True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)

Production

True Colors is the second album by the American singer Cyndi Lauper.

Information on album

The title song, which was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, Lauper's secured status as a successful record producer and singer. It was by many other artists - including Phil Collins, Natasha St. Pier, Anna Tsuchiya, Tanya Chua, Olivia Ong and Kasey Chambers - gecovert and was as threads song for the 1988 Summer Olympics, the Rugby Union World Cup in 2003 and for Kodak cameras and films.

The album achieved in the United States double - platinum status.

While the album in the United States has been relatively successful, this was not the case in the UK. In other countries, it did not achieve 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 has a own music video. However, the video for " Boy Blue" was nothing more than a live performance of their Zenith Concert in Paris This song also left no great impression on the charts, although the music video was in the summer of 1987, often sent to on MTV.

True Colors was released in Japan as an exclusive limited edition in a remastered CD box again, which included 11 items.

Title list

Reception

  • Allmusic: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Contributors

  • Cyndi Lauper - vocals, emulator, Beatbox
  • The Bangles - Vocals
  • Adrian Belew - Guitar
  • Jeff Bova - keyboards
  • 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"
  • John McCurry - guitar
  • Lennie Sneaks - percussion, background vocals
  • Nile Rodgers - guitar
  • Peter Wood - synthesizer, keyboard,

Production

  • Producers: Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Sneaks
  • Executive producer: David Wolff
  • Sound engineer: Brian McGee
  • Assistive 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 Bruins, Peter Wood
  • Art Direction: Cyndi Lauper, Holland MacDonald
  • Design: Holland MacDonald
  • Photography: Annie Leibovitz
Record label Genre Pop-Rock True Colors (song) Change of Heart (Cyndi Lauper song) Tom Kelly (musician) 2003 Rugby World Cup Electronic keyboard Aimee Mann Girls Just Want to Have Fun Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song) She Bop
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