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Memphis Blues - Cyndi Lauper
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45 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: Superstar of the early MTV era, Cyndi Lauper is still a girl who just wants to have fun on her new album, featuring her unique style of sultry singing and guest appearances by BB King and Jonny Lang.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. Billboard.com
    77
    Everyone knows this girl just wants to have fun, but Cyndi Lauper means business on her new album, Memphis Blues, a guest-studded trip toward Beale Street.
  2. Mojo
    Dec 20, 2010
    60
    Apart from the odd incongruous squawk or squeal, she handles blues standards like How Blue Can You Get, Romance In The dark and Wild Women Don't Get The Blues with real empathy. [Dec 2010, p.108]
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  3. Uncut
    Dec 20, 2010
    20
    Lauper's teeth-itching screech does no favours to the likes of :Shattered Dreams," "Down So Low" and "Crossroads." [Dec 2010, p.98]
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  1. cesarc1989
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a decent come back, but with all the buzz made by her comercial relationship with Gaga and The Apprentice she would have done something way better to stablish herself again as an influential music figure. 6.5… Expand
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