilian - Bass // Eric Bazilian - Guitar // Eric Bazilian - Arranger // Eric Bazilian - Guitar (Bass) // Eric Bazilian - Saxophone // Eric Bazilian - Vocals // Eric Bazilian - Vocals (Background) // Eric Bazilian - Hooter // Erie Brazilian - Arranger // Rick Chertoff - Percussion // Rick Chertoff - Arranger // Rick Chertoff - Producer // Krystal Davis - Vocals // Krystal Davis - Vocals (Background) // Rick DiFonzo - Guitar // Anton Fig - Percussion // Anton Fig - Drums // Anton Fig - Guest Appearance // Rob Hyman - Arranger // Rob Hyman - Keyboards // Rob Hyman - Vocals (Background) // John Jansen - Engineer // Neil Jason - Bass // Neil Jason - Guitar // George Marino - Mastering // George Marino - Reissue Mastering // Rod O'Brien - Engineer // Lennie Petze - Producer // Lennie Petze - Executive Producer // Lennie Petze - Reissue Producer // Maretha Stewart - Vocals // Maretha Stewart - Vocals (Background) // Richard Termini - Synthesizer // Diane Wilson - Vocals // Diane Wilson - Vocals (Background) // William Wittman - Guitar // William Wittman - Arranger // William Wittman - Producer // William Wittman - Engineer // William Wittman - Associate Producer // Peter Wood - Synthesizer // Dan Beck - Product Manager // Amy Linden - Liner Notes // Janet Perr - Art Direction // Janet Perr - Design // Janet Perr - Concept // Janet Perr - Cover Art Concept // Howard Fritzson - Art Direction // Howard Fritzson - Reissue Art Director // Annie Liebovitz - Photography // Annie Liebovitz - Reissue Photography // Justin Ware - Hair Stylist // Patti Matheny - Artist Coordination // John Christiana - Packaging Manager // John Christiana - Reissue Package Coordinator // Darren Salmieri - Artist Coordination // John Henry Jackson - Project Director // Ralph Scibelli - Hair Stylist
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Other Details
- Instruments:
- Synthesizer //
- Vocals //
- Synthesizer Pads
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