Bring Ya to the Brink
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Bring Ya to the Brink is American pop icon Cyndi Lauper's seventh studio album and was released on May 27, 2008 in the United States. The song "Set Your Heart" was released as a promo-only single in Japan in early 2008 and "Same Ol' Story" was the first official single released worldwide on May 6, 2008. "Into the Nightlife" was released as the album's second official single.[1] In December 2008, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.
Album information
Lauper visited England and Sweden during early 2007 where she wrote songs with dance artists such as Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and Axwell.[2] She also wrote and produced four of the album's tracks with Washington DC DJ Richard Morel.[3]
Tour and Promotion
Lauper embarked on the Bring Ya to the Brink World Tour in support of the album. The show ventured to Japan, Europe and South America and had 32 dates in total.
The album listed at #7 on the Attitude Magazine's top ten albums of 2008 and also came in at 8# on Amazon's Best Pop albums of 2008 [4]
"Echo" was featured in the Gossip Girl episode, "Bonfire of the Vanity" and "High and Mighty" was in a episode of Ugly Betty.
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Songwriters | Producers |
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| 1 | "High and Mighty" | 4:43 | Jesse Houk, Cyndi Lauper | Lauper, Scumfrog |
| 2 | "Into the Nightlife" | 4:00 | Peer Åström, Johan Bobäck, Lauper, Max Martin | Åström, Bobäck, Lauper |
| 3 | "Rocking Chair" | 3:39 | Felix Buxton, Lauper, Simon Ratcliffe | Basement Jaxx, Lauper |
| 4 | "Echo" | 3:55 | Åström, Bobäck, Lauper, William Wittman | Åström, Bobäck, Lauper |
| 5 | "Lyfe" | 3:38 | Roger Fife, M. Greene, Lauper, Sammy Merendino | DJ Emz, Lauper |
| 6 | "Same Ol' Story" | 5:54 | Lauper, Richard Morel | Lauper, Morel |
| 7 | "Raging Storm" | 5:23 | Lauper, Morel | Lauper, Morel |
| 8 | "Lay Me Down" | 3:28 | Andreas Kleerup, Lauper | Kleerup, Lauper |
| 9 | "Give It Up" | 3:23 | Steve Cornish, Lauper, Nicholas Mace | Digital Dog, Lauper |
| 10 | "Set Your Heart" † | 3:42 | Victor Carstarphen, Lauper, Gene McFadden, Morel, John Whitehead | Lauper, Morel |
| 11 | "Grab a Hold" | 3:27 | Dan Kurtz, Lauper, Martina Sorbara | Dragonette, Lauper |
| 12 | "Rain on Me" | 4:24 | P. Chou, Axel Hedfors, Alexander Kronlund, Lauper | Axwell, Lauper |
† Contains an interpolation of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "Where Are All My Friends", written by Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, and John Whitehead.
Bonus tracks
Japanese Edition[5]
| # | Title | Length | Songwriters | Producers |
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| 13 | "Got Candy" | 3:53 | Lauper, Morel | Lauper, Morel |
| 14 | "Can't Breathe" | 3:58 | Chou, Kronlund, Lauper | Lauper, Wittman |
U.S. iTunes Deluxe Version[6]
| # | Title | Length |
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| 13 | "Got Candy" | 3:53 |
| 14 | "Can't Breathe" | 3:58 |
| 15 | "Set Your Heart (Pink Noise Remix)" | 6:47 |
| 16 | "Same Ol' Story (Ralphi Rosario Vocal Mix)" | 8:46 |
Singles
- Set Your Heart was released as a promo-only single in Japan, where it received considerable airplay. Peaking at 11# on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles.
On 21 January 2009 it will be re-released as a CD Single.
- The first single of the album was "Same Ol' Story", it was released worldwide on May 6, 2008. It topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and stayed on the chart for several weeks.
- The second single of the album was "Into the Nightlife", it was released on August 8 2008. The music video for the song was partly filmed at Splash Bar in New York City on 20 May 2008. Fans were invited to come be extras in the video. It was a huge club hit in the U.S topping the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and peaking at 5# on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
- Dance radio station Energy 92.7FM in San Francisco announced that "Echo" will be the third single, the release dates are unknown. [7]
Chart performance
| Chart (2008) | Peak Position |
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| Japanese Albums Chart[8] | 18 |
| Japanese Albums Chart (International) | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[9] | 41 |
| Australian Album Chart | 87 |
| Canadian Albums Chart [10] | 40 |
| Austrian Albums Chart [11] | 48 |
| Polish Albums Chart | 52 |
| French Albums Chart | 129 |
| UK Albums Chart | 170 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Japan | May 14, 2008 | Sony Music Japan | CD with bonus tracks | EICP 968[12] |
| United States UK |
May 27, 2008 | Epic Records | CD | 706592[13] |
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| Argentina | May 27, 2008 | Sony BMG | CD | 706592[14] |
| Finland | May 28, 2008 | – | – | – |
| Australia | June 7, 2008 | Epic | CD | 88697065922[15] |
| Paid download | ||||
| Indonesia | August 15, 2008 | Sony BMG | CD | – |
| Cassette | – |
Notes
- ^ Be in the "Into the Nightlife" Video!. Cyndi Lauper Source (May 14, 2008). Retrieved on May 15, 2008.
- ^ Gamboa, Glenn (May 28, 2008). Her music has the rights stuff. Newsday. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
- ^ Browne, Sally (13 February 2008). Artist Review: Cyndi Lauper. The Sunday Times. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_31760_10796370_pe_btn/?docId=1000303501
- ^ Sony Music Online Japan. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Bring Ya to the Brink (Deluxe Version). U.S. iTunes Store (May 27, 2008). Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
- ^ http://cyndilaupernews.com/index.php?title=echo-will-be-the-third-single&entry_id=1231352234
- ^ Japan - Top Albums Chart (May 26, 2008). Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
- ^ Hasty, Katie (June 4, 2008) Usher Scores Second Best Sales Debut of '08. Billboard. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
- ^ http://allcharts.org/music/canada/albums.htm
- ^ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/longplay/
- ^ Bring Ya to the Brink > Overview Allmusic. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.
- ^ [1]]. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.
- ^ Sony BMG Argentina News. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
- ^ Bring Ya To The Brink Oceania. Cyndi Lauper UK. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
External links
- Telgraph.co.uk, Review of Bring Ya to the Brink
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