She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper

I've actually never heard this before, despite knowing all the singles from when I was a kid. I think the first six songs are all great here, and up through "All Through The Night", I was pretty sure I stumbled upon a 5-star classic here. "Money Changes Everything" is a cool opener. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "When You Were Mine" are a pair of cool covers that take on new meaning when sung from the opposite gender. "Time After Time" and "All Through The Night" are essential 80s ballads. And "She Bop" is the most fun song about masturbation ever. However, the album feels like they ran out of ideas after that. The last batch of songs are as inessential as the rest of the album is essential. Still, I can't deny how good the first 60% of the album is. The standouts for me are "Money Changes Everything", "Time After Time", and "All Through the Night". 4.5 stars.

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