True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)
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| Studio album by Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| Released | September 15, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | November 22, 1985 –May 31, 1986 | |||
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The Power Station, The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) |
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 37:57 | |||
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Portrait RK-40313 |
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| Producer | Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze | |||
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| Singles from True Colors | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Robert Christgau | B– |
| Rolling Stone | Favorable |
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.
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.
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.
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