- pop, pop rock, electronic, rock
- 38 min
- 10 tracks
- Portrait
True Colors is the second studio album by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986, by Portrait Records. The album spawned several commercially successful singles as "True Colors", "Change of Heart", and "What's Going On" reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first two charting within the top five. The album was produced by Lauper and Lennie Petze.
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Spare, character-led, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Classic Pop4/5 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB−
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Tracks
- 1Change of Heart4:25
- 2Maybe He'll Know4:27
- 3Boy Blue4:47
- 4True Colors3:48
- 5Calm Inside the Storm3:55
- 6What's Going On4:39
- 7Iko Iko2:10
- 8The Faraway Nearby2:60
- 99113:16
- 10One Track Mind3:41
10 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Cyndi Lauper
- Label
- Portrait
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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