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Track Listings
| 1. At Last |
| 2. Walk On By |
| 3. Stay |
| 4. La Vie En Rose |
| 5. Unchained Melody |
| 6. If You Go Away |
| 7. Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) |
| 8. My Baby Just Cares For Me |
| 9. Makin' Whoopee |
| 10. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood |
| 11. You've Really Got A Hold On Me |
| 12. Hymn To Love |
| 13. On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am absolutely astonished by ms. Cyndi Lauper's wonderful interpretations of these songs. She even made me love La vie en rose and unchained melody - songs I didn't appreciate much before, but she sings with such emotion, it's amazing.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"At Last" is the album that has finally made the masses realise what an incredible singer this woman is. I am known for being a huge fan and some of my friends dismiss her as a novelty act from the 80's. I have exposed them to this CD and the response has been universal. The main comment has been about what a wonderful singer she is and how surprised they are.
I host a program on a community radio station each week. I have been playing songs from "At Last" and the reaction has been amazing. When I played "Stay", I had people asking who it was singing (they loved it). Other presents who were at the station stopped talking and started listening, then singing. "Hymn to Love" garnered phone calls about what a beautiful song it was. In fact, each track has received a postive reaction.
The CD displays Cyndi vocal talents to the full. The musical arrangements are stripped back to basics (not overproduced thank goodness). Her voice is so full of emotion, I not only hear her sing the songs but I can feel her singing them.
Go and buy "At Last".
If you wonder where Cyndi has been since the 80's, go and purchase "Hat Full Of Stars" (1993), "Sisters Of Avalon" (1996) and "Shine" (2002). She has been producing fantastic music since the 80's. There just wasn't much publicity about it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Cyndi grew up in Manhattan, which was (and probably still is) a melting pot, where music from a variety of sources could be heard within a very small area. Inevitably, these diverse influences shaped Cyndi's own musical career, but with this album she has returned to her roots and recorded a selection of the songs that she heard back then. The resulting album is very satisfying to my ears.
Most if not all of these songs were around in the sixties though some are older. There is a trio of songs of French origin (La vie en rose, If you go away, Hymn to love) and plenty of R+B (At last, Stay, Until you come back to me, My baby just cares for me, Don't let me be misunderstood). Of course, Glenn Miller had the original hit with At last, but Etta James made the song her own and I suspect Cyndi grew up with Etta's version. Cyndi recorded the Motown song You've really got a hold on me with just one musician (albeit he plays three instruments) so the way it appears here, it's not R+B, but I love it. Meanwhile Cyndi has turned On the sunny side of the street (which I normally come across on easy listening albums) into an R+B rocker. Cyndi didn't do anything surprising with Walk on by or Unchained melody, by they also sound great.
Some people don't like cover versions but I do, though of course there are exceptions. There are no exceptions here as Cyndi recorded a truly magnificent album.
Most if not all of these songs were around in the sixties though some are older. There is a trio of songs of French origin (La vie en rose, If you go away, Hymn to love) and plenty of R+B (At last, Stay, Until you come back to me, My baby just cares for me, Don't let me be misunderstood). Of course, Glenn Miller had the original hit with At last, but Etta James made the song her own and I suspect Cyndi grew up with Etta's version. Cyndi recorded the Motown song You've really got a hold on me with just one musician (albeit he plays three instruments) so the way it appears here, it's not R+B, but I love it. Meanwhile Cyndi has turned On the sunny side of the street (which I normally come across on easy listening albums) into an R+B rocker. Cyndi didn't do anything surprising with Walk on by or Unchained melody, by they also sound great.
Some people don't like cover versions but I do, though of course there are exceptions. There are no exceptions here as Cyndi recorded a truly magnificent album.
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At Last
I did not find bad language on this CD, much more enjoyable to the ear, I enjoyed tracks quite good.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. I. D. Rhodes
Out of the fall out shelter
Covers are nothing new to Cyndi Lauper today and thank God for that.As a songwriter she is only average but covers throws her into an entirely new light. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Richard
CYNDI LAUPER "AT LAST" CD
I am a fan of the majority of Cyndi's songs/cds. BUT for some reason many[but not all]of the songs
on this 2003 release "AT LAST" do not seem to appeal to me. Read more
on this 2003 release "AT LAST" do not seem to appeal to me. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. W. J. Wright
Cyndi Lauper. At Last
'She's so unusual', and quite distinct from many other femmes. I was very pleased with this purchase although I am not generally a fan of cover albums. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by D. Myers
A classic album full of 'classic' songs from Cyndi!
This is a compilation of 'covers' from Cyndi Lauper - something only she and a handful of artistes are able to do really successfully. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by FAMOUS NAME
At Last...
Twenty years later, Cyndi Lauper once again, in times of artistic expansion branches out from what we've come to expect. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2007 by Kevin Wilkinson
Stick to the day job, Cyndi
Cyndi Lauper's 'true colours' are brilliant - a talented artist, with a unique voice and many great songs to her credit, but this 'back to the roots' offering is just terrible. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2006 by strange
Cyndi returns witha superb album
Buy this album if you want to hear cyndi belt out some classic tunes. At last blew me away. Love stay and unchained melody is a version that doesnt make you think of the film... Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2005 by M. Walker
Mixed bag
I grew up listening to Cyndi. I still have several of her albums. Every one must evolve and in many ways Cyndi has for the better. There is a major problem with this album however. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2005 by bernie
where is Cyndi???
This cd just won't go NEAR my cd-player. It does not sound like Cyndi at all... Some songs are modarate, but not ONE song really blew me away... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2005
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