She's So Unusual

Apart from the overplayed hits this is bobbins. Unwelcome yelps and tinny production. Steer clear

as this is a list of the best of the best, this is not the best of the best of the best.

Ass

Never listened. Expectations: Low - Verdict: Dislike - Obviously I know Girls Just Wanna Have Fun but otherwise I know basically nothing about Cyndi Lauper. The opener is more new wave and rock sounding than I expected. Not bad. Girls is not good, maybe I've just heard it too much. A Prince cover caught me off guard, not sure on it. This album started off OK at best and is going downhill for me. He's So Unusual is clearly a bit of a throwaway track but is probably the most interesting thing in a while. Yeah Yeah is an ok ending.

Not for me. Really got on my nerves unfortunately. Reminded me of some of the purest pink pop records I've heard - there is something about the production choices that seems to signpost that it's shallow stuff (to me.) the famous singles both seem to be inferior to the orginals

musiken är väl inte helt hemsk egentligen, men hennes röst fungerar inte..

Holy shit I could not stand this.

Boring boring boring

The back half of this album, minus All Through the Night, is genuinely horrible. I don't care, Time After Time is a banger. 3/10

I'm honestly not a fan of her, and I tried to go in with an open mind. Didn't do anything lol. Sad that this is my first album on here from the 80s, it's one of the best decades for music. "Time After Time" was good though, maybe because it was a duet.

Would I choose to listen to this album ever again: NO.

Time After Time

1/1

Вау, це настільки не мій поп-альбом, що складно уявити. Деякі аранжування - квінтесенція всього, що я не люблю в 80х. Ще й цей звук, який перекочував радянську естраду. На деяких моментах було дуже складно. Також рішення по виконанням вокальним є на деяких піснях на мій смак дуже сумнівними. Навіть дабова пісня не врятувала загальну картину

Rolling stones Aftermath(uk) showed me what a 1 sounds like in a way that makes it hard to rate anything else as low. That album caused me physical pain to listen to and She's So Unusual wasn't that but it did dry hump the line. I didn't enjoy a single second. And it's not like i don't love a lot of music where the singer isn't good at singing. I MAKE music where the singer isn't good at singing! This album was more than that. Some of it is certainly my bias of hating 80s synth sounds and 80s drum machine sounds and 80s melodies and 80s lyrics and this was a VERY 80s pop album, but my brain couldn't even register most of it as music. To me it sounded like if you explained music to someone who's never heard it and they were like "oh so it's like this?" And you were like "not really," and they were like "how about this?" And you were like "i guess that's closer" Maybe I'm just a hater, i don't know

A-hyuck-a-bay-buh-bay-buh.

One star for one good song

So boring

Ugh

Boring

groundbreaking.. erikoinen tyttö.. niin erikoinen ei edes tunnista.. kävelee kadulla jahas ja sitten toiselle puolelle tietä.. joku hullu tulossa vastaan.. joku ihme huume hörhö taas jahas tienylitys vuorossa taas jassoo.. älkää katsoko silmiin lapsoset älkää missään nimessä katsoko silmiin.. aktivoi jotenkin, jotain aktivoi aivoissa että suuttuu ja riehautuu järjettömästi. incredibly whimsical though.. ok symppis mennääs takas kadulle.. käykää lapset puhumassa hullulle koska on symppis? pop musiikkia kahdeksankymmentä luvulta, se ei kovin hyvä aloitus ole eikä moottori oikeen edes lähde käyntiin että mitäs tässä sitten sanois.. time after time

Couldn’t stand the voice

I didn't know much about Cyndi before listening, not much except for "Time After Time," and MJ looking at her disgustedly when they were recording "We Are The World." After listening, I understand why he looked at her like that. It's not even really like Cyndi is singing. She's really just hollering on almost every song. This album is only 38 minutes, but good lord are those 38 long, and loud minutes.

Not my vibe, too old and disco

Typisch 1980er, ganz nett, aber nicht meins. Nicht so viele Lieder im Album, habe schnell durcjgehört

Cyndi Lauper's voice is annoying, but her singing voice is 1000x better than her speaking voice. The beginning of Money Changes Everything sounds like INXS' Don't Change. RIP Captain Lou Albano. Girls Just Want to Have Fun makes me think of the Goonies because it sounds so much like the song she did for the movie. It's a catchy song. This sounds like the music that would be playing at the prom in an 80s movie. Time After Time is a good song. Definitely Cyndi Lauper's best and maybe the best New Wave song ever. Followed up by one of the worst songs ever, She Bop. All Through the Night is another single you hear in things. If this is some of the best New Wave has to offer, I'll pass. And now some ska inspired crap! I'll Kiss You is bad. And now some Betty Boop inspired nonsense. That should have been the title of the album.

31/1001 Whenever someone has to TELL you they are funny, whacky, zany or interesting, you can almost guarantee they are not. This has been my enduring take on Cyndi Lauper. That said, I can't deny Girls Just Wanna Have Fun has also endured, and deservedly so - it's an attention-grabbing, catchy, bratty pop single which sounds remarkably fresh and energetic to this day. Time After Time is a fair enough ballad - not my cup of tea though - and she did that song for The Goonies as well. Oh and True Colours, I know that one, of course. But we are getting ahead of ourselves there... really, listening to this album for the first time was just a matter of how long before her vocals began to grate. And to be completely honest, I was surprised to find Lauper's voice was the one thing that kept me interested through the middle-of-the-road offerings here, if anything she adds a bit of authenticity, and alternative edge, to standard 80s pop/rock fare. As side two plays out, of course, it everything begins to grate, but, credit where credit is due, she has gone up in my estimation a little. I always had her down as a poor man's Madonna, all crazy hair dos and raiding the dressing up box, but no real substance. Which is unfair. As the big singles from She's So Unusual suggest, with decent material, Lauper was worth the attention she demanded. Not my bag, little stands out besides the singles particularly in the second half, but respect to Cyndi, it's not necessarily her fault. Still only one star, but not as awful as Bruce Springsteen at least.

I think Cyndi's cool but I think this is awful.

Was never keen on screechy voices.

As someone who was really into post-punk music, I'm not particularly familiar with Cyndi Lauper - she always seemed to me to be trying very hard to be wacky, zany and outrageous, but always ending up looking a bit gauche. That coupled with her voice, which always seemed a bit grating to me, has meant I've never spent much time listening to her music (though I heave heard 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' - rather too many times). So when this album came up on the list, I was keen to give it a go. I think I lasted three tracks. I know this was popular, and Lauper probably shifted gazillions of units, but I don't think this is a great album, nor is it an album one must listen to.

1. money - 1 2. girlz - 2 3. mine - 1 4. time - 1.5 5. bop - 1 6. night - 2 7. uuitnezz - 0 8. kizz - 1 9. unuzual - 0 10. yeah - 1

I've always struggled with music from the 80's, probably because my first influential music loves were from the 90's and likely a direct response to the previous decade. I'm trying to keep an open mind and an open ear, but oof, right off the bat not a fan of Cyndi's voice or the music. It's grating and kitschy. I do like the album cover, and "She Bop" was fun with the synth. ---- Update, I've made it to "All through the night" and I guess have acclimated to Cyndi's voice. Do I actually enjoy this song? But then "Witness" - what the hell did you just do to reggae? Sorry about your music Gen X.

nah

She really is so unusual... but not in a good way. Not a Cyndi Lauper fan.

This sounds like something they'd use to interrogate terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.

Not for me

I remember the singles back in the 80’s. It’s not aged very well to be honest and wasn’t particularly my cup of tea back then. Sorry not an iconic album as far as I’m concerned and definitely not a must listen

Cyndi Lauper tries to be quirky, but it just sounds like the musical equivalent of glitter dumped onto nails on a chalkboard. After one round of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," I’m convinced no one on Earth wanted her to have any. Listener feedback graphs show a staggering 83% desire to switch to literally any other song within 45 seconds.

This is triggering my autism. Like I'm not even joking it has certain triggering noises for me I can't stand the sound of this. I'll skip through the rest of it but I'm already checking out at 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' cuz fuck this song specifically. Rest of it seems to be ass

She’s Shouting

Artiste connue, j'avais entendu ses tubes à l'époque de leur sortie sans les apprécier. Je n'ai donc jamais écouté un album complet. Et bien 40 ans après je n'aime toujours pas sa voix, très criarde, ni ses morceaux, pop sautillants longs et peu intéressants. Je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5

I hate the sound of the pop of the 80s

I understand that this lady had a unique voice and meant something (less sexual, more punky) in the feminist waves of her time. However. I’m very allergic to this lady’s voice…

I don't fuck with the vibe. Not my favourite recommendation from the website. I normally pick some tracks at least, but for that one, I just find the tracks not interesting.

Can't say I enjoy her voice very much.

The album is 80s generic slop, the standouts are absolutely time after time and girls just want to have fun. Without those singles it would be a complete skip.

perfect music if I were to ever fuck a cougar milf

It's gonna be a no from me, dog

Not for me

bad

BL: only aware of the hit from this album, but I quite like that track so will be interested to hear more AL: to be fair I actually did know more from this album than I thought I did. But after about 10 minutes Lauper’s voice gets incredibly grating. The oversimplistic 80s synth-pop lines really don’t help either: this was not a particularly enjoyable listen, was nothing special and to be honest will be quite forgettable besides the hits, and for that has netted itself a 1 FT: “Money Changes Everything” 1/5

Not a fan. Female voice too complainy. Not enough beat.

Not my cup of tea, stuff like this is why I quit listening to the radio

Time after Time is decent for an awful 80s ballad. Girls just wanna have fun is trash but it is recognizable and not awful when drunk in a group at a wedding. The entire rest of this album is horribly bad and nearly drove me to start mindlessly destroying things around my desk.

This is becoming the 1001 albums to avoid until you die. Cyndi Lauper? C'mon man...

I've been putting this one off for a while only because my knee jerk reaction is to cringe when thinking about Cyndi Lauper. I have nothing other than Girls Just Want to Have Fun to blame for that. Album off to a rough start for me on Money Changes Everything. I don't hate the overall atmosphere, but the mixing is shit and the vocals are, well, equally bad. For whatever reason, her voice evokes in my mind a toddler throwing a tantrum. Flowers where they are due. I really am not a fan of Girls Just Want to Have Fun, but the production quality is night and day between this and the opener. And if I release myself of prior biases and pretend not to have heard this 1000 times, it does actually bang. Outside of Girls Just Want to Have Fun, I have had no fun on this album. Certain instrumentals are kind of fun in a distinctly retro sense, but the vocals rub me so wrong that it all is a net negative. High 1 / 5.

Pure genius!

Ik heb niks, maar dan ook niks met Cyndi Lauper

Scale: 1: Dissapointing 2: Didn't enjoy 3: Decent 4: Enjoyed 5: Would listen again (My first impression if not mentioned otherwise in a comment) Money Changes Everything: 2/5, meh Girls Just Want To Have Fun: 1/5, legit the same song When You Were Mine: 1/5, Time After Time: 1/5, not worth it Overall: 1/5

"roses red violets are bluee i loove you babyy" Albumi alkaa vahvasti ja loppuu täyspaskakaatoon. ”All through the Night” pilkahtaa pökäleen lailla vetelämmän paskan seasta parhaaksi kappaleeksi "Time after time" Alku hidastettuna, olisi Scorpionssien Wind of Change

I’m not a huge fan however it did have its few hits. A bit of her songs here and there are fine but I find the whole album to be a bit much.

aguante Gilda

Well I liked girls wanna have fun cos who doesn't right. But the rest of the album sounded like someone being sick after downing two many vodkas and singing on top of their lungs are the local nightclub. Lyrically vapid ,musically just horrible.

She's best when she's on the helium.

I can't be doing with her voice, it makes her music unlistenable for me.

Allah sprawiedliwy, jak ostatnio nie moglem narzekac na brak dobrych sluchowisk, tak musialo trafic cos z przeciwnego bieguna muzycznego, czysty pop nowej fali, juz sama okladka zwiastowala cos przykrego, ale moje rozczarowanie tylko sie poglebialo z traku na traczek, jesli po pierwszym nadal nie moglem sobie skojarzyc faktow kto to taki nietypowy ta pani Cyndi Lauper, tak juz drugi kawalek nie pozostawil mi zadnych watpliwosci, to jest ta zaraza ktora sprowadzila na swiat grils just want to have fun, zeby nie bylo niejasnosci, nie jest to traczek pani Cyndi, tylko Roberta Hazarda, ale to jednak jej wersja jest albo byla zmora radioodbiornikow na calym swiecie, ciezko mi ten piczek nawet nazywac albumem, bo wyglada to bardziej jak zbior singli, na 10 trakow w jakich sie zamyka plyta 6 zostalo wypuszczone jako single, dodatkowo te kawalki to covery, a autorskie kawalki pani Lauper wszedzie maja co writterow, wiec pani pisarka nie byla zbyt mocna, cale szczescie wokalnie rowniez nie nadrabia, to na pewno musi dobrze operowac instrumentem, takze pudlo, bo pani jest jedynie wokalem, czy raczej wokalami, bo chorkowanie musialo byc, o tyle dobrze ze na chorkach tak nie drze japy jak na glowym wokalu, ale czego sie spodziewac po songach o piniadzach, seksie i szczemsciu, rok 83 a lirycznie brzmi to tak wspolczesnie, prawdziwa wizjonerka muzyki rozrywkowej, tej material z pewnosia zapisal jej imie nie tylko w sercach sluchaczy na calym swiecie, ale takze w statystych najbardziej wnerwiajacych utworow na jakie mozna sie natknac w radiu czy innych pulapkach wspolczesnych mediow, cale szczescie ze to tylko 38 minut tortury, przy czym ostatnie dwa traki sprawdzaja jeszcze czujnosc sluchacza i staraja sie zrobic na nim zart, bo przedostatni kawalek hes so unusual to ultra lofi cover boopowego songa ktory jest grany tylko na prawym kanale, no super 45 sekund cichego grania na jednym kanale, to zeby dopelnic zartu nastepny kawalek nadal go ciagnie i na 3 minutowym yeah yeah okupujac prawy kanal poprzednim songiem co juz stworzylo prawdziwa miksture pomieszania zmyslow, jedynie to zdziwienie ostatnich dwoch trakow pewnie zostanie mi w pamieci po tym odsluchaniu, wiec yeah yeah leci na plejke za iskre orginalnosci w tym morzu popowosci

Screachy and outdated. Singles are fine nostalgia fuel, but for the most part this was not enjoyable.

I’m not really a fan of this album. It’s not bad, but I didn’t enjoy it.

Sorry Cyndi. You're cool, but i couldnt stand this.

Love this sm

Not bad for 80s

Not for me