Bring Ya to the Brink

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboard(favorable)[2]
Blender[3]
Digital Spy[4]
Entertainment Weekly(B)[5]
The New York Times(mixed)[6]
NOW(favorable)[7]
The Observer(positive)[8]
PopMatters(7/10)[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Slant Magazine[11]
O Globo(positive)[12]

Bring Ya to the Brink is Cyndi Lauper's tenth 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.[13]

Album information

Lauper visited England and Sweden during early 2007 where she wrote songs with dance artists such as The Scumfrog, Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and Axwell.[14] She also wrote and produced four of the album's tracks with Washington DC DJ Richard Morel.[15] Art direction on the album was credited to Cyndi Lauper, Sheri Lee & Meghan Foley, with photography by Stefanie Schneider.[16][17]

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.[18]

"Echo" was featured in the Gossip Girl episode "Bonfire of the Vanity". "High and Mighty" was in an episode of Ugly Betty.

Lauper performed "Into the Nightlife" live on The Graham Norton Show,[19] in series 4 episode 2, first broadcast on October 9, 2008.[20]

Floor Remixes

A remix album, Floor Remixes, was released February 18, 2009 as a limited edition CD/DVD set and a regular edition in Japan.

A single called "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart" was released in Japan on January 21, 2009. It is a mashup of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Set Your Heart", mixed by Richard Morel.

Track listing

Lauper co-Wrote and co-produced all tracks. Additional writers and producers listed below.

# Title Length Songwriters Producers
1 "High and Mighty" 4:43 Jesse Houk Scumfrog
2 "Into the Nightlife" 4:00 Peer Åström, Johan Bobäck, Max Martin Åström, Bobäck
3 "Rocking Chair" 3:39 Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe Basement Jaxx
4 "Echo" 3:55 Åström, Bobäck, William Wittman Åström, Bobäck
5 "Lyfe" 3:38 Roger Fife, M. Greene, Sammy Merendino DJ Emz
6 "Same Ol' Story" 5:54 Richard Morel Morel
7 "Raging Storm" 5:23 Morel Morel
8 "Lay Me Down" 3:28 Andreas Kleerup Kleerup
9 "Give It Up" 3:23 Steve Cornish, Nicholas Mace Digital Dog
10 "Set Your Heart" † 3:42 Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, Morel, John Whitehead Morel
11 "Grab a Hold" 3:27 Dan Kurtz, Martina Sorbara Dragonette
12 "Rain on Me" 4:24 P. Chou, Axel Hedfors, Alexander Kronlund Axwell

† 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,[21] Special edition [22]

# Title Length Songwriters Producers
13 "Got Candy" 3:53 Morel Morel
14 "Can't Breathe" 3:58 Chou, Kronlund Wittman

U.S. iTunes deluxe version[23]

# 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.
  • 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 May 20, 2008. Fans were invited to come be extras in the video. It was a huge club hit in the U.S. topping the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay.
  • Dance radio station Energy 92.7FM in San Francisco announced that "Echo" would be the third single, but no release eventuated.

Accolades

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 "Bring Ya To The Brink" Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album Nominated

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
Position
Austrian Albums Chart[24] 48
French Albums Chart[25] 129
Japanese Albums Chart[26] 11
U.S. Billboard 200[27] 41

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan May 14, 2008 (2008-05-14) Sony Music Japan CD with bonus tracks EICP 968[28]
United States
UK		 May 27, 2008 (2008-05-27) Epic Records CD 706592[29]
Paid download
Argentina Sony BMG CD 706592[30]
Finland May 28, 2008 (2008-05-28) – – –
Australia June 7, 2008 (2008-06-07) Epic CD 88697065922[31]
Paid download
Indonesia August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15) Sony BMG CD –
Cassette –

Notes

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cyndi Lauper: Bring Ya to the Brink > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  2. ^ Taylor, Chuck (2008). "Bring Ya to the Brink". News & Reviews. Billboard.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008.
  3. ^ Blender review[dead link]
  4. ^ Levine, Nick (July 19, 2008). "Cyndi Lauper: 'Brink Ya To The Brink'". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  5. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (June 13, 2008). "Bring Ya to the Brink (2008): Cyndi Lauper". Entertainment Weekly (#998). Time. ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  6. ^ Chinen, Nate (May 26, 2008). Parales, Jon (ed.). "Critics' Choice: New CDs". The New York Times. Cyndi Lauper: "Bring Ya to the Brink". ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  7. ^ Davies, Evan (29 May 2008). "Cyndi Lauper: Bring Ya To The Brink". NOW. Vol. 27, no. 39. ISSN 0712-1326. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  8. ^ Hoggard, Liz (August 10, 2008). "Pop review: Cyndi Lauper, Bring Ya To The Brink". The Observer. London: Guardian Media Group. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  9. ^ Wikane, Christian John (June 5, 2008). "Cyndi Lauper: Bring Ya to the Brink". PopMatters. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  10. ^ Ganz, Caryn (May 29, 2008). "Cyndi Lauper: Bring Ya to the Brink". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  11. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (May 25, 2008). "Cyndi Lauper: Bring Ya to the Brink". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  12. ^ Zamora, William (June 1, 2008). "Cyndi Lauper surpreende com CD 'Bring ya to the brink'". O Globo (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. OCLC 24111258. Retrieved October 11, 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Be in the "Into the Nightlife" Video!. Cyndi Lauper Source (May 14, 2008). Retrieved on May 15, 2008.
  14. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (May 28, 2008). Her music has the rights stuff. Newsday. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  15. ^ Browne, Sally (February 13, 2008). Artist Review: Cyndi Lauper. The Sunday Times. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  16. ^ "Interview: Cyndi Lauper Brings Us to the Brink + Tells Us What's in her Head". Sony Music. July 25, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  17. ^ Liss, Sarah (June 2, 2008). "She's Still Unusual: Q & A with Cyndi Lauper". CBC News. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
  18. ^ "Best Pop Music of 2008". Best Music of 2008. United States: Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 2009-02-12. 8. Bring Ya to the Brink, Lauper, Cyndi. The idea of '80s superstar Cyndi Lauper releasing a straight dance record might sound dubious, but this is no opportunistic vanity project. Lauper has kept busy since her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" heyday
  19. ^ "Cyndi Performs "Into The Night Life"". San Francisco 94105, United States: Signatures Network, Inc. Retrieved 2009-02-12. Cyndi performs live on the Graham Norton Show, Oct. 9, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  20. ^ "The Graham Norton Show, Series 4, Episode 2". BBC Two Programmes. United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-02-12. Graham is joined by legendary comic Jennifer Saunders and 80s icon Cyndi Lauper... Broadcasts: 09 Oct 2008, 22:00, BBC Two (England, Scotland only); 09 Oct 2008, 23:20, BBC Two (Wales, Wales (Analogue) only); 10 Oct 2008, 00:20, BBC Two (Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland (Analogue) only)
  21. ^ Sony Music Online Japan. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
  22. ^ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EICP-1036
  23. ^ Bring Ya to the Brink (Deluxe Version). U.S. iTunes Store (May 27, 2008). Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  24. ^ "Bring Ya To The Brink Austrian Charting". Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  25. ^ "Bring Ya To The Brink French Charting". Les charts. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  26. ^ Japan - Top Albums Chart (May 26, 2008). Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  27. ^ Hasty, Katie (June 4, 2008) Usher Scores Second Best Sales Debut of '08. Billboard. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
  28. ^ Bring Ya to the Brink > Overview Allmusic. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.
  29. ^ [1]. Retrieved on May 14, 2008.
  30. ^ Sony BMG Argentina News. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
  31. ^ Bring Ya To The Brink Oceania. Cyndi Lauper UK. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.

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