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I listened to this album then continued with spotifys picks of similar music and it was great. A trip back into the 80’s. Fun album from the past 2.5 stars
Not a big fan of 80's pop. This did not convert me. Good singer, but that's about all I can say about it.
I do not know how Cyndi Lauper came to occur but I feel this is indicative of larger problems in society and not her fault personally.
This would be a pretty fantastic pop album if it wasn't sung by Cyndi Lauper. Unfortunately, it is, and so you have to deal with vocals that sound like someone's taken a cheese grater to your ears.
I listened to it. It got two stars. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (4/10)
Synthpop is just not my thing. I can understand how influential this record was. I couldn't get into any tracks on this record apart from the popular tracks, and even those were just not doing it for me. Favourite Track(s): Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Time After Time Least Favourite Track(s): Witness
Det inte utan att man undrar hur musikvärlden (ja den popkulturella världen i stort faktiskt) sett ut om det inte kommit en italienskättad betydligt mer dansbegåvad sångerska vid namn Madonna å snodde platsen som 80talets popprinsessa som var ämnad åt Cyndi. Det var ju Cyndi som sjöng på "We are the world" och sopade rent på amerikanska grammy 1984, inte Madonna. Det hade nog varit lite roligare, inte nödvändigtvis bättre men färgstarkare. Dom tre singlarna (ni vet vilka två plus "She bop") är kanon, även Princelåten funkar fint. Annars är det lite ojämnt och spretigt som säg bör när vi snackar topplistepop från 80talet. Men jag har ganska kul i Cyndis sällskap och att få möjlighet att nämna Hasse Huss om man vill på den här appen måste ses som en bonus. Gott och väl godkänt
Guilty pleasure. A- sidan är riktigt bra med undantag för Prince-låten. Jag kan till och med ha överseende med den avskyvärda virveltrumma som måste ses som ett brott mot mänskligheten. B-sidan är däremot ett totalt haveri.
Correcto
She's annoying right
Acceptable pop - it's really important that they don't just have "important" albums by long-haired guitarists on this list. I bet "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" means more to more people than "Stairway To Heaven."
I hate her voice
Eh..most are covers, Girls just .. was fun at 12/13 yrs old but from 15 on, no thanks. I am not a fan - did she really influence a lot of musicians?
meh. just isn’t my thing!
🍒
It's not my bag
Didn't age well
Man, obviously the singles are iconic, but they're not even that good?? And everything else on the album is significantly worse. It's not horrible, but it's just... not for me, I guess. Found myself thinking, "Man, I'm glad I didn't grow up in the 80s."
No disrespect to Cyndi Lauper herself, she's a great singer, and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is an all timer pop hit. (Although screw that weird accent thing she does towards the end). But the production on this is at times just godawful and annoyed the hell out of me. The overreliance on the snare and electric drums, the wholly unnecessary synths, just the worst of the 80s sound is all over it, really brings down the listening experience
Fine enough, but not worthy of an opinion
Even the really talented session musicians can't make this an essential listen for me. It's just fine. This is what I imagine most people are thinking of when they say something is "too '80s." Not a banger in sight despite 5 top 40 singles (surprised "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" only rose to #2) and a 6th and final single that's a Prince cover. "She Bop" is practically a novelty song and still rose to #3.
I unfortunately kinda get tired of her voice, the hits hit, the rest was ok.
Very plain and forgettable pop rock with some synths on top. Not much to say. I didn’t really like any of the songs, but they weren’t bad. It doesn’t even have an occasional fun energetic song mediocre pop rock albums usually have. It felt a little lifeless. 5/10
Too much yelling
The hits are great but the rest is a bit forgettable. It’s fine but nothing special.
Takes me back to my youth. 2.5 /5
Et klassisk 80-talls album. Fine poplåter, men ingen høydare for meg personlig.
A style of music I used to detest, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve actually grown to quite like (nostalgia I guess!)
This was fun but not really for me. I was surprised how many huge '80s hits were Cyndi Lauper ones and came from this album specifically, her first one. But I don't like this big, glossy arena rock style of production and the singing was pretty annoying.
Apart from the 2 classic singles not really feeling this at all.
I didn't like Cyndi Lauper's high pitched squeaky vocals in the 80s, and it seems time hasn't improved my opinion. The album just sounds very dated and jumps between styles, didn't enjoy at all
Є в цьому списку альбоми, які постарішали так собі й залишились артефактами певних епох. Особливо це стосується альбомів 80х, які (як на мене) найбільше підпадають під "погано постарішали" з точки зору саунду ітд ітп. She's So Unusual не сказати що поганий реліз, спочатку мені взагалі трохи нагадало жіночу версію Спрінгстіна, але все одно якось важко його слухати зараз. Girls just want to have fun це звісно світовий хіт, втім не бачу причин слухати цей альбом ще раз колись.
I am really trying not to be a hater here because there are some undeniable bops on here but good lord her voice annoyed me for too much of this album for me to give it any sort of decent rating.
Money Changes Everything: I do NOT enjoy her voice. The music is mediocre- it feels very much of the time… simple beat, kind of nostalgic approach to harmony and instrumentalization. OMG the harmony is somehow worse. This makes me feel like I just don’t “get” what she’s doing as a vocalist. It sounds like her nose is stuffed. This might be the worst harmonica solo I’ve ever heard in my life. What is it with these people and harmonicas? … or is it a harmonica setting on a keyboard???? I’m just so confused by her voice. I’ve never been one to say “they’re just yelling” but she’s literally just yelling. Girls just want to have fun: The music is undeniably fun, but I know my opinion is influenced by nostalgia. Her vocals feel more gentle and nuanced than in the opening track. She is able to play with dynamics and there is a reverb on her voice that makes it feel less like screaming, especially when she goes to her head voice. When you were mine: There’s a pause between songs that is a little annoying. This song feels a little cyber punk- I think the combination of the electronic instrumentation and the weird harmony on vocals. I kind of like the sound of it- it’s different and not very pretty, but it feels a little punk as a result. The contrast between the dancy sound and the heartbroken lyrics is also kind of fun. It doesn’t sound GOOD, but I can see why people enjoy this. I also like that she backed off of yelling her vocals, but her singing is still very much not pleasant. I feel like this could get very old very quickly. Time after Time: I’ve never liked this song but it’s a nice break after all the screaming. My main issue is in how she enunciates and phrases her notes… it sounds a-tonal and pitchy when she uses her chest voice. Her softer high notes are actually pretty. The song is also somewhere between too fast to be a good ballad and too slow to be a good dance track. Musically it just feels like something is lacking, and the lyrics are so repetitive that it doesn’t help. The combination of her ugly vocals, the weird pacing, and the repetitive structure really make this a difficult listen. I do not enjoy it. She Bop: As an album so far there’s at least variety and pacing, but the logic and order of it feels jarring and incohesive. This is another song that feels like maybe it could be better with less ugly vocals. She does an interesting yodel thing when entering her head voice, but her chest voice is just always so unpleasant. I also do not understand what the song is about but it feels irrelevant- it’s a party song and could be very fun with a different singer. I know her voice is iconic- I wonder how much of the sound of the decade was influenced by male artists imitating her. I could also see how this might grow on you, especially if you grew up with it. All through the night: This is the worst so far. I hate the music that feels like a children’s cartoon, and her voice over it it’s so grating. The main melody is actually pretty but everything producing it is absolutely horrible. Her saying “a stray cat is crying” feels … on the nose. Omg this instrumental solo… wtfwtfwtf it’s horrible and grating. Witness: This just feels silly and bad. It’s another that I feel like if you grew up with it you’d love to sing it, but objectively it’s all over the place, goofy and not in a good way, and feels borderline like it’s supposed to be a take on reggae? It’s like a whitewashed version of a better song. With horrible vocals. I’ll kiss you: This also feels cyber punk influenced. It’s liek shes almost rapping instead of singing. And also is going back to screaming and is almost off beat. The dumb techno beat is a little fun but I hate everything she’s doing. She’s literally screeching. He’s so unusual: Oh wow I saw a review that called her vocals “Betty Boop” But now she’s literally just playing Betty boop… Is that her or the cartoon? Was that a song? Yeah Yeah: The keyboard is insanely annoying. Her voice is slightly less so by comparison. This is so weird… her voice is literally cartoony in a way I’ve never heard anyone do before. I’m confused but intrigued. I like the use of what sounds like real horns. The Boop vocals underneath are … very odd. Overall- some interesting and fun choices... very grating and straight up bad musical sounds for the majority.
It's So Anodyne. *Except Time After Time, which is next level.
Not a fan of her singing
The two hits on here are hits. Time After Time is an 80s classic. Otherwise, though, I'm not a huge fan.
To be completely honest at first I was excited to listen to Cyndi Lauper, because I knew Girls Just Want to Have Fun already and I liked it, but this album got old really quickly. Her voice is hard to listen to in some of the songs I was almost considering skipping it, but I listened through it, but it was a struggle. I would rate this album 2.3/5, but Girls Just Want to Have Fun is still good
I would have been a new born when this was climbing the charts. OK its fun I guess and has some playful lyrics. A geek that doesnt want some lovin. Something about bopping ones self. Its a bit self indulgent energy. Its OK. Funny as Duran Duran immediately came on after this. Now they can do pop and immediately galvanise my feeling on this! Harsh 2 but potential not realised here.
Oke so I enjoyed the songs I already knew, the overal album was quite oke to listen to, so I was ready to settle for a 2,5/5 (so 3 stars), but then I had to listen to a song that was only playing through my right ear which is really annoying, and... yeah yeah... no. Also, her voice is annoying.
2,5
One good song but not amazing 2/5
Stays true to its name I suppose! I liked her more when I was younger. Favorite track: Time After Time
The artist had 2 songs but the studio wanted an album She bop is brainrot
Kept me interested for 40 minutes, but also provided plenty of reason never to return. Highly likely the 80s will come of worst of the decades in this project. The greatest cover of all time - containing one of the greatest solos of all time - added a star.
Very 80’s. Two or maybe three big hits. Filler kinda forgettable.
I wanted to love this due to her energy and positivity, but it does just fall into fine 80's pop in the end. Some good tunes, some fun and a good example of the genre but 2 listens was plenty
Was looking forward to listening to this. Love “Time After Time” but was underwhelmed by the rest of the album.
2/5
Time after time is good
car driving music
Still better than Kanye West.
Didn’t finish Like red rain 5/10
Voice is a bit too whiny. A couple of classics but the rest are okay.
Ok
I bet the music is great but I can't stand her voice for a whole album - Oh boy. 80s vocals. This might be tough
Don't love it..
I will be happy to never hear Girls Just Wanna Have Fun for the rest of my life. Time after Time is one for the history books, still great. Everything else was blah
Some good songs, but I just don’t get the whole album coming together vibe.
very 80s. some iconic songs. Can see how this is iconic, but not quite my jam
liked songs: Time After Time, She Bop Meh 2.25
Time After Time is a great song with such a unique and memorable melody. Every other song is generic, forgettable 80s stuff.
Manufactured 80's pop, doesn't feel like it really has any soul to it. Great cover, though.
Inte riktigt min grej ksk
Cover is fantastic. I only know The Hit, and i
Two good singles, and the rest is pap.
Hmm pas trop mon truc, elle a une voix trop aiguë.
Not quite a 3 but a very easy listen more like a 2.8.
Walt Disney meets Ghostbusters. Not super unusual album
Nope
Short album and definitely culturally significant but not my thing really. Respect to the craft but not an album I'll listen to again. 4.75/10 (2.375/5)
I would have never given Ms Lauper a chance if it weren’t for this project. The singles everyone knows from about a hundred movies and tv shows, but the whole thing is kinda fun. When it gets experimental that’s a bad thing. Gimme those tight pop songs and I’ll listen on a nice day.
This is peak 80's so let's keep it there. It felt dated and cheesy. I always thought "GJWHF" is silly, I don't hate it but I also don't play it. I only really like "Time After Time" and the rest of the songs were annoying and weird. Lauper in doses can be ok at times, but this is too much. 2.0 because it is fun and upbeat and I do like Cyndi herself (just not her voice and quirks all the time).
I'm just not really a cyndi lauper fan....
Kick snare to knock your damn head off. Not really a music period that I enjoy, but two absolute classics carry this album.
Time After Time is the only song on here that I would listen to again. Thankfully it was a short album.
The idea of listening to this album all the way through is kind of funny to me. Cindy Lauper isn't the type of artist I've ever really considered that a possibility. I don't really know anything about Cindy Lauper other than the songs that you can't avoid, but I'm optimistic. I'm open to being surprised. Cover art - how many times did they have to take that picture? how posed was that. "She's So Unusual" is a really annoying album name. First song - kind of ordinary. I'm not paying much attention to the words. Cool harmonica. Is this song a flex? Is Cindy bragging about how rich she is? Or is it about people abandoning you when you're broke? Girls just wanna have fun - i don't feel like i need to listen to this again when you were mine - cool synth intro. I like the synth in this song. Cindy's vocals aren't sticking with me. am i annoyed by them? am i tuning them out? People hated Joanna Newsom for that reason but I eventually came around to her. Quick check of the lyrics. She's talking about money again! Is Cindy Lauper just an agent of capitalism dressed in funny clothes to throw us off? yes. time after time - lol i didn't even know this was her song. I donno. It's a pretty good song. I like it more than Girls. I mean, I didn't reflexively skip it. She bop - awesome synth again. I feel like I'm playing Battle Toads. I just want to listen to the synth player's solo album. This song is about oral sex, right? all through the night - i like this song. it reminds me of another, better, song, but I can't figure out what it is. Maybe time after time? witness - ska song. gimme more horns. I'll kiss you - more boss music! The synth player owns this album. I think this is a very horny song. I think the video game synth is the signal. He's so unusual - is Betty Boop Cindy Lauper's inspiration? Yeah Yeah - thank god it's the last song. Sounds kind of like the other ones. Synth isn't out front here, which is a disappointment. I think the idea of seriously listening to Cindy Lauper is funny. I also think its funny that I'm giving her more stars than Cream. Please don't kick me out of the cool record club guys!
Not the 80s music style I like. I think she seems cool and would be fun to hang with. The stupid videos on MTV might have had some bearing on that. Being a teen in the 80s I wasn't into top 40 much. ALT/New Wave are more my jam. I do not think she should be in the Rock Hall of Fame because it's not rock to me. There are tons in there that don't belong and other shunned that should be. Is she horrible not her but the songs are.
A somewhat dated synthy pop rock album. It sounds just like the cover looks. It’s fun, flamboyant, not too serious. It has youthful spirit and love. Her vocals are solid and boisterous. But it’s not really my thing - a bit boring and the hooks don’t hit me too hard.
Only enjoyed maybe 30 percent of the album
bueeeeno
Not for me
An occasional Cyndi Lauper song in an '80s mix is fun but a whole album was hard work.
There seems to be no arching theme all mishmash of musical tones. She bop was fun tho.
Funky album, but her voice really annoys me:( Could be the soundtrack for a grungy 2000’s teen movie
Yeah mostly 80s garbage with shit singing.
A few hits (one of which was a cover anyway), but not enough to redeem the album as a whole.
Ouf, Ca ne me tentait pas. C'est comme plein d'autre mais en moins bon. La toune de Prince est sortie 3 ans plus tot et la version de Lauper n'y emmene rien du tout. Quelqes moments amusants mais ça ne me tentait pas.
Nope, not feeling this one. Her voice is kind of annoying and the production sounds cheap and dated to my ears. The two big hits are great but they are not enough to elevate this beyond a 2
honestly kinda boppy but not really my thing
Otroligt 80-tal, två låtar som jag hört innan, de var okej, resten var rätt tråkigt.
Was looking forward to this, but beyond the singles, which are quite literally fun, but the rest was was lightweight 80s pop album filler.
Her vocals are my taste so this was hard to get through.
Meh. I never really liked her voice. Solid melody and rhythm tho.
wasnt bad her voice is kinda annoying and songs are a little bit repetitive
Wasn’t for me
I’m just not into 80s pop
While a few of the songs are catchy, the music is plastic, shiny, and safe. On top of that, the vibrato vocals sound like the braying of a donkey. This combination means that the music is neither interesting nor well performed.
The first two singles from this album have to be two of the greatest of the 1980s. It makes it all the stranger how poor the rest of the album is. The two covers are well chosen but far too long - she manages to add more than a minute to each of them. The second half of the album is dreadful. I will say this for Cyndi Lauper - she has an absolutely brilliant voice; sweet as a bell and at the same time full of character and drama. It’s only this that makes trash like She-bop, I’ll Kiss You and Yeah Yeah listenable.
The hits on this were hits for a reason…but similarly the other non-hits are also that for a reason. It makes for a pretty uneven experience. The bad stuff is pretty screechy.
Very confidently girly - and very 80s.
Apart from the hits, I don't care to hear these songs again. Even the hits, I could go without ever hearing them again and not notice.
Time after time is a pop classic, but it stands out more because a lot of the rest of this album is feeble
Some good tracks and at times a great vocal performance, but there's a fair bit of filler on here and some of the tracks are a real mess (yeah yeah).
Nope. Never liked her and this album has just cemented my belief. Her high pitched voice just grates and when she sings powerfully it almost as if she is shouting. I am sure there are worse albums out there so I will still give it 2*.
It’s okaaaay, I wish this was out of ten so I could go right in the middle with 5. I wanted to give her more points for covering Prince but Spotify says she gets nearly twice as many listeners a month and that made me angry. Sorry Cyndi
Thrift Store OST
ok
Fun to hear. Not my thing.
Two big hits that are great pop songs. The rest is just mindless at best, and incredibly annoying at worst, like the final combo of “He’s So Unusual” and “Yeah Yeah” - some of the corniest vocal affectations make these tracks almost unlistenable. 2.5/5
Maybe it was the Monday blues, maybe I’m a musical genius, but I thought that all the songs were sort of similar. She was shrieking as if X-ray spex was toned down and put onto a pop record (of course, this is no criticism of poly styrene xoxxo) but I was not a huge fan - not even girls just wanna have fun could cheer me up
Uff dva kanta sner albuma zaredom, previše je to za moje ograničeno poimanje glazbe. Mia više ne želi pričati samnom nakon moje bon Jovi recenzije, nakon ovoga bi mogla tražiti papire za razvod Znaš šta, teško da ću se vratiti na ovaj album. Da imam 9 piva u sebi i čujem ju vani, imao bi super plesne poteze Zbog toga će biti dvojka
Actually enjoyed a few songs on here, went in blind and realized 2 really popular songs were on here so there’s that. Not bad. Enjoyable.
It's borderline 3, i just don't think I'm ever going back to this
The 2 "all timers" on this album make up 2/3 decent tracks. The other being money changes everything. 3 tracks don't make a "good" album.... Nevermind a must listen too Remember when cyndi lauper was in wwf? she peaked 2/5
Wanted to like it, but, meh.
A fun, upbeat pop album. Not a huge fan of Cyndi's voice. A couple big classic hits you still hear on the radio today.
Some misses, some so-so songs, and a few decent ones. Most of the songs I'd listen to again are the singles that you hear all the time. Her voice can be a bit much to listen to for a full album.
Not my favorite flavor of 80s pop
thought it would be good but each song was about a minute longer than it should have been and the vocals were largely uninteresting
a few hits...
Vintage, synthetic, poppy
Howd the fuck did marimba get on there
She is flat of several songs that are out of her vocal range. "Time after Time" is a perfect range for her which make it a pleasant song. "When You Were Mine" is a rough listen. I can't. I just can't with this album. Stopped halfway though. 80s new wave pop is rough.
Cindy Lauper's voice is annoying. Music is 80s bubblegum pop. "Time after Time" is the only decent song.
Ok
Half the time I'm really grooving with this, and half the time she sounds like Annie Edison's sexy Christmas song. Time After Time is a huge song, and it's clearly the best song here, both in writing and performance. It's truly jarring to hear here sing legitimately well in multiple songs, and then sound like a drunk Towie in just as many. This might be a four if I didn't hate her singing choices most of the time. And this is clearly a choice, because she can be a good vocalist, she would just rather sound like a drunk mom taking her divorce out on the karaoke mic.
Time After Time, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and maybe Money Changes Everything are about the only great songs here. The rest range from fine to extremely annoying, with the last 2 songs being the absolute fucking worst. Not a fan of Lauper's voice, nor of the production. Funny how the big singles sound fine, but the rest of the album is just mixed oddly. Thought this would be a lot better than it actually is, disappointing
Money changes everything: typical 80s pop, good melody. Not for me Girls just want to have fun: I've heard it too many times When you were mine: prince cover done in an 80s synthwave style. I still prefer the prince version Time after time: again heard it too much so can't judge too well She bop: good groove. But not too memorable All through the night: not for me Witness: ska style, interesting on first listen but not that great ska I'll kiss you: a bit girl punk, fun but I've heard this style done better He's so unusual: a skit to build into the final song Yeah yeah: builds in well due to he's so unusual but very 80s Not that bad an album but not really for me as it is too 80s
the 80s’ ‘brat’
Eerlijk is eerlijk. Je kan niet echt om Cyndi heen. Ze heeft toch wat gemaakt dat ook nu nog iedereen mee kan zingen. Dus ok, het hoort hier in. Maar dat maakt het voor mij niet gelijk fijn om te luisteren. Het is allemaal heel erg jaren '80. Met een stem die wat geforceerd en vervormd overkomt. Als ze zichzelf wat kinderlijker maakt.
listening to this, i tried my best to appreciate how this would have sounded 41 years ago in 80s discos, but even this couldn’t compensate for how dull this record was. when listening to music, i try to find meaning in the lyrics, and if being honest, pauper’s lyrics felt uninspiring and often non-sensical. the use of synths was mildly interesting, but was so similar on each track that i switched off easily i gave this album 2 stars solely for how iconic ‘girls just wanna have fun’ has become, the only song with any real character on the album. despite this, i can imagine that if you are an 80s pop fan, this would be a great album.
It was okay
Two songs on this album - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time" - are still good, and it was nice to revisit them. But the remaining songs are typical 80's New Wave - drum machines and synthetic keyboards.
Powerful voice. But that's already everything noteworthy.
I figured this would wind up as a 1 or 2, but it did not grate on me the way her music did years ago. So I'll go with the 2. It's pop, which I've never taken to. Also, I had an aversion to Lauper videos.years back, so a 2 is some maturation for me.
Not that inspiring
not for me
Cyndi Lauper, down on her luck in New York City during the early '80s, gets discovered while singing in a night club. She's signed to a subsidiary label of Epic Records, records her debut album with producer Rick Chertoff, and becomes an overnight hit. With her distinct style and bold personality, there is no wonder why Lauper caught the eye of so many prospective record-buyers. Have you heard her though? God I'm really not a fan of Lauper's voice. And I have to give her some credit her because these are probably some of the catchiest new wave songs ever made. They were even lucky enough to get a song written by Prince and it's not even the best song on here. There's just that barrier of her squeaky, atonal voice that runs throughout every song. I do not like listening to this but I have some respect for how well-made it is. So, whatever.
I don't really like Cindy Laupers voice, sounds too screechy to me. Time after time is a great 80's classic, the rest of the songs range from pretty good to awful. I didn't like the last part of the album and the weird reggae-beat song and Beach Boys-esque track on it.
Not really my thing and I’ve never been a fan of girls just want to have fun. First track was my fav. Her voice is impressive and some of the instrumentation is fun but there's much better 80s pop imo. I’ll kiss you is also like insanely annoying lol
sonically annoying in all but the hits
I appreciate Cyndi Lauper, but just not that into the album over all.
I feel like this might he the single most 80s sounding album ever made. Which unfortunately for my taste is a bad thing. Some fun songs, but not really a lot of music depth or anything else going on. Also not the biggest fan of Cyndi Lauper's singing style. Worth a listen for the time capsule that this album is, but not much else. Top tracks: Time After Time, Witness
I was fully prepared to give this album 3 stars because it was fine and then the last song came on and just what the hell is that about?!? I don’t like her voice or how she sings on most of the songs. “Time After Time” is a great song though!
Disco normalillo, tiene un estilo muy de los 80, parece un producto POP de la época. No me parece tener nada en especial, más allá de que contiene el mítico 'Girls just wanna have fun', que es un himno, y es lo que le da un cierto nivel quizás de interés al disco. Por lo demás nada especialmente destacable que se vaya a quedar en mi memoria
Not a massive fan of synthetic pop. Some good tunes but mainly repetitive
Why?
I didn't like a lot of music that came out of the eighties, especially the music I was forced to listen to on the radio and NightTrax. To synth heavy, drum machines, bass from as synth. This album is the epitome of 80s music I didn't like. There are a lot of songs that are considered "classics", classics for the eighties, but still classics.
I do not like 80s pop music. At all. So you can imagine my chagrin when this popped up this morning. Oddly, It starts off much stronger than I anticipated. Money Changes Everything was almost more punk than pop, with strong lyrical imagery. Even Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the epitome of 80s pop, tells a pretty strong story if you focus on the lyrics. This is where it starts to fall down. When You Were Mine is a bog standard unrequited love pop song, and though Time After Time actually has some really sweet and heartfelt lyrics, the song itself is dreadful, and it just gets worse from there. The last song, Yeah Yeah, has some weird, badly mixed VoiceOver. I don't know if it's supposed to be Betty Boop or something, but it's distracting and annoying and it's definitely crap. I'm going to give it two stars. I'm actually impressed by parts of the album, but the parts that lean into the cliche 80s pop sound are just too bad and too numerous to rate any higher.
I think there's a couple good tracks off this album, such as She-Bop and Time After Time. Her vocals on rest of the list were just annoying.
mid pop album
It is hard to think of a worse voice to listen to
Who’s this 12 yr old 2.5*
Girls just wanna have fun
ugh took eternity to get thru this short album. i can hear that cyndi influenced a lot of later singers so props. but soooo boring and not my style
Seems pretty time-specific to the '80s. Not a lot of these songs appeal to me forty years later.
A whole album of Lauper is far too much Lauper.
Big hair, big shoulders, big produced MTV videos, big synths all the hallmarks of the flamboyant 80’s. At the time it was all good but looking back everything was a bit naff. My ex-wife liked Cyndi Lauper and even styled her hair like her but I won’tlet this cloud my judgement. In fact it was refreshing to play some of her songs again and there are one or two tracks on here which symbolise 80’s music and remind me how rubbish a lot of 80’s pop songs were. I do not like Cyndi’s tinny voice and the weak and thin production of the album only highlight her vocal limitations. Time After Time is the best song on here and one I really like. I wonder if it has ever been covered by someone with a stronger voice? Probably has, but I can’t really be bothered to find out. Which is my attitude to the whole album. Whilst it revives memories of that time, some good some bad, it firmly belongs in that time and should rarely be exposed. 1.999/5 (Time After Time makes it a 2) 7/4/24
Too much 80s pop sound.
Yeah Yeah, Money Changes Everything, but Time After Time Girls Just Want To Have Fun. It was alright…
Very 1983. Time After Time is wonderful. Girls Just Want To Have Fun is... Fun. Not an album you MUST hear before you die.
It's 'ok'
Couple of bangers, pretty good.
Too "poppy" for my taste.
Her voice annoys the bajongles out of me
She too loud to be so hit or miss
Not for me
Every song sounds the same
Damn this lady is annoying as hell, she only gets a pass for creating Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time
I get why it’s popular. Cyndi can definitely sing. Not really my thing though.
When it started I thought "Wow! 3 hits in the first 4 tracks? I can't wait to hear the rest of this!" I should have waited a long, long time.
I don’t like her voice. When You Were Mine is a worse version of the original and I really like that song.
Boeie
Decent for 80s. But I don’t like her voice.
Some fun songs, some are meh.
Never been a fan of 80s music Top tracks: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time
I really don't like this album but I have to admit that there was some surprises in there like Time After Time and Yeah Yeah. -Put a second singer in the chorus of Time After Time was a great idea but maybe it's a common thing in the 80's. She gots a beautiful and powerful voice so I will give a chance to other albums in hopes I like at least one more song. I will try this record again later... but my opinion will surely be exactly the same as today. Fav song : Time After Time Worst song : She bop (I hope to never listen to this song again)
Has some bops but others I seemed to tune out or parts of songs I liked but not the full thing.
OK
Pop with a squeaky voice, quite nice but nothing more.
Very 80's production. A couple of great singles but the rest feels like fodder.
time after time is banger, and all through the night was cool
#117. The hits were good, but the rest were... misses if we're being honest. The gap in quality of the songs on this album is wide. Those two songs were good, but the rest of it was pretty nopey for me. 2/5: nah
There are some really nice pop songs on this album, even if it is not something I would usually choose to put on. It is unapologetically eighties. Bright, bold and full of character. At times it feels very much of its era, which is probably why it is not one I would revisit regularly. That said, there is no denying the strength of the big singles. I absolutely love Time After Time. It is a beautiful, timeless song with genuine emotion at its core. Girls Just Want to Have Fun is pure pop joy. Catchy, energetic and impossible not to smile along to. Those two tracks alone make the album worth hearing. Favourite songs: Time After Time and Girls Just Want to Have Fun Least favourite: The deeper cuts do not leave much of an impression Album artwork: Colourful and very eighties. Instantly recognisable and full of personality
Some good 80's songs
Didn't like it
All through the night es bastant pastel. Un parell de cançons m'agraden bastant, la resta 💩
Not for me. Some decent songs and funky instrumentals I like but I'm not a fan of the vocals or lyrics in a lot of the songs.
There’s a reason why only two songs made the big time. She sounds like Betty Boop.
it's a decent pop album, still not for me
bad :(
Mid
Not my thing
She really is so unusual
Odd album. That Betty Boop thing made me realize you're right about how many albums sneak a skit in. I find this uses vocals more as an instrument versus a standard album. Everything from inflections to the harmonies I can feel the audio engineers layering tracks for the sound more than to tell a story or something. Not exactly my jam, very commerical sounding. Likely a product of the time that did more than I feel that I'm underappreciating.
I like the flow of the song choices. Its a fun pop album. I think the production could be stronger. The synth works on some songs, but I'm longing for a lot less on some of these tracks. Obviously has some hits. Time after Time and Girls Just Want to Have Fun. I've heard her do better versions of Time after Time.
A lot of my friends had this album in high school, but I did not. Girls Just Want to Have Fun is annoying, but True Colors is cool, lots of kitschy novelty filler.
I wanted to like this more than I did. "She's like a cool Madonna" they said. If that's true, I guess I'm just not cool. I find the hits to be overly cheesy and the other stuff too grating.
Paar echt geweldige nummers, maar de rest was toch niet echt overtuigend.
Leuk, maar erg gedateerd
God this album is really 80's. Very dated for sure
Laulajan ääni alkaa tuntua ärsyttävältä pidemmän päälle. Pari biisiä vielä menisi. Ei tämä musiikkilaji oikein iske.
Catchy tunes and some famous songs. Her voice is just hard to listen to.
I find her voice annoying. Didn't care for it
The voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me
The style is not my thing but it is a listenable album and it has a couple of solid hits.
I can’t hear the song “Amie” by Pure Prairie League without thinking of the time I was picking up Travis from the graveyard shift at the Chipotle in the Med Center, and bam, the Walmart version of Kurt Cobain totaled my Toyota Avalon at the intersection of Main and Dryden. That was the song playing on the radio. A flashbulb memory, so to speak. I can’t hear the song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper without thinking of the time Chris and I were driving down Montrose and a couple of inebriated pedestrians nearly fell into my passing car. While a close call in the moment, the song’s opening few seconds quickly became our shared anthem for quick comic relief in nearly any situation. A very-near-miss flashbulb memory, I suppose. Aside from Lauper’s most popular track, though, the album doesn’t have a whole lot to offer for those somewhat averse to the poppiest music the eighties had to offer. The other high point is “Time After Time,” which I can’t listen to without just thinking of Napoleon Dynamite. Vote for Pedro, I guess.
Time After Time and Girls Just Wanna Have fun are absolute classics, but the rest of this album was super hard for me to get through. Cyndi's vocals get to me after awhile. I liked the little He's So Unusual interlude though.
the sound texture of this is montage music, the sort of thing that's good when you're driving around town or getting ready for a fun event Listening at home, it makes me unhappy and right away I want to turn it off. 'Time After Time' is a classic hook but one I've never liked music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Hits zijn terecht hits, maar de rest is generieke ‘80s muziek.
This vibe is Breakfast at Tiffanies, 16 candles. It’s so 80s.. fronted by Cindy.. I hear a bit of Gwen Stefani in Witness. No double this was an influence. So much synth and 80s. I don’t think I would revisit this album on my own accord, but there are several hits on this album that make an an essential 80s one.
Way too 80's pop for me, but I understand the cultural significance
Catchy tunes, but also not for close listening - lyrics are a bit stupid.
Мадонна если бы захотела стать рокершей
this was mid af... the songs either sounded like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Nr.2 or boring af... Just not good...
This hurt my ears. Time After Time is excellent, and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun reminds me of watching TOTP in the 90s when it was rereleased (Cyndi with a bright yellow bob). Otherwise I don't think it's aged very well.
didn’t like this as much as i was hoping, really only vibed with the singles i already knew. eighties pop synth is fun but this was beating me over the head with it and the charm of her betty boop voice only carries so far on the record. i understand the critics who felt fatigue set in on the back stretch of born to die when it was first released more now.
What's great about it?
Girls and Time are good. Nothing else really stood out
Boooo. Well executed but dated
You know it's dire when you forgot you listened to this album already. That's right, I didn't see it rated so I said, "drat! Gotta go listen." And guess what? Holy hell is this forgettable. It's so disappointing because Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is a queer club staple. Well, surprise surprise, that song wasn't really the highlight--in fact I'd reckon it only stays in my head because of the hours I spent dancing to it. Time After Time and the opener (uh, what was it again?) are okay. I can't really recommend everything else. Honorable mention goes to When You Were Mine, that started okay and was so grating that by the end of the song I wanted to tear a turntable needle through my collection of OST vinyls to get something that would've sounded better anyway.
A lot going on here. Money Changes Everything is a fine opener. Time After Time is a good ballad. She Bop is a decent synth pop tune. After that, it's a no from me. I get why people like it. I'm surprised Cyndi Lauper didn't have a bigger career. This was a huge album back in the day. But it isn't for me.
day 3 and ooof. I could get through the first half ok, but started to get exhausted by the time Witness came around, and found I'll Kiss You to be physically painful. It's a relatively short album that felt much longer. Cyndi Lauper is undeniably iconic and can do insane things with her voice, but it can be very grating. I've just found I can only take her in small doses and much prefer the more ballad-y songs. That being said, there are some classics here and I'll probably find myself getting even the most annoying ones stuck in my head at some point, so she did a lot of things right. I probably wouldn't choose to listen to the album on my own though. 2/5 Faves: Time After Time, All Through the Night, When You Were Mine
Så 80-tal - jag har alltid tyckt att den mesta 80-tals musiken är överskattad!
soundtrack to 80s comedy be like
At first, I was surprised to find I quite liked this. Then, my initial suspicions were confirmed: Cyndi’s charm does not wear well. The hits are the hits. One of them is a certified heater and an essential song of summer. The other sounded better in my head, or in some movie soundtrack I can’t remember, but it’s still pretty good. “Money Changes Everything” was the only genuine discovery here and is the opening track that had me thinking I’d be surprised. But alas, “She Bop” through “Yeah Yeah” + “When You Were Mine” is pretty darn dreadful. I skipped around a lot. The production of these songs sounds like keyboard presets. These are “Weird Al” Yankovic beats. The lyrics are somehow even worse. Total Novelty 80s. Complete with keyboard necktie. “All Through the Night” is okay. But boy does that synth riff get on my nerves. The additional synth solo over that already-obnoxious synth riff sounds like Walt Disney’s “Main Street Electric Light Parade” and not in a good way. It doesn’t do Ms. Lauper’s shrill any favors. But hey, she’s just wantin' to have fun! Who am I to take that away from her? Nobody. I’m nobody. 2/5. Edit: Well, it turns out Cyndi has great test in music (better than I), for she chose great songs to cover here—The Smiths, Prince—choices that went right over my head. Also cool to hear this droll that is “She Bop” is secretly about masturbation. Which bump (bops) it up a point. Maybe this album is better than I’m crediting it for. But I’m sticking to my guns. Still 2/5.
not a big fan of Cyndi but a nice album none the less
Fun! Nothing really special. Some good hits but others were quite grating. Not bad. 2.5
Je mets 2 mais uniquement parce que c'est pas mon style! Mais quand même deux gros classiques: Time after Time et Girls Just Want to Have Fun.. Je pense que c'est un album très iconique, deserves respect!
It has some famous bops on it but its mostly a bore
Not my style but still not terrible. I'm giving it a hard 2.5 stars.
Not my kinda music but I could see it being fun 40 years ago. Guys wanna have fun too.
It has really good moments and really bad moments. The singles were really good but the album cuts weren’t that great. It got more boring and annoying as it went on.
Some great singles and responsible for bringing Captain Lou Albano to the masses. But essential as a whole, doubtful. 2/5.
I only know two Cyndi Lauper songs, and one of them is on this album, so it's all good. Oh, wait! I know this one too!! (Time After Time) Not terrible, but not that good either. 2 / 5 stars.
I really tried to listen, but only made it through 3 songs. I respect Cyndi, but this album did a bit too much cocaine.
Ja… niet slecht maar ik weet niet zo goed wat ik hiervan moet vinden.
It was fine. Not really a fan
80s noises DNF girls want to have fun goes reasonably har
Some good tunes here but I just don't personally love this v punk poppy sound all that much.
I like female vocals on rock tracks. Enjoyed it, but wouldn't listen to the whole album against. Two standout, famous tracks: 2) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 4) Time After Time
Pop..
decent '80s pop album with all the hits, and?
This is reason I don't find 80s pop music. This is annoying. The big hits are good but other then that wasn't great.
A couple famous songs on the album that are enjoyable but otherwise it's just not my style of music. I can't see myself listening to the album except for the few singles and even then only as an 80's playlist.
Okay
If someone asks me what synthpop is I'll show them this album. It's a glimpse to the 80's. The synth parts haven't aged that well in my opinion but Cyndi Lauper's singing style is timeless.
It was alright, I've heard it before.
There are some absolute classics on this album. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time are basically required listening. Beyond that, I found the rest of the tracks to be pretty much just worse versions of the hits, repetitive sounds, gaudy synths and Lauper's nasally voice all wore pretty thin for me as the album went on. I still think it's worth a listen, but for me I'll take the hits and leave the rest. Fav Tracks: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time, All Through The Night
Money Changes Everything - uh oh, this has everything I dislike about 80s music. Which is louder: synth, vocals, or guitars? Yes. Plus chord progressions. Harmonica? Pick a genre Cyndi. Girls just want to have fun - I've heard this song umpteen times and I just don't like it. When you were mine - [Stranger Things tinkling intensifies] Time After Time - classic sappy rom-com material. Might be the only song that I don't actively dislike. Was this in the Breakfast Club? She Bop - She don't. All through the Night - [STRANGER THINGS TINKLING IS INTENSE] (the first BLAM made me jump and think there was some sort of emergency for about 2 seconds) Witness - of course the only song I like is synth reggae reverb. Spliff time bois, let's go. I'll Kiss You - Brown note activated mid song, brb. He's so Unusual - hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal.... (For any Community fans: this baby girl talk really has diminishing returns) Yeah Yeah - I also want sushi Cyndi.
I don't really like her screechy voice and the production is a bit overbearing on some of the tracks. Couple of recognisable hits (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time) and these are the best numbers, but even they're nothing special. It's all a bit meh really.
One good single and a load of inconsequential fluff. Not a great recipe for an album.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time are 80s classics, the rest of the songs don't come close. 2.5
En låt man definitivt borde höra före man dör, albumet är inte lika bra.
80’s shite - the singles are good though.
I don't think I'm a big fan of New Wave music but I do like a couple of songs on this album.
Niet mijn muziek, wel erg catchy
of course i knew the most known songs… but outside of those i really had trouble listening to her voice… it was just very hard to hear and the music was meh as well
random note: as a huge baseball fan I never noticed the "Roberto Clemente" sign behind her on this album. My memory of when this came out is that in school there was the "Cindy Lauper or Madonna" debate. At the time I couldn't stand "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and still can't but catchy is catchy and there's something to it to be sure. Her voice is certainly unique which is always polarizing in an artist. I get/got the appeal for sure in 1984 but I just can't do it though, too many of the up-tempo songs are very dated (which seems more common for 80s music) and her voice has that quality that for me is distracting (notably on "Girls Just..." and "When You Were Mine"). The mellower-songs are definitely more appealing - "Time After Time" is an outstanding song, well-written and I do like her voice on this one; "All Through The Night" is another where her voice is appropriate but holy hell the keyboard sounds on that one are just awful - were they even good at the time? Bedroom Casio keyboard.. In the end if you'd never heard this before you could pretty much nail down 1984 just based on the terrible keyboard sounds - I keep saying that but it is so distracting that I don't need to hear most of these again save "Time After Time" 4/10 2 stars.
I like the well known hits but otherwise struggle with the distinctive voice
Better than I feared but I thought it would be very bad
Hmmm. Ok. Rushed through it once, the voice is not one of my favourites
Not dates well
Some classics on here, ruined by sounding very very 80s.
It's got two huge 80's anthems on it. Does the rest of the album stand up? For me, not quite.
Such a frustrating LP - the base melodies and most of the vocals are stellar, but overlong runtimes and grating delivery make this an album to endure, not enjoy.
Meh
The most 80s album ever? Possibly, but I still liked it - though can't say I'll be rushing back to it.
She's So Unusual is a generous helping of sugar sweet pop music that gave me a bit of a tooth ache. While I really enjoyed a few songs, particularly the iconic hit singles, listening to this album all the way through felt like binging on Skittles. I don't want to knock Cyndi's chops as a singer or songwriter, but it just wasn't for me. I think she has a unique and compelling voice, but it can get a little grating. I don't think I'll revisit this album again.
Man I had the whole weekend to get into this one. Didn’t really do that. So no in depth review for Cyndi. This album was decent. Nothing really stood out except that one track with the weird adlibs and stuff. And of course the classics “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Time After Time”. Other than that things were just fine. 5/10 for me
Big songs on here. Perfectly pleasant
cheesy 80s disco pop. has girls just wanna have fun on it 2.5
Meh, listening to this while drunk doesn't really give a good representation. However I was getting some strong B52s vibe and that's a good thing.
First songs are decent and have a good hook, but are probably about 2 minutes too long. Back half is rough, and some weird voice acting cartoon character stuff going on.
I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would - but the bar was set very low! I don’t particularly enjoy the 80s synth aesthetic but I did enjoy Lauper’s powerful voice, except on the final track with her Betty Boop baby voice. I don’t think I’ll listen to this again.
Not great
Fun! Brings back memories though her voice can get a little annoying depending on my mood.
2 obvious big tunes and loads of filler
A solid enough pop album. It’s fun. But won’t revisit
Alright. A bit like she was trying too hard to be outrageous, but then maybe she had to to be recognised. Time after Time was lovely and I don’t mind hearing the odd song on the radio but probably wouldn’t seek her out. **
4
three songs that I love, one song that I like, not enjoying the rest. Difficult to rate for me.
Nah
Thought I was not going to like this. Come to find out I like it just fine. Cyndi is a fun bubblegum/synthpop lady. Watched some of her music videos and she does this weird thing where her lips go a bit too high on her face. Girls Wanna Have Fun still sucks, but the other tracks are pretty good. Have a soft spot for "Time After Time", and I really dig "Money Changes Everything". The others were just okay.
Too much
Meh, good 80s tunes but not that interesting
rätt bra debut
The obvious hits are good, the others weren't great. However, the soundscape in general and production is pretty interesting and there are some really cool ideas in these tracks.
unusual voice, very '80s sounding record.
Levy täynnä keskinkertaisia renkutuksia ärsyttävällä lauluäänellä varustettuna. Mikäköhän mystinen voima on tämän levyn nostanut listalle, ja miksi tämä piti kuunnella ennen kuolemaa? Madonna yms on tehnyt saman noin sata kertaa paremmin. Ei kuitenkaan ihan niin huono että 1*-kerhoon ansaitsisi paikkaa. Ylöspäin pyöristyvä 1,5.
Undeniable a good pop album. Just not for me.
It would have been one star if not for time after time. I WILL BE WAITING
not to my taste
Not worth a 1 but The Queen is Dead is definitely much better.
too eighties for me
Not a fan of her singing, the hit song which some moms will use as their ringtone, or the other hit. Just not a fan 1/5
I guess this could be better if it wasn't a Cindy Lauper album. Anyone who has heard Eva Cassidy sing Time After Time knows it's a great song. But Lauper's voice is torture to me, I can't help it. Also includes possibly the blandest cover ever of a Prince tune.
Cool
shit