Bring Ya to the Brink
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| Studio album by Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| Released | May 27, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, dance-pop, electronic, house | |||
| Length | 49:36 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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Cyndi Lauper (also exec.) Peer Åström, Axwell, Basement Jaxx, Johan Bobäck, Digital Dog, Dragonette, DJ Emz, Kleerup, Richard Morel, The Scumfrog, William Wittman |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| Billboard | (favorable) |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The New York Times | (mixed) |
| NOW | (favorable) |
| The Observer | (positive) |
| PopMatters | (7/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant Magazine | |
Bring Ya to the Brink is American singer Cyndi Lauper's ninth studio album and was released on May 27, 2008 in the United States, with a worldwide tour later that summer. The album is a dance-oriented collection featuring collaborations with Basement Jaxx, Richard Morel, Max Martin and Kleerup, amongst others. Regarded as Lauper's strongest set of original material in recent years, the Songwriters Hall of Fame has regarded the album track 'High and Mighty' as one of Lauper's key songs, and the album received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2009. The song "Set Your Heart" was released as a promo-only single in Japan in early 2008 and "Same Ol' Story" was the first official single released worldwide on May 6, 2008. "Into the Nightlife" was released as the album's second official single.
The album is Lauper's last album to date for Epic Records, her label since the 1980s.
Lauper visited England and Sweden during early 2007 where she wrote songs with dance artists such as The Scumfrog, Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and Axwell. She also wrote and produced four of the album's tracks with Washington DC DJ Richard Morel. Art direction on the album was credited to Cyndi Lauper, Sheri Lee & Meghan Foley, with photography by Stefanie Schneider.
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