She's So Unusual

I was having a bad day when I first put this on... and I just couldn't enjoy it. I had to turn it off, and come back later - and boy am I glad I did! It wasn't you Cyndi... it was me. Cyndi absolutely kills it on an album of bright, colourful 80's synth pop that had me vibing from start to finish. Even "Time After Time" (a song I usually find annoying), was great. I can't deny the skill and artistry of this album, despite my own tastes. Great stuff!

Oke, de naam zegt mij niets. Maar het 2e nummer is dan plots girls wanna have fun. En die ken ik zeker wel! Haha. Ja prima nummer, ook het eerste nummer viel absoluut niet tegen. Had geen idee dat dit uit 83 kwam, vond het altijd een beetje begin 90 vibe hebben. Hey Time after time! Die is ook wel bekend. Lachen zeg. Op het laatste nummer na, daar ging de zang mij een beetje irriteren, is dit best een plezant album. Aangezien ik gister Neil Young een 4 heb gegeven en ik die toch echt wel beter vind moet ik dit een 3 geven. Maar eigenlijk een 3.5

80s pop. Debut album. Newwave, synth pop. One of the bestselling albums ever. Wonderful upbet pop, all of her big hits.

She’s right, girls just DO wanna have fun!!

I forgot all through the night and she bop, remembering only girls just want to have fun. This is an outstanding 80s album. It's pop, but it's heartfelt. The songwriting is excellent, the musical performances are excellent, and the production is excellent. It skirts the line between conformity and non-conformity beautifully. One song begs for freedom from controlling parents, another speaks about the joy of wanking. Love it. 4.5

between annoying and really fun! loved "kiss you" and "time after time"

I was sleeping on Cyndi Lauper. This is a fantastic pop album. I especially enjoyed the Prince cover

The whole record is a reminder that you can be loud, heartfelt, eccentric, and deeply human all at once. It’s not just an album—it’s a permission slip to be exactly as strange and brilliant as you already are. Great 80s album!! Very Fun!!

AGAIN, finally some good fucking food. It's weeks at a time that something interesting turns up on this list. Devastating.

This is a great album. She’s a pioneer and I love her. Not typically anything I would listen to but there are some bangers in there I love way more than her classics - She Bop, I’ll Kiss You, Yeah Yeah.

She's not my favorite but all of these songs were played too much back in the day. There's not a lot of filler on here which is good.

Everyone just wants to have fun!

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

OK. 2/5

Fine album, can't stand her voice.

Maybe it is too much for me.

Never been a fan of her voice but time after time is a banger

Really good quality fun pop music with added 80's nostalgic flavour.

A classic

Decent album - bit of its time, but much more substance and quality - more Time after Time than Girls just want to have fun

Finally some 80s pop that doesn’t suck. Give me Cyndi over Madonna any day!

Good album, close to a 4 but I couldn’t quite get there. Time After Time is great.

yes! fun pop!

Was expecting this to be around 3 stars. Why the fuck is this SO GOOD

Love it. Perfect pop album. Of its time, but in the best possible way.

Girls just wanna have fun!!

Starter fantastisk. "Time after time" er en tidløs klassiker. Holder ikke hele albumet ut.

Great hits plus some stinkers. I can see why it’s memorable.

Cyndi 💕

Ela tem uma energia muito foda e única, marcou muito os anos 80. Carai, veio Girls Just Want to Have fun, fudida essa. Álbum promissor. Time After Time. Fico pensando como tem artista que recebe uma iluminação divina e faz trocentos hits no mesmo álbum. Realmente entenderam a época em que viveram. Divertido, bem feito, voz foda, músicas fodas. Vai 4* pra esse.

This record feels so refreshing to listen to. I remember hearing some of those songs on radio while I was working a pretty borring job though. What a nice thing to listen to. Easily better than average but nothing groundbreaking.

Ett par fantastiska hits, men helheten saknar en edge. Så tyvärr denna köpte jag och rätt snabbt sålde eller städade undan.

girls just want to have fun 1983 united states pop

I don’t know Cyndi, I think you say a lot of really good things in here and have a powerful message, but the 80s electro-pop kind of unnerves me. Maybe that’s the point, like how plasticky consumerism still carries a deep message, but I probably wouldn’t put it on repeat.

Me recuerda a mi mami so excelent music

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

Some real catchy pop tunes on here. Pretty good overall. Highlights: “Money Changes Everything” and “Time After Time”

Light and upbeat for the most part with a few tracks that I continue to listen to today. Enjoyed discovering the wider album.

Fav song: when you were mine 4/5

The A Side is genuinely incredible and the final four tracks are blooming horrible

I like it. I doubt I would listen to it much, but for a genre/era of music I gravitate away from, I enjoyed it.

meh, not bad, a classic. top songs; yeah yeah, I'll kiss you, girls just want to have fun

I like. If there was a 3.5 star or even 3.6 star option I'd go for that one. The hits were hits for a big reason, and the synths are real cool, as are the brief moments of 'she pulled this off?'. May change to a 4 as I listen to this more.

has her most popular songs, not bad

Aunque le tengo mucho cariño a este disco, ahora que lo escucho con calma y con años a mis espaldas he descubierto que todas las canciones son linealea, escuchada una escuchadas todas

3.5 stars I didn’t think I’d enjoy it as much as I did. But it’s got 4 hits and a Prince cover. Even with a few forgettable tracks and a bad closer it’s a fun time. Synth pop goodness.

Wow! It's about as pop 80s as it gets. The production, female vocal style, 80s synths, gated drums. So... very... 80s. It's vibrant and interesting. Really solid songwriting. There's a reason there's been a few great covers of Time After Time. It's just a well written song. Will I come back to this album? Probably not. But I'm really glad I got to hear it with fresh ears.

Close, really close to a perfect score here. The album is upbeat, fun to listen to and Cyndi Lauper has a pleasant singing voice to listen to. There are some absolute well-known classics on here but the other tracks aren't much worse. Why am I not giving this five stars? I don't know, let's give it 5 anyway. 5/5

Συμπαθω τη disco και γενικα ειναι το μονο ειδος pop που μου αρεσει. Αξιοσημείωτα τα ad libs στο τελευταιο track

Like a girl you dated after leaving home but possibly didn't even introduce to your friends. A learning experience. You thought maybe she was interesting but actually she turned out shallow with frustratingly disorganised thoughts...

She sure is!

Favourite Songs: When You Were Mine She Bop I'll Kiss You

5/5 side A and a 2/5 side B

Better than I expected. Definitely heard the early punk influence and Talking Heads vibes. I've never been a big fan of 80s pop and this isn't really my cup of tea, but I'd definitely take it over Madonna, Wham, or Whitney Houston.

I didn't think this album would age very well, and I'm not entirely wrong, but it's better than I remember. I had this album when it came out. However, it got worn out on the radio and I haven't listened to Cyndi Lauper in MANY MANY years. It's a decent album and a very good representative of the alternative pop of the time. Pitchfork: 8.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #184 (2023) Best Songs Girls Just Want to Have Fun Time After Time She Bop All Through the Night Witness

You know what? It's a bop. Sure there are really only 4 quality songs on this but they are perfect for their place in time. I would go 3.5 if I could.

So many good tracks here. "School Mums overdoing the prosecco on a night out singalong" favourite "Girls..." the biggest smash here, but just listen to that vocal / synth combo on "All Through the Night". If this was released by Gaga today, it would 100% be devoured by her fans - fabulous example of how great the 80s could be.

I’ll kiss you — love the story behind it and music composition Girls just wanna have fun - fav love the choir bit at the end!! She bop Money changes everything Yeah yeah - love opening and instrumentals

A good combination of rock and synth pop, the synths do are very nice to listen to, and Lauper has a great sound, some of the songs are just duds lyrically though. Still a fun album that doesn’t take itself too seriously it seems

Very fun - reminds me of my mom since this was what she grew up listening to. Favorite is Time After Time.

I didn't realize how many hits I knew came from this album alone. Regular radio rotation in the 80s introduced me to the artist, but I never connected that all these songs came prepackaged. That said, I don't feel an attachment to this as an album. The songs are great, but I'll probably pull up individual tracks when I want rather than play this top to bottom. Girls Just Want to Have Fun Time After Time She Bop All Through the Night

Good pop music, couple of songs I wasn't as bothered with hence the 4

Such great songs, absolute BOPS all round, great for a Friday morning drive to work

late 90s! we love it

Really really fun. Enjoyed a lot of it thought I am clearly still a sucker for songs with guitar in them. Did not feel as empty as I thought they might be. Would listen to again.

Cyndi Lauper is an instantly recognizable vocalist, with her voice on this album set to classic summery 80s synths. She’s So Unusual is at its best when Cyndi Lauper can unleash the full power of her voice. The songs are easy listening, though a few drag a little bit and feel slightly longer than they are. Overall, this album is exactly what it thinks it is and achieves everything it sets out to. Track Highlights: Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, She Bop, Witness, I’ll Kiss You

Big 80s but better songs than I expected.

I never would listened to this. I truly enjoyed it however. Certainly a product of it’s time!

She Bop!

I didn't like it, it's definitely not for me!

obsessed with each one

Almost shockingly well-rounded and distinctive for an artist's debut record, regardless of age or gender, 'She's So Unusual' made Cyndi Lauper an overnight star, and it's not hard to see why. On an unabashedly boisterous album laced with unforgettable hits fortified with sincerity, Lauper's creativity, nerve, and distinctive voice were impossible to tie down. It almost seems stranger than fiction that her cover of Robert Hazard's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun', was not only the world's introduction to Lauper, but by subverting the original rendition's male gaze through taking pride in her rebellious irreverence, it also cemented her as a feminist pop icon for years to come. 'Girls...' stands the test of time as a brazen, defiant pop-rock revolution delivered in under four minutes. A musical mission statement if ever there was one, this track is an undeniably camp and raucous plea, a truly electric romp ignited by effusive synth stabs and a plethora of eccentric pops and whistles. Lauper's irrepressible hedonistic urges were front and centre elsewhere on the record too. From the top of 'She Bop', a sparkling, synth-heavy New Wave ode to masturbation coiled inside undeniably catchy, nonsensical lyrics, accented with coos and barks, to the bottom of the final track, 'Yeah Yeah', a kooky synthpop frolic within lust and desire, punctured with funky sax and Lauper's Boop-like quips and trills', her ebullience is contagious and captivating. Lauper also has ample room to showcase her candid and vulnerable side. The aptly-name 'Time After Time' draws the listener in with its timeless romanticism and Lauper's wistful rasp is truly magnetic, making this one of the quintessential Eighties' pop ballads. On another cover, the similarly dreamy 'All Through the Night', Lauper's voice is bathed in laser light inside this glittery synthpop ballad. Within a matter of months, 'She's So Unusual' almost accidentally found itself on a pedestal, but deservedly so. Intentionally or not, Lauper delivered a tenacious and effervescent ten-track proclamation of joy and conviction: one that would not only reshape the musical landscape for future artists, from Lady Gaga through to Chappell Roan, for years to come, but also inspire legions of young girls the world over to be self-assured, make a statement, and do something as bold and as simple as just have fun.

3.5. Great 80’s pop - on a grumpy day it falls to a 3 just because I’m rarely if ever going to reach to put this on, but today I’m feeling good so we’re rounding up.

This is one of those albums where it is a hit song machine. It’s just chock full of massive hit songs that made massive cultural impacts and you can hear most of this album in movies and tv shows, it’s a wildly important 80s pop album. Here my small problem with it, her vocals are only tolerable in small doses. Like each of these songs are totally bangers but listening to them back to back just highlights how crude and grating her voice can be at times. In fact I’m sure this point has been made before but I hate this baby singing thing, like Madonna did it in her cover of “Santa baby” and while that is by far the most egregious example of this, this specific album features a lot of Cyndi alder doing a similar thing on a smaller scale which over the course of the album was more and more apparent as you went through it. Honestly I don’t hate his album and I don’t hate Cyndi Lauper, but I might hate her voice I found out.

Really solid album. I don’t love 80’s pop rock across the board but I did not know how many bangers were on this. Girls just want to have fun, time after time, she bop, all through the night are all top shelf. Great work Cyndi this was a pleasant surprise to hear all the way through.

An anthemic album and a very fun listen. 7/10 [KEEP]

Such a fun listen!

Another classic debut

It’s slightly cheesy and incredibly pop-y but in the best possible way. It’s infectious and the songs are catchy

Cyndi became too popular in 1983 for most people when their debut album goes bonkers like this one did but she never really changed from the experience as far as I can tell. Her voice is amazing on this album I heard her live a few years ago and she can still rock.

Holy shit I could not stand this.

No idea how this made the cut. It’s fairly predictable pop

Boring boring boring

My mom dressed as her for Halloween as a teenager and I can understand why.

I was really excited to listen to this album and while I enjoyed it, I can definitely see why Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time became the hits. The "He's So Unusual" (hey Betty Boop) into "Yeah Yeah" was really interesting though and there were other fun songs - another very album-y album. And SO very 80s with the synth and general vibe. I can see why she was an it girl. I feel so basic with Time After Time being my favorite song but it just hits and reminds me of Romy & Michele so what's not to love

wait i hope to never listen to this again besides the popular ones

Incroyable, musicalement bien recherché, la voix de Cyndi Lauper transmet beaucoup d'intensité et de corps à la musique, S-Tier

Cyndi Lauper wanted to actually record this alongside Houmous & Chutney but Ken Chutney accidentally replied to Cyndi thinking he was emailing Len Houmous. The email simply said Cyndi Lauper - She’s So Unusual. And the rest is history! 4.2 4/10 Time After Time

The Good: Being unusual should be a good thing… The Bad: This unusual being the unusual version of unusual… The Ugly: The make-up… very usual in certain circles during the ‘80s I’ve been lambasting this journey due to one too many post 2000s albums being absolute shit, yet deemed listen worthy before I die… I can understand that someone who’s never heard of Cyndi Lauper might have a similar visceral reaction when the fist song on this album kicks in, potentially ruining the rest of the album as opinions have already been clouded. Maybe I need to reevaluate those post 2000’s albums… nah, they’re still shit… This album, as it is straight from my youth, is what it is, a lovely means to remember the “unusual” great time I had in the ‘80s, though I also had a great time in the ‘90s, and the ‘00s, and even the ‘70s, and let’s not forget meeting my wife in the ‘10s… I guess one has a great time all the time! Cyndi had one massive hit, starred in one of the better shit films of the ‘80s, which had plenty of great shit films, and magically managed to have one of the more memorable singing parts in the “We Are the World” hit single… This album was presented to me on Jan 7th 2026, I’ve listened to it 6 or 7 times since, and only today have found the time to write this review… almost two months later. 5* because here’s to Cyndi being an icon!

fave songs: Girls just want to have fun, when you were mine, time after time

Really great. Not musically complex, but varied and exciting while still having a little rock edge. It's really a great frozen in time point on the map. The perfect album at the perfect time. Easy 4.

this is icon behavior

Yes daar is een vrouw! Catchy, fun, geweldige 80s synths. Op veel tracks werkt haar manier van zingen super goed en love al de gilletjes tussendoor, maar was er tegen het einde ook wel echt klaar mee.

Prima album, af en toe wel wat irritant

Was leuk

Los van de hitjes/bangers nog wel wat oke nummers, maar niet veel replay value. Nummers gaan af en toe te lang door (5 minuten). Fijn dat er ook vrouwen in de lijst staan

Banger after banger

Dit is tof. Beetje frontloaded, maar erg genoten (en uiteraard hard meegezongen op meer dan 1 nummer). 2e listen door Tiff: I'll Kiss You is fenomenaal.

Not fantastic, not my style. Listenable but did not enjoy

Bangers

Nostalgic

pretty fun and rad! She has a very recognisable voice and a bit of a David Bowie vibe in terms of the way she dresses.

Me ha encantado, divertidísimo. 80s af. Girls just want to have fun es un tema antológico, y no sabía que Time after time era suya y me ha encantado descubrirlo. All through the night también un temazo me encantó. Todo buenos temas, buenísimos synthes goofy af, y hacia el final algún tema sorprendente. I’ll kiss you es una locura de historia sobre conseguir besar a un chico con una poción de una gitana sobre synth beds chulos y arpegios guapos. Me cae genial esta chica.

This album had a lot more going for it than I expected. I thought it would just be Time After Time, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and a bunch of filler.

An exciting and unusual pop album that I've loved for a long time. There's something interesting about many individual tracks that I don't think she gets enough credit for (outside of everyone universally recognizing Time After Time as flawless). also her vocal range is amazing and she has strong control over it, switching what seems like effortlessly between not just notes but different attitudes and expressions. and this is her debut album! anyway, individual tracks rewriting two misogynistic songs (money changes everything, girls just want to have fun) into feminist anthems, particularly girls just want to have fun time after time making a Prince song (when you were mine) even *more* gender queer and ambiguous not through making changes, but just by how she sings a single word made a genuine pop hit about masturbation (and with a better song than Frankie will a few years later) pulled from not just obvious sources like some of her new-wave/synthpop contemporaries but folk music (all through the night) and somehow made these covers still cohesive with her original work, they don't feel out of place unfortunately the album gets weaker around witness/i'll kiss you but Yeah Yeah is a fun closer

favorite: all through the night

Time After Time is still incredible I don't care how many times I've heard it. I've never actually heard any other Cyndi Lauper songs other than the radio hits so I was pleasantly surprised to know that this album is just good all around. I also really love 80s synth like people don't use that anymore it's so specific to the time period and it's a vibe.

Tolles Album

Not my thing. Was aight

Time After Time is such a great song. 3,5.

Great 80's pop music. No wonder half the tracks on She's So Unusual were hits. Lauper is a phenomenal vocalist and the whole album is so fun. I hadn't been born when this album came out, so without even knowing which songs in Lauper's debut album were the singles (beyond Girls Just Want To Have Fun, which is still insanely popular), I could imagine any of them being a hit.

Not for me. Some fun production in places, but it's basically 2 big singles and a lot of loud, mostly forgettable filler

Very 80s which isn’t really my thing, but the hits are good, catchy songs. Found myself singing aling and wiggling my booty a bit, 3 stars.

It's fine - the hits are really good and the rest of the album isn't bad, but it's not exactly something I'd be actively wanting to listen to a lot.

Good good can Cindy pauper

Nice introduction to Cyndi besides the radio hits. Shows nice range in the album

shes such a vibe dzvlivs kargi albummm

Probably 3.5.

She bup he bup we buppp

GIRLS THEY JUST WANNA HAVE FUNNNNNN3.5TAN 4

I know the 3 songs that charted way back when Cyndi hit the charts, but I’ve never been into her music, time after time is the best song on here, but not my thing….

didn't know we had a mother on our hands

Turns out I knew most of the songs. Fun album, slightly outdated dare I say? Still good

I kind of dreaded this when I saw it come up. But you know what, I kind of enjoyed it. Beyond the hits (which are many) its a solid album. And its a debut, what? Peak 80s right here.

Listened at home. Just super fun. First half definitely stronger than the back half.

Iconic pop all packed into one album.

This album is full of cheesy ‘80s pop that we’ve all rolled our eyes to in parties and grocery stores. That was kind of my experience this time, too. Objectively, I can’t give this a 1 or a 2, but I also can’t say I enjoyed it. I think a 3 is fair for this album; not something I’d turn on on my own, but not something that I actively despise either.

This album was interesting. It did feel like each track did something unique musically, and the synthesizers were used in an interesting way compared to most 80's pop albums. However, the experiments didn't always work, and I found myself preferring some of the simpler tracks. I'm also generally not a huge fan of this sort of pop music, even though this album was more interesting than normal. Favorite Track: Time After Time

Good upbeat vibe, songs kinda got repetitive, definitely liked the vibe, lyrics and vocals lacked somewhat

She was a great pop artist 😎

Never a fan. Gets a 2 only for her influence on others.

It's aight, it's just raw, oozing 80's. The classics are fun and good. The rest is fine but forgettable.

Bangers on here

Holy shit 10/10. I love her voice and the vibe

Typical 80s pop by Cyndi Lauper…I guess you had to be there..

already love the cover art and i know some of cyndi’s most famous songs are on here so im excited

Crazy that this was a debut album. She had such a unique voice and personality already developed. Also, the songs were great.

An 80s pop album full of hits. I always liked Cyndi Laupers colorful, independent message. Solid.

Cyndi Lauper is such a charismatic singer. Consisting the songs on the A-side this would have made a really good EP of 80's pop mixed with new wave influences. The B-side tracks of the album are bit too easy to forget eighties nonsense, maybe excluding She bop, which is a decent track. A-side is 4/5 and B-side 2/5...

Cyndi's music and video's were all over the mid 80's Sky Trax and eventually Music TV, quite popular in the Finnish pop music landscape. I was, however, deep in the heavy, speed and thrash metal scene and on my way to the underground music culture. Cyndi's colourful look and cheerful music was something that started to rub me the wrong way real fast. I've heard many of the songs on this album at one point or another, but probably tuned them out, either on the dial or mentally. Now listening to these tracks I have a different reaction, it is fresh to hear the attitude she has (and I realise how wrong it is to call a 40 years old music fresh), especially when I remember the general attitude prevalent in that time. I had my own battles with the establishment, or the fucking patriarchy if you will, trying to mold me into a shape they'd created and expected me to slip into. I'm usually not too keen on new wave pop sound, but it suits this one like a glove, so I'm not going to complain. This album is clearly not your average pop album, but maybe that's just me and my experiences talking. Then again this is my review of said album so it's totally correct and on point.

One of my favorite albums of all time. It is perfect, a true no skip album. Cyndi Lauper is immensely talented.

The first 5 songs were my favorites, I would definitely listen again!

So there's are a few really good songs but the rest are stinkers. Overall more stinkers than not. Favorite track: Time After Time

Pretty good. Hes so unusual spooked me a bit, but other than that. it was actually solid as. right frokm start to finish, 7.3 rounding to a 4/5

80s but in a good way.

3,5 stars there are highlights but overall...meh

Gillar

Why not?

good typical 80s pop album.

I liked this album! Classic 80s vibes. Liked pretty much all the songs. Some even made it to my playlists!

Ha, she wrote a song about female masturbation.

This album. WrestleMania. The Goonies. Her run needs to be studied

I’ve been working on this list of albums for over three years, and for the first time, I will get to review an album that I own on vinyl, on a day where I have the house to myself. Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual will be the perfect album for this occasion, because I plan to crank this album up as loud as I can, and let the pop perfection wash over me. I grew up hearing some of the singles off of this album pretty regularly, but it wasn’t until I was an adult that I ever listened to it in its entirety. I love pop music from the eighties, and I would consider this album to be an all-time great when it comes to pop music. Let’s throw this bad boy… er, girl on the turntable! I thoroughly enjoy myself every time I listen to this album, and today was no different. Every song is great, and the whole album presents the listener with a feast of synth-drenched new wave. Even though the synths dominate the sound here, there’s still some great guitars, bass, keyboards, and melodica. Speaking of that melodica, when I was listening to “Money Changes Everything,” I started getting vibes of The Hooters. And wouldn’t you know it, two guys from The Hooters played on several songs on this album. I love learning new little nuggets like that. When I first listened to this album in its entirety, I was incredibly shocked to see that Cyndi didn’t write most of the songs on this album. But yet, every song here feels like its distinctly hers. I don’t know how much of hand she had in crafting the arrangements on this album, but each song has just the right amount of quirkiness to elevate her personality and put her fingerprints firmly all over this album. To be able to establish your identity and image so firmly with your debut album is quite a feat. I guess now would be as good a time as any to dive into the individual songs: “Money Changes Everything” might be in contention for my favorite song on the album. I don’t think I ever heard this until I was an adult, but it’s right up there with “Time After Time” and “All Through the Night” for me. The synthesizers are absolutely fantastic, and the main melody is perfect. The guitar playing is great too, and I love how well it complements the synthesizer melody. For a five-minute pop song, “Money” is worth every second. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” is such a fun bop, even forty years later. As great and well-known as the synthesizers are on this song, the lead and bass guitar really do a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of the overall sound of the song. The vocals and lyrics are incredible too, but the synthesizer break about halfway through is excellent as well, giving this song just the right amount of quirkiness. I love Prince’s music, but “When You Were Mine” is all Cyndi’s. Her bubblegum voice is so perfect over these bright and swooning synthesizer tones. Like “Girls,” the guitars here are excellent as well, giving this song the perfect amount of bounce. Before listening to this album as an adult, I’d probably choose “Time After Time” as my favorite Cyndi Lauper song. The guitars and synths on this song are fantastic, the lead vocals are amazing (and the backing vocals on the chorus absolutely rip), but I just find myself obsessed with the percussion on this song. The bass drum beats, the clock-like ticks, and the hi-hat are so crisp, and they really help give this song its dreamy atmosphere. I just love the gentle sound here, and it's a perfect love song. Leaning fully into new wave, “She Bop” is one of the most fun songs on the album. The overall sound is great, but the chorus is where this song is its most fun musically. Lyrically, it’s certainly a bit of a departure from the rest of the album, but thematically, I think it fits right in with the feminist message of several of the other songs. Like “Time After Time,” “All Through the Night” is my other choice for my favorite Cyndi Lauper song. I love that tinkling synthesizer in the intro, and when the percussion and other synths kick in on the first chorus, it’s just perfection. Cyndi’s vocals are fantastic on this song too, and I love the ebb and flow in intensity between the verse and chorus. The synthesizer solo in the middle of the song is great too, giving this song some beautiful quirkiness. Shoutout to the bass line here too, because it absolutely crushes. Is there anything that Cyndi Lauper can’t do? “Witness” is such a fun ska-pop jam. The rhythms here absolutely crush, and I love the lead and backing vocals. Even though this is more of a guitar and percussion driven song, the synthesizers are still here to give it that Cyndi Lauper touch. “I’ll Kiss You” leans heavily into that new wave sound, and while this is one of my least favorite songs on the album, I still have to give some props to the excellent pre-chorus. There’s not so much to say about “He’s so Unusual,” but I have to say that this makes me want to listen to the Pee Wee’s Playhouse theme song. I’m not super into “Yeah Yeah,” but it’s still a fun new wave bop, and the chorus is a total jam. She’s So Unusual is always so much fun to listen to, and it was really fun to write about too. This album is one of my favorite pop albums of all time, and also one of my favorite albums of the eighties too. Cyndi Lauper is a pop icon and a trailblazer, and this debut album of hers is a must-listen.

Some unexpected sounds in this album

Nothing special

It’s so peak cuz 🥹😣

I love Cyndi’s cover of When You Were Mine. Most of the songs on this album are great; the few “lows” are also pretty good. This is close to peak 80s pop.

Didn't capture me, other than "She Bop", which is a bop

Guilty pleasure.

Nem ouvi e já sei que é bom!!!!

It’s 80s cheese and positivity with a good few ballads thrown in. It’s great, irresistible pop music with a lot of charm, much of which comes from Cyndi Lauper’s ever present personality. Her voice is very unique and manages to never get irritating. 4/5

3 out of 5. Fun little album for what it is.

such a timeless album, she’s so crazy love her !!! favs : girls just want to have fun, time after time, all through the night

I forgot just how many hits this album had. I wasn't a big Cyndi Lauper fan back in the 80’s but you couldn’t escape Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and it was such a fun video. And Time After Time is a legitimately great song. This album is classic synth pop and the 80’s wouldn’t have been the same without it.

I remember not enjoying Cyndi Lauper very much in the 80’s but after listening to this album and realizing I knew half of her songs, I think I just didn’t give her enough credit. Her songs aren’t very complex and the message is always superficial, but the beats are catchy and her voice grooves with the synthesized sounds. Overall, this was better than I expected.

They say if you have nothing good to say about something … so, the one positive thing I can say about this is that when I hear Time After Time, I remember it playing when Napoleon and Deb were slow dancing in the gym ( “I like your sleeves. They’re real big.”) and then Pedro goes to get a drink, sees the poster and decides to run for class president. So, maybe there is hope for humanity yet … but probably not. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4aCZcVvLdE

Early MTV era. A young quirky Cindy Lauper enters the scene with a fun video featuring the legendary Captain Lou Albano. We all watched the video 1,000 times. Enjoyed listening to the album for the nostalgia, Time after Time is actually a pretty good song the rest was fun, or just filler. Now, objectively. Well, this is pretty terrible, Cindy sounds like a bratty 12 year old having a tantrum and the album is all over the place. If not for the super star power of Captain Lou in that first video I'm not certain she would have made an impact.

Such an amazing listen. Very catchy album!

The hit singles are all-time greats. Imagine writing a song Miles Davis covers (Time After Time), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is an unquestionable 80s masterpiece, and my favourite of the lot, the touching and evocative All Through the Night. The best thing about this as an album though, is that the hits are far from the end of the story. There’s no filler here, an enjoyable listen from end to end.

Banger of an album

Dreamy pop and belting ballards. Much fun

80s pop bangers Didn't know girls just wanna and time after time was same person I like Cyndi Lauper Top songs Girls just want to have fun Time after time She bop

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: 4/5 All Through The Night: 5/5 Witness: 4/5 I'll Kiss You: 3/5 He's So Unusual: Yeah Yeah: 3/5 Overall a great album, although some of the backing tracks were slightly lackluster.

Thank God, Cyndi got out of the karaoke bar

Alright - maybe a bit 80s pop for my taste, but I don't mind new wave music so preferred when she leaned into that a bit more. Something about When You Were Mine reminded me of Kate Bush. This is a high 3 for me. Time After Time is a great song.

This album is so fun and the voice of the lead singer is amazing. A lot of bangers on this one Fav song - Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time 4/5

So fun, in your face, touching, raw. Highly enjoyed

This is fun stuff - songs that those of us around at the time will remember from the radio: "Time after Time," "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," etc. 3 stars because while it was never my favorite thing at the time, it evokes a fond reaction of "aww yeah, Cyndi Lauper"

Yeah this was a lot of fun. Cyndi Lauper is quintessential 80s pop and it’s perfect. Time After Time is probably one of my all time favourite songs, just a straight up banger!

Didn't want to listen to this, and sure enough, the FIRST song was just horrible. Her voice! I had to pass on that one. Her 'Girls just want to have fun', sounds different here. 'Time after time' is the best song on here, the rest ... I just can't. Funny one, 'He's so unusual' is pretty good, her voice fits this kind of song, like, from the 30's or 40's ... Betty Boop!

Objectively good, just not my style. She's such a fantastic singer though.

She's So Unusual, Cyndi Lauper's 1983 debut album, is a great debut album. It cleverly presents Lauper's sound and references with several covers she has made her own, like Prince's When You Were Mine and Jules Shear's All Through The Night. It also conveys her as a young independent cool woman, with hits like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, She Bop, Yeah Yeah, Money Changes Everything; while also showing a more sentimental side of hers with her self-penned ballad Time After Time. She's So Unusual checks all the boxes a good debut record should check, and it gave Cyndi Lauper plenty of directions to explore in the next one.

Not a single skip.

Nice vibe Girls just wanna have fun When you were mine Time after time She bop All through the night

A dream of a pop album: tough, melodic and sung to perfection.

Never was a Lauper fan.

This album shows there’s more than what you think you know about Cindi Lauper. Much more than just “Girls Just Want To Have Fun. Several songs have a bit of a nasty Punk and New Wave tinge. “Witness” is my favorite track which has a surprising reggae vibe.

Cindi Lauper? A poster child for the music that I despised in the 80's. I'll give it a listen to see if time has changed my mind. Well.. the first song... was a surprise. Money Changes Everything is just a good damn song. The rest included some nostalgia for the mid 1980's but overall, still not a fan but not a hater either.

great 80s glam sound strengthened by emotional richness and an inextricable sense of fun.

Classic full of bangers. I have always had a soft spot for time after time.

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

Fun. A couple of big hits here. Very 80s.

As a kid I always thought this was Madonna... Boy was I wrong.

Fantastic poprock /newwave classic album, with the unforgettable 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' and 'Time After Time'. I doubted to give it 5 stars.

I may Cindi once in the early 2000's and she was a B, so I thought I'd hate this album - it's great. I thought I heard some Madonna and Morisey influence, but based on timing, I think it may be the other way around. I'd listen to this over any Madonna album.

We bop

Fantastic debut album. Has all the Cyndi Lauper songs I know. I guess that makes sense though because after this one, I'm sure that money changed everything.

Time after Time, Girls just Wanna have Fun. Total 80s classics. She has such a strong and beautiful voice

What a voice!

A classic for many reasons, "Time After Time" would be the number one for me. Then there's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and through in songs from Prince and Marianne Faithful, definitely a classic!

Starts strong and ends strangely but still enjoyable.

Lots of '80s pop albums on this list have a hit or two, but few of them are this consistent

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.

This was sort of an odd album. Obviously it has its hits that are spectacular, but the rest was just sort of okay. And it really ends in a weird way, I don't get the point of a skit and whatever right at the end, just skip it and have the album be 9 tracks. But it was still good, just felt strange. Favorites: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time

I have loved this album since I got the cassette tape in my Easter basket in 1984. Pure 80s pop perfection. Cyndi Lauper is an icon for the ages.

id rather listen to like a virgin. /s weirdly enough, or not weirdly enough, both like a virgin and girls just wanna have fun are both featured, in their parody version, on the same weird al-bum /j also i fucking hate girls just want to have fun. im afab and everybody still sees me as a girl but im not sure if there's anyone that is willing to take me out and have fun together. 4/5

Wonderful.

12/8/25 fav track: time after time looooove the transition from he’s so unusual into yeah yeah

I expected to hate this based on Girls Just Wanna Have Fun but there were actually some pretty cool songs. I had no idea she wrote Time After Time.

I really didn’t like Cyndi Lauper based on just singles, but this made me warm up to her a bit. And don’t yell, but if I’d discovered this when it came out would it basically be like discovering Chappel Roan today?

Better than 3 but not 4. The Hits here are "Girls wanna have fun" and "Time after time" which obviously slap, but the other songs can't quite keep up Somebody said "Too much Cindy Lauper" regarding her voice and style of singing.

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.

155/1001 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ The two big hits, in particular Time After Time are great and the rest of the album i had fun with. Yes, it does lean a little too much into the cheese for me, but not much I actively dislike it.

Still underrated icon!!

Fun pop

This was so fun to listen to, and Cyndi Lauper has such a unique and powerful voice. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Yes, this was fun.

lol she's so crazy!!!!

One of the best pop albums of the 80s until it runs out of singles. Everything after "All Through the Night" isn't nearly as good, but most albums can't have six great singles in them, so it's just a problem of sequencing. I didn't used to like "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", but it was really working for me this time!

Pretty darn good, gets a bit repetitive but such a beautiful voice.

It was alright. First half carried for sure but her voice got very annoying.

The fact that Madonna was allowed to call herself ‘The Queen of Pop’ when Cyndi Lauper was recording is a huge dereliction of duty on the part of the music-listening world. The singles are great, but the deeper cuts (with a couple of exceptions) are excellent. All Through The Night in particular gives me chills, and the vocal performance is so much better than Madge could ever do.

bop after bop, this was fun to listen to!

Fell off in second half, but otherwise great

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.

Not to be crude, but Cyndi Lauper is fine as hell even now. Lots of fun. Reminds me of being a kid in the 80s. Good stuff. Absolutely love "When You Were Mine" and "Time After Time."

Very fun! Lots of hits

Ett geni! Om hon varit man skulle den anses vara en klassiker en av 80-talets främsta plattor. Men jag minns åttiotalet – det var en annan tid – kvinnliga artister behandlas som sångerskor och kuttersmycken, inte som konstnärliga subjekt. Nåja, end of rant - det här är allt som var bra med åttiotalet! Femma!

Liked a good amount of the songs here, the hits are pretty good and I liked her voice

Mixed bag here but there is some really good pop on this album. She's got a unique voice and a nice take on some covers. A bit of bland filler but I'd take this over Madonna every single day. Her originals are good, Time After Time is just fantastic.

I knew and appreciated the hits but hadn’t listened to this album so was hoping for some gold. Outside of the hits it was a mixed bag, some throwaways for sure but I did enjoy the weirder edge on the two closing tracks.7/10 Favorite tracks- “Time After Time” “She-Bop” “He’s So Unusual”

Gøy! Veldig bra høydepunkt etter et langt jækla hav av mannealbum, så æ hørte på det to-tre ganger og hadde det fint.

WOW!!! Love love love this one! Really haven’t listened to Girls Just Want to Have Fun in a while and it’s so much better than I remember. Every song on this album is 80s banger after banger. Didn’t even realize GJWHF is a cover and Lauper flipped the script on the original meaning. Anyways, it’s a perfect 80s pop record. Favorite tracks: Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time, She Bop, All Through the Night, He’s So Unusual

Found two new songs I liked, would rate 3.5/5 pleasantly surprised

How could I forget Cyndi Lauper? I think that when I heard something about her recently, I confused her with Madonna. That's the sound of the 80s. It brings back some memories. And not all of them are pleasant, just like the songs on this album. Overall, though, I liked it. But I won't be listening to it again anytime soon. 3/5

прикольный вайб 70-80-х, что-то такое крутят обычно по каналу bridge classic

Favourite Track: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I listened to it. It got two stars. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (4/10)

Filled with most of her greatest hits, but I’m waiting for the next one to begin. The songs in between are just not that exciting to me.

Has some timeless pop hits, but a lot of it is quite dated

u know what, fuck it - 5 stars - bangers throughout.

First things first, I've always hated Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. For the longest time it was easily my least favorite song of all time (with What's Up? By 4 Non Blondes in a very close second). Nowadays it's not bothering me quite as much, but Lauper's vocals on the song still annoy me. Which is hilarious because Time After Time is an all timer of a song. Absolutely amazing. So those two songs canceling eachother out, the rating basically falls to the rest of the tracklist... which is generally just fine. Some not so-great songs like She Bop, some pretty solid cuts like All Through the Night. So yeah. A real mixed bag of an album.

Great album that holds up.

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

I figured after "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "Time After Time" the album would be all filler but I didn't realize "She Bop" was also on this album. "All Through The Night" was another pleasant surprise. The album is short in length... only really has 9 songs (not counting the 45 second "He's So Unusual"). Most of the songs just fade out at the end... which gets a bit of a mark down for that alone. Learned that Prince wrote one of the songs too. Overall a solid album that I found quite enjoyable.

Not really my thing mainly, but pretty good and a fun Thursday listen!

I did the Time After Time dance from Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion at my 16th birthday party (and the two friends who joined me let me be Michelle because it was my birthday), so there’s a big nostalgia factor going on here. 3.5 rounded up.

Cyndi was a really big deal on MTV and had four Top 5 singles and another in the Top 30 — pretty good for a debut album. Solid stuff throughout, even though the last three tracks fall off in quality

She Bop indeed. I kinda fuck with this, having two huge pop songs of all time helps, but some of the deeper cuts are interesting too. Witness has a little reggaeton island vibes, ton of synthy 80s energy throughout.

Solid debut with great singles, but not much than that.

I like the betty boop interlude a lot

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

A-sidan är bra, faktiskt riktigt bra. Inledande Money changes everything i synnerhet, ikoniska Girls just… och When you were mine. Påminner om en del av det som Robyn pysslat med senare. Det slår mig också att Cyndis uttryck i sången är rätt lik Karin Dreijer i Knife. Men sedan blir det tyvärr soppatorsk. B-sidan är flera nivåer sämre. Det får ändå landa på en trea, men svag, på totalen. Däremot är

En sak som slog mig när jag såg The greatest night in pop, om We are the world-inspelningen, var vilken jävla röst Cindy har. Det fanns scener när instrumenten togs bort och hennes sång fick verka allena. Jösses! Visst får den stå i centrum här också, men kunde nog nyttjas än mer. Här finns flera fina låtar. Hitsen hör naturligtvis dit, men även Prince-covern When you were mine ska nämnas. Att köra en Micke Rickforslåt på slutet kunde hon dock låtit bli. Soundet är med jämna mellanrum allt för daterat och utfyllnadslåtarna håller väl så där. Vacklar mellan tvåan och trean, men väljer att fria.

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.

Great listen, lovely and distinct voice of Cyndi, great songwriting. Of course all time greatest hits by her, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "Time After Time", rasing the bar even higher. Still sublime album after all these years.

Great

Yes this is a FUN album. Very 80s. Filled with great songs. Cyndi Lauper rocks

Iconic songs

7 years old at my dad's. Hell yeah

Fantastic album. Iconic 80's album.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Her singing isn't great or technical but she brings the party. We know the iconic "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and can't imagine group gatherings without it, for better or worse. "Time After Time" is the real standout on this album but there is a fun range of songs and styles. "She-Bop" is poppy and bouncy while "Witness" has some Reggae/Ska inspired guitar. "All Through the Night" was a sparkly, fun song. I really enjoy the album but wish her vocals were more tuned in. This would get a 4 or 5 from me otherwise.

This was a pleasant hour, and there's stuff here to recommend. "When You Were Mine" was new to me and stuck with me, and "Time After Time" is undeniable. I was impressed that this wasn't all just bubblegum pop, and there were moments (like "All Through the Night") where I could find her place in the lineage of the pop music I'm really drawn to (Robyn, Charli XCX, etc.) All that said, I can't imagine coming back to this.

Debut Money changes everything Girls just want to have fun Time after time

A really fun album. Enjoyed hearing the hits again

Hell yeah this got me jumpin around like a charlie brown character

Very 80s

Correcto

Quirky, sometimes silly, but unmistakably original, Cyndi Lauper presents herself—visually and vocally—like a living cartoon, yet her gift for melody is impossible to dismiss. The synth-pop sound and neon look were tailor-made for the dawn of MTV, and her elastic voice, complete with yelps and Brooklyn/Joisey inflections, gives everything from bubblegum pop to tender ballads a distinctive edge. She’s so charismatic, in fact, that she transforms an outright ode to masturbation into a sly, radio-friendly hit.

Not bad, but not really my type either.

Love Cyndi Lauper. So fun, such a light listen and an easy album to listen to on repeat.

Alright

She's annoying right

Primo 80’s! Fun, playful, but a bit indebted to the B52’s. 4/ 5

the quintessential 80s sound

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" brings to mind my years working in a kitchen (it played on the radio at least once an hour), but overall this album itself is pretty fun. I like the '80s synths, and there's a huge range of tracks here. I have heard many of them before, and would never have guessed it was the same artist. It's all very good, but "Time After Time" is my favorite track on the album by a country mile.

Pretty solid stuff, of course the album has two big hits in Girls Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time, but the rest of it follows in a similar vein for the most part. Somewhat standard 80s pop production, but creative arrangements and such.

listening when: before and after pilates thoughts: this album was like 10 songs long and 3 are still radio blared bangers. what an icon!! short and bops just how i like it. rating: 6/10

This is my first foray on the list into 80's Pop. I like some of Cyndi Lauper's work, so this could be fun. Money Changes Everything - 5/10. One of the anthems of the "Me" Decade. A fun pop song, except that I HATE the lyrics, which is a major knock on the rating. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - 8/10. So hard not to sing the Weird Al lyrics on this one. Girls, they want, they want to have Lunch! Happy, up-tempo 80's Pop. Good stuff. When You Were Mine - 7/10. Fun 80's Pop. This is the music of my childhood. Time After Time - 9/10. A great ballad style song, and, unlike the first track, the lyrics elevate the rating. She Bop - 7/10. More fun 80's Pop. Somewhere in-between the ballad style of Time After Time and the other tracks that have come before on the album. All Through the Night - 8/10. This tune sounds seriously familiar, but I don't necessarily know that I've ever really listened to it. Good verses, GREAT chorus. Witness - 7/10. I like the stylistic choice in the introduction. Solid track. I'll Kiss You - 8/10. Nice reference to Love Potion No. 9 in the lyrics. Including connections to past songs in a similar style always wins bonus points from me. He's So Unusual - 6/10. Has a bit of a Tin Pan Alley feel to it. otherwise almost too short to rate. Yeah Yeah - 7/10. Solid track. Very much that early 80's vibe. Overall Rating - 3.60/5 (7.20/10). Solid 80's Pop. No objections.

7/10… 80s Pop / *1983

It's a fun album, and was huge at the time it came out. But it's hard to get overly excited about it today.

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."

The radio songs rock. The rest is meh. GWAR does She Bop better.

Solid 80’s Synth Pop, but Weird Al’s Girls Just Want To Have Lunch is the superior version 🙋‍♀️🥪💁‍♀️🥗🙆‍♀️🍜

Not really my jam, but gotta say that all of the singles STILL hold up.

God I used to love the Girls Just Want to Have Fun song when I was six years old and didn’t even really understand what it was about yet. 80s synth pop is really not to my adult musical taste but I can’t argue that I had some fun here even now

Really good!

Such a part of me being nine or 10 hearing the songs on the radio all the time can’t say that I really want to listen to this that much as a grown man but all done

She's so unusual

Really enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. The two obvious hits - well overplayed, but the rest of the album is really good too.

Typical 80s bangers, some weird interludes that do not really add to the album

I hate her voice

Im a girl and I had fun listening the album

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

such a fun album. Gives feminism a good name.

It’s just good old pop

Peak 80s, stuffed full of bangers. Perfect Friday afternoon listening

I'm just girl wanting to have fun. Surprisingly enjoying with plenty of big hits.

A bit of 80s fun

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun dafür alleine...(evtl neue bewertungskalt für unsicher Alben: wie laut habe ich s gehört?)c