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Shine is the eighth studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released exclusively in Japan in 2004.[1] The album was ready for release in 2001 but Edel Records, the label it was recorded with, folded. The leaked tracks from a demonstration disc quickly circulated on the Internet and by 2002 Lauper realized there was no point in trying to release it in a widespread fashion. Two EPs were released instead: One was also called "Shine" and the other was called "Shine Remixes".[2] The "Shine EP" has sold 41,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3]

Shine
Studio album / EP by Cyndi Lauper
Released	May 2002 (EP) May 3, 2004 (LP in Japan)[1]
Recorded	1999/2000
Genre	Pop rock dance-pop
Length	54:47
Label	Epic Oglio
Producer	Cyndi Lauper William Wittman
Cyndi Lauper chronology
Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life (1998) Shine (2002) The Essential Cyndi Lauper (2003)
Singles from Shine
"Shine" Released: 2002

The album expands on the sound Lauper developed with her 1997 album Sisters of Avalon. Mostly pop songs, it flirts with electronica and new wave while incorporating traditional instruments like sitars and fiddles. The songs are not lyrically linked, and explore themes ranging from the Madonna–Whore Complex to celebrity life.

The track "It's Hard to be Me" was penned about Anna Nicole Smith; Smith attempted to buy it as the theme song to her reality show but Lauper declined. In 2010, Lauper did allow the independently produced television pilot Hard to Be Me to use the track for its theme song.[4] She then subsequently used it as the theme song to her own reality show Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual.

Track listing

Demonstration Cassette (2001) (Contains Demo Versions)[5]

1. "Higher Plane"
2. "Water's Edge"
3. "Rather Be with You"
4. "Wide Open"
5. "Comfort You"
6. "This Kind of Love"
7. "Higher Plane" (Eddie X Mix)

EP version (2002)

1. "Shine" (Edit) - 3:44
2. "It's Hard to Be Me" - 3:52
3. "Madonna Whore" - 3:38
4. "Water's Edge" - 5:22
5. "Shine" (Illicit Mix) - 4:33

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Japanese Albums	120
US Top Independent Albums (Billboard)[6]	42

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog
United States	16 July 2002	CD (EP Version)	Oglio Records	OGL 82015-2[7]
Japan	21 April 2004	CD (Album Version)	Epic	EICP 358[8]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Shine (Cyndi Lauper album)

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[es] Shine (álbum de Cyndi Lauper)

Shine —en español: Brillo— es el octavo álbum de estudio de la cantante estadounidense Cyndi Lauper. Fue lanzado solo en Japón el 3 de mayo de 2004 por Oglio Records.[1] El álbum, producido en su totalidad por Lauper y William Wittman. El álbum expone sobre el sonido Lauper desarrolló desde 1997 en Sisters of Avalon. Mayormente canciones pop, que coquetea con la electrónica y new wave mientras que incorporen instrumentos tradicionales como el sitar y violines. La canción "It's Hard to be Me" fue escrita acerca de Anna Nicole Smith, Smith trató de comprarlo como el tema principal de su reality show, pero Cyndi se negó.

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