Blue Angel (Blue Angel album)

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Blue Angel
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Studio album by
Blue Angel
Released1980
Recorded1980
Genre
Length35:52
Label Polydor
Producer Roy Halee
Singles from Blue Angel
  1. "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
    Released: 1980
  2. "I Had a Love"
    Released: 1980
  3. "Late"
    Released: 1980
  4. "Fade"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Billboard Positive [4]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]

Blue Angel is the only studio and eponymous album by the American band Blue Angel released in 1980. They were fronted by a pre-fame Cyndi Lauper. The band was fairly short-lived and the album was not a major success until after Lauper's solo career exploded.

Contents

The album has been reissued several times, being available for digital download in 2007, and on compact disc in 2023, following its limited CD reissue in 2005 through Universal Records. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cyndi Lauper and John Turi, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Maybe He'll Know" 3:54
2."I Had a Love" 2:47
3."Fade" 2:54
4."Anna Blue" 3:57
5."Can't Blame Me" 2:37
6."Late"Lauper, Turi, Lee Brovitz2:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Cut Out"T. J. Fowler, Tom King, Ira Mack2:17
8."Take a Chance" 2:36
9."Just the Other Day" 2:42
10."I'm Gonna Be Strong" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 2:50
11."Lorraine" 3:44
12."Everybody's Got an Angel"Blue Angel, Henry Gross 2:41

Demo tracks have leaked to the internet that did not appear on the album. Titles include "Don't Know," "Magazine Cover," "What a Thrill" and "Witness". Many tracks were later re-recorded by Lauper including "What a Thrill," "Witness", "Maybe He'll Know" and "I'm Gonna Be Strong".

Personnel

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Technical

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Review of Blue Angel". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved August 17, 2020– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. 1 2 Molanphy, Chris (November 20, 2021). "Be the One to Walk in the Sun Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Review: Blue Angel – Blue Angel" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 42. 18 October 1980. p. 66. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 30 May 2020– via American Radio History.
  5. ↑ Duquette, Mike (2023-10-30). "I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued - The Second Disc". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
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