Cyndi Lauper - True Colors [MOFI] [LP]

A Vocal Tour de Force: Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Features Big-Name Guests and Ambitious Arrangements, Includes "What's Going On" and "Change of Heart"

Illuminating Sonics: Silver Label Series 33RPM LP Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing

1/2" / 30 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe

Cyndi Lauper could've easily played up the independent wild-child pop persona she established on her breakthrough debut until the trend faded. Instead, on her superb sophomore effort, the charismatic artist opts for a more mature and creatively ambitious program, inviting big-name guests and pursuing deeper instrumental textures on a set that goes far beyond the well-known title track. True Colors is a vocal tour de force, an expressive statement on which Lauper showcases singing steeped in emotion, phrasing, and earnestness.

Bringing Lauper's rich timbre to the fore, and mastered on Mobile Fidelity's world-renowned mastering system, this Silver Label Series LP presents the 1986 album in the finest fidelity it's ever enjoyed. Period touches such as synthesized drumbeats and layered keyboards no longer sound blatantly artificial or canned. Instruments now possess a warmer, fuller roundness that fleshes out their role in the compositions. And Lauper's vocals—at times balladic, soaring, plaintive, stylish, and celebratory—occupy a defined place in the mix, anchoring songs etched with tonal expressiveness and diverse arrangements.

1. Change of Heart
2. Maybe He'll Know
3. Boy Blue
4. True Colors
5. Calm Inside the Storm
6. What's Going On
7. Iko Iko
8. The Faraway Nearby
9. 911
10. One Track Mind