The Body Acoustic
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The Body Acoustic | |||||
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Studio album by Cyndi Lauper | |||||
Released | November 8, 2005 | ||||
Recorded | 2007 | ||||
Genre | Pop, rock | ||||
Length | 52:15 | ||||
Label | Epic | ||||
Producer | Rick Chertoff, Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman | ||||
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The Body Acoustic is the ninth studio album released by Cyndi Lauper. It consists of ten previously released tracks which have been re-recorded and re-arranged acoustically, as well as two entirely new songs. The album title is a play on Walt Whitman's poem "I Sing the Body Electric", with the word body in this case referring to Lauper's body of work as a recording artist. The album features a number of special guests, including Adam Lazzara, Shaggy, Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Beck, Vivian Green, Ani DiFranco, and Puffy AmiYumi.
A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in enhanced stereo, four new videos directed by Lauper herself as well as a "Behind The Scenes" featurette on the making of the album.
[edit] Track listing
- "Money Changes Everything" with Adam Lazzara (Tom Gray) – 5:14
- "All through the Night" with Shaggy (Jules Shear) – 4:40
- "Time After Time" with Sarah McLachlan (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman) – 4:17
- "She Bop" (Lauper, Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Stephen Broughton Lunt) – 4:16
- "Above the Clouds" with Jeff Beck (Lauper, Beck, Jed Leiber) – 3:57
- "I'll Be Your River" with Vivian Green (Lauper, Tom Hammer) – 4:47
- "Sisters of Avalon" with Ani DiFranco & Vivian Green (Lauper, Jan Pulsford) – 5:27
- "Shine" (Lauper, William Wittman) – 3:32
- "True Colors" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 4:09
- "Water's Edge" with Sarah McLachlan (Lauper, Hyman) – 4:49
- "Fearless" (Lauper) – 4:07
- "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with Puffy AmiYumi (Robert Hazard) – 2:59
Tracks 5 and 6 are new songs, recorded especially for this this album.
[edit] Credits
- Cyndi Lauper - Vocals, dulcimer, guitar
- Rick Chertoff - Piano, Producer
- Allison Cornell - Violin, viola, dulcimer drone, background vocals
- Kat Dyson - Slide guitar, rhythm guitar(on Sisters Of Avalon)
- Mark Egan - Bass guitar
- Steve Gaboury - Organs, juno, harmonium
- Jim Hines - Trumpet
- Rob Hyman - Melodica
- Zev Katz - Bass
- Tom Malone - Trombone
- Sammy Merendino - Drums
- Jamie West-Oram - Guitar
- William Wittman - Bass guitar, background vocals, Producer
[edit] Charts
Chart | Peak Position |
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Austrian Albums Chart | 60 |
French Albums Chart | 190 |
Japanese Albums Chart | 42 |
Swiss Albums Chart | 86 |
US Billboard 200 | 112 |
UK Albums Chart | 55 |