Audio CD review:
Cyndi Lauper - The Collection

Cyndi Lauper - The Collection

Band: Cyndi Lauper Title: The Collection Rating: Release Date: 15 November, 2005 Media: Audio CD 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 Unusual 10: Yeah Yeah 11: Money Changes Everything [Live][*] 12: She Bop [Live][*] 13: All Through the Night [Live][*] 14: Change of Heart 15: Maybe He'll Know 16: Boy Blue 17: True Colors 18: Calm Inside the Storm 19: What's Going On 20: Iko Iko 21: Faraway Nearby 22: 911 23: One Track Mind 24: That's What I Think 25: Product of Misery 26: Who Let in the Rain 27: Lies 28: Broken Glass 29: Sally's Pigeons 30: Feels Like Christmas 31: Dear John 32: Like I Used To 33: Someone Like Me 34: Part Hate 35: Hat Full of Stars

Customer Review Not The Whole Story.... In the meantime, this "three-fer" will suffice for most listeners. Someday there will be a proper box set of Cyndi Lauper material. It features the two 80s releases that most of her fans know and love--plus an early 90s recording ("Hat Full of Stars") which deserves to be heard. And of course, the price is right. But the lack of inclusion of anything from "Night to Remember" is disappointing. The rock-crit establishment has spread the word that Cyndi's third release is a one-star affair. In reality, it's a vocal tour de force, which leaned on the pop side (which I guess in some corners is anathema) but was a perfectly valid step for someone who considered herself first and foremost a singer. The ideal box set would also pick up some of b-sides of her singles ("Heading for the Moon" would be a must, but also "Cold"), live tracks and yes, of course, "The Goonies. " That'd be good enough for me. . . You can see a complete list of all Cyndi Lauper discography, or go back to the Cyndi Lauper tabs