Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual (1983)
I have things under control now – I’m down to just one copy of this album. I had four vinyl copies, the CD reissue (anniversary) and my original cassette tape. I grew up with this album. It was almost a guilty pleasure for a time, I remember being teased for liking it as a kid. It was “girls music” apparently. I just liked it. Great pop songs. I always liked it. I remember recordingGirls Just Want To Have Funoff the radio and playing it over and over and She Bopwas on a compilation mix my aunty owned. It was good times listening to this. Then we got the album and that was mega. I reconnected with this big-time about 15 years ago or so when I had to borrow a car from my dad (mine had been stolen) and it had a tape-deck and I played theCyndi Lauperalbums for weeks on end (some of the only tapes I’d retained to that point) and I fell in love with them again big time. I always admired her writing, her ability to co-write and collaborate too. And then the fact that she wasn’t ashamed to do a cover, often finding very good songs to interpret. And doing very good cover versions of songs that were new and hip, not just novelty-covers of old tunes. I’m down to just the one copy – an old tatty LP that still makes it round the track and sounds good enough – but I’ll one day treat myself to a new version of this. Magic album.

Sample Track: All Through The Night
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