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Very impressive imagine how young she was . For my everyday music taste, its too poppy. But i dont regret any minute of listening to it.
Two or three bangers Rest are alright
Very solid pop album, a couple very famous very catchy songs, didn’t overstay its welcome and drag on, some songs are ones I won’t actively seek out but if I run into them I won’t be mad.
Wanted to like this more than I did. It's decent '80s pop with some (though not enough in my opinion) new wave mixed in. Vocals are really difficult to enjoy and did not age well.
Pop confection.
3.2
141121 12:25 3.5
Cyndi Lauper classic, good and funky.
Urmmmm
Some proper classics in the first half but trails off a lot in the final 3-4 tracks
I really enjoyed this blast from the past.
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I was grumpy (wrong mood for this) and I’ve heard girls just want to have fun too many times… but this still sounded very good. I get why this is an all time great. My rating is probably too low, but I blame it on this popping up when summer is over
Pretty fun. I liked when you were mine and she bop.
Her voice sounds like she's [REDACTED] while trying to sound like a [REDACTED] with a [REDACTED], truly ahead if her time. [Insert sarcastic comment about liking Time After Time] Yeah I think I might be checking out Yeah nah I much prefer ska punk to ska pop This honestly isn't that bad, it's a bit quirked up and suffers from the classic The-Worst-Songs-Are-The-Popular-Singles-Syndrome
This was good. Nothing amazing, but I think the songs that are hits are probably some of the worst on the album.
This is quintessential 80s. The beefy, prominent, snare hits, the bright guitar tone, the synth hits, the timbre of her voice even. Track one, I was vibing, but I was IN at the melodica solo. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time on the same album?! Gahhh damnnn. I feel like Cyndi’s soundscape is like rummaging through a toy box. The sounds are loud and vibrant and colorful, but safe and familiar. She makes music with primary colors. While I think every song fits in the world she is creating, every song is very different sonically. She Bop is a shift in tone from the first four songs with its almost Oingo Boingo nod in the synth and melody. The snare tone is beefier and the bass is MOVING. Then BAM tone shift again with All Through The Night. The last few songs kind of loose me, but I think that’s just gonna be the case with front loading albums due to vinyl sales.
Very 80s
Aggressively 80s, has a few good songs
First 4 songs are killer. The rest are fine. 3.5
Années 80 ! Une meuf qui chante donc ça parle d'amour forcément C'est catchy, elle chante pas trop mal En dehors des chansons "typiques" c'est plutôt sympa
Girls power !!! Un peu eu l'impression d'écouter 10 fois Girls wanna have fun mais c'était sympa.
Listened to this album practicing yoyo, amazing experience. Fav song: All Through The Night.
Standout Songs: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Time After Time All Through The Night Witness Some decent songs on here but a bit too much pop for me
Fun album
Had a few hits and a few duds. Overall- decent
Lotsa hits! Time after time is my fave on the album.
DNF
I got into the car and the next song to play was He’s So Unusual. I couldn’t hear it properly so I turned it up. I still couldn’t hear it and thought something was wrong with my Bluetooth connection so I turned it up some more. 45 seconds later my poor ears caught the very loud BANG BANG drum intro to the next song. I quite nearly crapped myself.
2.7 1x i get the cultural significance but not really my style
So old school.
Звук 80-х. Как-то не вслушался пока ходил и слушал в наушниках.
3.4 It's so 80s. So incredibly 80s. To the point where it's gone past being aged and turned into a fascinating spectacle. I'll kiss you is a particular stand out, it's as though they just bought a new synth machine and had to try out every single option, but shitting hell, it actually works and she pulls it off. Girls just Wanna have fun obviously too overplayed and actually not a great song, extremely repetitive riff, hook and lyrics. But Time after time actually holds up pretty well on reflection. Can see why it's included on this list, I felt like an archaeologist trying to make sense of a past civilisation listening to this.
It’s ok, but not life changing.
Pretty good, not bad. Can’t complain
Really a 3.5. Lots of boppy fun tunes
Have never listened to the whole album. Obviously know the hits because they were everywhere on MTV & radio at the time. Synth-pop isn’t my thing. But I can dig this. Her voice is great.
I enjoy some of her songs. This album is good.
A solid 3. Some real pop classics and found this album good fun on the whole, but there were a couple of grating songs too. If the assignment was “give me some quintessential 80s pop” this would fit the bill.
I was expecting vacuous pop music in an 80's style. What I got was actually a little more interesting. Definitely your classic 80's sound but Lauper has a charisma that I wasn't expecting. At times she sounds like a proto-Björk. It's a shame that "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" has become the enduring hit that it is because I think it slightly misrepresents this album. There was a depth glimpsed in "Time after time" that I would have liked to see developed further. An unique and interesting artist producing music that isn't to my taste.
Not bad (though very whiny at times vocals-wise), but very same-y. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time are definitely the best songs on this album.
me gustó menos estos temas que se siente un pop/rock muy plano, como el primer tema
Great
Not a huge fan of her vocals - too shrill.
This record is so deeply symptomatic of its early 80s moment: big bang drums, super synthy, shiny to the point of sharp edged production--all of it dated. And it is so deeply entrenched in 13 year old suburban white kid 80s past. Whole thing is like digging up a reliquary when you were just looking for a pair of scissors in a drawer. But here's the thing: songs 1 through 6 are great. It's actually pretty awesome: high energy, super sad, gymnastic girl group Betty Boop voice, pop perfection. The last four songs fall off a cliff, but for six, Cyndi kills it.
Even in 1984 I dismissed Cyndi Lauper as vapid pop and I was only 9 years old! It turns out I was missing quite a bit. As I got older I learned there was a lot more going on with this album - one of the biggest revelations to me was when I learned she had covered Prince's "When You Were Mine," which I first heard (even before I knew it was a Prince song) covered by Ry Cooder in the Hot Dog ski-comedy movie. And I continue to learn about She's So Unusual - I recently read Greil Marcus's book The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs and one of the ten songs he wrote about was "Money Changes Everything," the opening track on this album. Lauper has gone on to have a fascinating career and is obviously a lot more than the one-(or two- or three-)hit wonder that the childhood me thought she was. Would give this 3.5 if I could. It has run up against my 4-star Ill Communication ceiling, as I suspect may 3-star albums will for the rest of this project. A 5-point rating system has pretty obvious limitations.
Dated - But there are a few really fun songs here.
I wasn’t psyched when I saw this first come up. I gave it an honest listen, and there are a few great songs on here and a lot of 80s nostalgia.
Fun.
Every song is a hit! Crazy to land an album like that.
As a child of the 80s, of course I know this album. I was pleasantly surprised to listen straight through, remembering the hits and enjoying the deep cuts. THAT SONG and Cyndi’s personality probably overshadowed what is an underrated and otherwise great pop album.
Funny to get this in proximity to a Siouxsie & the Banshees album - it's SO poppy in contrast though Cyndi has a similarly defiantly anti-fashion look that was super transgressive for the time. I don't hate the hits but do have a hard time not imagining Napoleon Dynamite slow dancing in Idaho to 'Time After Time.' & the rest might just be too over played to enjoy objectively any more. A great example of 80s pop, and likely a 4 star album if you can hear it with fresh ears.
This album has been collectively rated a 6.5/10
Didn't listen to the entire album in one sitting this time, mostly because I've heard it in pieces over the years. There isn't a single song I disliked, but there weren't any I was crazy about, either. Solid album, something I'd play if I were deep into cleaning my room and wanting an upbeat 80s playlist to listen to.
Four 80s banger ("Girls Just Want To Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", "All Through The Night") and an almost forgettable rest. Nonetheless strong three stars for Cindy. 3,5
First half has got a lot of classics on, the second half is not nearly as entertaining. Also on album length her voice can really start to feel grating.
Really really fun
Pretty solid album. All Through the Night is a banger. I prefer Prince's version of Prince's When You Were Mine.
Fun album but I really dont like the sound of the 80's
Undeniably good singer, but I don't love the screechy singing she does sometimes. Some fun stuff. Just found out She Bop is about masturbation. Hadn't ever thought about it before, but that's fun. 3.5* Very nostalgic, which probably colors my review a bit.
Would not buy
3/5
A prime example of the grip that big, bright synth-pop and commercialism (five singles!) had on the collective 80s psyche.
Nice enough
paar goede nummers, geen mega fan
The final two songs were alright. Time After Time is definitely the stand-out
Cute
++: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, She Bop, Witness, I'll Kiss You, He's So Unusual, Yeah Yeah +: Time After Time, All Through the Night +-: When You Were Mine -: Money Changes Everything 6,7/10
Who is?
Catchy and easy to listen to, pretty good, not something that would be my go to though
If energetic 1980s synth pop is your thing, this is the album for you.
Few tunes here
This was kind of a mix. The obvious two big hits are great, but the rest of the album is scattered with decent and bad songs. Some of them were really shallow and almost unlistenable. I don't mind Cyndi's voice, but I still think this is getting an average 3
Love the hits, don't care for the deep cuts. I've heard women do the same affectation that Cyndi does in He's So Unusual before and damn it is so ear-grating. Awful track on an otherwise decent album. Strong 3/5
It's a pop classic, no doubts. Half of the album are 80s bops, super catchy and ultra famous by now. Powered by Lauper's voice and a very synth-centric production, they turned a bunch of songs into some of the biggest pop hits. Lauper is a great singer, she's charismatic, has a powerful voice and she's the life of the record. The production serves her very well, same as the backing voices. It's interesting that several of the songs (most of the hits) were "covers", as they had been written before by different bands. So no songwriting credits for Cyndi here. But if you take the time to listen to the originals, Lauper's versions are far superior (with the exception of Prince's "When You Were Mine"). "Money Changes Everything", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop" and "All Through The Night" are so good, super catchy and fun songs. The rest was pretty mid, Prince's cover isn't that good, "He's So Unusual" is awful, and overall the second half is kind of mediocre. But the hits carry this record, and them being half the album, it's not bad at all.
# 535 - She's So Unusual She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper is a glitter cannon of pop perfection. It's got bounce, sass, and that iconic anthem that makes you want to dance like no one's watching (but everyone is). A debut so good it probably woke up the '80s and said, “Let’s party.” Ranked #184 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time for good reason. Worth listening to for : Time After Time Listened: 30/07/2025
iconic voice and nice track layout
I guess
2.5 rounded up because those hits are forever classics
While it’s very poppy, I felt like this album had a few moments of genius. But overall not my style.
It was fun hearing Girls just want to have fun and time after time.
I know a couple of the songs! I enjoyed the energy.
Some great hits on this album
Wow that last note she holds at the end of Money Changes Everything is wild. After the first track, I thought "a little too poppy for me, but if there are moments like that, then I might end up enjoying this album. Let's focus on the positives, not the negatives today." And in general, this would be a really easy album not to like - "she's gonna say time after time time after time and I can't take it anymore ... who bops was it that was bopping again?" Plus her singing style is borderline annoying anyway (is she trying to be punk?), but you know what - I chose positivity, so I am going to stick to the strengths of the album. All The The Light had some awesome keyboard work that is reminiscent of Beach House, the synth was used to perfection, and the duet played perfectly. The very serious and intense back up vocals saying I'll kiss YOU" are hilarious. 3/5 ** Biggest Millennial White Man Take of 1001": I would rather listen to STRFKR's cover than Cyndi's version. But hats off to Cyndi for creating a timeless gem, my 80 YO grandma was just saying yesterday that she dumped her boyfriend because she'd rather go out to the bars with her girlfriends than be at home with him lol
Quintessential 80’s synth/power pop. Major chord sounds. Energetic. Displays Cyndi Lauper’s tremendous vocals. Some of the songs that would otherwise be very good suffer from too much synth over production - see All Through The Night and Witness. Girls Just Want To Have Fun is the smash hit as well as Time After Time. Other notables include Money Changes Everything and She Bop.
She bop, he bop, they bop. Bopology? The study of bop. All jokes aside that one WAS a bop
6/10 Even when her voice can get extremely annoying at times, it is a good pop record.
Another 80s pop album. I listened to this over and over, time after time (see what I did there!) as a teenager. I forgot how much I loved this album. Cyndi is a powerhouse.
I can see why Cyndi is/was such a popular artist, and huge respect for her. Its just not a style of music that I really enjoy and I find her voice a bit grating, but I'm glad I listened to the full album and I won't mind listening to the hits when they come on the radio.
Man, what is this album? Never have I ever heard of Cyndi Lauper in my life-okay. It’s the Girls Just Want to Have Fun album. I’m surprised I didn’t gleam that from the vocals of the first track. Yeah, it’s pretty good! Cyndi Lauper is a talented musician. I don’t mind the sound of this album, either. Extreme praise considering that I am the retired #1 hater of 80s music. Girls Just Want to Have Fun is the obvious highlight. Cyndi really stretches her vocals and the songwriting of the track thin, though it somehow manages to work in the end. The instrumental isn’t too shabby, either. I like echoey, clicking instrument that pops in during the middle of the track. Time After Time is a surprising pivot (and another song I’ve heard before – even more of a surprise), yet it’s a solid successor. The ambience hanging over the track is very pleasing – especially those backing guitars. It’s also a nice change of pace to have Cyndi chill out for a change. The dub/reggaeton influence on Witness is pretty neat, too. “Yeah Yeah” is really annoying, though. A complaint that would be entirely void if background Cyndi just shut the hell up. I’d normally consult the book to try and compensate for my blissfully ignorant musings about music, though I’m content with letting this one slide. I’ve listened to a good number of 80s albums through this list, yet I think this may be the first characteristically synthpoppy, non-new wave 80s album to reach my ears. Obviously, this music is worthy of preservation with how persistent the 80s sound has been within popular music. I feel like this is a solid rep for this kind of sound, too.
Pleasantly surprised. Can't believe so many of her hits were on this one album. 3/5
подряд довольно тяжело слушать, много выдавленного голоса. но респект ей за попадания в ноты)
Cyndi was never really my thing but this is a solid pop album of the time
well crafted 80s pop the singles are the best things here
Unusual
💃
Pretty good
Outside of the two main titanic hits Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time, this is a quite usual 80s pop album, quite uneven and with a fair wodge of filler. When You Were Mine is a decentish Prince cover and She Bop has 10/10 boundary and bean pushing subject matter but is a pretty average bop in and of itself. The Betty Boop finale is mega nasty and brings the album to a rough, stinky, nails on chalkboard end.
Cool pop 80s album, some bangers, some bores here and there, but still left me with a good expression, i'd just come back for the hits, though
Fun, if a bit inconsistent. The big singles are the clear highlights.
This was really good! Sounded incredibly mature for a debut, and musically it felt like it was even more mature. Great shit.
Timeless classic. Simply easy listening. Didn't find it particularly notable other than the big hits however. Perphaps will enjoy more on relistens.
Who has anything bad to say about Cyndi Lauper? Great bubble gum pop.
2 songs familiar to me, the rest a little sedate for my taste.
This album was good! Cyndi can really write a catchy tune. Sometimes when she goes up high, her voice is a little too nasaly for me and gets on my nerves, but overall this is solid! Actually a 3.5. Liked Songs: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" , "Time After Time" , "She Bop" , "All Through the Night" , "Witness" , "I'll Kiss You" , "Yeah Yeah"
Four hits that I am familiar with and one new song to add to a playlist. I give it a three out of five.
3 is my rating for this Cyndi Lauper album.
Fun album from the 80s with some hits but sounds dated now.
Good 80s album.
Highlights were “Time after Time” and “All Through the Night”.
Ehhhhhh
No diss intended, but I would rather listen to Time After Time on repeat.
I love 80s music but her voice just doesnt do a lot for me. Still had some good songs though.
This better have Goonies on it! Well it doesn’t. Way more hits than I thought. Girls just wanna have fun is pretty much unlistenable at this point and completely tied into the video. In hindsight I wish they all had more confidence in Cyndi’s amazing voice and didn’t portray her as a New Wave Betty Boop. Obviously the formula worked this album was platinum and she will be famous forever. Maybe a re-record? She’s so Unusual (Cyndi’s version) contains zeroes Gonnies theme.
Das Album wurde von Mai bis August 1983 im bekannten Record Plant Studio in New York City aufgenommen, produziert von Rick Chertoff und mit Beitrag von Mitgliedern der Band The Hooters. Lauper, eine amerikanische Sängerin aus Queens, New York, präsentiert auf diesem Debüt ihren eigenwilligen Mix aus Pop, New Wave, Pop-Rock und Synth-Pop. Besonders markante Songs sind: „Girls Just Want to Have Fun“, der mit seinem feministischen Statement und dem eingängigen Refrain schnell zum MTV-Hit avancierte. „Time After Time“, eine gefühlvolle Ballade mit sanften Harmonien von Rob Hyman, die zumindest in den USA Platz 1 erreichte. „She Bop“, ein kecker New‑Wave-Track, der in seinen Lyrics ein Tabuthema aufgriff und kontrovers diskutiert wurde. „All Through the Night“, eine ebenfalls erfolgreiche Single, in der Lauper ihre stimmliche Bandbreite zeigt. Das Album verdeutlicht Laupers Vielseitigkeit: von ausgelassener Poplaune über nachdenkliche Balladen bis zu provokanten Themen. Die Kombination aus lebendiger Produktion, charakteristischer Stimme und strukturierten Kompositionen wirkt bewusst und aus einem Guss. Bewertung: She’s So Unusual ist ein durchdachtes Debüt, das Lauper als eigenständige Pop-Künstlerin etablierte und mit vier Top‑5-Singles nicht nur kommerziell erfolgreich, sondern auch stilprägend wurde.
Except the three hits it is an unusually mediocre album.
Another 80’s album. This wasn’t too bad. Very average
excellent album cover
ok album... good singer... average songs... three stars for being better than Adele...
2,5 It's okay
Really fun album, the known songs were definitely the best ones on the album though.
It's okay. I wasn't really excited about her music, but she has high-quality and meaningful lyrics. Also, I think it was a good opportunity to meet an artist who is especially known for her most famous song "Girls just wanna have fun".
3.5 stars. High pitched voice can be annoying at times but overall it's a pretty good pop album with catchy hooks. Standouts are the slower "Time After Time" as well as "All Through the Night".
Love ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ and ‘Time After Time’ but the other songs just weren’t up to par. Listenable but not something I’d come back to regularly.
It's very of its time. It contains several stone cold classics, which alone make it a solid 3 star album, but the fact that track after track opens with a few bars of beat before the vocals come in makes listening to it more of a chore than a pleasure. It's fine as something to have on in the background, but - singles apart - the album doesn't really demand attention. Feels incoherent, as if you could move all the tracks around and it wouldn't make the slightest difference. I wouldn't have listened to this at all if not for this app, so for that alone, I thank you.
3.5
134/1089 - 80s pop with sperg-out vocals.
Quite okay. The Singles are classics
Big singles are good, not a big fan of everything else tbh
So many good 80s hits on here. Enjoyed and solid overall, just not music I’d really listen to enjoyably for myself
Some classics and also some trash
A very fun album, a 3.5, pushing a 4 - felt like I should be getting ready for a night out
No es mi cantante preferida de la época, en lo personal prefiero a Madonna (con quien usualmente es comparada en cierto aspecto), pero realmente el álbum es un conjunto de hits que fueron muy relevantes y marcaron los 80s. Los recursos de la voz son buenos. El tema "Time After Time" es uno de mis preferidos del disco.
literally captures 80s pop so well, so iconic and i love her sound, the songs have quite a lot of variety aswell so it’s all round a good album
A good collection of pop songs that showcase Cyndi Lauper's incredible voice. I liked the ballad tracks the most.
Kinda average, not bad at all though
Representativo de los 80. Comercial y prescindible
Great energy with the most truthful titles
I’ve heard a couple songs. Of Course Girls Who Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time, but that’s just due to radio play and the grocery store. Don’t tell my wife, but some of these songs are straight bangers. (Ie. She Bop)
Cyndi’s debut was a fun romp back to the vibrant colors of the early 80s! It doesn’t hold up well forty years later, but it was giant back in the day. Comes out of the gate very strong, the first six songs all got heavy radio play. Then fades a bit after All Through The Night. Her sassy vocals are certainly unique (lots of squeals and squeaks) laid over energetic new wave created a light, fun mood. L = (2.75*s) cutesie J = (3.4*s) a fad I enjoyed and remember well…
don't get me wrong, I love it, but it def won't get as many plays as some other ones - aside from the biggest hits
had higher hopes :(
Classic 80s. Probably great at the time and contains some good tunes. Enjoyed hearing more of her work but don’t think I’ll go back to whole album… time after time remains a classic
Girls just wanna have fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun
Quintessential 90s pop diva with a debut album that could have been a greatest hits record ...wait, is that a good thing? 3.5/5
Peppy tunes and non-morinic lyrics, but the nearly incessant drum machine drove me to distraction.
yeah i enjoyed this! its pretty cheesy, but there are some good hits on the album, such as "girls just wanna have fun" and "time after time" that deserve to have lasted in the musical stratosphere for as long as they have. i particularly enjoyed yeah yeah, feels very quintessential of the timing of this album. overall, I listened twice through and enjoyed it!
I'm definitely having fun
Hed halt here vel Klassiker debi. Das macht's de fascht scho chli zom Problem vom Albom. Entweder send t Songs eifach okay oder ech ha sie eifach scho vel z vel ghört. Es esch halt au ned ganz min Musigstil.
crazy how many well-known songs are in this album. although it's not my still, it's still very entertaining music!
Didn't realize this was released way back in 1983 and believe it or not, it actually aged pretty well. I admit I hated this album back in the day, I was just starting university and the last thing I wanted to hear was a flaky, girly and weirdo, Cyndi Lauper, she bopping her way around my radio, with MTV force-feeding us annoying music videos about girls having fun. It's funny, I think she might be even more popular now and she's stayed relevant through the constant use of her songs in films and TV, but also because she is talented, has amazing range and the old stuff is just so damn nostalgic. I'll never be a fan or admit to listening to her as often as I do, but you have to admit, I never saw this coming. I expected Lauper to be a one-hit wonder and fade away quickly. Well, she must be doing something right, right?
nice
Hér eru bangerar og níundi-tugurinn í frábæru formi, en líka talsverður filler á milli. Dúndur smáskífur, mellem LP. When you were mine, sem ég hef ekki heyrt síðan áður en ég hlustaði á Dirty Mind, er svo miklu slappara en originallinn hans Prince, og mun slappara en mig minnti. Rúmur þristur.
The '80s production got pretty tiresome but overall it's actually a very good pop album. Obviously the singles are classics and her voice is its own thing but quite a few other bangers on there too. Favourite tunes: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Witness, Money Changes Everything
Good but not my type
Enjoyed it, feels like a solid definition of 80s pop, Time After Time was and remains a phenomenal song
Bedroom pop let’s fucking goooooo. I yet again didn’t have a name to put to some of these songs, and now I do. She’s got some bangers on this one
I like Cindy Lauper very much, but this was the first album I listened to completely. It's interesting how she plays with her voice seeming to imitate a doll or a good girl. However, I was expecting more, I don't know, I guess I don't really like the extreme voice changes.
This is a really good album and it’s one of the better new wave synth albums I’ve heard. It’s just not a genre I really like that much. All through the night rips though.
This was a joy. The first half is the commercial one: the hits, the camp synthpop and a slightly overwhelming production. The album really settles into its own on the second half (what I suspect would be the Side B on a vinyl): playful New Wave pop with nods to B-52s and Split Enz. Cyndi's vocals are great throughout and there is an arch playfulness to her that none of her contemporaries (Madonna, Sheena Easton) never managed. This will go on repeat.
Classic 80’s pop music. Three hits that were obviously enjoyable and the rest was “fine”. Kind of got bored by the end.
05/05/2025 Bang average. Lucky to get 3 stars.
A moment in time. Prince's sound?
As someone that lived through the 80's (born in 1970) this album couldn't sound anymore 80's if it tried. I've never heard the whole album before, it wasn't (and still isn't) my kind of music. Very listenable though, and I can understand why it was such a huge hit, but I wouldn't actively seek it out for a second listen.
Enjoyable and nostalgic
Cooky broad does 80s pop I get it. Embassador to the 80s femme fatale style, but there is nothing explosive here. Its just good. Sorry for all those gen x listeners with huge nostalgia around this album, its just okay.
I heard Witness as Wet Nurse which was funny. It was fine with a few bangers.
Sounds like the 80s. I enjoyed it more than imagined. Some great covers in here (including Girls, didn't know that was a cover!), and some interesting co-written songs. Kind of got bored by the end but overall a fun listen
This really surprised me, it was very fun to listen to, reminded me of a female informed new-wave take on Born in the USA.
Classic 80s pop … what’s not to like?! ❤️
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun remains iconic. I would call the album as easy listening.
Sounds quite of it's time but very fun to listen to and loads of catchy songs. All through the night my fave. Will deffo relisten.
Some fun new wave pop songs, but I'm gonna listen to Sparks if I'm in the mood for this stuff. Not every song works or effectively uses Lauper's quirky voice. Standouts: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time, I'll Kiss You
Poppy and fun
Quick listen at 38 minutes. Lots of synth, very 80s sound. Not my favorite decade for music, but there are a lot of hits on this album. I can see why it's on the list.
There’s some solid songs on this album, like Witness, I’ll Kiss You and the first song. I like when she gets a little experimental with her vocals. Never realized that the person who sings for Fever ray/the knife sounds just like Cyndi Lauper. Love all the synths!!!
well shit, I enjoyed that. It's campy and so 80's and i love it for that. Cindy Lauper has a great emotive voice. She sounds like could go punk at any moment in this record. For me it's a 3, but almost a 4 - I enjoyed it more than Disraeli Gears ffs.
80s electro pop, not bad, not my taste
Strong first half, the singles are classics for a reason. Good 80’s vibes and production. I just didn’t like the back half of the album- it got a bit weird
A good throw back to the 80s and a all well rounded good sound
Highly listenable album. Many hits from it as there should be. Unfortunately some have been overplayed but still enjoyable.
Less my thing, something in the 80's heavy synth vibes I find too gimmicky, at least to my hear. But there some well deserve "classic" in there for sure.
Divertida década, Lauper está en la primera fila.
I'd put Cindi Lauper in the one hit wonder category, but this was a pretty good album.
fav songs: Girls just want to have fun
I'm torn on this one The songs were so catchy, I really enjoyed this album. The singles weren't even the best songs But on the other hand, her voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Big yikes 3 ⭐️
En la guerra Madonna vs Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi tendría que haber ganado. Canciones mucho más animadas, con toques súper ochenteros como sintetizadores por doquier que, a mí personalmente, me encantan. Además, la concentración de hits es enorme, más aún teniendo en cuenta que es su primer álbum. Muy comercial, pero de vez en cuando se agradece algo así.
I guess it's fun^^
I’m sure that at time of release this alb was really game changing and stood out for how unique it was. Now it’s 40 years later and it’s just okay. The big singles Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time still land very well, but the rest of the album just feels like any other 80s pop. I don’t doubt that this album was incredibly influential and launched many musical careers. I just think the successors went on to outshine this album in a number of ways.
Time after time is an absolute classic that makes the album alone worth listening to. Outside of that it’s very much a particular cup of tea in my opinion that would enjoy this album.
she meant it when she said girls just wanna have fun. fun album
Unremarkable but not unenjoyable
Girls just wanna have fun makes this album
Classic 80s, some great songs, great voice, wouldn’t put it on myself but definitely enjoyed listening to it
Very fun album, enjoyed this a lot
The sound of the 80s nostalgia in a nutshell. All tracks are good but not necessarily great. Listened to this a fair amount growing up. Now the synth and vocals sound too dated for me. Wish this rating system had more range. 3.5? 3.75?
Gets you in the mood for singing and dancing, a staple of any 80s diet. Nothing groundbreaking or particluarly impressive. 3.2
Crazy to think this was her debut. Great album, I’m sure it broke all kinds of rules and norms.
Cyndi Lauper is good! The album is a little front-loaded but I can’t hate on anything that has “Time After Time” on it.
a shame the rest of the album doesnt even come close to the two great hits it contains
Iconic singles and surprising B-sides. However, the overall albums feels lopsided.
Pretty fun album, vocals are unique if a little annoying sometimes. Cover 4/5
knew more songs than i originally thought. girls just wanna have fun time after time all through the night TIL that all through the night was cyndi originally. not TVD song 😭 enjoyed money changes everything. decent rock/pop album. getting miley’s plastic hearts vibes from her voice and song style.
Weird but fun pop music. Some more fun than others. Random thoughts while listening: does Cyndi play harmonica herself? Is this UFO noises? Is she trying to be Betty boop? Is she breaking?
This record is a lot of fun. Her voice isn't my favorite to listen to but, the way the blend her voice with the music sounds really good.
I want to like it but the 80s synths have aged poorly and just sound cheesy. The mall pop vibes get on my nerves.
Some solid stuff here Edit Apr 15 2026: 4 --> 3. I like the 80s sound, just not the pop-y-ness as much
This is the epitome of a fun album throughout. Sadly, front-loaded with great tracks like the anthemic Girls Just Want to Have Fun and When You Were Mine (which has Prince's hands all over), but losing track by the end. Not bad, but definitely not amazing. Still, if this somehow found itself in my collection, I'd probably keep it and spin it sometimes when I just want to let my feminine side free. ⭐⭐⭐
MEH
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Not my cheese but I guess I do respect Lauper for what she’s done with this. She seems pretty cool and it’s better than most pop from that time
I flip flopped my opinion as this as I was listening to it so many times. I kept going between getting won over by how weird and interesting the songs were, and hating her voice so much that it was too grating to enjoy the redeemable aspects. For every interesting detail I appreciated, there was one I disliked. I was going to say that many of these less pleasant details sounded like bad renditions of Prince or Michael Jackson's most notable mannerisms, but then thought about when this album came out and that sort of didn't make sense. So maybe she actually foreshadowed those aspects of their iconic style by debuting drafts of them, which they perfected. It ends with a bang ("Yeah Yeah") but I still don't think it won me over fully. But I do respect her artistry for sure. Fav tracks: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time, All Through the Night, Yeah Yeah
Liked the songs I’ve heard before (from the radio), not so much the ones I didn’t know.
Not my style but clearly influential 65/100
Decent pop. Flashbacks on primary school discos in the 80s.
Holy fuck there are some crazy bangers on here. "When You Were Mine" goes so crazy. And obviously the massive tunes rule completely. She like cannot sing, half of the songs are way under-written, and the entire B side is filler but the grooves rule so who really cares. It's the fucking 80's baby.
Forget about "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Time After Time" and you're still left with a pretty alright album. I'm kind of amazed by Lauper's consistency to pair thoughtful lyrics with a great 80s' pop sounds (though, that could be due to a producer").Regardless, this is a fun album. I underrated Cyndi Lauper before, thinking she wasn't unusual ~enough~. I won't that make that mistake again
meh
La première toune fonctionne aussi bien que de se faire traîner au bout d'une chaine sur un chemin de bois par un truck pendant 5m5s. Time After Time est l'ultimate slow. Correct.
fun pop. classics are masterpieces
All of the good songs of this album were released as singles. Everything else was "meh"
Jeg var fint underholdt. Aldrig hørt hendes navn før, men kendte et par numre.
Ikke verdens dårligste pop album. Heller ikke verdens bedste.
She’s so unusual! If by unusual you mean completely usual
great pop album. unfortunately i hate music
Really frontloaded, as in the first four tracks are the singles or memorable tracks. Fades a lot as it goes on but a great start
I enjoy Cyndi's iconic hits like Time After Time and Girls Just Want to Have Fun. However, beyond those tracks, I found the rest of the album didn't quite capture my interest
Fun
Helt bra 80 - tals pop med många bängers
3/5
Did not sound as dated as I anticipated. Obviously some legendary pop hits and an 80’s icon but not a full album of good songs. But worth thenlisten
I remember this album from the 80's landing with a series of hits. She Bop was scandalous! :-) My favourite song is Time After Time in it's incarnation as a jazz classic. :-)
This record bops. Gets a little weird at parts, but still moves. Dancy, 80-synth, parallel punk. You know half the songs, and the rest are just as fun.
meno peggio di quello che mi aspettavo dai
Better than expected. Never a big fan, but I mostly enjoyed it
I never tire of hearing the opening keyboard burst of Girls Just Wanna. I also enjoyed the Prince cover, although it didn't quite have the same energy or smut as the original. Time After Time is just LUSH. The rest of the album is early 80's production formula heavy. No surprise. Still decent.
4/10
A good 80s pop record. Maybe not 100% my music but I like the vibe nevertheless.
It's okay. There's some hits I never much cared for and some mediocre stuff.
Excellent 80's pop. Would happily listen again.
Helt ok popmusik
Cyndi Lauper has always struck me, as a child growing up in the 90's and early aughts watching VH1 for hours a day, as very annoying. I was aware of 'Time After Time' and 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', and the former is extremely cheesy (though OK) while the latter is brutal. But this pre-conceived bias towards her is why this exercise of listening to all these albums is good -- I was confronted full-on with having to address whether this bias was something based in reality or based in making a black/white decision one time while I was watching tv on a Saturday afternoon when I was 11 years old. I am happy to report that my findings were inconclusive. This album had a lot of really fun, really interesting pop instrumentation, but also a great deal of annoying Cyndi-Lauper-ness going on. For the full experience, throw on 'Yeah Yeah' in which you have this wonderful horn hook overlayed on top of her being, like, demonstrably *way too much*. I don't think Cyndi Lauper is for me, but I hope that my foray into this album at least shed some of the unfair assumptions I had and instead replaced them with barely fair assumptions that I know will hold forever, again, without thinking much about them.
Kitshy 80s pop - was ok, but unmemorable
Ok
Time after Time perhaps one of the greatest songs ever. Girls Just Want to Have Fun undeniable bop despite how overplayed / overused it has become. As far as debut albums go it’s lightning in a bottle stuff. Overused synth keys, someone had a new toy in the studio and rinsed it. Enjoyable but won’t really return to anything bar the hits.
I find Cyndi impossible to dislike. But it shows how far the bar of unusual has moved.
There's some bangers on here and some total crap. I can see how it's probably influenced a lot of artists though and has obviously tried to push boundaries.
nice 80's vibe, classic hits, some songs longer than needed. unique vocals. interesting interlude before last song. 3/4
Enjoyed this. Very eighties pop. The album was pretty good, with a few hits and, arguably, one pop classic - Time after Time. 3.5/5
It's just nonstop hits one right after the other for the first half, then it fizzles a little bit.
This is not bad. Some great songs
A fun 80s pop record
Good, fun, and weird album.
Very nice instrumentals, very 80s was not crazy about cindys voice on most of the tracks but it works in the context. Rly liked the synths
Iconic, but not for me.
I get it, but it’s not for me
I thought this was decent had some iconic songs
whats so unusual is the high ratings this album is receiving. there are a couple of cool synth parts and a few good bass lines but otherwise unremarkable.
Fun 80’s bop
Some bangers, enjoyed Girls just want to have fun, time after time, Witness, I'll Kiss you, overall not 100% my kinda music
6/10 This is very stupid, and probably deliberately so, but it's just too catchy to hate it.
Pop classic, como le hizo para salirse con la suya con tanto grito
Thought I only knew one song on here, but I knew three! Who knew Cyndi Lauper had more than one hit? And Time After Time is a cool song, I just didn’t know it was her. I didn’t mind this album. I probably won’t listen to it in full again, but I will listen to some songs from now on a while so it’s a three for me.
Lauper is amazingly talented!
Better than I remember.
Strong start, it peters out at the tail end.
It’s a fun pop album. Cyndi has a unique voice, quirky, the arrangements are good. A lot of it still stands up 40 years later, obviously “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Time After Time” but others too. And it has a bouncy song about wanking…
First 6 tracks are good, the last 4 not so much. So 6/10. Favs: Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Time After Time
80s synth pop. Pretty much what you'd expect, although not as insanely bubble gum as Girls Just Wanna would lead you to believe.
Absolute banger of an A-side with some of the greatest songs of the decade, very disappointing B-side with a lot of generic 80s pop that feels disjointed. Best: Money Changes Everything, Time After Time, She Bop; Worst: Witness, I'll Kiss You, 3.2/5
Some early 80s gems on here.
Cyndi Lauper sure made some good earworms back in the day. Love it or hate it, those singles are infectious. And the whole album is also surprising. It feels like the moment when New Wave finally abandoned its post punk roots and took off as 80s pop music. It's a lot better than I expected. On a side note, being a Weird Al fan as a kid introduced me to a lot of music but some songs just never recover his parodies. Cyndi Lauper is a strong example for me and it's hard to take it seriously now. Sorry Cyndi.
80s pop is not my thing, but I have always had a soft spot for Cyndi Lauper. Funky personality, great unique voice and some of her songs are really good (Time After Time). It's not all genius though, and I don't think, overall, that it's more than a 3 for me in terms of musicality, But a very good 3!
Time After Time is a great song. Rest ok too 3/5
iri stimm gfallt mer eig nöd so, aber s sind scho mega bangers debi i dem album!
Ok
Nicely synthy with a few really solid songs. Middling 3.
6/10 I thought it was going to be a 10 after the first few songs but her voice gets very grating after a while and the style of song changed Favourite Song=Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Least Favourite Song=Ill Kiss You
Quintessential 80s sound, sounds to mainstream for me
Cyborg Lauper 🌟 🌟 🌟 Despite the excitement of finally having a female artist on this list, my initial reaction to seeing CL come up wasn’t that positive! She always felt like someone who had released a couple of timeless singles, but was more of a 80s fashion icon. I always found ‘Girls just…’ so annoying as a child, probably because I was a 6 year old boy. Re-listening it’s hard to argue with the quality of that song. ‘Time after time’ sounds even more majestic. The rest of the album? Highlights: THE HITS - I stand corrected! It’s much more synthy and new wavy than I expected. ‘All through the night’ - synth powerhouse banger Lowlights: ‘Witness’ - pop reggae 😣 ‘Time after time’ - adds nothing to an incredible song ‘He’s so unusual’ - too bloody quirky for my liking
Very enjoyable. A couple of classics on here. “Time After Time” is such a great song. The whole album has a very 80s MOR rock sound, that although dated I feel is kind of creeping back in fashion and I actually quite like. The second half flags a bit but an enjoyable listen.
This was pretty enjoyable. A little synthy for my every day tastes, but she makes a fine group of singles.
Bit torn with this one. Slight rebellious 80s MTV album. Not a fan of her voice or those synths or 80th reverb drums. But she's more interesting than Madge.
Blasting Time after time on my headphones, fully suited walking into my corporate job made me feel like Patrick Bateman! I really enjoyed it but then there are parts that annoyed me more. I’m not much of a new wave guy and I can’t get into it as much as I’d like. 3/5
3.5/5
The singles are so amazing but rest sounds rather generic which comes as no surprise.
Bom album anos 80. Além dos clássicos Girls Just Want to Have Fun e Time After Time, gostei de Money Changes Everything, I'll Kiss You e Yeah Yeah.
I really want to like cyndi but it’s something about that voice that I don’t like. Time after time is a banger because she’s not yelling in that one lol. But it’s obviously a very big milestone in fashion and sound. Didn’t know she had made a cover of Prince or vice verse.
Aside from the couple of classics on this, I just really don't connect with it much. Her voice is a bit grating to me so hearing it for this many songs in a row got old. The tech-y musical notes were fun and so very 80's though. 3.5
Fine
money changes everything- 4 girls just wanna have fun- 5 when you were mine- 4 time after time- 5 she bop- 5 or 6 all through the night- 5 witness- 4 ill kiss you- 4 hes so unusual- its not unusual. 4 yeah yeah- 5 it was fine. picture of me listening to this: 😐
Fun
Solid. Some great hits.
Favorite Track: All Through the Night
Big Cyndi :) gaun yersel’ decent listen :)
It's been enjoyable for sure
Pure New Wave. Stuff is great. I also like that she's not afraid to do cover songs on a record.
Niet denderend, ook niet slecht
keyboard sound is very distinctive of the time period. i knew several songs without ever having heard of cyndi lauper
Rating: 6/10 Some great songs, rest sounds pretty generic. Choice cuts: Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Want to Have Fun