She's So Unusual
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	December 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop
Label	Portrait Records RK-38930
Producer	Rick Chertoff, William Wittman
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Alternative Press (Favorable) 7 April 2001, p. 84 Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link
Cyndi Lauper chronology
She's So Unusual (1983) True Colors (1986)

She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American pop singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released in 1983 by Portrait Records (see 1983 in music). The album catapulted Lauper to stardom with such hits as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "She Bop" and "Time After Time". As of 2002 it has sold more than nine million copies worldwide^[1]. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard pop albums chart (US), and stayed in the top-forty of the Billboard 200 for sixty-five weeks; remaining on the charts for 172 weeks.

Album information

With a series of quirky videos, Lauper dominated MTV for several months. Her bizarre fashion, consisting of multiple layers of thrift store clothing and dozens of accessories, influenced fashion for the last half of the 1980s.Selling five million copies of her debut album

The album was nominated for five Grammies: Record of the Year (Girls Just Want To Have Fun), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Girls Just Want To Have Fun), Song of the Year (Time After Time), Album of the Year, and Best New Artist, winning the last one.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 494 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

1. "Money Changes Everything" (Tom Gray) - 5:06
2. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Robert Hazard) - 3:58
3. "When You Were Mine" (Prince) - 5:06
4. "Time After Time" (Rob Hyman, Lauper) - 4:03
5. "She Bop" (Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt) - 3:51
6. "All Through The Night" (Jules Shear) - 4:33
7. "Witness" (Lauper, John Turi) - 3:40
8. "I'll Kiss You" (Lauper, Shear) - 4:12
9. "He's So Unusual" (Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Abner Silver) - 0:45
10. "Yeah Yeah" (Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors) - 3:18

1. "Money Changes Everything" (Gray) - 4:35 (Live) (From the Portrait Promotional 12-inch)
2. "She Bop" (Chertoff, Corbett, Lauper, Lunt) - 5:20 (Live)
3. "All Through The Night" (Shear) - 4:48 (Live)

1. "Money Changes Everything" - 4:35 (Live) 2008 Japanese exclusive

• Tracks 11 to 13 are bonus tracks on the 2000 remastered version.

• "Right Track, Wrong Train" (Lauper, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Kent) was recorded for the album but only appeared on the b-side of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"

Singles

Personnel

• Cyndi Lauper - Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (background), Reissue Producer, *Concept, Cover Art Concept
• Jules Shear - Vocals, Vocals (background)
• Ellie Greenwich - Vocals, Vocals (background)
• John Agnello - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Eric Bazilian - Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Bass), Saxophone, *Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Hooter
• Rick Chertoff - Percussion, Arranger, Producer
• Krystal Davis - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Rick DiFonzo - Guitar
• Anton Fig - Percussion, Drums
• Rob Hyman - Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)
• John Jansen - Engineer
• Neil Jason - Bass, Guitar
• George Marino - Reissue Mastering
• Rod O'Brien - Engineer
• Lennie Petze - Producer, Executive Producer, Reissue Producer
• Maretha Stewart - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Richard Termini[1] - Synthesizer
• Diane Wilson - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• 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 (Winner of 1985's Grammy Award for Best Recording Packaging that awards the visual look of an album)
• Justin Ware - Hair Stylist
• Annie Leibovitz - Photography

Chart performance

Certifications

References

1. ^ Canadian Idol 2006