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 an episode of Ugly Betty.

Floor remixes

The upcoming remix album "Floor Remixes" that will be released February 18, 2009 it will include "Bring Ya to the Brink" remixes and more will be a a limited edition CD/DVD set and a regular edition in Japan.

  • A single called Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart will be released in Japan on January 21, 2009. It is a mashup of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun & Set Your Heart. It will is the first single from the album "Floor Remixes".

Track listing

# Title Length Songwriters Producers
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
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
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.
  • 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
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
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]
Paid download
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

  1. ^ Be in the "Into the Nightlife" Video!. Cyndi Lauper Source (May 14, 2008). Retrieved on May 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (May 28, 2008). Her music has the rights stuff. Newsday. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Browne, Sally (13 February 2008). Artist Review: Cyndi Lauper. The Sunday Times. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  4. ^ http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_31760_10796370_pe_btn/?docId=1000303501
  5. ^ Sony Music Online Japan. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
  6. ^ Bring Ya to the Brink (Deluxe Version). U.S. iTunes Store (May 27, 2008). Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  7. ^ http://cyndilaupernews.com/index.php?title=echo-will-be-the-third-single&entry_id=1231352234
  8. ^ Japan - Top Albums Chart (May 26, 2008). Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  9. ^ Hasty, Katie (June 4, 2008) Usher Scores Second Best Sales Debut of '08. Billboard. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
  10. ^ http://allcharts.org/music/canada/albums.htm
  11. ^ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/longplay/
  12. ^ Bring Ya to the Brink > Overview Allmusic. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.
  13. ^ [1]]. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.
  14. ^ Sony BMG Argentina News. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
  15. ^ Bring Ya To The Brink Oceania. Cyndi Lauper UK. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.

External links

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