A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)

A Night to Remember
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	May 9, 1989
Recorded	January 1, 1988– February 28, 1989 at The Hit Factory (New York City)[1]
Genre	Pop rock, adult contemporary[2]
Length	39:53 (43:51 in Japan)
Label	Epic EK-44318
Producer	Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze, Phil Ramone, Eric "E.T." Thornjgren
Cyndi Lauper chronology
True Colors (1986) A Night to Remember (1989) Hat Full of Stars (1993)
Singles from A Night to Remember
"I Drove All Night" Released: April 16, 1989 "My First Night Without You" Released: July 3, 1989 "Heading West" Released: August 22, 1989 "A Night to Remember" Released: October 24, 1989 "Primitive" Released: June 18, 1990 "Unconditional Love" Released: February 6, 1991 (promo-only)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Robert Christgau	C+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
The New York Times	(Not Favorable)[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

A Night to Remember is the third studio album by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper. According to the book St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (Volume 3), the album sold half a million copies in 1989 in the United States.^[8]

Album information

The album cover artwork was taken at the intersection of Plymouth and Pearl Streets just east of the Manhattan Bridge in New York City.

The album did not do as well as her previous albums and neither the recording industry or casual fans took much interest in the project; despite the success of the album's lead single, "I Drove All Night", which became a Top 10 hit, and at year's end, earned her a Grammy nomination.

The album sold moderately well, but could not compare to the multi platinum sales of her two previous albums. Many critics and some fans agreed that a lack of strong hits were one of the main reasons for a lukewarm response to the album. In the UK, it was her highest charting album at No.9, and became her best-selling album there.^[9]

Lauper, and music critics, have noted the various battles she was having with Sony. The company was not keen on accepting Lauper as a songwriter and musician, as well as a singer and fashion/pop cultural icon.

The album was originally conceptualized as a project called "Kindred Spirit" and was going to be released with the track "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)", but when that song and the film Vibes were unsuccessful, it was repackaged. Some proof sheets of the original album artwork exist with the alternate title and track listing.

Although the album is called A Night to Remember, Lauper jokingly prefers to call it "A Night to Forget", given the poor sales, and the problems that happened with David Wolf, her producer and boyfriend at the time, during the production of the album.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Cyndi Lauper	Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze	0:27
2.	"I Drove All Night"	Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg	Lauper, Petze	4:11
3.	"Primitive"	Lauper, Kelly, Steinberg	Lauper, Petze	3:48
4.	"My First Night Without You"	Lauper, Kelly, Steinberg	Lauper, Petze	3:01
5.	"Like a Cat"	Christina Amphlett, Kelly, Steinberg	Lauper, Petze	3:23
6.	"Heading West"	Lauper, Kelly, Steinberg	Lauper, Petze	3:54
7.	"A Night to Remember"	Lauper, Dusty Micale, Franke Previte	Lauper, Petze	3:43
8.	"Unconditional Love"	Lauper, Kelly, Steinberg	Lauper, Petze	3:55
9.	"Insecurious"	Lauper, Diane Warren, Desmond Child	Lauper, Petze	3:31
10.	"Dancing with a Stranger"	Lauper, Previte, Paul Chiten	Lauper, Eric Thorngren	4:11
11.	"I Don't Want to Be Your Friend"	Warren	Lauper, Petze, Phil Ramone	4:21
12.	"Kindred Spirit"	Lauper	Lauper, Petze	1:16
Total length:				41:00

Bonus Track (Japan, 1996 reissue)[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)"	Richard Orange	3:59

Exclusive track (2008/2013 Japanese remaster)
No.	Title	Length
14.	"I Drove All Night (live at Summer Sonic 07)"	3:59

• "Unabbreviated Love" (Lauper, D. Micale, F. Previte) was recorded for the album but only appeared on the B-side of "My First Night Without You".^[12]
• "Don't Look Back" (Lauper, John Turi) was recorded for the pre-A Night To Remember album titled 'Kindred Spirit' and appeared on initial artwork (when Hole in My Heart was also included in the tracklist). It has not since been released (or leaked).
• "Summer Sonic 07" live track recorded at Japan Summer Sonic Festival, either Osaka (August 11, 2007) or Tokyo (August 12, 2007).
• Tracks 13 and 14 are bonus tracks on the 2008 Japan remastered Mini-LP version (& 2013 re-issue of same).^[13]
• In 2013, the 2008 Japan remaster was reissued on BSCD2 format with the same 2008 track listing.^[14]

Accolades

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1990	"I Drove All Night"	Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance	Nominated

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[15]	Gold	35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[16]	Gold	50,000
France (SNEP)[17]	Gold	153,400[18]
Japan (RIAJ)[19]	Platinum	145,260[20]
United States (RIAA)[21]	Gold	500,000[8]
^*sales figures based on certification alone

Charts

Chart positions Chart (1989) Peak position Australian ARIA Album Chart[22] 17 Canadian Albums Chart[23] 34 French SNEP Albums Chart[24] 15 German Media Control Albums Chart[25] 21 Italian Albums Chart[26] 18 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[27] 3 New Zealand Albums Chart[28] 11 Swedish Albums Chart[29] 32 Swiss Albums Chart[30] 18 UK Albums Chart[31] 9 U.S. Billboard 200[32] 37

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Position Australian Albums Chart[33] 56 French Albums Chart[34] 48 Italian Albums Chart[26] 83 Japanese Albums Chart[35] 83

Personnel

Rick Derringer – guitar Cyndi Lauper – dulcimer, arranger, vocals, background vocals, producer, art direction Paul Pesco – guitar Gary Wright – engineer Angela Clemmons-Patrick – background vocals Gordon Grody – background vocals Larry Blackmon – background vocals Bobby Bandiera – guitar Bootsy Collins – bass Jeff Bova – arranger, keyboards Jimmy Bralower – arranger, drum programming Eric Clapton – guitar (track 11) Dave Dale – guitar Rockin' Dopsie – accordion Steve Ferrone – drums Neil Jason – bass Tomi Jenkins – background vocals Tom Kelly – background vocals Bakithi Khumalo – bass Nathan Leftenant – background vocals Tim Leitner Gary Lyons – engineer George Marino – mastering John McCurry – guitar, coral sitar Dave McNair – mixing

Rob Newhouse – guitar Lennie Petze – arranger, producer Joe Pirrera – assistant engineer Franke Previte – background vocals Phil Ramone – producer George Recile – triangle, frotois Frank Simms – background vocals George Simms – background vocals David Spinner – background vocals Carole Steele – percussion Billy Steinberg – arranger T.M. Stevens – bass Eric "ET" Thorngren – arranger, producer, engineer Richard Travali – synthesizer John Turi – keyboards, saxophone David Wolff – executive producer Peter Wood – keyboards Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass Stacy Drummond – art direction Chip Simons – photography Joe Bellia – drum machine David Tabatsky Tommy Mandel – keyboards Craig Vogel – engineer

External links

• A Night to Remember at discogs; click "more images" for publishing

References

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