Playlist: The Very Best of Cyndi Lauper [Enhanced] in Bloomington, MN

Although her goofy, thrift shop sense of fashion made her seem like a cartoon character at times,
Cyndi Lauper
was one of the bright spots in the early days of
MTV
, and her songs displayed a sharp, savvy pop edge that has given the best of them a rare kind of staying power, and they've held up better through the years than most songs from the
new wave
era. This set has all her key singles, most of them drawn from her wonderful first album, 1983's
She's So Unusual
.
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun,"
"Money Changes Everything,"
"All Through the Night,"
the gorgeous
"Time After Time,"
and
"True Colors"
-- they're all here. [
Legacy
's Playlist series functions both as a conventional CD and as a CD-ROM, featuring a large .pdf file with complete liner and track info, CD-quality plus mp3-ready files, photos, wallpaper, and other extras.] ~ Steve Leggett