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Performer: Cyndi Lauper
Producer: Rick Chertoff; Cyndi Lauper; Lennie Petze; Junior Vasquez; William Wittman...
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: 3 LPs on 3 CDs: SHE'S SO UNUSUAL (1983)/TRUE COLORS (1986)/HAT FULL OF STARS (1993). Personnel: Cyndi Lauper (vocals, recorder); Eric Bazilian (guitar, saxophone, bass guitar, background vocals); Neil Jason (guitar, bass guitar); Rick DiFonzo, William Wittman, Carlos Alomar (guitar); Peter Wood (keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming); Rob Hyman (keyboards, background vocals); Jeff Bova, Marv de Peyer (keyboards); Richard Termini (synthesizer); Kevin Jenkins (bass guitar); Anton Fig (drums, percussion); Bashiri Johnson (congas); Rick Chertoff (percussion); Jimmy Bralower (drum programming); Ellie Greenwich, Georgia Jones, Junior Vasquez (background vocals). This box set compiles three of Cyndi Lauper's most well-known and beloved records: She's So Unusual, True Colors, and Hat Full of Stars. The 35 songs found on these three discs span the most important years of Lauper's evolution as an artist, from freaked-out pop star hell-bent on pushing the creative pop envelope to its hilt to more introspective and contemplative moments. A wide range of her most well-known songs are here, including "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "True Colors," and "Time After Time," but there are also other fan favorites like her cover of Prince's "When You Were Mine" and "She Bop." While most people would be just as well off to make the more economically sensible purchase of a greatest-hits compilation, those looking for the complete records remastered with bonus tracks would be well served by checking this out. ~ Rob Theakston

Cyndi Lauper started her recording career in 1980 as the singer for retro-'50s group Blue Angel. In 1983, her first solo album SHE'S SO UNUSUAL made the big-voiced New Yorker a superstar. Her impressive pipes and colorful image should have shot her into the same stratosphere as Madonna, but despite a handful of huge hits, Lauper's career didn't maintain its initial momentum. She continued to release estimable recordings (including a 2003 album showing her knack for standards) and also pursued an acting career, with fine performances in VIBES, THE OPPORTUNISTS, and other films.

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