True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper · 2009
143 min · 36 tracks · blues · country · new wave
A vibrant collection of pop anthems and heartfelt ballads showcasing Lauper's eclectic vocal prowess and emotional depth.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- feel-good sing-along anthems
- nostalgic reflections on love
- dynamic emotional peaks and valleys
- for road trip playlists
- heartfelt ballads for quiet moments
Maybe skip if you want
- seeking instant gratification
- prefer cohesive album experiences
Where this album fits
- Themes
- female empowerment anthems· 1980s pop culture· vulnerability and acceptance
- Career context
- By the time 'True Colors: The Best of Cyndi Lauper' was released in 2009, Cyndi Lauper had established herself as a pop icon with a career spanning over three decades. This compilation includes her most influential tracks, highlighting her evolution from the debut album 'She's So Unusual' in 1983 to her later works that embrace diverse musical styles.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Madonna· Annie Lennox· Debbie Harry
- Sounds like this from elsewhere
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Like a Prayer by Madonna — Shares themes of empowerment and explores emotional depth through diverse pop sounds.Diva by Annie Lennox — Combines heartfelt ballads with anthemic pop, showcasing vocal prowess and emotional vulnerability.Secrets by Toni Braxton — Features powerful ballads and themes of love and acceptance, with a polished, emotive production style.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Girls Just Want to Have Fun 3:56
- 2 Time After Time 4:02
- 3 True Colors 3:49
- 4 I Drove All Night 4:13
- 5 She Bop 3:49
- 6 Iko Iko 2:10
- 7 When You Were Mine 5:03
- 8 Change of Heart 4:25
- 9 All Through the Night 4:30
- 10 What’s Going On 3:51
- 11 The World Is Stone 4:18
- 12 Maybe He’ll Know 4:26
- 13 Hat Full of Stars 4:29
- 14 Who Let in the Rain 4:37
- 15 Money Changes Everything 5:03
- 16 Sisters of Avalon 4:21
- 17 Unhook the Stars 3:58
- 18 The Goonies R Good Enough 3:40
Disc 2
- 1 Calm Inside the Storm 3:58
- 2 Lies 3:41
- 3 Boy Blue 4:48
- 4 Someone Like Me 4:06
- 5 The Faraway Nearby 3:02
- 6 Primitive 3:50
- 7 My First Night Without You 3:03
- 8 Like a Cat 3:25
- 9 Heading West 3:56
- 10 Unconditional Love 3:57
- 11 Dancing With a Stranger 4:13
- 12 I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend 4:23
- 13 Kindred Spirit 1:19
- 14 Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China) 4:00
- 15 That’s What I Think 4:19
- 16 Sally’s Pigeons 3:50
- 17 Dear John 3:42
- 18 You Don’t Know 5:15
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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