True Colors (Cyndi Lauper Album)
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September 27, 1986 |
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| Label (s) | Portrait Records | |||
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37:57 |
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True Colors is the second album by the US singer Cyndi Lauper .
Information about the album
The theme song, which was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly , secured Lauper's status as a successful record producer and singer. It has been covered by numerous other artists - including Phil Collins , Natasha St. Pier , Anna Tsuchiya , Tanya Chua , Olivia Ong and Kasey Chambers - and was used as a themed song for the 1988 Summer Olympics , the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup, and for Kodak cameras and films used.
The album achieved double platinum status in the United States.
While the album was relatively successful in the United States, it was not in the United Kingdom. In other countries it did not reach the success of the previous album She's So Unusual . The singles "True Colors", "Change of Heart", "What's Going On" and "Boy Blue" were released from the album. Each single had its own music video. However, the video for "Boy Blue" was nothing more than a live performance from their Zenith concert in Paris. This song didn't make a big impression on the charts either, although the music video for it was broadcast many times on MTV in the summer of 1987 .
True Colors was re-released in Japan as an exclusive limited edition in a digitally redesigned CD box containing 11 tracks.
Track list
- Change of Heart (Essra Mohawk, Lauper) - 4:22
- Maybe He'll Know (John Turi, Lauper) - 4:25
- Boy Blue (Steve B. Lunt, Jeff Bova, Lauper) - 4:46
- True Colors (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) - 3:46
- Calm Inside the Storm (Rick Derringer) - 3:54
- What's Going On (Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson) - 4:39
- Iko Iko (Rosa Lee Hawkins, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Jessie Thomas) - 2:08
- The Faraway Nearby (Tom Gray, Lauper) - 3:00
- 911 (Steve B. Lunt, Lauper) - 3:16
- One Track Mind (Jimmy Bralower, Jeff Bova, Lennie Petze, Lauper) - 3:41
reception
- Allmusic : 3.5 out of 5 stars
Contributors
- Cyndi Lauper - vocals, emulator, beatbox
- The Bangles - vocals
- Adrian Belew - guitar
- Jeff Bova - keyboard
- Jimmy Bralower - percussion , drums , beatbox
- Angela Clemmons-Patrick - Background Vocals
- Rick Derringer - guitar
- Anton Fig - drums
- Jon Goldberger - sound effects
- Ellie Greenwich - background vocals
- Pee Wee Herman - Guest Operator at "911"
- Robert Holmes - guitar
- Neil Jason - bass guitar
- Billy Joel - Vocals on " Maybe He'll Know "
- Aimee Mann - vocals
- John McCurry - guitar
- Lennie Petze - percussion, background vocals
- Nile Rodgers - guitar
- Peter Wood - synthesizer , keyboard
production
- Producers: Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze
- Executive Producer: David Wolff
- Sound engineer: Brian McGee
- Assistant Sound Engineers: Jon Goldberger, Tim Kramer, Dave O'Donnell
- Mixing: Jason Corsaro, Brian McGee
- Mastering: George Marino
- Arrangers: Cyndi Lauper, Adrian Belew, Jeff Bova, Jimmy Bralower, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Lennie Petze, Peter Wood
- Art Direction: Cyndi Lauper, Holland MacDonald
- Design: Holland MacDonald
- Photography: Annie Leibovitz