Cyndi Lauper -《Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some》[APE]
专辑英文名: Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some
歌手: Cyndi Lauper
音乐风格: 流行
资源格式: APE
发行时间: 1995年07月
地区: 美国
语言: 英语
简介:
专辑介绍:
相对于Madonna，MJ这样如雷贯耳的名字，现在的90后，甚至85后对Cyndi Lauper这个名字倍感陌生。当年我在MTV台的经典回顾中第一次听Girls just wanna have fun时也不禁觉得好笑——世界上居然还能有这么雷的流行歌曲。呵呵，那当然是初次听Cyndi Lauper这把怪怪的声音的感觉，如果说得再官方点，那就是“很有辨识度”。
遥想当年MTV才开台的时候，能跟Madonna相抗衡的偶像女明星也就Cyndi Lauper一位。在80年代中期两人的厮杀中，Madonna一直走着男孩玩偶的性感路线，Cyndi Lauper则一直在宣扬青年奋进的“个性”路线中坚持。本来两位也难分仲伯，不过随着"True Blue"的发行，Madonna开始得到世界范围的认可，而Cyndi却在公司的“不配合”（听资深乐评这么说）下开始走下坡。深究其原因，可能是公司觉得Cyndi坚持的音乐不是流行大潮发展的方向，所以在80年代后期至90年代初期，Cyndi仍然坚持发行诸如A Night to Remember、Hat Full Of Stars这样优秀的专辑，但人们记住的却始终只是Time after Time或者Girls just wanna have fun。
早年的Cyndi做的应该是带有浓厚时代色彩的Pop-Rock，最经典的专辑就是She's so unusual，86年的true color说是回归平静，但听起来除了true color这首“柯达”的经典广告曲外，其它的歌仍然带有强烈的Cyndi色彩式Pop-Rock。88年的A Night to Remember本也是上乘作品，但由于"True color"在同"True Blue"的争斗中败下阵来，所以公司对于这张专辑的宣传就显得无力，再到93年的hat full of stars则更显得默默无闻。
如果让我推荐Cyndi的唱片，我想She is so unusal和这张95年发行的Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some精选是还不了解Cyndi Lauper的人必选之作。当然She's so unusual是带着强烈时代色彩的Pop-Rock，所以请不要带着听现代流行乐的“耳光”去听这张唱片，记得我好不容易跑遍了北京城才找到这张唱片 2001年的再版之作，兴冲冲的拿回家给姐姐听，她居然不屑的说：“这是什么玩意儿。”而我另一位同学也说：“你是怎么开发到这么另类的歌曲的……”
Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some应该是演示了Cyndi从盛至衰的一张唱片，各个时期的经典都有收录包括出道时引起震撼的girls just wanna have fun,all through the night,time after time,已经后世传唱经典true color,Sally's Pigeons,I drove all night。I'm Gona Be Strong是整张唱片的唯一新作，听起来倒是挺符合Cyndi那时的心情——就算被遗忘，我依然会坚强。
此后的Cyndi逐渐淡出主流视线，专辑不是做区域性发行，就是被折磨得胎死腹中。近年的专辑时而Jazz时而Disco。离我们深爱的那个Cyndi已经相去甚远了……
引用
It was released with similar packaging but varying track listings based on which songs charted in various parts of the world. Its greatest sales success was in Japan where it went 5x Platinum. Its greatest chart success was in the United Kingdom where it reached #2 on the charts spending almost nine months on chart, eventually going double platinum selling almost 600,000 copies. In the USA it reached gold status. The album would go on to sell over 6 million copies worldwide.
In the United States the album has 14 tracks. 11 are previously released hits; "I'm Gonna be Strong" is a Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil track Lauper re-recorded, having previously performed it on her debut album "Blue Angel". "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun") is a re-recording of one of her biggest hits; it has been completely reworked to incorporate a reggae feel. A music video featuring drag queens was shot to accompany this single and it aired heavily on television. (It was also featured in the film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.) The track "Come On Home" was also new; two versions were recorded, one running 4:33 (The US Version) and one running 4:36 (The International Version). Internationally the album has 16 tracks (17 in Japan).
There was some issue with the division of royalties due to the wide array of co-writers on the various tracks that prevented Lauper from releasing the longer version in the United States. Conceptually the album was originally called "13 Deadly Cyns" and in fact a promotional cassette with this title (and an alternate track listing) was pressed and distributed in the United Kingdom in June of 1992.
