She's So Unusual

I remember a few tracks when they were in the charts. Actually a better album than I thought it would have been, but not something I’d listen to frequently purely due to my taste in music.

Okay so Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time are fantastic songs and worth the listen on this album, the last two songs feels like a weird add-on or Cyndi's stream of consciousness put on tape. He's So Unusual is like a 45 second Betty Boop impression and Yeah Yeah a B-52's track that didnt make the cut.

It’s fine the singles are what makes it tbh

Two absolute classics in amongst some typical 80’s fare.

money changes everything tönt wie girls just wanna have fun, sehr vo sinere ziit. aber s isch en guete song so. afoch extreeem 1983. girls just wanna have fun kenntmer halt. gitarre intro seehr cool. es isch jedi sekunde dureproduziert und duredenkt. mir sind die prekussionsdinger nonie ufgfalle. bi you were mine wird ihri stimm langsam es ding hä. scho ehner höch. ah time afger time isch au vo ihre. do singt sie jo inere mega agnehme stimmlag? und s isch es duett. wer ihm? und de bass seeehr cool im refrain. schöne song. she bop goht anschinend um wiblichi masturbation. guet so. all through the night kenni au?? soooo viel hits??? eigentli au en banger. synthiega funny. witness isch sochli ska findi etz chli dünn und ass aber ich bin au definitiv kein ska guy ill kiss you macht wieder synth stuff recht funky? wird langsam chli lang de song. aber de synthbass isch immerno geil ey. yeah yeah isch reeecht geil. d orgle isch etz nöd de hammer so vom sound her und ihri chinderstimm nervt mit de ziit. aber guets album mit huuuere viel hits.

ahja hallou 80er uhuere geils albumcover sie singt ja ultraa undütlich, ischmer nanie ufgfalle money changes everything ultra catchy girls just wanna have fun riese banger aber hans scho gnueg ghört hahahahaha when you were mine guet zum chli abefahre und eig na cute aber ihre gsang isch echli ahstrengend TIME AFTER TIME KENNTMER JA AU au chli en schöne durreschnuufer au wenns da nüt neus erfunde hend she bop naja au wenns natürlich sehr en coole titel isch poah all through the night findi schrecklich witness isch chli andersch aber passt für mich nödso is album? ja es plätscheret chli vor sich hii he's so unusual funny interlude yeah yeah findi jz ener en flache closener 3 STERNDLI WILL ICH THROUGH THE NIGHT ODER WIE DAS HEISST GHASST HAN aber ja riese banger

There are several hits here, which are probably the better songs of the album. Every song is pure ‘80s — lots of synths, generally upbeat, fun to sing along with, etc. Sometimes Lauper’s vocals are a bit much to take in, but that’s part of the appeal I suppose.

She's So Unusual, pleasantly surprised me with its vibrant and eclectic mix that firmly establishes Cyndi to be a unique voice in the pop landscape. I found Side A to be undeniably the stronger half, packed with energetic and memorable tracks like Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time. Lauper's distinctive voice and quirky personality really shine through, making these songs feel like timeless classics. However, as the album progresses into Side B, the momentum starts to wane. The songs became less impactful, and the heavy use of keyboards began to feel overly cheesy and dated. Tracks like Witness and I’ll Kiss You lacked the punch and innovation that I enjoyed so much in the earlier songs. Despite these issues, Lauper's vocal performance remains consistently strong, and her charisma keeps me engaged. The production, while occasionally over the top, fits the playful and rebellious spirit of the album. Overall, it's a solid debut with standout moments that firmly cement Cyndi Lauper's place in 80s pop history. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 4 STAND OUT TRACK - Time After Time

Had this as a cassette in my youth. Lots of filler so lots of skips but some great songs and I enjoy Cyndi Lauper's vocals and writing (mostly)

Cyndi is a great 80s icon. I was very familiar with the hits on the album. Fun Pop album overall. Out of songs I hadn’t heard I enjoyed Money Changes Everything most. Time after Time and All Through The Night were/are my favorites on the album. Girls just wanna have fun is a great tune to be introduced to/know.

This is as 80s as 80s pop gets really, which is not really a bad thing. It's a fairly competent and fun pop record that ultimately gets carried by its most notable (and understandably so) single: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." The backhalf of it is really nothing to write home about.

Tämähän on tällaista ei-taiteellista Kate Bushia. Ihan hyvää pop-musiikkia! 3/5

Kylhän tää toimii, vaikkei ole ihan kasaripopin suosikkilaitaa. 3/5

Varsin virkistävä pop-levy, ja megahitti, vaikkakin paljolti kulunut, on silti toimiva. 3/5

I wanted to like this but I couldn't get myself to care past the singles

Fun pop album.

Nuthin' like hitting the open roads and crankin' up some Cyndi L. Side two gets too new wavy for me, but side one with its' Springsteen-esque grandeur is terrific. 'Time After Time' is perfect.

A very fun new wave album full of bops and led by two massive and incredible singles. I was going to give this a 4 but the backing vocals of the closing track Yeah Yeah were incredibly annoying

5/6/24. Good 80s pop with some memorable tunes (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time). Good themes as well. I understand why this record is remembered years later.

I was excited to hear this album in full as I really like the two massive singles "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Time After Time" but I was rather disappointed to find that the other songs on this record aren't nearly as good. There's an awful lot of filler to be found here. If I had to pick album highlights from the non-singles then I guess I'd go with "She Bop" and "Yeah Yeah". Still, it's hard to give this less than 3* knowing how good those singles are.

3 “I like your sleeves. They’re real big.” I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this one, but it’s surprisingly enjoyable. Granted, it also very much feels like a product of its time, but I think you would have to be the wettest of wet blankets to not have at least a little bit of fun with this. You really can’t go wrong with the first four tracks in particular, with Money Changes Everything and When You Were Mine being the two surprises here for me. Both are incredibly fun, energetic, and catchy, with the latter also being a great take on Prince. To be honest, I’m actually more familiar with the song in the form of the later Bright Eyes cover (forgive me), but after listening to this album, I gotta say, I think Cyndi did it best. And then you have the two mega-hits, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time, which are also both mostly enjoyable, though I gotta say, Girls has been overplayed to death (it’s also a bit cheesy), and I can’t hear Time without thinking of Napoleon Dynamite (see opening quote). As for the rest of this album - pretty standard 80s fare. Don’t have much else to say about it, though dialing in on and re-evaluating the lyrics of She Bop was interesting after learning about the controversy surrounding it. Is it sexist that this song was scorned and Dancing With Myself wasn’t? Probably, it was the 80s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also, I kind of dug the ragtime segue He’s So Unusual, which is apparently a cover of an old Betty Boop song - it’s a cute way to set up the closing of the album. Nothing spectacular, and there’s nothing I’m immediately jumping to save on Spotify, but it’s for sure a fun slice of the era.

Some big cuts from Cyndi. This album came out during my college years, and took the radio world by the tail. Girls Just Wanna is still played with some regularity today. I thought it was a pretty stupid song in the day, but it is a catchy little beat in its simplicity. While I recognize the big hits here, I never listened to the whole album until today, and I was surprised to discover…. Her voice sucks! WTF? By today’s Pop standard, she’d be a YouTube curiosity at best. I’m glad she had her success in the 80’s, when shit music was the standard, and I hope royalties keep rolling in until her last squeak.

pretty of it’s time i think.

Started off really strong but kind of got weaker as it went on past the first half. The start of this album is goated though

3/5 - Standard Rating Feelgood record, Catchy songs that you can easily find yourself humming along with. Not necessarily my thing but objectively good tracks, enjoyed my listen. Favourites on first listen: - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (obviously) - She Bop - All Through the Night

6 / 10 Cyndi Lauper solo hay una. Tiene un par de éxitos buenisimos, pero el disco entero es demasiado petardo

Good album. Found a couple tracks a bit shrill and a bit like it was being sung by a 12 year old. But equally some really good tracks and these more than make up for the others. 7/10

Prima hitjes op deze plaat. Ze zingt een beetje vervelend, maar daar kon ik op gegeven moment ook wel inkomen

The singles are pure 80s nostalgia, but the other tracks realllly do not hold up very well.

Surprisingly good album. The musicianship is much better than you might expect as it's overshadowed by the fame of Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Wonderful voice, interesting, a bit different, but good. Time After Time is an amazing love song, so much better than many dull expressions of so-called love by artists such as, say, Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston - not to mention more bubblegum stuff. You can tell Cyndi came up the hard way, battling for her success. Interesting and strong songs on this one. Marred by the production values of its time.

Some solid bangers in here, damn.

Two classics but I didn’t love the rest

Some classics, started well but by end found her voice limiting and made me think i prefer the original. 7/10 too many fillers

Some good songs but not the whole album.

A little heavy on the synthesizer but some classic 80’s songs.

A couple of great songs and some filler. Best song is obviously Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but there's more good ones on the record.

Solid bops, there were a few tracks that I was iffy on but overall solid listen for this project

Annoyingly repetitive pop

3, 4 Welthits auf einem Album, die jeder kennt. Der Rest ganz OK.

I've always considered "Time After Time" one of my favorite songs of all time. Oddly I'd never thought to listen to the album it was on. Of course some of the songs were very familiar to me, having been alive in the late 80s...albeit very young. I have to add that I appreciated the synthesizer sounds this album puts out, they felt magical here and there, like they do.

A pretty solid album with a lot of famous tracks. Not that much filler either. Solidly in the 80s, of course. But a landmark. 3.5

I mean, it's our Cindi Lauper. We just want to have fun right? Nothing heavy, nothing fancy. It's Cindi Lauper.

She may have been so unusual at the time, but Cyndi Lauper became the archetype of the 1980s American girl. It wasn’t just that she wanted to have fun - she wanted to break away from the stereotypes and constraints put on women in American culture.

Nice fun vibe, time flew by before I knew it. I'll Kiss You is a bop.

The front half of this album was a 5. The back half of this album gets a 1. Cyndi has a unique voice, and when it works it works. And when it doesn’t she sounds like a fucking giggle stick. Or a groan tube. Whatever it’s called. Also minus points because the transition in He’s So Unusual almost made me crash my car.

3 songs I really liked but didn’t enjoy the others. Very hit or miss. Rating: 3.1

good but dated - 3.5

Solid debut album with some real classics. Her voice always boarders on annoying, but it also pulls me in a bit at the same time. Not sure what else to say about it.

1st listen thoughts: First 6 songs are great, second half of the album isn't as good. Really like the synths and the 80s sound. Very good album, tied with Elliot Smith for my favorite so far. Listened 3 times like it more each time. Her voice is very unique, the album cover is great, production is really good. Overall really good album. 7.3/10 Favorite songs: Time After Time All Through the Night She Bop Yeah Yeah

Classic! Never really gave any recognition to Cyndi but after this I can appreciate that this is a pretty decent album. The album cover suits the music so well

Bangers mostly. But has some curveball that just add to the pitch count without getting anywhere

good songs, i find the popular songs a bit annoying at this point because i hear them literally all the time but there’s no denying they’re good songs, album was okay overall, 6/10

Eh, its alright

The lead single from this album gets on every last nerve. This came out when I was in 7th and I didn’t like it then and I don’t like it now. Money Changes Everything is the best song from this album. I thought she had written all these songs - only a partial credit on some.

First half very good, second half a bit rubbish 2.5/5

Album has some great songs but I can't help think it's being sung by sherry and Terry from the Simpsons

I was 12 years old when this album came out, and I recall that I had a 45 of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" that got a lot of play in my house. Never got around to hearing the whole album, although it's so packed with hits that I almost feel like I have. These songs were all over the place for the next couple of years and Cyndi Lauper was an MTV darling. Listening to it today, I'm struck at how strong most of the singles are. It's a nice mix of the heartfelt and the wacky that fit right into the landscape of early 80s pop and new wave. The arrangements are bright and catchy and Lauper has a lovely voice, when she cares to be serious with it. The affected baby voice and other silly touches that appear on some of these songs plant the album squarely in its time and aren't particularly fun to listen to now. The songwriting is of course all over the map, coming from a hodgepodge of songwriters. Lauper's own songwriting collaborations are a mixed bag, ranging from the marvelous "Time After Time" to the straight up bad "I'll Kiss You." Side 1 is definitely where the best songs reside, and side 2 starts off strong. But the quality slides quickly after "All Through the Night" and never recovers. Fave Songs: Time After Time, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, She Bop, Money Changes Everything, All Through the Night, When You Were Mine

Never really digged Cyndi Lauper. This album was probably very innovative when it came out, and I would probably have loved it in the 80s but new wave, and lauper especially, has been milked to death. If this album came out today, it would be branded as yet another unoriginal pop artist who wanted to feel cool by adding punk elements to their songs. One song is alright once in a while, but a whole Lauper album is TOO MUCH.

Had some bangers!

Agree with Jamie. There was some canny parts to this but I wasnt sold on the vocals. Felt a bit forced. Parts passed me by too, but I think it’s more to do with me not being a massive fan of this sound in general. That said, the songs that were good I really enjoyed: when you were mine, She Bop, Yeah Yeah all being highlights. Doubt I’d be back but glad I heard it

Time After Time and Girls Just Want to Have Fun aside, the rest of the album was mostly alright. Consistent production, very 80's, loads of synth. He's So Unusual was incredibly irritating though, faux record player, honky-tonk keys, pathetic lyrics and unnecessarily fey singing. It riled me, so -1.

Very clearly 80s, but the good kind. I agree that she is trying hard to be cute, but it works on me! Girls just wanna have fun and time after time are both pretty iconic. I did like the sound of some of the others too, but can't say I'll be rushing back. Better then plenty of other similar things from the period

Some great classics, and some so-so very 80's stuff.

Side one’s great - side two, not so much - from the ‘Time After Time’ to the ‘He’s so Unusual’.

This one is alright. Some good hits, sometimes her voice feels too exaggerated. Will I listen to again: 5%

Somewhat nostalgic

Fun 80s pop with that amazing voice!

Grated AF

Two all-time classics on a debut album has to give Cyndi some love. I liked the whole album. All upbeat, catchy songs. Nothing really blew me away, but a positive experience overall.

I think I’ve told y’all about it before but that documentary on Netflix “the greatest night in pop”. Cyndi lauper is in it and man is she freakin weird. Like definitely someone I would never want to hang out with but when it comes for her time to sing, it’s like shockingly amazing. Very powerful voice and tone is spot on. And she’s pretty much one of the only female singers they asked to be on that song which is really saying something. Oh ya the album, ya it’s ok.

I’ve got a huge soft spot for 80s synth pop and Cyndi Lauper is an icon, so I was excited for this one considering it put her on the map and has three of her most famous songs. Is it a little dated at this point being 40 years old? Sure, but I think that’s part of the appeal. That being said, there are a couple songs on this album that just don’t do it for me and drag it down. And I really didn’t see any point in He’s so Unusual, like what? Also, even though her version is a classic hit, the Quietdrive version of Time After Time is in the conversation for covers better than the original.

Okay

Two awesome pop hits and one muddling cover of a great Prince song; lots of shiny 80s pop. Quite middle of the road, fair but not as stunning as I was expecting - perhaps it’s status has been elevated by the couple of hits?

I like the cool pop/rock and synthpop turn, it’s got energy and originalith

Fun

Great songs on here. Really loved when you were mine, the opening track, and ofc girls just wanna

Very nice tunes, the moto in the label says at all. "she is so unsuall" indeed, her voice goes nearly to the cartoon universe, closer to bee gees group. is nice too see something so unique reach so many.

As far as 80's pop goes, this was pretty good. It's basically maxed out at a 3 due to the genre, so...great job.

The 2 hits on this album are great songs. The rest however is not. Half the time she is singing beautifully and then the other half she uses this awful baby voice that is unlistenable

Bra låtar!

A few songs reminded me of why the 80s were cool. The other songs reminded me of why I hate 80s music.

Her voice gets a little old.

This was strongly 80s. The synth was pervasive. This album is home to girls just wanna have fun. 3 I guess

I’ve heard of cyndi lauper but couldn’t didn’t know these songs were hers. The album is good, very upbeat happy songs mixed with smaller slow songs. It’s ok and I enjoyed it, nothing special though Favourite songs: - Time after time - She bop

Some truly amazing songs. Some not so great songs. Amazing voice.

So, this takes me back to being 13. I never know if that's a good thing or not - being 13 can be pretty fucking terrible. I know a couple of the songs of course and I think I remember seeing her on Top of the Pops. The voice is generally fine - although the best moments on the album are when it slows down on Time After Time and on Money Changes Everything where there's a change of pace. But it's the early 80s and it's pop. So that means those drums. Or drum sounds. That are just so in your face. Not a lot of room for subtlety across the album and it all gets a bit wearing after a track or two. Relentless. Which is probably why I prefer the album when something different's going on. But it's OK pop music. There's a lot worse out there, although I doubt I'd listen to the whole album again.

Has some absolute bangers but the other songs are a little underwhelming in comparison.

It was too pop for me back in the day, still is, but it did bring back good memories.

A bop. Would bring out in a party. A few really good songs, some boppy but middling songs. All of her best songs in a convenient location!

When Cyndi Lauper came up, I was disappointed and didn’t want to listen. But then when listening to the album, I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed it more than I expected. A number of big hits came from this album.

Quality sound. Some huge hits.

another classic album a little too whiney in some of her songs overall pretty good i love time after time

I am not sure why this album is on a list of albums that one has to listen to before they die. There is no denying CYNDI Lauper's talent and success. This album in particular produced 4-5 hits. It's pleasant and fun, but not sure beyond that.

No es mi estilo pero es un buen disco

Pretty good 80's pop album. Enjoyed listening through each track.

kinda nice

Album perfectly encapsulates the early 80s female pop movement. Solid record. 3.5/5

Go off queen, she's so quirky. This is what all those really buff bodybuilders listen to in the gym while bench pressing 250kg. It's good, I enjoyed it.

5.5/10

It started with this heavy 80's vibe and I thought I had never heard Cyndi, but then Time after time started, and it clicked I've heard hear before, and I like the song enough to give the whole album 4/5 just for that song, but let's be impartial and continue hearing. Well 3/5 the other songs did not stick at all.

The album starts off with a banger. Seems like a bridge between 80s synth pop and the working class Americana (Bruce Springsteen) of the early 90s. This is evident in the themes throughout the album which include anti materialism, feminism, LGBTQ issues. She has pipes tho. Girls Wanna Have Fun has some great harmonizing and catchy synth riffs.

Lots of fun synth and new wave and some really great songs. Definitely from the era where albums were half great songs and half filler

Heard it a million times. Very good debut. Fun quirky pop. Probably not an all timer

i wanted to like it more than i did, but there were two iconic songs on there that i adore, and it was a cool album i guess, just not for me, i also hated that on he’s unusual, i couldn’t hear out of one headphone, but i guess it made it unusual lol.

Really didn’t listen to her back then. Later on discovered her voice was awesome.

I'm not too familiar with Cyndi Lauper. I've heard a couple of her songs, Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Time After Time of course. My first introduction to her was probably in The Goonies. I get the comparisons to Madonna for sure. A couple solid tracks, a lot of pretty standard 80s pop but if that's what you like then this would be a great album for you.

Not too sure what to expect, but it was an interesting listen, upbeat and fun.

Yasss queeen

Buen pop con dos temazos quemados en la radio y con un par de temas interesantes pero que no me vuelven especialmente loco.

Manic Monday.

It is mostly one hit wonder. It has it's other fine tracks but nothing mindblowing. Just fine mid 80s album.

Money Changes Everything - 8/10 Girls Just Want To Have Fun - 9/10 When You Were Mine - 8.5/10 Time After Time - 9/10 She Bop - 8/10 All Through the Night - 7.5/10 Witness - 7/10 I'll Kiss You -8/10 He's So Unusual - 6.5/10 Yeah Yeah - 8/10 TOTAL - 79.5/100

What a great throwback. Stands the test of... Time after time

Girls just want to have fun, nothing more

Mixed feelings about this one. Has two really really iconic songs, but the rest or the album just isn't keeping up

It was ok

Music i grew up with. 4 songs that I loved. The rest were ok.

The second half let it down a bit but the first half is banger after banger. I'm going 3.5 but I can understand a 4 here. Some great synth lines.

I normally don't like 80's pop and synth-y stuff, but this album surprised me. Need to rewatch some John Hughes films. Did a bit of googling after hearing When You Were Mine and found out she's a huge LGBTQ advocate so that's dope. Go women!

Great album with a bunch of hits - not really my vibe, but there's a time and a place when its worth a listen.

Several hits but the album overall is just ok.

Fun but strange album. Again you can see why certain songs are hits and others get lost along the way.

Big synthesizer sound and so campy for the dance tunes. More real on the slower tunes. Feels so dated now but still fun to listen to

Det var okay. Nogle gode sange som Time after Time og Money Changes Everything, men ingenting der greb mig mega meget. Skal dog lyttes til igen

Very.. How could I say it Normal?

Fantastic voice and some memorable tunes.

Netter 80'er Jahre Pop. Enthält ein paar Dauerbrenner: "Girls just wanna have fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop". Drei Sterne ***

3.5

Honestly, I don’t think it would ever cross my mind to listen to a full album by Cyndi Lauper. It was a pleasant surprise and the fact that it has two of the most iconic songs of 80s’ pop, should be impressive by itself. [0108/1001]

"She's so Unusual" feels a bit out of place, for me, on this list, as the album, as a whole doesn't feel entirely essential or substantial upon listening. However, it is impressive it was her first solo album with "Girls Just Wanna" and "Time After Time," as those songs are still played regularly today and obviously had a large impact on the pop music charts at the time. The album very much is a time capsule, and that is notable, but I can't imagine myself wanting to listen to the entire album again.

Werde nie verstehen, wieso time after time so ein Klassiker geworden ist. Platte ist an und für sich nicht schlecht, ich finde es musikalisch aber irgendwie sehr monoton. Und bin auch kein großer Fan von cindys Stimme. Lieb gemeinte 6/10 weil 2-3 Songs wirklich Spaß machen

I liked this more than I would have thought. I only knew the singles but the rest was surprisingly solid. It peters out a little towards the end. I prefer princes version of when you were mine. I give 3/5.

Pop, MTV stuff.

Super fun album, just not something I would listen on repeat.

Das ist schon eher meins. Freche Stimme.

Oujea

Her Voice comes sometimes a bit too much annoying to me, but i still found soe songs i really liked a lot. The highs are high and the lows are low. I liked the speaking and background Talking in Yeah Yeah cause it made it interesting and i dindt thought it was too much at one time. Hit Song: Time After Time Other favs: She Bop, Yeah Yeah

It’s ok but probably won’t listen to it again

At least a bonus star for "Girls just wanna have fun"

Cool haircut.

Pari megalekaa ja muu levy jokseenkin kuunneltavaa.

Menevä ja tasalaatuinen

3.5

Some good tracks but not really my thing

3.25

Throwback, enjoyable album for something different.

The hits are undeniable. The rest is fine. Fun 80's pop. Cyndi's singing alone makes my heart want to give it a four but my by brain is in control right now.

She's So Unusual is the most 80s album i think i have ever listened to. With all the synths and Cyndi's general singing voice, you can definitely tell its from 1983. I found this quite charming throughout most of the songs and it helped the album feel fun to listen to. It's not a bad album even if the voice in the later tracks does get a bit annoying. Best Song: All Through The Night Worst Song: I'll Kiss You

Favorite song "She Bop" Not really fan of her sound, but album has some good songs.

Pure 80s sound. Very lively and upbeat dance music.

80’er poprock fyldt med bangers

The 80s were clearly not my time

She has a pretty good punk, sort of voice, however I’m not the biggest fan of some of the songs. Money changes everything isn’t to bad, I like how most of the songs are actually about something and not random

80's pop for ya. This album brought us 2 classics, girl just want to have fun is a great listen as always. Just... too much Lauper. The 2-3 songs I listed in my personal favorites are great; that being said, a whole album of Lauper is just too much. I don't mind hearing one of her classics every now and then and i'm sure this album had a more significant place in the 80's but.. Just too much for 1 album. Personal Favorites: Girls just want to have fun, Time after time, All through the night

It's so meh.

She Bop is a song about flicking the bean.

I thought this was fun, it has a couple of classic songs and it could not be more 1984. That said, I thought it was a bit of a chore to get through as it was so light/pop/80s production that it felt it didn't quite pull it off as an album to go back to.

Girls wanna have fun is always a bop. No parece nada deep, just a fun album to listen to.

Stil as cool as a cucumber

6/10 Great first half, but fell off in the 2nd

Time after time is just an incredible song. I have a healthy respect for Cyndi Lauper. She wrote a lot of really great songs and show tunes. In some of the songs on this album, her voice is a bit annoying, but the songs for the most part are bangers. Way ahead of several of her contemporaries. Witness is a ska tune? I'll Kiss You was the only real stinker on the album, I think. I enjoyed, overall.

Ok, like

Cyndi Lauper is an 80s pop icon. Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Time After Time were huge hits. This album is the epitome of mid 80s pop music. Cyndi has a great, unique voice, very strong vocals, excellent synth lines and drum beats. Very good album

2 of the greatest songs of all time and a lot that is usual But Girls… and Time After Time get Cyndi a pass

Ik was wel in de mood voor wat lekkere energieke 80's muziek.

OK overall. Time after time and girls just want to have fun are classics. The rest are very 80s.

Some big hitters on this one but the songs are bigger than Cyndi now!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is a fun song.

80s pop classic, but not everything has aged so well

Dobar album s par hitova.

Die Lieder haben sich alle sehr ähnlich angehört, mit gleichen Drums und Synths

I like a lot of the songs on here, but not as an album. I think it can become grating after a few songs, but individually they’re a lot of fun.

It's a bop.

bons hits

Another 3.5 here. Some serious heat on this album

Increíble que meta dos hits de todos los tiempos y después todos buenos temas. Laburazo

Yes, quite nice 90s POP sound/songs, I would put a 3,50, but 4 is too much (not my favourite style).

they just wanna! they just wanna!!

you can always have too much of a good thing.

Los temas son largos como bife de boa. Las chiks solo se quieren divertir + 8 temas de pop generico. muy acorde a su epoca.

This album has the iconic 1980 sound to it. It's just not my cup of tea, although I do realize the social impact that the 80s had. I might have enjoyed this album at release, probably at a club or something, but just me sitting down to listen I don't think I could have done it if it weren't for this website.

7 3.5

solides album, auch wenn es nicht wirklich mein musikgeschmack ist. kein schlechter song

fun listen, didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as I did. Not my personal taste tho, so probably won’t be coming back. The typical 80s synths get too repetitive for me

Girls just wanna have fun... Nice voice, nice songs but only one really good and overused

girl power from the 80s, not my type though

Cyndi has a couple of bangers, but mostly I don't like her music much.

Cyndi Lauper creates a landscape, a place to escape, in She’s So Unusual. The synthesizer throughout creates a lush, reminiscent atmosphere. The synth sounds in “All Through the Night” are particularly lovely. Lauper’s voice is very distinctive. What would “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” or “Time After Time” be without Lauper’s cutting voice? However, by the time the album reached “Witness,” I found that I was quite tired of listening to Lauper’s singing. AND I HATED “I’ll Kiss You.” Maybe due to typically listening to Lauper in single track doses and each song being quite repetitive, but I find this album a bit meh overall. I honestly don’t think I will ever listen to this album top to bottom again, but will be searching for the synthesizer sounds used.

This album surprised me. I went into it thinking I was just going to have to get through it. But ended up actually really liking it. This is a fun album filled with fun beats and plenty of 80's synths. Highlights Include: Girls Just wanna have fun. time After Time She Bop

The two famous hits, covered endlessly, are great pop songs. The rest of the album is rather weak.

I liked time after time, but her voice annoyed me in a lot of the songs

2 Bangers and a shitload of fillers

so it's THIS album! never knew where these big hits like "girls just wanna have fun" were from but now i do (i live under a rock). cool album i like the when you were mine cover and "time after time"

You’ve certainly got some bangers here, like “Time After Time” and “She Bop” but my problem with her is that after 2-3 songs I start finding her voice irritating

Good stuff. A balance of known commodities in the front, and some wonky and weird synth pop stuff in the back. Rounding down from a 3.5.

Interesting, and neat to listen to the tracks along side of the ones I've heard on the radio. But not something I will probably come back to again.

Has 2 bangers and a whole bunch of meh. It's definitely the 80s, both good and bad.

A huge anchor point for the cultural memory of 80s music. Had a nice time, turns out most of the issue with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Time After Time" is just that they're overplayed

B-puoli oli yhtä kaaosta, mutta se oli vain hauskaa. A-puolella kunnon juhlat. Lauperilla on UPEA ääni (ylinäyttely menee sillä tosin todella yli, se vähän ärsyttää).

Melko ylittämätön a-puoli - sellainen, jonka hyvyyden kiistäminen tuntuu henkilökohtaiselta, vaikkei olisikaan genren suurin ystävä. B-puoli on outo muttei harmittavan sellainen.

Money Changes Everything // Girls Just Wanna Have Fun // When You Were Mine // All Through The Night //

The vibes of the album are great. Makes me feel like I’m in a disco and remind of of stranger things.

Fint

SUSHI!!! I LOVE SUSHI!!!!! Yeah Yeahs background vocals are so funny they’re amazing

Good not mind blowing but fun.

Ja lachen

Pretty decent 80's pop! Some classics on here, and it was fun to listen to the deeper cuts. A bit too repetitive in a couple songs though.

Good pop album, obviously has some tunes that are considered as classics for a good reason. Nothing that particularly amazed me, but solildly made

Au delà de /Girls Just Want to Have Fun/ je ne connaissais pas du tout Cindy Lauper. J'ai bien aimé /Money Changes Everything/, petite vibe Sparks, et All Through the Night. Pas forcément le truc que j'écouterai en boucle, mais du cool punk instrumenté. Peut-être un peu trop d'angst adolescente dans les paroles, mais c'est pas si pire. Un peu trop auto-similaire sur la fin, /Yeah Yeah/ m'a un peu porté sur les nerfs.

Les chansons individuelles son vraiment de qualité, mais ensemble en album, ça passe pas, tu te tanne vite des synthés et de sa voix de Tweety Bird

I Like time after time but I don’t think I even like “girls just wanna have fun” that much really.It’s an ok album.Extremely 80s.

Bangers on here

Some BANGERS and lots of filler

Fun pop with some all time classics.

Just a really fun album.

Un increíble album de pop, con influencias de la escena ochentera. Presentando tintes de new-wave, synth pop, y rock, el primer lado del LP entrega canciones espectaculares. Sin embargo, la segunda mitad se pone un tanto floja.

Decent 3, certainly some classics and just a bit of fun

“Girls just wanna have fun” and “Time after times” are obviously great songs. The rest are just the standard 80s pop/new wave. Funnily enough, we recently had an example of a great Prince cover with TLC’s rendition of “If I was your girlfriend”. Here we get a serviceable rendition of “When you were mine”. Though the instrumentals are admittedly interesting and stay true to the barebones feel of the original song, it adds a new wave flavor. However it’s Cydni’s over the top vocal specatacle that takes away from the minimalistic magic that the OG song is characteristic for. On that note, all the Prince covers recently is like a prelude to actually getting a Prince album on here. Just give it to us already 😂

if I was trying to give an objective opinion this would be a 4 or 5 cuz it has a lot of classics but I really don’t see myself re-listening to this a whole lot outside of wanting some 80s nostalgia vibes. Also can’t not think of napoleon dynamite while listening to time after time That being said the title track was really bad to me and I don’t like the ones where he’s trying to be slick or cool.

I'll kiss you is a sleeper banger, the rest is just okay. obv the hits are hits and its no surprise this album is marked for cultural significance. wtf is the deal with he's so unusual lolol

Aside from the hits, which I don’t care all too much for, this was actually pretty good! Nothing groundbreaking, but enjoyable! 7 out of 10

Very solid playful pop album. Fun and worth a listen.

Not really my cup of tea but this album gave me major stranger things vibes.

There are only a couple that I would (and do) go back to but it's a solid 80s pop album and had more variety in the second half than I expected from the first half

Conajmniej 2 radiowe hity, trochę zajechane na śmierć. Po pierwszym przesłuchaniu miałem wrażenie, że nic mnie już nie zaskoczy, więc odpuściłem drugi raz.

super super new wave, thats 80s for you! time after time eats more than girls just want to have fun

Really enjoyed! 3/5

ооо да, дома на виниле есть

fun and poppy

I've never listened to a Cyndi Lauper album before so I was ready to dive right in. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is a classic 80's song, that I will always enjoy hearing. The rest of the album was alright.

Lindo album. Lo escuche de corrido y no me costó (cayo un poquito al final). Me gusto la forma en como panean los instrumentos de un lado y del otro.

Time After Time la escucharía todo el viaje de Buenos Aires a Tostado, pero el álbum en general me fue aburriendo mientras avanzaba de una canción a otra.

Los 80 no fallan. si tuviera que puntuar el disco por los primeros 6 temas sería un 5 estrellas. Lamentablemente cae en la segunda mitad.

I like Cyndi Lauper, but she's no Madonna. A few bangers, and the rest were okay.

The run from Girls Just Want to Have Fun to All Through the Night is pretty impressive. The strength of these songs is evident even though many of them sound pretty dated or overplayed. Never realized how good a song Girls Just Want to Have Fun is, it’s actually pretty clever. Cyndi Lauper rode the fame this album brought her to nauseam, but for a brief moment she was a massive hit machine.

I would be very unlikely to play it often but it's really good fun. More of a 3.7 than a 3 but not quite a 4

A classic 80s sounding release, Cyndi Lauper’s debut comes with many hit songs. Lauper's distinctive voice, eccentric fashion sense, and unapologetic attitude match the vibrant and eclectic nature of this record. "She's So Unusual" offers a diverse range of musical styles, blending pop, new wave, rock, and dance influences. Tracks like the great "Time After Time" and "All Through the Night" showcase Lauper's emotive vocal range and heartfelt songwriting. These ballads demonstrate her ability to convey vulnerability and introspection while remaining relatable to audiences of all ages. Lauper's infectious energy and unique vocal style shine brightly. Her ability to infuse each song with a genuine sense of emotion and authenticity makes the album compelling. The production is mostly good but gets slightly raw at times. Cyndi Lauper established herself as an icon of the '80s music scene, much thanks to this album. Close to a 4 this one.

1. 3 2. 4 3. 4 4. 5 5. 3 6. 3 7. 3 8. 2 9. 2 10. 3

2.8

Not a fan

Several songs I knew, but didnt expect to be on the album Fun

When I first saw that this was today's album, I wasn't too happy. "How could this be one of the illustrious 1,001?" I thought. But I see why. This is a great example of why the '80s was a great time for pop music, with honest lyrics and groovy instrumentation. I quite enjoyed it. 3 stars.

'Girls just want to have fun' is still an absolute banger after all these years. Very whiney voice on 'When you were mine'. 'Time after time' is still great too. On first listen nothing really jumps out from the second half of the album, but this could be because the two big singles are so well known already they are hard to stand up too on a single listen.

So very 80s. Cyndi sure had a few songs on high rotation during this era, I knew almost half of the tunes on this record.

This had plenty of boppy good moments. Time After Time is a great song.

This was alright. I knew the two hits obviously. I’m pretty picky about solo female artists and so this didn’t really win me over. I preferred the back half of the album.

Plingplånget i bakgrunden av All Through the Night påminner lite om Empire Ants me Gorillaz. Jo men de va väl bra ett riktigt 80-tala pop album.

Would've been a 4 if the second half didn't sound like babies in a blender

No me gustó tanto, pero tampoco creo que esté tan mal. Gracias a Prefab Sprout, me di cuenta de que me gusta mucho el pop 80ro, o al menos el que no ah sido sobreexplotado al punto de que apenas es escuchable, lamentablemente, este no es ese tipo de pop 80ro, más bien, es precisamente el tipo que no me gusta tanto porque, personalmente, se me hace un poco "empalagoso". No soy muy fan de Girls Just Want to Have Fun y tampoco me volví fan de otra canción en este álbum, pero si tuviera que rescatar algo sería Time After Time. Finalmente, le doy 3 porque creo que está bien, pero tampoco me parece tan bueno en realidad

Great moments but a lot of it stinks.

Some great songs in here but half of the album is annoyingly whiny

I really can't stand Lauper's voice pitch, which made this a hard listen. Overall it's a decent 80s pop album, with a few fun songs. If you're into synths and high-pitch voices you'll enjoy it more than I did.

Fun album. Time after Time and Girls Just Want to Have Fun are bangers. All Through the Night and Money Changes Everything were interesting new songs I didn't know about. Many other songs felt like filler (Yeah Yeah, I'll Kiss You come to mind).

I can dig Cyndi. She seems kinda crazy but a fun kind of crazy. Maybe this is a hot take but I prefer this over Madonna (the comparison was bound to happen). There's something kinda punk rock about these tracks that I just identify more with. I never noticed how sick all of the keys were in "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" which basically perked my ears up for the rest of the album (and prepared me for the NASTY solo in "All Through the Night"). The chorus of "When You Were Mine" has a simple little two note riff that kept me interested, sitting, waiting for the next chorus. But in addition to those two notes being repeated there is so much other stuff going on in this track. In every track really. A lot without feeling like too much. Little glints of textures that make you go "cool!" Great guitar riffs throughout as well. "Time After Time" is a great example of the chorus-y shimmering guitar that really defined a lot of music in the era. Listening to it today feels like watching a an old VHS tape. "She Bop"'s chorus reminds me of that song Kel sings in Good Burger. "I'm a dude, she's a dude, he's a dude. We're all dudes, hey!". I was NOT expecting the dub-adjacent sound of "Witness". In short, this album surprised me in pretty much every song. Weird, crazy, kooky. Cyndi led with vocals but to me the focus was on everyone behind her. Fun listen that accompanied me on a rough drive down the 10.

I’m not gonna lie, Charlie’s strongly worded review made me pause here and reconsider! But my first reaction was wow, this is WAY better than I remember it being! I enjoyed myself a lot on the hits. Cyndi Lauper is just wild and really committed, kind of raw? On the hits. And the production is just awesome on the big ones… girls just wanna have fun?? No wonder that blew up. Time after time?? Just has a hook-ness to it. But Charlie’s right. There is some just plain generic to the back half. Still, I was impressed. And I liked this more than Madonna by a LOT. A lot a lot. Those first few tracks, that’s the 80’s female pop I want to remember, and I could honestly leave a lot of the rest. 3/5

Time after time is a great song

3/5. A pretty fun one to listen to, lowers in quality near the end but overall a good time.

Boys wanna have fun too! This boy had a moderate but not an extreme amount of fun listening to these 80's gems. 💎💎💎

Fun with some catchy tunes. Better than I expected

Typisch '80s. Wat is dat decennium qua muziek toch lelijk opgedroogd. De hitjes zijn leuk, dr stem af en toe wat vervelend. Het duurde allemaal niet al te lang, dus was het alsnog wel aardig te pruimen. 2.7

Good album with some classics. A bit too dissonant at some parts for my taste and most songs don't grab my attention enough.

Fun 80s campy tunes. Simple, familiar, exuberant, fun. Won't listen again.

Ok for what it is. Fun, 80s dance album. 5.5/10

Cyndi has a very distinct singing voice Time after Time is a prom dance jam that I didn't know was her song Wouldn't have ever chosen to listen to any of her songs if it wasn't for this. But I did enjoy it. Better than that Prince album

Once I started thinking about her as a Kate Bush type who can actually sing with a full voice, I had a better time. There's a lot of filler in this album, though. Best track: Time After Time

Perfect 80s pop. Should have been an EP.

The first 6 songs are okay, can take then in doses. Once you hit 'Witness,' it all falls apart drastically.

Nice album with some good songs, fell off a bit towards the end. When You Were Mine was really good (Prince cover), the big songs I just think I've heard enough times.

She bops. 3.5/5.

I can tell why only two songs in this album have remained widely popular 40 years later. Overall the album sounded very on par for the 80s, but this isn't really a music genre I'm a big fan of personally.

I'm pretty sure the only 2 Cyndi Lauper songs I knew before I listened to this album were Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time. This was a lot of fun, though I'm not sure I would listen again as a full album, but I might pull out a single every once in a while. 3/5 for me today.

A fun album, it's by no means perfect, the Prince cover is pretty bad and the last half is lackluster, but when it hits, it does so hard. 80's new wave fun with a LOT of personality.

Interesting blend. Mostly pop-rock with plenty of synth, but does lean more punk in some places

i get why this is essential, but that style of 80s mainstream pop doesn't super resonate with me.

The front end of this album is stacked with Heart FM classics. With the exception of a Prince cover that made me want to kill it was so bad. The back end of the album is just okay, with a one minute music hall bit I really enjoyed. Lauper only has one gear on here, belting it out, and I feel like this held it back a bit, as after a while it all blended into itself. It feels harsh, as it has two full classics on. But this is my feeling.

Wat een stem zeg, één die echt door merg en been gaat. Het eerste nummer gaf me meteen rillingen, maar Cyndi krijgt gewoon 3 sterren voor de bangers Time after time en natuuuurlijk Girls just wanna have fun. Meteen helemaal nostalgisch naar de cover van ‘t Schaep in Mokum: Ik ben hier voor m’n plezier én de Glee cover <3 .

Found myself enjoying this much more than expected, and if every song was “She Bop,” it’d be the easiest five star rating of my life.

Cyndi sure was a heck of a lot of fun back in the day. She has a funky voice and can really belt it out. I can understand how it would be labelled irritating. I can't disagree but I still like it. She also also had the look, and dance moves that worked well for the all important MTV decision makers. The cool cover of He's So Unusual made it fun to learn the genesis of the album's name. I liked her back on the day - not enough to buy this album or anything but I liked her. If it weren't for 1001 I would have never listened to her again. I did enjoy listening to her songs today but probably won't ever listen to them again. Sound like a 3?

Gotta give credit to Lauper for brining the New Wave music and its sensibilities to the masses. The singles were decent enough pop songs so I won't give them much air time, but she shows a bit of edge with her snarling voice, (kinda a female equivalent of Billy Idol) in She Bop and I'll kiss you. Witness has a pseudo reggae vibe. He's so Unusual is oddly out of place, but it's mercifully short at least. This is a solid 2.5 but since its her debut and she arguably opened the gates for synth-pop I'll round it up.

Much better side one than side two. Some hidden pop gems for sure.

LP

80s synth pop. This was more interesting, though. Some cool punk-inspired moments and even a ska track. Lauper obviously wears her influences on her sleeve which was something I liked about this record.

Great first album but my god, the squeakiness! Some stars for All Through the Night and Time After Time.

A mainstream album from the conservative 1980s featuring a single about female masturbation? BINGO!

Fun, poppy album. Favorite track: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Overall it’s a decent album. Not my normal genre. I like time after time (nostalgic classic), Yeah Yeah (funny ending), I’ll kiss you and when you were mine. Girls just wanna have fun is a fun classic. He’s so unusual is a song well described by its respective tittle. It’s a classic album for some feel good 80s girl pop. In retrospect, I rated bat out of hell a bit to low after listening to this, it should have been a 4, although I still enjoyed the Cindy experience.

Time after time is such a good song. So understandable that it is used in many love scenes in various movies. 15 year old me would have loved this album way more than I do now. Not really my taste in music, but that doesn’t make the album shit.

Decent

All of the songs I know by Cyndi Lauper are on this album, so it was good to hear the rest of the songs. Though it was pretty much what I'd expect out of an 80s pop album

Great individual songs but struggle with her voice.

This is another album that is colored with sentiment. It is the epitome of the mid-80s bubblegum MTV pop album. Back then, even though I didn't want to admit it, I though she was pretty good. Today, her sounds bring back warm memories of simple college days when more of my live was ahead of me than behind me. I had never listened to the album before, just heard her songs on the radio or MTV. When I think of Cindy Lauper, I think of her bouncing around in the "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video. Sure it's cute, but it was played to death. So when I listened to the album and it starts off with Money Changes Everything with her shrill voice, I was bracing myself for an album full of pulp. But I had forgotten that she did Time After Time. Even though it isn't as iconic Lauper as Want to Have Fun is, it is a much better song and has held up over the 40 years since it was released. The same could be said to a lesser extent about All Through the Night. The album turned out to be better than I thought it would be. It actually was pretty good. But aside from the two better hits, I've listened to it once and that's enough. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - I enjoyed listening to it but wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

A really solid, if eccentric, album through “All Through the Night.” Then it drives off cliff. Songs like “Money Changes Everything” and “She Bop” are lyrically strong, layered, and well produced. And then there’s “I’ll Kiss You,” which I’m surprised anyone allowed out of the studio.

Catchy pop, and 2 obvious hits, but I just cannot stand her voice. No denying Lauper's influence on 80's punk /synth pop, and doing girl power WAAAAAY before the spice girls were manufactured, but too many cover versions over original material ranks its down for me

This was a really good listen. I didn’t think I’d like it as much as I did. Everyone has heard Time After Time and All Through the Night and I thought it would be one of those albums with two hits and then a bunch of b-sides like what happened so often back then but that wasn’t the case. Solid album.

i mean it was okay, most songs would have been much better if it wasn’t cyndi lauper singing 😬

Pretty solid new-wave pop album, Great singles, a meh Prince cover, reductions for some dated material and a couple cringers. 3.49 rounding down.

I enjoyed the hits and one song had a real ska vibe to it, but I think I expected more

Cyndis a pretty cool chick and I was surprised I recognized as many songs as I did. This album really feels like a novelty because of how obvious it is that it was a product from the era that it is, but it’s a fun one

Not bad overall, a few great tunes on this one.

The album is definitely in the synth pop, new wave feel, but I felt that this it could have been more punk. Like if it was done seven years earlier (or 8 years later), Lauper would have been known more as a punk rocker than as a pop singer. Interesting that one of the songs on the album is Prince's. The uniqueness of her voice is what makes the songs work. In today's music, it would have been auto-tuned to death. I always liked "All Through The Night" and how she harmonized with the other singer. Listening to all of the songs, it's still probably my favorite song off of the album. The synth pop made it felt a little too polished, to me. I felt it needed to be a bit more raw, which I was saying about the punk feel. So as it is, still going to give it a 3.