Released September 15, 1986 Artist Cyndi Lauper Label Portrait Records | Length 37:57 Release date 15 September 1986 | |
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Recorded November 22, 1985 –May 31, 1986 Studio The Power Station, The Hit Factory
(New York City, New York) Producer Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze True Colors
(1986) The Best Remixes
(1989) Genres Pop music, Rock music, New wave Similar Cyndi Lauper albums, Rock music albums | ||
True Colors is the second album by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986. The album produced several hits as "True Colors", "Change of Heart", and "What's Going On" reached the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first two becoming top 5 hits.
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Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album earned Lauper several awards and accolades, including two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards. True Colors peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart.
Album information
Lauper said that the songs of the album are a way to say: "Have the courage of your convictions and love yourself a little", and "not to be so hard on yourself".
In the United States, True Colors has been certified double platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It topped the Australian chart for four weeks and, in Japan, outsold She's So Unusual, although that was not the case in most countries.
The album produced the singles "True Colors" (No. 1 Billboard Hot 100), "Change of Heart" (No. 3), "What's Going On" (No. 12), and "Boy Blue" (No. 71). Each single had a music video although the video for "Boy Blue" was just a live performance from her Zenith concert in Paris.
True Colors was re-issued in a Japanese exclusive limited edition box set 11-track digitally remastered CD album.
The title song, written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, has been covered by many other artists, and was used as the theme song for the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 2003 Rugby World Cup and for Kodak cameras and film. In 2010, the song was also featured on the soundtrack of Sex and the City 2.
The album sold 7 million copies worldwide.
Track listing
Personnel
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Songs
1Change of Heart4:25
2Maybe He'll Know4:27
3Boy Blue4:47