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Year in Review 2nd Century
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[[Year_in_Review_2nd_Century/Backward|/Backward]]

[[Year in Review 2nd Century|/Forward]]

[[Year in Review/Guidelines |/Guidelines]]

[[talk:Year_in_Review_2nd_Century|/Talk]]
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{| align="right" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=225 style="margin-left:3px"
!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|''She's So Unusual''
|-
|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:CyndiLauperShe'sSoUnusualalbumcover.jpg|Album cover]]
|-
!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|[[Album]] by [[Cyndi Lauper]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Released
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[1984]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded
|colspan="2" valign="top"|
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Pop music|pop]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Length
|colspan="2" valign="top"|
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Portrait Records]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Rick Chertoff]] and [[William Wittman]]
|-
!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|<small>Allmusic.com review</small>
|valign="top"|4.5 stars out of 5
|valign="top"|<small>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70403121920353271&sql=Aajy67uu030jw link]</small>
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|<small>''[[Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone]]'' review</small>
|valign="top"|3.5 stars out of 5
|valign="top"|<small>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=36268&cf= link]</small>
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|<small>''[[Alternative Press]]'' review</small>
|valign="top"|Favorable
|valign="top"|<small>[http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60448845&loc=109&PageFormat=7 April 2001, p. 84]</small>
|-
!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Cyndi Lauper Chronology
|-align="center" 
|valign="top"|<small>None</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''She's So Unusual''<br />([[1984]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''[[True Colors]]''<br />([[1986]])</small>
|}

'''''She's So Unusual''''' was the debut [[album]] by American [[1980s]] icon [[Cyndi Lauper]]. The [[album]], released in [[1984]] (see [[1984 in music]]), catapulted Lauper to stardom with such hits as "[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]", "[[She Bop]]" and "[[Time After Time]]". As of [[2002]] it has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.  The album peaked at #4 on the [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]] pop albums chart (US). 

With a series of quirky videos, Lauper dominated [[MTV]] for several months.  Her bizarre fashion, consisting of multiple layers of [[thrift store]] clothing and dozens of accessories, influenced [[fashion]] for the last half of the 1980s.  

''She's So Unusual'' received mixed reviews on its release (its sole [[Grammy]] was for Janet Perr's [[Grammy Award for Best Album Package|Album Package]]).  In recent years, however, the album has been re-appraised by the music media, and songs like "Time after Time" are considered pop classics.

==Track Listing==
#"Money Changes Everything" (Gray) - 5:06
#"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Hazard) - 3:58
#"When You Were Mine" ([[Prince (artist)|Prince]]) - 5:06
#"Time After Time" (Hyman/Lauper) - 4:03
#"She Bop" (Chertoff/Corbett/Lauper/Lunt) - 3:51
#"All Through the Night" ([[Shear]]) - 4:33
#"Witness" (Lauper/Turi) - 3:40
#"I'll Kiss You" (Lauper/[[Shear]]) - 4:12
#"He's So Unusual" (Lewis/Sherman/Silver) - :45
#"Yeah Yeah" (Huss/Rickfors) - 3:18
#"Money Changes Everything" (Gray) - 4:35

==Personnel==
*Cyndi Lauper	 - 	Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Reissue Producer, *Concept, Cover Art Concept
*[[Jules Shear]]	 - 	Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*Ellie Greenwich	 - 	Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*John Agnello	 - 	Engineer, Assistant Engineer
*Eric Bazilian	 - 	Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Bass), Saxophone, *Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Hooter
*Rick Chertoff	 - 	Percussion, Arranger, Producer
*Krystal Davis	 - 	Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*Rick DiFonzo	 - 	Guitar
*Anton Fig	 - 	Percussion, Drums
*Rob Hyman	 - 	Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)
*John Jansen	 - 	Engineer
*Neil Jason	 - 	Bass, Guitar
*George Marino	 - 	Reissue Mastering
*Rod O'Brien	 - 	Engineer
*Lennie Petze	 - 	Producer, Executive Producer, Reissue Producer
*Maretha Stewart	 - 	Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*Richard Termini	 - 	Synthesizer
*Diane Wilson	 - 	Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*William Wittman	 - 	Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer
*Peter Wood	 - 	Synthesizer
*Dan Beck	 - 	Product Manager
*Amy Linden	 - 	Liner Notes
*Janet Perr	 - 	Art Direction, Design, Concept, Cover Art Concept
*Justin Ware	 - 	Hair Stylist

===Charting singles===
* 1984	All Through The Night	        Adult Contemporary	          No. 4
* 1984	All Through The Night	        The Billboard Hot 100	          No. 5
* 1984	Girls Just Want To Have Fun	The Billboard Hot 100	          No. 2
* 1984	She Bop	The                     Billboard Hot 100	          No. 3
* 1984	Time After Time	                The Billboard Hot 100	          No. 1
* 1984	All Through The Night	        Mainstream Rock Tracks	          No. 38
* 1984	Girls Just Want to Have Fun     Hot Dance Music/Club Play         No. 1
* 1984	She-Bop	                        Hot Dance Music/Club Play         No. 10
* 1985	Money Changes Everything	The Billboard Hot 100	          No. 27
* 1985	Money Changes Everything	Mainstream Rock Tracks	          No. 37

[[Category:Cyndi Lauper albums]]
[[Category:1984 albums]]