She's So Unusual
| Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual
She’s So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983 by Portrait Records. The album was re-released in 2014 to commemorate its 30th anniversary, and was called She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration. The re-release contains demos and remixes of previously released material, as well as new artwork. -Wikipedia
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Classic Rock Review
One of the most successful pop debuts ever.
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Rolling Stone
Brooklyn-bred Cyndi Lauper sounds like no other singer on the current scene. She may be the finest female junk-rock vocalist since the heyday of the great Maureen Gray.
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All Music
A debut that retains its potency, long after its production seems a little dated.
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Sputnik Music
Cyndi managed to make one effort strong enough for her to be forever remembered as rad to the max.
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Common Sense Media
Irresistible '80s pop rockers and ballads from quirky star.
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Entertainment Focus
She’s So Unusual remains a classic album but we say unless you’re a hardcore fan you’re probably not going to invest in this re-release.
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Classic Pop Mag
Cyndi Lauper’s debut album She’s So Unusual revealed her to be so much more than her public persona hinted at.
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Magnet Magazine
35 years ago today, Cyndi Lauper released debut album She’s So Unusual. Cyndi changes everything.
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Mostly Retro
She’s So Unusual remains a near-perfect piece of pop perfection.
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Albumism
Her voice is incredible and passionate, her songs alternate between funky and heart-in-your-hands sincere, her laundry day outfits are probably more incredible than anything Madge and her design team could dream of.
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People
The Queens-born Lauper, who formerly fronted a band called Blue Angel, makes this solo debut into a frothy, flippy delight.
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Pitchfork
Her solo debut, She’s So Unusual, stands as an all-time great art-pop collage.
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The Guardian
For herself, endowed with a blistering voice and dress sense that prefigured the poem about wearing purple and a red hat that doesn’t go, Lauper has always been pop’s quirkmeister general.
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NOW Toronto
Though she’s never received the praise showered on performers like Madonna for constantly reinventing their sound, it’s no coincidence that Cyndi Lauper still manages to work and tour.
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The Sound of Summer
The album has aged well and was remastered and reissued.
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Blurt Online
She’s So Unusual, a record that isn’t so much stuck in the ‘80s as it’s a simultaneous survey of what was brilliant and what could’ve been done better that decade.
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Daily Vault
The fact remains, however, that this is a truly great album and I still get as much out of it now as I did way back in ’97 when I took it home and played it that first time.
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