Shine (Cyndi Lauper album)

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May 3, 2004 (LP in Japan)<ref name="four">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>1999/2000Template:Flatlist54:47Template:FlatlistTemplate:Flatlistx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Shine is the eighth studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released exclusively in Japan in 2004.<ref name="four"/> The album was ready for release in 2001 but Edel Records, the label it was recorded with, folded. The leaked tracks from a demonstration disc quickly circulated on the Internet and by 2002 Lauper realized there was no point in trying to release it in a widespread fashion. Two EPs were released instead: One was also called "Shine" and the other was called "Shine Remixes".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The "Shine EP" has sold 41,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The album expands on the sound Lauper developed with her 1997 album Sisters of Avalon. Mostly pop songs, it flirts with electronica and new wave while incorporating traditional instruments like sitars and fiddles. The songs are not lyrically linked, and explore themes ranging from the Madonna–Whore Complex to celebrity life.

The track "It's Hard to be Me" was penned about Anna Nicole Smith; Smith attempted to buy it as the theme song to her reality show but Lauper declined. In 2010, Lauper did allow the independently produced television pilot Hard to Be Me to use the track for its theme song.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> She then subsequently used it as the theme song to her own reality show Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual.

Track listing

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1. "Higher Plane"
2. "Water's Edge"
3. "Rather Be with You"
4. "Wide Open"
5. "Comfort You"
6. "This Kind of Love"
7. "Higher Plane" (Eddie X Mix)

EP version (2002)

1. "Shine" (Edit) - 3:44
2. "It's Hard to Be Me" - 3:52
3. "Madonna Whore" - 3:38
4. "Water's Edge" - 5:22
5. "Shine" (Illicit Mix) - 4:33

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Japanese Albums	120
US Top Independent Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	42

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalog
United States	16 July 2002	CD (EP Version)	Oglio Records	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Japan	21 April 2004	CD (Album Version)	Epic	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>