She's So Unusual

I've recently been rooting for pop icon Cyndi Lauper on NBC's reality series The Celebrity Apprentice. So, because of her recent boost in publicity, I have decided to review her 1983 album She's So Unusual.

To start, the album has a pretty good cover. I absolutely love an album with an awesome cover.

The actual music on the album itself is tremendous. Its a mix of several different styles with an overall tone. No two songs sound very alike, and no song is absolutely boring to the point of skipping.

In 1983, when the album was released, Lauper's popularity spread like wildfire. She soon became the first female artist to have four top-five singles released from one album. Those four songs are my favorites from the album: "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through The Night". "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was certified platinum by the RIAA, while "Time After Time" and "She Bop" were certified Gold. All three sold in excess of one million copies. The album itself sold 16 million copies worldwide, more than 6.5 million in the United States alone, and was certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA.

The album went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1985, and won Lauper the Grammy for Best New Artist as well. In total, the album was nominated for six Grammy Awards including Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

In 2003, the album was ranked at 494 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In my opinion, it should have ranked higher.