The Essential Cyndi Lauper

The Essential Cyndi Lauper is a compilation by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper. It was released as part of Sony BMG's The Essential series in 2003. The album has sold 15,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3]

The Essential Cyndi Lauper
Compilation album by
Cyndi Lauper
Released2003
3 September 2008 (Japan Reissue)
GenrePop
Length59:47
LabelEpic
Cyndi Lauper chronology
Shine (Cyndi Lauper album)
(2002)		 The Essential Cyndi Lauper
(2003)		 The Great Cyndi Lauper
(2003)
Alternative covers
2008 Japanese Edition[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Five years after its initial release, Sony Music Entertainment Japan reissued the album accompanied with bonus DVD which features four music videos. The expanded edition debuted at the number 29 on the Japan's Oricon, and became her eighth top-40 charting album in the country.

Track listing

Original release (2003)
  1. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Robert Hazard) – 3:55
  2. "Money Changes Everything" (Tom Gray) – 5:03
  3. "Who Let in the Rain" (Cyndi Lauper, Allee Willis) – 4:37
  4. "She Bop" (Lauper, Gary Corbett, Rick Chertoff, Stephen Broughton Lunt) – 3:48
  5. "Time After Time" (Lauper, Rob Hyman) – 4:01
  6. "I Drove All Night" (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 4:12
  7. "Hat Full of Stars" (Lauper, Nicky Holland) – 4:28
  8. "Change of Heart" (Lauper, Essra Mohawk) – 4:25
  9. "Sisters of Avalon" (Lauper, Jan Pulsford) – 4:22
  10. "All Through the Night" (Jules Shear) – 4:29
  11. "When You Were Mine" (Prince) – 5:03
  12. "True Colors" (Steinberg, Kelly) – 3:48
  13. "Unhook the Stars" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:58
  14. "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Single Version)" (Lauper, Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead) – 3:38

Additional tracks on Japanese editions

Exclusive track on 2007 Wal-Mart edition
  • "Shine" (Lauper, William Wittman)

Bonus DVD on 2008 Japanese reissue
  1. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Hazard)
  2. "Time After Time" (Lauper, Hyman)
  3. "True Colors" (Steinberg, Kelly)
  4. "I Drove All Night" (Steinberg, Kelly)

Chart positions
Year Chart Position
2004 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 210
2008 29

References
  1. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/images/B001CCHIB4?img=0
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Barth, Keith. "Ask Billboard | Billboard.com". billboard.com. Retrieved January 8, 2012.


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