Title: Fantastic, But Feels Like Filler Between Great Singles
Product review: Cyndi's debut dazzles with fun and exuberance, for at least the first half of the album anyway. The first six tracks are probably the most delightfully infectious collection ever recorded by any artist in the 80s. It's almost comes across as if she's a young girl, rediscovering the exciting new wave sounds and analogue synths for the first time, and imbuding her wacky persona throughout. Ironically, she finally popularised new wave in America just as the genre itself had died out, although the synths serve mainly to give her otherwise anthem pop songs and power ballads an even wackier sound. Unfortunately it all dies out by side 2 of the album, towards the end the album struggles for life through increasingly generic new wave fodder without hook or charm, giving the whole affair an impression of being several dazzling singles being held together with filler.Best Tracks: Money Changes Everything, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, She Bop.
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