She's So Unusual

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She's So Unusual
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	December 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	pop
Label	Portrait Records
Producer(s)	Rick Chertoff and William Wittman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Alternative Press (Favorable) 7 April 2001, p. 84
Cyndi Lauper chronology
	She's So Unusual (1983)	True Colors (1986)

She's So Unusual was the debut album by American 1980s icon Cyndi Lauper. The album, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music), 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 16 million copies worldwide. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard pop albums chart (US).

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.

She's So Unusual received mixed reviews on its release (its sole Grammy was for Janet Perr's Album Package). In recent years, however, the album has been re-appraised by the music media, and songs like "Time after Time" are considered pop classics.

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

[edit] 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" (Richard Hayman, 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. "She's So Unusual" (Al Lewis, Al Sherman, Abner Silver) – :45
10. "Yeah Yeah" (H. Huss, Mikael Rickfors) – 3:18
11. "Money Changes Everything" (Gray) – 4:35 (Live from the Portrait Promotional 12-inch)
12. "She Bop" (Chertoff, Corbett, Lauper, Lunt) – 5:20 (Live)
13. "All Through The Night" (Shear) – 4:48 (Live)

• Live tracks available only from re-released 2000 version
• unreleased track: "Right Track, Wrong Train" (Lauper, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Kent) appeared on the b-side of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"

[edit] 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
• Justin Ware - Hair Stylist

[edit] Charts

Album Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard 200	4 (6 x Platinum)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"	The Billboard Hot 100	2
1984	"Time after Time"	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1984	"Time after Time"	Adult Contemporary	1
1984	"She Bop"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1984	"All Through the Night"	The Billboard Hot 100	5
1984	"All Through the Night"	Adult Contemporary	4
1985	"Money Changes Everything"	The Billboard Hot 100	27