Cyndi Lauper made great Greatest Hits albums, they more or less contain everything you really need to hear from Cyndi. Well, almost. There is also the matter of her very first solo record, She's So Unusual. Recorded and released in 1983, it launched her career at a faster-than-light velocity and made her a pop music superstar, and for a good reason - this is easily one of the best albums I've ever heard and is significant to me simply because it holds the distinct honor of being one of the few albums that I can listen to start from finish every time. It is magnificent. One great song finishes, only to be followed by another. This occurs a total of ten times throughout the album. The most definitive Cyndi songs can be found right here - "Time After Time", "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" "She Bop" and "All Through The Night" are all here. And whatever you do, don't overlook the Prince-penned "When You Were Mine." Very teenybopper stuff back in the day, yes, that much is certain. But it also takes itself seriously as a creative musical endeavor. When teenage girls can agree in unison with music critics on something, you must be doing something right. A+
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