
"Rocking Chair" (track 3) and Lyfe (track 5) are a severe hindrance as they cause a good-suck-good-suck pattern with the album; every other one is solid. But that stops by track 6, "Same Ol' Story" (the first single), which glides us to the finish line without any further problems. Indeed, without those 3 awful songs and including the 2 bonus tracks you'll get from Japan and iTunes (superfun "Got Candy" and the superb ballad "Can't Breathe"), it would've been probably the best Cyndi Lauper album ever. However, she falls into the same exact habit she has always had with her albums: some amazing songs and some really awful ones. When she hits, she hits hard; when she misses, she explodes into the stratosphere.
Well, since I've got the international edition, I don't have a problem overlooking those 3 bad spots and saying it's an easy save.
Grade: B- (standard edition), B+ (international edition)
Download This: "Can't Breathe," "Same Ol' Story," "Into the Nightlife," "Echo"