The pressure was on for Lauper\u2019s second album. Her first, She\u2019s So Unusual, had been a phenomenal success, selling a reported 16 million copies worldwide thanks to the smash hits \u2018Girls Just Want To Have Fun\u2019 and \u2018Time After Time\u2019. On its September 1986 release, True Colors saw her toning down the wacky, effervescent pop and synth ballads for a more mature sound. The title track was a case in point, an anthemic power ballad that became her second US No 1 and still resonates today.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m grateful to the fans for embracing the range on the True Colors album \u2013 from \u2018True Colors\u2019 to \u2018Boy Blue\u2019 to \u2018Change of Heart\u2019 and my \u2018What\u2019s Going On\u2019 cover,\u201d Lauper says. \u201cYea, I took some risks. I wanted to grow. I was always hoping to become a great artist. To be remembered as someone who tried to push the boundaries a little. I\u2019m lucky to have had partners and fans who embraced what I was doing. You start out wanting to make good music and you hope, also, to make a difference in people\u2019s lives and do something forward in music. I didn\u2019t know if I could, but I tried and people heard me. Thankfully.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The 2LP edition will be pressed on \u201climited-edition\u201d (no word on numbers) rainbow sprinkle vinyl and adds a previously unreleased song, \u2018The River Cried\u2019 to the original album as well as 11 tracks from Lauper\u2019s show at Le Zenith, Paris, that was originally released on the 1987 VHS Cyndi Lauper In Paris.<\/p>\n
The digital release is out now and adds another previously unreleased bonus track \u2013 Lauper\u2019s cover of The Beatles\u2019 \u2018Across The Universe\u2019 and a further six songs from the Paris gig. No CD version appears to be planned, which seems like an oversight considering that previous CD reissues have lacked any bonus material. Maybe Sony is still be recovering from the negative feedback received back in 2014, when She\u2019s So Unusual was reissued as a 2CD deluxe edition, complete with a \u201creusable sticker set\u201d and 3D backdrop and incomplete with ad hoc bonus tracks. <\/p>\n
True Colors \u2013 40th Anniversary Edition 2LP is out on 4 December 2026 via Sony Legacy.<\/p>\n
Tracklisting <\/p>\n
2LP<\/p>\n
Side A<\/p>\n
Change of Heart
\nMaybe He\u2019ll Know
\nBoy Blue
\nTrue Colors
\nCalm Inside the Storm<\/p>\n
Side B<\/p>\n
What\u2019s Going On
\nIko Iko
\nThe Faraway Nearby
\n911
\nOne Track Mind
\nThe River Cried<\/p>\n
Side C<\/p>\n
Change of Heart (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nThe Goonies \u2018R\u2019 Good Enough (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nMaybe He\u2019ll Know (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nBoy Blue (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nTrue Colors (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)<\/p>\n
Side D<\/p>\n
What\u2019s Going On (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nIko Iko (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nCalm Inside the Storm (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\n911 (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nOne Track Mind (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987)
\nTrue Colors (Acapella) (Live at Le Z\u00e9nith, Paris, France \u2013 12 March 1987<\/p>\n
Digital<\/p>\n
Change of Heart
\nMaybe He\u2019ll Know
\nBoy Blue
\nTrue Colors
\nCalm Inside the Storm
\nWhat\u2019s Going On
\nIko Iko
\nThe Faraway Nearby
\n911
\nOne Track Mind
\nThe River Cried
\nAcross the Universe
\nChange of Heart (Live)
\nThe Goonies \u2018R\u2019 Good Enough (Live)
\nBoy Blue (Live)
\nAll Through the Night (Live)
\nWhat\u2019s Going On (Live)
\nIko Iko (Live)
\nShe Bop (Live)
\nCalm Inside the Storm (Live)
\n911 (Live)
\nOne Track Mind (Live)
\nTrue Colors (Live)
\nMaybe He\u2019ll Know (Live)
\nTime After Time (Live)
\nMoney Changes Everything (Live)
\nBand Introduction (Live)
\nGirls Just Want to Have Fun (Live)
\nTrue Colors (A cappella) (Live)<\/p>\n
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