Cyndi Lauper – A Night To Remember

I don't know what Epic was thinking and didn't release Primitive as the 2nd single, it's unbelievable how they chose MFNWY over that - really, I think that choice hurt the album's commercial potential and sent it down the drain fast. When I got the album several years after its release, Primitive stood out like a sore thumb. The singles were not representative of the album's dynamics, and while the album itself is no masterpiece, it's quite a solid collection of songs that somehow got killed by poor marketing.

Quite a nice picture CD I suppose, but the originals are so easy to find for a fifth of the price...

Undoubtedly, Lauper's 2nd best work and an unfair SNUB on her carreer, tracks like "My First Night Without You" "Heading West" and "I Drove All Night" really don't owe nothing to the iconic classics of "She's so Unusual" it's a solid and cohesive album with just about two filler tracks that don't really break the narrative of it. Definitely a gem of an album

Lauper's last album of the 1980s does nothing to innovate or anticipate the forthcoming styles of the 1990s and, as a result, feels a little bit tired and derivative. Lauper likes to refer to the album as "A Night to Forget" thanks to lackluster sales. There's nothing wrong with the album, but without a solid single to tie-in with it just doesn't stand out. She's So Unusual had Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time. True Colors had its famous title song as well as the rather brilliant Change Of Heart. This album doesn't have any such advantage. It's not terrible, it's just at the bottom of Lauper's work.

A night without significance