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vinyl LP front cover
cover photo by Annie Liebovitz
photo of album cover by Styrous®
It seems incrdible that it's been forty years since Portrait Records released She's So Unusual, the debut studio album, by Cyndi Lauper, on October 14, 1983.
vinyl LP back cover
back cover photo by Annie Liebovitz
photo of album backcover by Styrous®
Six singles were released from the album, with Girls Just Want to Have Fun becoming a worldwide hit and her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Time After Time
became her first number-one hit on the chart and experienced similar
success worldwide. Lauper found success with the next two singles as
well, with both She Bop and All Through the Night
peaking in the top five. This makes Lauper the first female singer to
have four top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album.
I love every song on the album but, as usual I have a favorite or two, one is the wonderfully exuberant, She Bop. What a fantastic song to just let yourself go with and dance your head off.
My other favorite song was written by Prince; it is When You Were Mine. Lauper's cover is slower and not as frantic sounding. All Through the Night written by Jules Shear is a beautiful breath of fresh air. Time After Time is a sweet and romantic melody.
The album is primarily new wave-based, with many of the songs being influenced by synthpop and pop rock.
Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from music
critics, who noted Lauper's unique vocals. Lauper earned several awards
and accolades for the album, including two Grammy Awards at the 27th Grammy Awards, one of which was for Best New Artist.
She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200
chart and stayed in the chart's top forty for 65 weeks. It has sold
over 6 million copies in the United States and 25 million copies
worldwide. This makes it Lauper's best-selling album to date and one of
the best-selling albums of the 1980s. In 2003, The album was ranked at number 494 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it subsequently placed at number 184 in a 2020 reboot of the list. In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Side 2:
B1 - She Bop, written by C. Lauper*, G. Corbett*, R. Chertoff*, S. Lunt* - 3:43
B2 - All Through The Night, written by – Jules Shear - 4:29
B3 - Witness, written by C. Lauper*, John Turi - 3:38
B4 - I'll Kiss You, written by C. Lauper*, J. Shear* - 4:05
B5 - He's So Unusual, written by Abner Silver, Al Lewis, Al Sherman (2) - 0:45
B6 - Yeah Yeah, written by H. Huss*, M. Rickfors* - 3:17
Companies, etc.
Record Company – CBS Inc.
Manufactured By – Portrait Records (4)
Published By – Gray Matter Publishing Company
Published By – ATV Music Corp.
Published By – Heroic Music
Published By – Ecnirp Music Inc.
Published By – Rellla Music Corp.
Published By – Noyb Music
Published By – Wall To Wall Music Co.
Published By – Hobbler Music
Published By – Funzalo Music
Published By – Juters Music Co.
Published By – Turalaura Music
Published By – Turi Music
Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Published By – Stainless Music Corp.
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Credits:
Arranged By – Cyndi Lauper, Eric Bazilian (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6), Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6)
Art Direction, Design – Janet Perr
Backing Vocals – Cyndi Lauper, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Dianne Wilson, Ellie Greenwich, Jules Shear, Krystal Davis, Maeretha Stewart
Bass – Eric Bazilian, Neil Jason
Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Cyndi Lauper, Janet Perr
Drums, Percussion – Anton Fig
Engineer [Additional] – John Jansen, Rod O'Brien
Engineer [Assistant] – John Agnello
Executive-Producer – Lennie Petze
Guitar – Eric Bazilian, Neil Jason, Rick DiFonzo, William "Rock Pygmy" Wittman*
Keyboards – Rob Hyman
Lead Vocals – Cyndi Lauper
Management – David Wolff, Joseph Zynczak
Other [Clothes] – Screaming Mimi’s
Other [Hair Design] – Justin Ware, Ralph Scibelli
Other [Product Manager] – Dan Beck
Other [Road Manager] – George Jordan
Other [Stylist] – Laura Wells
Photography By – Annie Liebovitz*
Producer [Associate], Engineer – William Wittman
Producer, Percussion [Extra] – Rick Chertoff
Saxophone, Other [Hooter] – Eric Bazilian
Synthesizer – Peter Wood (2), Richard Termini
Notes:
Recorded at Record Plant, New York, NY.
© 1983 CBS Inc. / ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.
Executive produced for Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.
A1: (c)1978 Gray Matter Publishing Company. All rights for the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico controlled by ATV Music Corp. (BMI)
A2: (c)1979 Heroic Music (ASCAP)
A3: (c)1980 Ecnirp Music (BMI)
A4: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co. (BMI) and Dub Notes (ASCAP)
B1: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co., Noyb Music Co., Wall To Wall Music Co. (BMI) and Hobbler Music (ASCAP)
B2: (c)1982 Funzalo Music/Juters Music Co. (BMI)
B3: (c)1982 Turalaura Music and Turi Music (BMI)
B4: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co., Funzalo Music / Juters Music Co. (BMI)
B5: (c)1929 Renewed. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
B6: (c)1983 Stainless Music Corp. (BMI)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 0 7464-38930-1
Barcode (Scanned): 074643893015
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID: P
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etching, variant 1): P AL 38930 GIH [aura (in cursive/handwriting)]
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etching, variant 1): P BL 38930-IE
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etching, variant 2): (H-MP) P AL-38930 G1Q
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etching, variant 2): P BL 38930-IE
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Stamped, variants 1 & 2): STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout, etched, variant 3): (H-MP) P AL-38930 G1Q I
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout, etched, variant 3): o P <J-MP> BL-38930 GIH
She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200
chart and stayed in the chart's top forty for 65 weeks. It has sold
over 6 million copies in the United States and 25 million copies
worldwide. This makes it Lauper's best-selling album to date and one of
the best-selling albums of the 1980s. In 2003, The album was ranked at number 494 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and it subsequently placed at number 184 in a 2020 reboot of the list. In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
A1 - Money Changes Everything, written by Tom Gray - 5:02
A2 - Girls Just Want To Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard - 3:55
A3 - When You Were Mine, Arranged By William Wittman, written by Prince - 5:07
A4 - Time After Time, written by C. Lauper*, R. Hyman* - 3:59
A2 - Girls Just Want To Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard - 3:55
A3 - When You Were Mine, Arranged By William Wittman, written by Prince - 5:07
A4 - Time After Time, written by C. Lauper*, R. Hyman* - 3:59
Side 2:
B1 - She Bop, written by C. Lauper*, G. Corbett*, R. Chertoff*, S. Lunt* - 3:43
B2 - All Through The Night, written by – Jules Shear - 4:29
B3 - Witness, written by C. Lauper*, John Turi - 3:38
B4 - I'll Kiss You, written by C. Lauper*, J. Shear* - 4:05
B5 - He's So Unusual, written by Abner Silver, Al Lewis, Al Sherman (2) - 0:45
B6 - Yeah Yeah, written by H. Huss*, M. Rickfors* - 3:17
Companies, etc.
Record Company – CBS Inc.
Manufactured By – Portrait Records (4)
Published By – Gray Matter Publishing Company
Published By – ATV Music Corp.
Published By – Heroic Music
Published By – Ecnirp Music Inc.
Published By – Rellla Music Corp.
Published By – Noyb Music
Published By – Wall To Wall Music Co.
Published By – Hobbler Music
Published By – Funzalo Music
Published By – Juters Music Co.
Published By – Turalaura Music
Published By – Turi Music
Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Published By – Stainless Music Corp.
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Credits:
Arranged By – Cyndi Lauper, Eric Bazilian (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6), Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6)
Art Direction, Design – Janet Perr
Backing Vocals – Cyndi Lauper, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Dianne Wilson, Ellie Greenwich, Jules Shear, Krystal Davis, Maeretha Stewart
Bass – Eric Bazilian, Neil Jason
Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Cyndi Lauper, Janet Perr
Drums, Percussion – Anton Fig
Engineer [Additional] – John Jansen, Rod O'Brien
Engineer [Assistant] – John Agnello
Executive-Producer – Lennie Petze
Guitar – Eric Bazilian, Neil Jason, Rick DiFonzo, William "Rock Pygmy" Wittman*
Keyboards – Rob Hyman
Lead Vocals – Cyndi Lauper
Management – David Wolff, Joseph Zynczak
Other [Clothes] – Screaming Mimi’s
Other [Hair Design] – Justin Ware, Ralph Scibelli
Other [Product Manager] – Dan Beck
Other [Road Manager] – George Jordan
Other [Stylist] – Laura Wells
Photography By – Annie Liebovitz*
Producer [Associate], Engineer – William Wittman
Producer, Percussion [Extra] – Rick Chertoff
Saxophone, Other [Hooter] – Eric Bazilian
Synthesizer – Peter Wood (2), Richard Termini
Notes:
Recorded at Record Plant, New York, NY.
© 1983 CBS Inc. / ℗ 1983 CBS Inc.
Executive produced for Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.
A1: (c)1978 Gray Matter Publishing Company. All rights for the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico controlled by ATV Music Corp. (BMI)
A2: (c)1979 Heroic Music (ASCAP)
A3: (c)1980 Ecnirp Music (BMI)
A4: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co. (BMI) and Dub Notes (ASCAP)
B1: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co., Noyb Music Co., Wall To Wall Music Co. (BMI) and Hobbler Music (ASCAP)
B2: (c)1982 Funzalo Music/Juters Music Co. (BMI)
B3: (c)1982 Turalaura Music and Turi Music (BMI)
B4: (c)1983 Rellla Music Co., Funzalo Music / Juters Music Co. (BMI)
B5: (c)1929 Renewed. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
B6: (c)1983 Stainless Music Corp. (BMI)
Anton Fig appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records
Jules Shear appears courtesy of EMI America Records, A Div. of Capitol Records Inc.
Inner sleeve with lyrics
Jules Shear appears courtesy of EMI America Records, A Div. of Capitol Records Inc.
Inner sleeve with lyrics
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text): 0 7464-38930-1
Barcode (Scanned): 074643893015
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID: P
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etching, variant 1): P AL 38930 GIH [aura (in cursive/handwriting)]
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etching, variant 1): P BL 38930-IE
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Etching, variant 2): (H-MP) P AL-38930 G1Q
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Etching, variant 2): P BL 38930-IE
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Stamped, variants 1 & 2): STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout, etched, variant 3): (H-MP) P AL-38930 G1Q I
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout, etched, variant 3): o P <J-MP> BL-38930 GIH
Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual
Label: Portrait – FR 38930
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style:Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Label: Portrait – FR 38930
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style:Pop Rock, Synth-pop
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