Audio Cassette review:
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

Band: Cyndi Lauper Title: She's So Unusual Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1990 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Money Changes Everything 2: Girls Just Want to Have Fun 3: When You Were Mine 4: Time After Time 5: She Bop 6: All Through the Night 7: Witness 8: I'll Kiss You 9: He's So Unusal 10: Yeah Yeah

Editoral Review Simply, Cyndi Lauper has a wonderful, emotive voice. If Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual evokes memories dominated mostly by her cartoonish image, then try to get over it so you can pay attention to the music. Her vocals have an impish quality, but there's also tremendous strength, articulation, and nuance. Who would disagree that "Time After Time" (later covered by both Everything but the Girl and Miles Davis, if you need further proof of her credibility) is as heartstring-tugging as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is frivolous, or that "All Through the Night" is as longing as "She-Bop" is intense? The instrumental arrangements are quite inventive and rich, and although the musicality is pointedly '80s, the album sounds more winsome than dated. The title of Lauper's debut isn't self-deprecating or even self-parodying; it's self-congratulatory. Listen to it again, and you'll find this pleasure to be far from guilty. --Beth Bessmer .. You can see a complete list of all Cyndi Lauper discography, or go back to the Cyndi Lauper tabs