The Body Acoustic

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The Body Acoustic
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	52:15
Label	Epic
Producer	Rick Chertoff, Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide 2005 Rolling Stone 2005
Cyndi Lauper chronology
At Last (2003) The Body Acoustic (2005) Bring Ya to the Brink (2008)

The Body Acoustic is the ninth studio album released by Cyndi Lauper. It consists of ten previously released tracks which have been re-recorded and re-arranged acoustically, as well as two entirely new songs. The album title is a play on Walt Whitman's poem "I Sing the Body Electric", with the word body in this case referring to Lauper's body of work as a recording artist. The album features a number of special guests, including Adam Lazzara, Shaggy, Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Beck, Vivian Green, Ani DiFranco, and Puffy AmiYumi.

A DualDisc edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in enhanced stereo, four new videos directed by Lauper herself as well as a "Behind The Scenes" featurette on the making of the album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Money Changes Everything" with Adam Lazzara (Tom Gray) – 5:14
2. "All through the Night" with Shaggy (Jules Shear) – 4:40
3. "Time After Time" with Sarah McLachlan (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman) – 4:17
4. "She Bop" (Lauper, Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Stephen Broughton Lunt) – 4:16
5. "Above the Clouds" with Jeff Beck (Lauper, Beck, Jed Leiber) – 3:57
6. "I'll Be Your River" with Vivian Green (Lauper, Tom Hammer) – 4:47
7. "Sisters of Avalon" with Ani DiFranco & Vivian Green (Lauper, Jan Pulsford) – 5:27
8. "Shine" (Lauper, William Wittman) – 3:32
9. "True Colors" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 4:09
10. "Water's Edge" with Sarah McLachlan (Lauper, Hyman) – 4:49
11. "Fearless" (Lauper) – 4:07
12. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with Puffy AmiYumi (Robert Hazard) – 2:59

Tracks 5 and 6 are new songs, recorded especially for this this album.

[edit] Credits

• Cyndi Lauper - Vocals, dulcimer, guitar
• Rick Chertoff - Piano, Producer
• Allison Cornell - Violin, viola, dulcimer drone, background vocals
• Kat Dyson - Slide guitar, rhythm guitar(on Sisters Of Avalon)
• Mark Egan - Bass guitar
• Steve Gaboury - Organs, juno, harmonium
• Jim Hines - Trumpet
• Rob Hyman - Melodica
• Zev Katz - Bass
• Tom Malone - Trombone
• Sammy Merendino - Drums
• Jamie West-Oram - Guitar
• William Wittman - Bass guitar, background vocals, Producer

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak Position
Austrian Albums Chart	60
French Albums Chart	190
Japanese Albums Chart	42
Swiss Albums Chart	86
US Billboard 200	112
UK Albums Chart	55