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Album Review: Cyndi Lauper - She’s So Unusual (A 30th Anniversary Celebration)

Mac McNaughton

The bonus disc’s awful remixes and demos (three versions each of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time) plus inessential odds and sods only strengthen the adage that some things are best left in the ‘80s.

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With the vocal dynamic of a seagull hiccuping in the shower, Cyndi Lauper's debut delivers on iconic singles (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun; Time After Time) but not longevity for the back-up material. Keytar abuse is rampant throughout, dating much of She's So Unusual as badly as Deeley Boppers and Betamax cassettes. The bonus disc's awful remixes and demos (three versions each of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time) plus inessential odds and sods only strengthen the adage that some things are best left in the '80s.