Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
(Portrait Records 1983 PRT25792)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Passing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Cynthia Ann Stephanie “Cyndi” Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album She’s So Unusual (1983) was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—”Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, “Time After Time”, “She Bop”, and “All Through the Night” earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies and her second record True Colors (1986). This album included the number one hit of the same name and “Change of Heart” which peaked at number 3.
She’s So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983 by Portrait Records.
Track listing
| Side A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Publisher | Length |
| 1. | “Money Changes Everything” | Tom Gray | Gray Matter Music/ATV Music Corp. | 5:06 |
| 2. | “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” | Robert Hazard | Heroic Music | 3:51 |
| 3. | “When You Were Mine” | Prince | Ecnirp Music | 5:06 |
| 4. | “Time After Time” | Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman | Dub Notes, Rella Music | 4:03 |
| Side B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Publisher | Length |
| 5. | “She Bop” | Lauper, Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Stephen Broughton Lunt | Rellla Music Co., Noyb Music Co., Wall to Wall Music Co. & Hobbler Music | 3:47 |
| 6. | “All Through the Night” | Jules Shear | Funzalo Music/Juters Music Co. | 4:33 |
| 7. | “Witness” | Lauper, John Turi | Turalaura Music and Turi Music | 3:40 |
| 8. | “I’ll Kiss You” | Lauper, Shear | Rellla Music Co., Funzalo Music / Juters Music Co. | 4:12 |
| 9. | “He’s So Unusual” | Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Abner Silver | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc | 0:45 |
| 10. | “Yeah Yeah” | Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors | Stainless Music Corp. | 3:18 |
Personnel
- Cyndi Lauper – arranger, lead vocals, background vocals, reissue producer, cover art concept
- Jules Shear – backing vocals
- Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals
- John Agnello – engineer, assistant engineer
- Eric Bazilian – bass, guitar, arranger, saxophone on “Yeah, Yeah”, backing vocals, Hooter
- Rick Chertoff – percussion, arranger, producer
- Krystal Davis – backing vocals
- Rick DiFonzo – guitar
- Anton Fig – percussion, drums
- Rob Hyman – arranger, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, Hooter melodica
- John Jansen – engineer
- Neil Jason – bass, guitar
- George Marino – re-issue mastering
- Rod O’Brien – engineer
- Lennie Petze – producer, executive producer, reissue producer
- Maretha Stewart – backing vocals
- Richard Termini – synthesizer
- Diane Wilson – backing vocals
- William Wittman – guitar, producer, engineer, associate producer
- Peter Wood – synthesizer
- Dan Beck – product manager
- Amy Linden – liner notes
- Janet Perr – art direction, design, concept, cover art concept
- Justin Ware – hair stylist
- Annie Leibovitz – photography
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.