She's So Unusual

some bangers, though Cyndi's voice can be grating at times

pay attention girls. this is a real singer

I didn’t know much of Lauper aside from the hits, but for some reason, I had this unyielding faith that good times would materialize if I gave the record a little patience. I think I was right? The record won me over in a way I wasn’t expecting and is more than just a delivery system for the obvious singles. The real kick was hearing how much character Lauper brings to everything else - she sounds mischievous, wounded, ecstatic, theatrical, and completely herself, often packed into one song. It's loud-and-proud with 80s sheen, but if you can get past that? It's a lively and oddly touching lil diddy.

No doubt that Cyndi + Pee Wee Herman would’ve thrown a weirdo bonanza rager back in the day – and I’d be 110% on board, crimped hair and tutus fully floofed! And while I admire Cyndi as an “alternative” pop star and as a quirky girl fashion icon with a unique vocal style (I see you, Chappell Roan!), this album falls disappointingly flat. Of course I appreciate “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” as an undeniable empowerment anthem and “Time After Time” is a great single too, but I wanted the rest of the tracks to tell me more of a story. The silly and fun unmistakably 80s pop/punk sound is pervasive but is it enough? “All Through The Night” How could I forget this lil gem? So sweet, silly lyrics… “until it ends, there is no end!” Real groundbreaking stuff hahahaha I still like it

Two of her most iconic songs on this album. The rest is also okay to listen to

Fun & lite. Good album.

Money changes everything is an amazing track 1. Amazing chorus. She covers my favourite prince song!! Packed with hits. Cultural shake up. Love it!

I know lots of people think this album is fun but it’s a total fucking bummer to me. I don’t like the contrast between the shiny pop sensibilities that sit on top of this album and the near constant undercurrent of emotionally vulnerability. It gives the record a feeling of being ungrounded or unresolved. Her vocals feel strained, like she’s reaching for some kind of resolution but never quite lands it. The guitars and synths clean but also weirdly distant and mismatched to her vocal style. It’s like neither ever fully lands. Then there’s the lyrics. They all lean hard on longing, confusion and vulnerability. But lyrically, she never quite reaches resolution or connection and that just adds to the low-key bummer feeling I get from this. This album is not dissimilar to Boy George/Culture Club, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Belinda Carlisle, A Flock of Seagulls and even to some extent REM and The Police. They’re all sad as fuck to me. I just can't get can’t do these artists without feeling totally bummed out. In the end, the lack of resolution creates a persistent sadness and that’s what makes it uncomfortable for me. I respect Cyndi but there’s a reason she’s only remembered for one song.

pues la verdad que no me ha gustado no sé demasiado sonido, las únicas girls just wanna have fun (que es iconic) y time after time (que me parece buenisima)

Some good. Some not

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would! "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time after Time" are the only ones I really recognized, but "When You Were Mine" "She Bop" and "All Through The Night" were good as well!

This album smells like cheap gin... I love cheap gin.

Pretty fun

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

Time After Time and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun are absolute classic standout tracks on this decent but otherwise uninspiring album

Bastante upbeat. Funki. Los ritmos son divertidos. Como para bailar brincando a lo loco

This was perfect down to the Betty Boop interlude

Lauper's debut album is 10 tracks of watered-down New Wave, of which the only standout cut is "She Bop" with its ominous synth lines and touchy subject matter.

The Carly Rae Jepsen of the time.

Another LP that launched an amazing career. I love this record.

Major, major surprise here. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Time After Time" have never been my least favorite 80's hits by any means, but I've never wanted to intentionally listen to them. I thought I was in for a rough go here. But hot damn, not only do those songs make so much more sense to me in context with the record, I was clearly just unfamiliar with Ms. Lauper's game overall. What a cool blend of new wave, art pop, and various other styles. I'll echo the love for "Money Changes Everything", what a hell of an opener. The cover of "When You Were Mine" is killer; "All Through the Night" rules; the reggae tinge of "Witness" shouldn't work as well as it does. Excited to keep revisiting this one. 4/5

Det her kan jeg på forhånd sige ikke er mig. Girls just wanna have fun har desværre fået et dårligt sted i mit hjerte efterhånden, fordi jeg forbinder det med ansvarsløse folk inklusiv mig selv i guess. Det er som om det er et free card til at gøre noget egoistisk. men det er selvfølgelig en sjov sang, men attituden og lyden af albummet er bare alt for 80'er for mig. og det er ikke på en misogynistisk måde, det er mere sådan på et menneskeligt plan. men imponerende hun fik en masse top singler på sit debutalbum. tror næsten det er 5 styks og så er det også cool hvordan den fremhæver quirkiness og humor osv så det ikke er så ordentligt. Jeg har honestly ikke givet det her en fair chance, så det skal jeg helt sikkert genbesøge. jeg lyttede ikke rigtigt tbh.

Wow! What an insanely strong debut. I try not to hand out 5 stars willy-nilly, and if we could do half stars this would probably be 4.5, but I'm rounding up on this one.

It was ok

Not my cup of tea. Besides a couple of singles I recognized, she’s not really for me.

This album rules. The first half is all bangers. I think I would have given it five stars if it ended after track 8, but the last two tracks weren’t my favorite and left a slightly bitter taste in my mouth.

Álbum divertido. Percebo a influência que teve na altura que foi lançado. De um modo geral não me chama muito a atenção, e provavelmente não voltarei a ouvir na sua totalidade. Destaques: Time After Time, Sho Bop, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Absolutely fantastic. It’s rare to see an album so full of catchy pop, but this is one of those albums. I listened to this three times!

I think these songs ~mostly~ hold up. They are hurt by 80s production value. Cyndi is incredible, I just don't like the mix. But Time after Time will always be a staple in my house. 4 stars.

She’s got a couple good hits on this, the rest is…. Well it’s ok

i liked it fine but not enough to give it a 4. might return to some songs

I'm honestly surprised to see this album on the list. Not because it isn't bad, but more so because it lacks the serious nature that so many of the other albums that this album generator have thrown at me have. In place of seriousness is a joyful youthfulness that infects every single song on this album, even the ballads. Cyndi Lauper may not have the most traditionally conventional voice in the world, but you believe everything that she sings on this record.

an ok album, I like some songs, but a lot are very dated sounding. Cyndi is great but im not in 100% on this album. Some strong songs, and some weaker than.

I obviously knew all of the singles and knew they were infectious and fun and poppy. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the album, it's so much more than just the pop singles. There's moments that feel so contemporary, like Money Changes Everything feels like something an alt rock band would have put out in the last decade. Which makes me think that a lot of the women I listen to likely cite Cyndi as an influence. And what a voice, so big.

So excited to see this on the list! She is fabulous!

Iconic! Gotta love Cyndi Lauper!

I could almost give this the same review I gave Kate Bush - though I had more confidence that the rest of this would be quality. Her voice is enchanting and definitely carries my enjoyment of the album. It probably deserves a 4, but I couldn't resist handing out three 5's in a row. (How you like me now, Jason?!)

I was surprised to like this as much as I did. I don't love the 80s synth so much (I mean, why did everything have to sound like Mannheim Steamroller back then?), but there's some great songs on hear and Cyndi Lauper is pretty much just a badass.

I like Cyndi Lauper and glad this album happened. There are some great pop songs on this but the stinkers stink. She Bop is one of them. While I was glad she covered one of my favorite Prince songs, it’s not a great cover. Great album art. I’m very ambivalent about this one.

5/5 - A wonderful 80s pop record; one of the best of its kind. The album title says it all with Time After Time ending the A side and She Bop leading off the flip side. Lots of joy here, and it gets genuinely weird towards the end. Iconic album cover.

The vocals on the first song immediately put me on edge. The abundance of synths dont help either. Girl’s Just Wanna Have Fun is undeniably catchy and as someone who was five when it was released brings with it a heavy dose of fun and CB is a clear highlight of the album. ‘When You Were Mine’ feels a bit throwaway, lost sandwiched between the album’s two heavyweights. ‘Time After Time’ is a great song and shows a different side to GJWHF. After this the album feels even more dated. ‘All Through the Night’ served only to remind me of Farenheit’s ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’ After that it just goes trashy eighties, except ‘he’s so unusual’…sigh

On paper, this is an album I should really like - it’s synth-pop, new wave, and released in the 80s. But it just didn’t do it for me. A lot of that is down to Lauper’s vocals, which I’ve never really liked. Any tracks where she is at her caterwauling “best” are immediately an absolute non-starter. I’m also not the world’s biggest fan of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, and never have been - but it is catchy. I much prefer “She Bop” to it. “Time After Time” is a beautiful song, and I could listen to it all day. Between this, “She Bop”, and I suppose the general catchiness of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” means this scrapes 3*.

Time After Time is one of the greatest songs of the 80s. It is a far better composed song than Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in my opinion, and that makes it so much more enjoyable to me than anything else on this album. Cyndi's voice is frequently screechy and not always particularly tuneful, but man, her singing on Time After Time is just fabulous. This album is so, so, so, so 80s, which honestly I don't mind at all, but no one could ever be surprised at what decade created this. I also have to praise the genius mind that came up with "I bop you bop a they bop, Be bop be bop a lu bop, I hope he will understand" as a lyric. Comedy gold. I think this should be a 2.5 but is getting a: 2/5 (But 5/5 for Time After Time)

I thought I knew every song on this album forwards and backwards, but I had completely forgotten about Witness. Cyndi Lauper does reggae!

10 out of 10, no notes

La nostalgie fait son effet

11/20 Album difficile à écouter. Je n'ai pris aucun plaisir et pendant toute l'écoute, j'ai eu du mal à supporter sa voix. Seule "Girls just want to have fun" passé, grandement aimé par sa renommée et le fait que tout le monde connait cette musique. Mais un album rempli de chansons comme ça, c'est trop pour moi.

A fantastic album. The songs are so good - just banger after banger after banger. I didn't listen to it enough yet, but this might actually be a five star album. I love the new wave'y sound, I love how diverse the songs are (with some of them having that larger than life feeling that I absolutely love about the 80s). Will definitely revisit this more often.

Not the greatest music ever, but some of the most fun!

I love time after time but this is just not my kind of music.

I'm sorry, Cyndi. No matter how great a vocalist you are, and no matter how cleverly you put a feminist spin on cover versions, the 80s was just a bad time for pop and rock and the material does not age well. And I grew up in that decade, too. I feel cheated.

funnnnnn

Fun, so many hits on it. She definitely was more experimental on songs

Money Changes Everything - 4/5 Girls Just Want to Have Fun - 5/5 When You Were Mine - 4/5 Time After Time - 5/5 She Bop - 4/5 All Though the Night - 4/5 Witness - 3/5 I'll Kiss You - 3/5 He's So Unusual - 2.5/5 Yeah Yeah - 3.5/5 A tale of two sides here. The first side is phenomenal and practically solidified her as one of the biggest pop stars of the 80's. The second side really dips in quality after the first two songs and doesn't really recover to where the album started. Very fun listen with more depth than I expected for an 80's pop album. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time

Fine, but not my thing

I liked this more than I thought i would Few of these songs were written by Prince and the whole album kinda sounds like he produced it. Big fun vocals, snappy lyrics and vibe, into it

Nothing special

Pure 80s fun but I'm not sold on its inclusion on this list. Several iconic songs but also several more deserving of being called forgettable and/or filler.

Não gosto da voz dela

Really delicious synths and of course the hits are worth it but the rest of the album is forgettable on first listen. Witness and I’ll kiss you are fun. I think I’d like to revisit.

Never listened to a Cyndi Lauper album but recognize a few of the hit tracks. Excited to explore something different for me. Part of the charm of this list. 80s synth pop rock! That drum sound the synth, it’s all here. It’s actually a very easy sound to get into, but one that I don’t typically choose to throw on. It has a very 80s sound of its time. Part of the issue is that an album like this grows old on you quick vs encountering these songs on a playlist or radio. When pop music is good, it’s unbelievably catchy. Can’t deny that here. The hits are hits for a reason. It’s filled with an energy through the whole first half. I think Time After Time is the stand out. She Bop is also great. This is really fun. Probably as much as I would enjoy 80s synth pop like this. Thinking a solid 3. Gets a little weirder near the end, but overall it’s fun creative pop music. Was debating a 4, but feel like the back few songs fell off a little.

Et ok album med gode og knap så gode afstikkere. Lille 3'er.

I like Time After Time, and the album sounds more punk rock than I’d noticed before, but overall this album isn’t really my jam.

An iconic album!! Not really my vibe, but she has a unique voice that I love. Fav song is ‘Time After Time’.

Not my tempo

Pure POP which is untainted by the modern affliction of self-important politically laden messages and/or pessimism. Perhaps not all songs have aged kindly, but the carefree optimitism ameliorates that sufficiently well. 3 stars for being a direct link to better times.

Pretty fun

This was a great album that really showcased 80's pop music. I've heard some of the songs hundreds of times. This was my childhood and boy does it bring back some memories. It lost a star for me mainly because I found here voice slightly annoying on a couple of the songs.

This album has some bops and is ultimately very good listening overall! I don’t think I need it on my shelf at home, but I enjoyed the run through all the tracks enough to want to do it again.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun? It must be me I'm girls. She Bop is a good time. Time After Time is timeless. I will say the back half of the album didn't have anything memorable to me but on the whole I had a good time.

Notable Textzeile: We have no past, we won't reach back Keep with me forward all through the night Zwei Megahits die jeder kennt, aber auch sonst klingt für mich alles irgendwie nach Soundtrack-, bzw. Theme- und Abspannsongs. Sowieso alles popig bis zum geht nicht mehr. Aber gut gemacht und wenn es nicht zu girlie-quitschig wird mag ich die Stimme auch. Sicherlich sehr bedeutend in seiner Zeit, aber nix für die heavy rotation.

Perfekte Popmusik und gleichzeitig total weird. Cool. Erstaunlich konstant gut auch, das Prince Cover fand ich ziemlich stark. Ich gebe dem 4 und höre es nie wieder

Krass wie viele Hits da drauf sind. Positiv: Es geht nur 38 Minuten. Negativ: 38 Minuten Cindy Lauper am Stück. Sind Banger dabei, aber die Stimme hätte ich keine 3 Songs länger ausgehalten. Ansonsten n solides Pop-Brett. Subjektive 1-Stern-Abzug wegen 80s-Hate.

As someone who listens mainly to rock and metal, it's nice to discover a solidly enjoyable pop album that I probably never would have listened to otherwise. Good tunes, and good use of synth.

понятная манера исполнения, приедается, мне не очень нравится но зато плотный инструментал и целых три хитяры на альбоме возможно в то время под это разъебывались жестко для ознакомления хорошо передает дух 80х в целом мне даже нравится, на фон бы включил 3.6

Good album with one song that my aunts and my mom love!

this was actually pretty good, parts of it i didn’t like but the rest was not like i thought it would be

When I was assigned this, I was a little skeptical: pop isn't always my thing, and I'm not particularly fond of the (mainstream) 80's. But Cyndi Lauper *delivers* here. This album has a completely infectious energy and it resists the cheesy balladry of the time, doubling down on an *incredible* fun factor. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is *immortal* it's got the perfect combination of a genuinely good song and immaculate camp that will *always* find an audience. The other singles are also pretty great, and She Bop is a *fantastic* song. But I was really surprised at how good the deeper cuts were here as well. It feels like she really paid attention to the cohesion here. She has enough early new wave influence here to give the album a unified feel. And it feels like the energy and immediacy here take just the *tiniest* touch from the genre's punk roots. It takes some real genius and understanding of the genre to make pop feel this immediate and exciting and fun. It's an album that makes you abandon your most curmudgeon-y tendencies for it's runtime. You just want to enjoy this.

#299/1001. The record which defines the 80s, or at leadt one of those albums. It is sort of surprising hiw some of these songs still hold their charm, and are still so much fun even though they constantly are playing on tv, radio, online etc. I admit that I own 2 copies of this, since I had forgotten that I had already bought it. It is easy to bump into in fleamarkets and 1-2 € bins so grab a copy or two as well, and jive to she-bob!

She's So Unusual is a very 80s album for a very 80s artist and yet I still had an absolute blast with this project as a lot of this still holds up as some very charming Pop even with its' very "of its' era" sound. I only really knew Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time from this project and I was quite surprised with how much other quality music was here to enjoy. Money Changes Everything, I'll Kiss You, and the quite solid cover of Prince's When You Were Mine are all great additions to this project that really help sell the over the top yet oddly relatable presentation of Cyndi Lauper. I don't think this is a perfect time capsule by any means especially with the second half of this album being extremely inconsistent and significantly more dated than the first. Even with that said this album feels as free and expressive with its' fun and funky feelings as the album cover and I quite appreciate that. Not an all-timer best album ever but as far as Pop music goes I can definitely get a kick out of this one each time I go through it.

Blinded by the "Girls just want to have fun". The rest of the disk is kinda good, love the synth and the bass. I put 3 because it's not my cup of tea, but if someone pick randomly up this album, he probably kinda make his day.

A masterful pop record with quintessential 80s vibes and genuine punk undertones. I had forgotten about “All Through The Night” until it hit me with a wave of irresistible idyllic nostalgia. “Time After Time” is my mom’s all time favorite pop song because she’s Buddhist and thinks it’s about reincarnation. “She Bop” is a truly subversive celebration of feminine sexuality. Bonus points to CL for her role in the 80s wrestling boom.

Surprisingly rocky compared to the main song known on this album.

An alright pop album. Two incredibly well known songs in Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time feature here, and while good they have been completely played to death. The overall sound is slightly more interesting than the average 80s pop album on account of Lauper’s New Wave background, but it still doesn’t do much for me.

A fun slice of slightly quirky but still quintessentially 80s pop. ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ and ‘Time After Time’ are both all-time classics, of course, but the other two tracks on side one are really good as well, especially ‘Money Changes Everything’. Had the whole record been at that level it would have been a solidly 4-star album, but unfortunately nothing on side two reaches the heights of the earlier tracks (‘She Bop’ probably comes the closest). Cyndi Lauper’s distinctive voice might put some people off, but I think she sounds great. A strong 3 stars overall.

Unlike many of the debit albums on this list, this one holds up with some legendary bangers.

HELL YEAH, A MULHER DO POP DÉCADA DE 80 PEDRADA ATRÁS DE PEDRADA, parece um Best Of. Muitas saturadas pela rádio, mas não diminuem. ela é única, she's so unusual indeed. 9/10

It’s impossible to detach nostalgia from this collection and it is all fresh for the era and perfect pop!

All bangers. Great upbeat, dance around the living room in your underwear sound. Epic, distinct voice.

Iconisch

Ass

Starting pretty strong but without realising it becomes pure background...

amazing album cover. good songs. hoped it would be just a little bit better than it was but it was good. i love the 80s.

I knew her name but none of her songs. It's decent. Quite the change of pace from the typical britpop in this list.

This was better than I thought it would be. Obviously it’s got a very 80s feel to it, but it wasn’t bad. Time After Time is the highlight, but it’s a decent enough pop album.

Some bangers but felt dated.

Classic 80s rock.

This went way harder than I was expecting

It was good but I just wasn't super into it. Some songs just kind of annoyed me. There are some songs that you hear all the time in the supermarket and stuff like Material Girl and Girls Just Want to Have Fun and I've kind of always been annoyed by them.

Some great ones in here.

This is a pretty solid album! Time After Time is a very strong song, much better than Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in my opinion. The other songs are pretty solid too, but I feel like those two were the most well known and for good reasons.

Had a couple good tracks for sure, but the rest was average-bad

i appreciate how impressive this album is and the experimentation, but for me it's more misses than hits. i do love time after time though!

She is so unusual speak on it. Monday does change everything. Girls do just wanna have fun. When you WERE mine. And it's time after time. She do bop. All through the night she do bop. They all witnessed it. Kiss me if I'm wrong. That's so unusual. Yeah, yeah ig. Favourite: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Least favourite: He's So Unusual

Perfection

The incredible impact of Cyndi Lauper's debut solo record, 'She's So Unusual', paints the picture of an artist with plenty of youthful exuberance who was destined for success right from the get-go. But in reality, Lauper was a 30-year-old woman who had already experinced the downsides of the music industry, only to be born again as a solo artist who would help define the style and culture of the 1980s. Lauper had previously been in the band Blue Angel who's only record, released in 1980, was a commercial failure, which resulted in a messy break-up with their manager and leaving Lauper on her own filing for bankruptcy, working retail and singing in local bars, which makes her monumental comeback even more incredible. 'She's So Unusual' is a brilliant record brimming with confidence. The powerful 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' is one of, if not the most iconic anthem of female empowerment committed to tape, 'Time After Time' is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written, 'Money Changes Everything' is a veiled stab at the failure of Blue Angel and 'When You Were Mine' takes an already fantastic Prince song and reinvents it to fit Lauper's kooky charisma. While she may not have written much of the material on 'She's So Unusual', this album marked such a consequential point for pop music in the 1980s, especially for female artists looking to empower other females to stick up for themselves and own who they are in the face of societal pressures. Lauper (and Madonna) took the edginess of Joan Jett, Debbie Harry and Patti Smith and gave it a palatable sheen that was easier for mainstream audiences to digest, much to the same degree Michael Jackson, Prince, Tina Turner and Whitney Houston did for African American audiences. A very fine pop record, and well deserving of its legacy, especially with Lauper going through hell and back to get here. Best songs: Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, When You Were Mine, Time After Time, She Bop

A quirky and daring debut that just happens to contain two of the biggest songs of the eighties. There's a lot of covers on here, but Lauper makes them her own. The way she took 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' from some bozo and turned it into a feminist anthem is very creative. She even tackles Prince on 'When You Were Mine' and delivers an excellent cover that has its own style. The way that Lauper mixes her love of new wave and ska bands into her sound shows that pop records can have a lot of personality and heart poured into them and don't have to be soulless corporate cash grabs. Lauper is able to deliver a heartfelt ballad in 'Time After Time' before immediately going into a bouncy sex-positive song about self-pleasure in 'She Bop' so effortlessly. Packed with bangers, this colourful and vibrant record is so much fun.

80s by far the worst music decade. So overrated. This album is feeled with some classic 80s trash with a few absolute bangers. Time after time and girls just want to have fun are iconic. I really not like time after time. Witness actually pmo’d and most of the other songs are mid or bad.what in the filler is he’s so unusual!

I’ve always loved Cyndi and I think I need to do more of a deep dive on her very soon! (Especially her fashion.) I didn’t know that a lot of these were covers, she makes them so completely her own. Girls JWHF is the obvious stone cold classic (and honestly such an anthem for this ‘hot girl summer’ personal renaissance thing I’m going through at the moment lol) but Money Changes, Time After, and All Through are beyond brilliant too. Only part I don’t really like is the ending combo of He’s So Unusual and Yeah Yeah, I get what she’s going for but I just don’t like that whiny voice. Fun stuff! (4.5 stars)

This was clever, fun, aggressive and overall just a good bop. A very good time.

I was surprised by how good this was top to bottom, but not surprised by how much “Time After Time” holds up

maybe this just hit me at the right time on the right day, but god damn it's almost perfect

Mostly killer with very little filler. This rips.

A fun album.

Started as a 3 but there were enough tracks that stood out to take it up to a 4. Great fun and some stand outs

Solid pop effort

A couple of absolute belters on this album, but the rest is highly variable. Honestly would never think of replaying this.

I was able to listen to this record three times in a row without getting tired. It’s a buoyant, cheerful listen with some stellar pop singles which had me singing along at several points. She does sincerely come across as an unusual presence, especially when she gets slightly more freaky on the mic.

Cyndi Lauper gets a solid 3 from me, some standout tracks which i really enjoyed but sadly less than half hits for me

very repetitive in the lyrics

If you are unfortunate enough to have a brain like mine, you will occasionally find yourself thinking "What if Madonna was good?" Well wonder no longer, strange new friend, for the answer is "Cyndi Lauper". Honestly that is doing her an injustice, but I thought it was funny so I left it in. This album is so far removed from anything I would usually listen to, that the fact I loved it so much says a lot. Cyndi Lauper is an under appreciated talent. A fantastic and unique voice, straddling Kitsch Pop, New Wave, Synth and Art Rock and doing it all admirably. There are danceable party tracks and tender ballads. Four top five singles from this one album. It helped define the sound of it's decade, but it doesn't feel too dated. More nostalgic than old fashioned. It doesn't hurt that Cyndi is by all accounts a great person to boot, and I think if I had been around in 83 I would have fallen in love with her based on the album cover alone.

I was reluctant to listen to this one. I didn't really know much about Cyndi and probably couldn't have confidently named a single one if her songs before this. After listening: I get it! A good album. I might not listen again soon but I am glad I opened my mind to it.

classic

Perfect Pop

today i feel womanphobic

This album contains some very dangerous ideas. Keeping the household running should be more than enough fun for women. Very good album.

Cyndi kinda cooked with this one

This album surprised me. I thought I knew 2 of the songs before listening but it turns out Cyndi Lauper's hits were more than just "Time After Time" and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". What really caught me off guard was the bit of punk that shines throughout the album. A definite classic that I didn't realize was a classic. Color me impressed.

Side 1 is one of the greatest pop songs in a row of any album. Own this on vinyl and it will never be traded in.

That 3 song stretch in the middle is huge, along with Girls...but those four songs just balance this album out. The other songs are pretty meh. 3.5/5

I very much enjoyed this debut solo album from Lauper! This album was pure 80s pop fun and I was living for it. This album had some of Lauper’s biggest hits, no wonder it did extremely well commercially. This album wasn’t deep or anything but it’s 80s pop so that’s par for the course. Overall, I enjoyed this album and would give it a listen again in the future!

You know what? I enjoyed this. I knew the hits but the other songs were good too. Time After Time is an all timer. Fun album. I had Britney Spears debut last week and this one blows it away.

Has some iconic synth sounds that shaped my emotional perception of the 80's from various movies. She has a good voice but sometimes leans too hard into it for some songs. Very influential and culturally significant.

Lots of hits. I didn't want to like this but found it more enjoyable and spiky than expected. Cyndi done good.

She wrote a few tunes that I really enjoyed but, for the most part, her music is a little too pop oriented for me. Great songwriter, phenomenal vocalist and tireless humanitarian. You know you're doing something right when Miles Davis covers one of your tunes.

Great fun album. I'm probably not the target audience but I still enjoyed it 7.5/10

Very solid 80s pop rock. First side of the album is back to back tunes but it’s very frontloaded. B side still decent but not consistent in the very high standard set by A. Still enjoyed it.

It's easy to forget how much Cyndi Lauper dominated the 80s. She, Madonna and Whitney are basically the 80s pop holy Trinity. Honestly this album is a charming relic of the era. Full of pop, new wave, post punk....and a Prince cover!? (How did I miss THAT?) While I was quite aware of this at the time because pop music if the era was inescapable, I was a kid and didn't give this much thought. (Hell, I was a full grown adult when I found out She Bop was about rubbing one out!) Revisiting it was far more rewarding than I expected. A great example of the pop landscape of the time.

Bright, bouncy new wave pop built from shiny synth hooks, snappy drum-machine beats, playful guitar accents, and exuberant, elastic vocals moves like a vividly colored shopping mall in the mid-’80s—fun, loud, and instantly catchy, even if the sugar rush outweighs any deeper staying power.

probably another perfect record, another one from my childhood cassette days, but i've not listened to it for at least a decade, probably when the 30th anniversary edition dropped. i had forgotten that she covers "when you were mine", and it is a pretty great cover. google's gemini claims that prince wrote it for lauper, but he wrote it for _dirty mind_, which came out 3 years before SSU. also, "time after time" is still one of the absolute best pop songs ever. still love that dirty synth bass in " she bop". i had totally forgotten that "all through the night" was a hit single, but how could i have forgotten? it was all over the place. and some skank-y guitar for "witness". i do love that there's no "she's so unusual" song title, but there is the "he's so unusual" skit. and the b-52s adjacent "yeah yeah" ends the album. yep. still perfect p.s. why wasn't "right train, wrong track" included on the album? it probably worked better as a b-side (and she does howl a lot like cindy wilson, so maybe the b-52s were already referenced one time) to "girls...", but it is such a good song

unusual for sure

3/5 - Not a huge fan of synth pop, and can't say I would have loved this more if I listened to it when it was newer, but an enjoyable listen with a number of banger singles.

Kaks suurt revolutsioonilist lugu "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" ja "Time After Time" näol, aga ülejäänud album on sellise pendeldava kvaliteediga ja pigem tavalise 80ndate kõlaga. Enam-vähem kuulatav plaat ja vahepeal on siin huvitavaid mõtteid meloodiaid, aga ma nt seda vinüülina ei ostaks. 2.9/5

Almost a 5

Great production, not my cup of tea of a voice

Money changes everything - 3/5 Girls just want to have fun - 5/5 When you were mine - 4/5 Time after time - 5/5 She bop - 3/5 All through the night - 4/5 Witness - 2/5 I'll kiss you - 2/5 Yeah yeah - 4/5

I was expecting a festival of 80s pop, but apart from Girls Just Wanna Have Fun the songs were a bit of a letdown.

Time After Time being an amazing song is balanced out by coming after one of the most annoying songs ever in Girls Just Want to Have Fun

It's a solid album, not one of the greatest but definitely important considering it's cultural impact

Do girls really just want to have fun?

Quite enjoyable. Bang in the middle. 2.5

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Album bien ancré dans les années 80 mais avec une voix unique. Avec des chansons de légendes, ce projet a su rester un bonne redécouverte aujourd'hui ! Cyndi Lauper a su produire un album intemporel. Les instrus sont très fun à écouter et plusieurs morceaux sont allés dans ma playlist. Note : 5 À réécouter : Oui

Not bad. My favorite song from here turns out to be a Prince song. Her voice reminds me of Luanne from King of the Hill.

Pretty good, some classics. Can't complain and the nostalgia of some car trips while hearing these songs hit me good.

I don't like Cyndi Lauper's voice all that much, so I didn't think I was going to rate this all that highly... but honestly... this album was a lot of fun. I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I was going to. There's some really funky beats, and a lot of the tracks are surprisingly heavy sounding. Obviously there's some major classics on here too, sure they're overplayed but I'm not going to hold that against them. There's a reason they're played to death, and it's because they're actually pretty decent. I don't have a huge amount more to say, I just know that was a fun listen. Highlights: - "Yeah Yeah" - "She Bop"

Really catchy and Cyndi's got a very unique voice, enjoyed it a lot. Surprised Time After Time was the other hit to come from this album instead of some of the other more memorable tracks like Money Changes Everything, She Bop or Yeah Yeah

Highlights: - Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Even though I disagree with this song, (I think everyone just wants to have fun), it's unbelievably catchy. - Time After Time I've heard a lot of these songs on the radio but never put a name to the titles. They were just popular songs that'd never leave my head She's got a powerful voice with masterful control over it, I do think the instrumentation is lacking however. Solid 3.

OOOH I KNOW SONGS FROM HER i though this album is going to be a 1-hit but it has at least two bangers this is like a peak 80's girl album

This is like pure feel good 80s pop! Pop feminist to its core in the best way. The second half of the album kinda lagged a bit compared to the first half which in turn lowered my rating a bit. I don’t have much more to say about this album besides I enjoyed it overall. Top Songs: 1) Money Changes Everything 2) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 3) When You Were Mine

I'm vaguely surprised that I've never listened to this whole album, but I think it feel in between the era where I listened to pop radio, but actually had the means to purchase and play my own collection of music. That said, this is 5 stars of pop greatness by one of the absolute legends. Everything is just so sing-alongable: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time after Time", "She-Bop", "All Through the Night". And songs I hadn't heard, "When You Were Mine" and "Yeah Yeah". Easily a 4 star...and, based on its influence, a debatable 5 star.

so enjoyable and consistent

Better then expected

Some bangers, some forgettable

Mythique mais le plupart des sons sont un peu redondants ... Sacrée vibe synthés années 80

Two songs were good.

Some bangers, nice light pop. Fun stuff.

4/5

The hits were solid! The others ranged from having good elements (great chorus melody, cool progression, etc) and missing something to being a little flat for me. Before the streaming era, I'd probably buy the CD to rip Girls, Time After Time and She Bop with maaaybe a couple others like the Prince cover and All Through the Night before leaving the CD somewhere.

Ok

Great album

Clever pop album made for MTV even if Cyndi's vocals are an acquired taste.

Just some good 80s fun

I am really not a fan of Cyndi Lauper.

Unusually epic

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.

Favorite track(s): Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time, She Bop

Never been a big Cyndi Lauper fan, but she is the perfect snapshot of the 80's. Her music, her look, her New Yorkah attitude. I know she's had a long and successful career, but in my own dumb head, she never left 1983.

It's not that unusual imo but it is pretty good. Favorite Tracks: When You Were Mine, Time After Time, Witness, I'll Kiss You

al principio me quería matar y skipear cada canción no se q carajos quisieron inventar lowkey amo la portada y la voz de ella pero la producción d la mayoría de canciones la cagaron

I was never much of a Cyndi fan when I was younger, but recognized it was worth giving it a shot again now. I still don't love it. The standard hits are what they are. It's nice that there was a bit of a feminist punk flair to this album -- refreshing for the day, in retrospect. That said, I still won't find this sliding into my playlist anytime soon unless I'm having an 80s party. Just not my jam.

pop punk? eh

zaskakująco mnie to urzekło nie wiedziałam, że Cyndi Lauper jest odpowiedzialna za tyle hitów na jednym albumie

This one is fine. 3 stars

I really liked this one. A classic.

Bello, con un paio di pezzoni, potrebbe anche essere 4*

Love the synths, love the vocals. Lauper is certainly great at writing pop songs, and the vibes are just so much fun. Definitely gets a bit slower on the second half, but this has some great songs and is an album I would go to for some good commercial 80s pop. Favorites: Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, She Bop, All Through the Night

80s pop is decidedly not for me, but as far as those things go, you can do a lot worse than this. Money Changes Everything and Time After Time are fantastic tunes. Girls and She Bop are decent bubblegum pop songs that I probably don't ever need to hear again. When You Were Mine does itself no favors by being an inferior cover that goes on forever. And the rest? Well, they needed to fill out the album somehow. Lauper has a powerful and idiosyncratic voice (and she was 30 when this came out!), and I do miss how those were allowed to be pop singers too. 2 stars but probably more of a 2.5

Solid classic. Great in the morning. Great to use to make you more upbeat. Alaska disco pop.

Every song is a banger.

A fun New Wave album with solid playing, Lauper's easy to embrace voice and at times smart witty lyrics. Pet Sounds this is not but that's OK sometimes Lauper's brand of silly fun is all a girl needs and She's So Unusual kept this girl charmed and entertained for the duration of its running time and got replayed as soon as it ended. The videos made for some of the songs on She's So Unusual are a lot of fun & are well seeking out. Cute stuff!

Great fun and full of bangers. You go Cyndi Lauper

The first side + She Bop (amazing dance-punk song by the way!) is quite amazing, it starts to get into quite weird territory stuff after the singles, which seems to be a theme for a lot of 80s pop-oriented albums. Definitely a solid pop album even though it starts to suffer a bit in quality in the last couple songs. Cyndi Lauper has such a wide range on her voice, it's quite incredible. Highlight Song/s: "Money Changes Everything", "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "She Bop"

Groundbreaking.

bladee and ecco2k reference omg 80s pop at its best best. girls just want to have fun is classic for a reason

everyone take a bow for the queen cyndi lauper. this is how you do 80s pop. 9/10

Banger album. This girls been having fun all her life.

Enjoyed this much more than I thought I would; damn near 10 spins in a day. Some Oingo Boingo vibes on Yeah Yeah. This sound reminds me of The Goonies

Iconic album because the three main bangers on here, which is a hell of a haul for a debut. Always loved Cyndi's voice, and she obviously likes to play with it. Obviously a fantastic musician and artist, on display brilliantly here.

Not bad Cyndi

Loaded with ‘80s staples—and classics—but yet another artist/album where I [mostly] don’t click with the vocals.

Not for me. Time After Time is a classic and really enjoyed All through the Night however.

Absolute shabs

Time after time is a good song but apart from u really struggled to get any enjoyment from the rest of the album....girls wanna have fun is fun i suppose

Very 80's. Very girly. Very Pop. Very manufactured. When you were mine is a Prince song, this is an awful version of it Time After Time is great. Other than that: quite poor. At the time bet she was 'very unusual' But many have mimicked the cute, weird female act at this point. Doesnt hold up.

Never in my years did I think I’d be listening to Cyndi Lauper but here we are. Her hits girls just wanna have fun and time after time are great but after that there wasn’t any that stood out as much very bang average. Might be good if your into that stuff but not for me

5/10

The hits hit. Not sure about the rest

Big hits with a lot of filler. Fave track: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Time After Time still a classic if a bit cheesy. Unfortunately that cheesiness is pretty prevalent across the rest of this album. 2/5

I mean this is what an 80s album should be!

Another case of an albums back half being better than the front! The big songs still great and the deep tracks are pretty cool too

so many classics on this album

Couple really good songs but not a full album for me

Really impressed with this one overall. It's a shame that some of the songs are either covers or not written by her, but she owns every performance. She Bop is a killer track. Some meh bits but overall good throughout. 4/5

Cool vibe

Epitome of 80s pop in my mind. Which makes it catchy as hell and fun, but apart from the obvious (sadly overplayed) songs I didn't get an awful lot out of it.

Fun pop album. Enjoyed this

2/13 Classic new wave debut album from Cyndi Lauper. Good songs on it but my favorite will always be the goonies theme

69. avg

My babysitter used to bring the vinyl over so that we could “bop” around the living room while my parents had a night out (carefully, don’t want the needle to skip). So 80s it hurts. Most of the tracks hold up I never knew there were so many covers on this album. Starts to drag by the end, but I’m forever grateful for the fun memories thanks to this record (and thanks Debbie!). 4/5.

This isn’t an album I would listen to all the time because I’m just not a huge 80’s pop fan, but I really did love this album. A few of the songs were absolute classics and definitely nostalgic.

I just wanna have fun too, and I did, time after time.

Gargs just wanna have fun.

This is pretty great 80s pop. Some undeniable hits here (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time) and some others here that are great in their own right. My favorite on the album was probably All Through the Night, which has a great 2 part chorus, a funky bassline, and sick synths. I liked this a lot, great album.

Some guys just wanna dress in full drag and perform “girls just wanna have fun” to a room full of strangers at brunch

Some of my favorites including a surprising Prince cover

Enjoyed very much

A fine pop album and the music videos are burned into my brain.

not bad, didnt hate it

Four absolute bangers on one album

Reminds me of that image of the woman with the bag of chips on her head.

Really weird but has some solid hits. 3 stars

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This album has a cool unique sound, and a few really good songs. Solid!

She has a great voice, and I'm sure if I liked this genre, I'd adore this album. But I don't really care for the genre. Still fun to listen to. I can't stress enough how consistently great her voice is throughout this album. If I could I'd rate it like a 3.5.

What Madonna tries to emulate. Loved listening to other Lauper songs I did not know. Fun vibe

Razen njenih treh znanih komadov (od katerga bosta dva kle gor) ne poznam absolutno nič od Cyndi. V bistvu me je kinda presenetil, da je na tem seznamu. (Berem zj wiki in se morm I guess spet mal posipat s pepelom, nism vedla, da je bil album tok uspešen at the time!) "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" je še zmer a banger. Alpa "Time After Time" - ta je nivoje nad drugimi komadi na albumu. Uf, določeni deli so tak painfully 80s sounding - in a bad way. K "Time After Time" je in a good way, po maš pa sintesajzer zvoke, k dons sam ušesa bolijo. "Witness" mi zveni The Police inspired? Glih hotla sm napisat, da se veselim konca & vidim, da sm pri zadnjem komadu! Jupi!

Yeah maybe a little unusual but besides one or two good songs I’m not overly impressed as an album

A decent collection of pop songs that have a very unmistakable 80's sound with the inflated drums, synths and voice with a lot of reverb. This album does a lot of the things I don't like from this particular style and time, but I somehow didn't mind it and I even liked a bit. I am not crazy about it, but I appreciated how this girl shows a lot of passion with her quite extravagant way of singing and does hit some catchy choruses and moving moments, specially in the big singles "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time". First one is a big and powerful feminist anthem and in the second one she shows a more intimate and sad side that is very emotional. Besides the vocal, the instrumentation is just fine. They suffer a lot from being too artificially inflated from all the effects, but they accompany the voice well, without doing anything that really stands out. Apart from the sound inflation, another problem I had with the album is the second half being a bit forgettable and bland in comparison with the first half. However, I wouldn't say they are bad songs. Overall, a nice pop album that I though I would dislike.

As one who graduated high school the year this came out, and how popular it was, I remember much of it very well Not my cup of tea, I'm a classic rock guy, but I can't hate on it too much, as it was part of a fun time in life. It's not on any of my playlists, I really don't want to listen to it, so at the end of the day, it gets 2 starts. 1 for how much I like it and a second since a lot of friends did like it.

Chulo, animado, pop de los 80 con temazos de toda la vida. Mencion especial a la peli de cate blanchett que me enseño Time after time

Love it

Would have been cool to be there when “girls” was released

Girls just wanna what😳

Girls just want to have fun and Time after time are timeless. The rest of the album is okay.

I enjoy the hits on this album

I loved it. I love the classics and her other songs as well.

Fun but a voice not quite my bag.

She’s so hard to listen to but I give 2 stars for the 2 bangers on here

I don't think this is aging too well. Maybe a few great songs, but after those what do you have? I was really losing interest after song 5.... (I remember When You were MIne as a bit faster...maybe I was too drunk? A great song, but less frantic as I remembered it.) A couple great songs does not make a stellar album no matter how great those songs are (then and now). 3 disappointed starlets.

Money Changes Everything - 4/5 Girls Just Want to Have Fun - 5/5 When You Were Mine - 3/5 Time After Time - 5/5 She Bop - 3/5 All Through the Night - 4/5 Witness - 3/5 I'll Kiss You - 3/5 He's So Unusual - no rating Yeah Yeah - 2/5 Average score: 3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

DID NOT LISTEN

No. 96 terrific production and great performance by her, what a moment in time.

NGL this album was great. I don't know what i was expecting but whatever it was this exceeded my expectations. I think Cyndi Lauper is cool and she's got some iconic songs but a whole albums worth? Yup. This album not only has her best hits (Girls Just Wanna and Time After Time) but tracks like She Bop and When You Were Mine are really awesome. She Bop was very B-52s but with a Cyndi vocal. Speaking of a Cyndi vocal, I did realize that it's probably an acquired taste but she does amazing things with what she's got. Lastly this cover art is cool as hell...

Good nostalgia. Have never heard the whole album and was surprised at how many hits were on it

Great album! Upbeat, emotional and fun!

While the first half of She’s So Unusual shines with classic tracks, the second half leans into dated synth-pop that dulls the overall impact.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun has always been annoying to me, and INOJ does a better Time After Time, but this is a pretty consistent album outside the hits thankfully. not my favorite collection of 80s synth rock, which already isn't really my favorite genre, but it does its job well enough. deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah

Album is a banger, at least 4 or 5 singles off this one

Amazing album. While the production sounds very 80s,lots of recent albums now sound similar so in many ways it sounds modern. Really easy to hear how this has had a big influence on kids of indie artists. Will definitely seek this one out, although perhaps a best of given the second half can't hold a candle to the first

Super Pop Album! Kann man Nix sagen!

Zwei krasse banger auf dem album, weil sie so oft im radio gespielt wurden... Die quietschige stimme ist auf jeden fall nix für mich.

THE GOAT!!!!

this album is a guilty pleasure. Time after Time is awesome. I think i like the songs on here that a slightly slower rather than the high octane ones . All through the Night was another that I hadn't listened to much, but will come back to

Everyone knows at least 2 songs on this album, but honestly, I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. The first 4 songs are all nearly-perfect 80s pop songs, and for me Money Changes Everything was a song that I hadn't remembered listening to much and is just great. I love the 80s production (not for everyone, I get it). Her voice is certainly "unusual" in a really good and surprisingly powerful way. Time After Time needs little further elaboration but is an all time great song. Second half of the album loses a little bit of steam with a few more throwaway moments, but on balance just a really fun listen.

Time after time is maybe in my top 25 songs of all time but just couldn’t get into anything else. By the end, it made me realize that just one lauper song is enough for me.

She’s So Unusual reminded me just how special “Time After Time” is. It’s not only a defining song of 80s pop, but an all-time classic — the intro alone is enough to pull me in. What stays with me most is the quiet resolve in the song, the feeling of leaving a place that once felt safe, but no longer fits. There’s a balance of warmth and firmness in that moment: trusting both the other person and myself, and choosing to step forward rather than hold on. That’s what makes the song feel timeless to me.

Own it

A fun and nostalgic trip into 80’s pop. Not a single bad song!

😜im such an 80’s girl 😞time after time 🤪 IM SO UNUSUAL

“Time After Time” and “All Through The Night” are worth the price of admission. Just some ‘80s goodness.

Girls just wanna have fun, and you know what? With this record they do exactly that! Not the sort of thing I’d go out my way to listen to, but it’s harmless and jovial and a good time, I can respect it. Also I genuinely believe Time After Time is the single greatest pop song ever produced.

Overall a decent record, more depth than maybe I’d been expecting beyond the singles, but blimey if it doesn’t let itself down. Like the opener, why the heck is it five minutes long when all that happens from two minutes onwards is she repeats the chorus?

Great pop album, second half loses momentum

This album screams 80s: a record where synths and guitars blare in unison to accommodate the zany, rebellious attitude of a persona that dares people to witness and accept her as a pop icon of the century. The dare more than paid off with this one, as this record is worth all its significance just for the now-iconic "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", but it's hardly a one-song record, and there is quite a solid bit of wit and craftsmanship involved in bringing it all together. "She's So Unusual" screams progressiveness in an era that some people these days try to insist was an era of long-lost conservative values, and it is a welcome reminder that things were never as simple as that. The biggest song from this album, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", is itself a great example of that, as Lauper effectively took a song about a wayward womanizer, rewrote it to be a female empowerment party anthem, and wore it with great pride. Aside from the album's biggest hit, there is a surprisingly high amount of song covers on this album, but none of them feel derivative of the artists Lauper covers. "Money Changes Everything", "When You Were Mine", and "All Through the Night" were great picks on her side, and all fit fell into her image crafted throughout the album. She truly makes these songs her own. The all-original songs are just as high in quality, with great highlights being a beautiful melancholic love ballad "Time After Time", as well as super raunchy "She Bop", which celebrates female sexuality in a humorous manner, paired with instrumentation that sounds nigh-pornographic, adding a lot to the self-awareness on display.

Es klingt extrem nach 80er-Pop, aber anders als die meisten anderen Alben auf dieser Liste, bei denen es so ist, ist es wirklich gut und nicht langweilige Synthesizer. Super Album.

1983, back at Stafford Poly, Mike play this - it's great pop !

Another Album, Cyndi Lauper?? Ugh see if I can make it through!! First song was catchy, then the album got good, very good, several hits. Good record! Finished weak except I enjoyed "He's so unusual". Solid record.

Pretty bog standard American Pop of the Eighties. Elevated by a good and distinctive singer and great single. Let down by rancid production and backing music. It’s as if corporate America looked across the Atlantic and thought how can we do what they’re doing more profitably and don’t worry if it sounds shit. I’ll kiss you is especially rotten. This list is stuffed to the gills with grim American pop’s half-arsed attempts attempts to keep up with the rest of the world - The Cars, Boston, Van Halen, this is marginally better but only because Cyndi personality lifts it out of the mire. But on reflection Girls … & Time After Time are worth a point extra

80's pop isn't usually my thing, but Cyndi crushed it on this. I never realized "Time After Time" was her song. This has a really impressive tracklist.

So many bops. It’s so overtly 80s but somehow gets a pass. Fun, smart, and well done.

Interesting

too 80s but its fye

The album that taught us, it is ok to be different! An all-time original and classic!!

Best- Girls just wanna have fun Love the Betty boop bit very fun

Track to track, a pop delight. Cindi's 4 octive range shines on classics, and her cover of Prince's 'when you were mine' is a perennial favorite. A perfect pop album.

106/1001 First listen. Ahh the ‘80s! Even as a metalhead, everything else on the charts was still pretty catchy. I thought I was too cool for this when it came out but it was an enjoyable listen today. Hell, I’ll take She bop all day, any day. 5/10

Very 80s very fun

4/5 AINT IT KINDA NICE, AND AINT IT KINDA GAY, WHEN YOU HEAR ME SAY I LOOOOOVES YA. Love the Betty Boop references. Very fun album.

Timeless.

Another example of an artist where I know the hits, but have never listened to the records. This is great!

Very fun!

Not a bad pop album, but the baby talk at the end was a little much. 3/5

This is a deep childhood album for me, so I'm biased, but I love this album.

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Paar leuke nummers

THIS ALBUM IS FUN!

Bright colors, big feelings, and a brain that never sits still. Rating: 4.6/5 Short Review: This album is playful on the surface and quietly emotional underneath. Pop that sounds fearless, a little unhinged, and way smarter than it lets on. Favorite Track: Time After Time. Soft, sincere, and still devastating when it sneaks up on you.

She’s definitely unusual. Girls just wanna have fun, time after time, and all through the night, those are the only songs I care about. However, it’s a fun album that I did not spend time wishing to end.