Wanna Have Fun

Wanna Have Fun Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Label: Sony Special Product
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 079893374123
EAN: 0079893374123
ASIN: B00000FDM8


Release Date: 2001-01-01

Wanna Have Fun


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Tracks:

  1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
  2. When You Were Mine
  3. A Night To Remeber
  4. Dear John
  5. Calm Inside The Storm
  6. Money Changes Everything
  7. That's What I Think
  8. Dancing With A Stranger
  9. Iko Iko
  10. Someone Like Me

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Dear John.......2003-04-10

Cheap 80s retro nostalgia glee. Four stars because the CD is so darn cheap, who can resist the flashback? The nice thing about these cheapo 80s retro nostalgia glee CDs is you get to find out whether or not the music you loved had any sustaining quality... and, of course, it does. People do love garbage, but they don't remember garbage 15 years later. You'll all remember "Girls Just Want To..." and "Money Changes Everything...", but there are some surprisingly good listens on this cheapo compilation: "Dear John", "When You Were Mine", "Iko Iko". "Dear John" was totally new to me, and worth the price of the CD. Lately I've been putting it on "repeat 1" on my CD player.

4 out of 5 stars Pretty Good.......2002-10-31

Not bad for a lesser priced cd. Of course this cd does not have a lot of singles. It only has Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Money Changes Everything. But the others are a nice compilations of songs that she likes and some are not that bad. When You Were Mine is a great song form her debut album that was written by Prince. And other good songs are A Night To Remember, Calm Inside The Storm, and Iko Iko the remake. All together it shows different styles of music. All songs can be found on her albums.

4 out of 5 stars Great Fun at a Bargain Price!.......2002-09-04

Budget line compilations are a different animal from traditional "best of" or "greatest hits" albums. They usually have one or two clear cut hits mixed in with oddball, out-of-left-field tracks that may leave some listeners scratching their heads and others making delightful new discoveries.

As a career overview, WANNA HAVE FUN is a lot sketchier than Cyndi Lauper's earlier compilation, 12 DEADLY CYNS...AND THEN SOME or some of the foreign releases currently available, but it's all the more effective for it. People who may have purchased one of those "best of" packages can still invest in this one for an additional taste of what Lauper was up to musically for the period from 1983-'93. It's only a sampler, to be sure, but it may broaden the perspective of some listeners who still think that Cyndi was just about "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and, maybe, "Time After Time" and "True Colors."

Indeed the latter two tracks are not even included here. The only track other than "Girls" that was a significant hit was "Money Changes Everything" and the only remaining track that was even released as a single is "That's What I Think." On the other hand, this collection is actually a fairer sampling of her work with at least two songs taken from each of the four albums released in the decade between '83 and '93. Some of Lauper's critics faulted DEADLY CYNS for including so many tracks from SHE'S SO UNUSUAL and suggesting that that fact alone was a tacit admission that she had not done much of real interest since her solo debut.

Well, they are wrong, but you can see how CYNS' selections might lend their arguments some credence. This budget release serves as something as a corrective in that regard. Two cuts from the very underrated NIGHT TO REMEMBER (the emotive title track, which should have been released as a single, and the loads-of-fun dance number "Dancing With a Stranger") may help rehabilitate that record's reputation among those who may have swallowed what seems to have become the standard critical line (that it was too poppy). In fact, there is some hope that, in its humble way, this "special product" will demonstrate a versatility and consistency that will surprise many who may have written Cyndi Lauper off by '87. G'wan! You can spare the ($$$)bucks. Check this record out!

There's a good chance you won't just stop there.

5 out of 5 stars It's Cyndi so it's brilliant!!.......2002-06-22

Even though there are no new songs or not even new versions for the tracks that made it to this yet another "best of", it's irresistable to any Cyndi fan not to buy this - there's the "new" order of the tracks - way different than the 12 Deadly Cyns album and of course there's the new artwork. I only wish this cd had more Cyndi pictures. Other than that, put it on your cd player, hit play and have a wonderful time!!

5 out of 5 stars I love this CD.......2001-12-04

Hey, who cares if this CD doesn't have any new songs? It's an interesting collection anyway. I love it because it's Cyndi and I don't need no more reasons to buy this album.

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