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{{Infobox album
| name = The Body Acoustic
| type = studio
| artist = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| cover = CyndiLauperBodyAcoustic.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2005|11|8}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
* Water Music Studio (Hoboken, NJ)
* LiveWire Studios (New York, NY)
* Elm Street Studios (Conshohocken, PA)
* Stratosphere Sound (New York, NY)
* Magic Shop (New York, NY)
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop rock]]|[[Acoustic music|acoustic rock]]}}
| length = 52:15
| label = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Daylight Records|Daylight]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Cyndi Lauper]]|William Wittman|[[Rick Chertoff]]}}
| prev_title = [[Hey Now! (Remixes & Rarities)]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Bring Ya to the Brink]]
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Body Acoustic
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]
| single1date = 2005
| single2 = Above the Clouds
| single2date = 2005
}}
}}
'''''The Body Acoustic''''' is the ninth studio album released by American singer [[Cyndi Lauper]] in 2005. It consists of ten previously released songs which have been re-recorded and re-arranged [[Acoustic music|acoustically]], as well as two new songs. The album title is a play on [[Walt Whitman]]'s poem ''[[I Sing the Body Electric (Whitman)|I Sing the Body Electric]]'', with the word ''body'' in this case referring to Lauper's body of work as a recording artist. The album features a number of guest artists, including [[Adam Lazzara]], [[Shaggy (artist)|Shaggy]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Vivian Green]], [[Ani DiFranco]], and [[Puffy AmiYumi]].
A [[DualDisc]] edition of the album was released which contained the entire album in enhanced stereo, four new videos directed by Lauper herself as well as a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the album. The original pressing of the album became the only album from Cyndi Lauper to be [[copy protection|copy-protected]] using Sony's controversial [[Extended Copy Protection|XCP]] technology.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081224153240/http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html List of titles affected by XCP]</ref>
==Background and production==
The album was produced by Rick Chertoff, who worked with the singer on her debut album, [[She's So Unusual]], from 1983, and William Wittman, who produced her ''[[At Last (Cyndi Lauper album)|At Last]]'' album.<ref name=billconvBACL>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61478/laupers-body-acoustic-reinvents-hits|title=Lauper's 'Body Acoustic' Reinvents Hits|accessdate=October 5, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 13, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001205829/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61478/laupers-body-acoustic-reinvents-hits|archive-date=October 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.antena1.com.br/content.php?recid=1246|title=Cindy acústica|accessdate=October 5, 2021|work=Antena 1|last=Prado|first=João Marcos|date=September 23, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109081644/http://www.antena1.com.br/content.php?recid=1246|archive-date=November 9, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> The twelve songs selected for the record are essentially Lauper's biggest hits, such as "[[All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song)|All Through the Night]]", "[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]" and her signature song "[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]", all of which are revamped with acoustic jams and sounds of [[dulcimer]] played by Lauper herself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-12-16-0512160101-story.html|title=At 52, Cyndi Lauper has a great 'Body Acoustic'|accessdate=October 5, 2021|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|last=Ollison|first=Rashod D.|date=September 23, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620024648/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-12-16-0512160101-story.html|archive-date=June 20, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many artists featured in the records, including: [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]], [[Ani DiFranco]], [[Adam Lazzara]] from [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Puffy AmiYumi]], [[Sarah McLachlan]] and [[Vivian Green]].<ref name=billconvBACL/> In an interview with ''Bay Area'''s reporter, the singer said that she had a "wish list" with the artists she always wanted to work with, many of them said yes to the invitation to work on the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture/music//229636|title=She sings 'The Body Acoustic'|first=Gregg|last=Shapiro|date=November 8, 2005|accessdate=October 5, 2021|work=Bay Area Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628205343/https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture/music//229636|archive-date=June 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
In an interview with the [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] newspaper ''Extra'', the singer said that the album was a special project, with the intervention of the record company and that she does not consider it as a "career album".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/cindy-lauper-fala-sobre-seu-novo-disco-turne-no-brasil-a-decepcao-quando-soube-que-nao-era-gay-531676.html|title=Cindy Lauper fala sobre seu novo disco, a turnê no Brasil e a decepção quando soube que não era gay|accessdate=October 5, 2021|work=Extra|last=Samora|first=Guilherme|date=June 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907061745/https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/cindy-lauper-fala-sobre-seu-novo-disco-turne-no-brasil-a-decepcao-quando-soube-que-nao-era-gay-531676.html|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=allTBA>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r804257|tab=review |label="Cyndi Lauper: ''The Body Acoustic'' > Review" |first=Thom |last=Jurek |accessdate=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RStbaCL>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-body-acoustic-20051103 |title=Cyndi Lauper: ''The Body Acoustic'' |first=Barry |last=Walters |date=3 November 2005 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2score = {{rating-Christgau|cut}}<ref name=RCtbaCL>{{cite web | url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=13132 | title=The Body Acoustic Review | access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>
}}
The album received good reviews from [[music critic]]s. Thom Jurek from ''[[AllMusic]]'' website gave the album three and a half stars out of five and wrote that while the idea of guest songs and acoustic versions might seem like a skewed idea, the album comes across as "entirely new, full of adventure, courage, polish and soul".<ref name=allTBA/> Barry Waters from the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine gave the album three stars out of five and noted that " continued progression into quieter material may have left her mainstream rock fans behind years ago, but it has clearly improved her chops."<ref name=RStbaCL/> Music critic [[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a "Choice Cut" for the song "[[Money Changes Everything]]",<ref name=RCtbaCL/> with that kind of rating he implies that the song "is a good song on an album that's not worth your time or money".
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = [[Money Changes Everything]]
| note1 = featuring [[Adam Lazzara]]
| writer1 = Tom Gray
| extra1 = ''[[She's So Unusual]]''
| length1 = 5:14
| title2 = [[All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song)|All Through the Night]]
| note2 = featuring [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]
| writer2 = [[Jules Shear]]
| extra2 = ''She's So Unusual''
| length2 = 4:40
| title3 = [[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]
| note3 = featuring [[Sarah McLachlan]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Cyndi Lauper]]|[[Rob Hyman]]}}
| extra3 = ''She's So Unusual''
| length3 = 4:17
| title4 = [[She Bop]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Lauper|[[Rick Chertoff]]|[[Gary Corbett]]|Stephen Broughton Lunt}}
| extra4 = ''She's So Unusual''
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Above the Clouds
| note5 = featuring [[Jeff Beck]]
| writer5 = {{hlist|Lauper|Jeff Beck|Jed Leiber}}
| extra5 = Previously unreleased
| length5 = 3:57
| title6 = I'll Be Your River
| note6 = featuring [[Vivian Green]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Lauper|Tom Hammer}}
| extra6 = Previously unreleased
| length6 = 4:47
| title7 = [[Sisters of Avalon (song)|Sisters of Avalon]]
| note7 = featuring [[Ani DiFranco]] & Vivian Green
| writer7 = {{hlist|Lauper|Jan Pulsford}}
| extra7 = ''[[Sisters of Avalon]]''
| length7 = 5:27
| title8 = [[Shine (Cyndi Lauper song)|Shine]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|Lauper|William Wittman}}
| extra8 = ''[[Shine (Cyndi Lauper album)|Shine]]''
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = [[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)|True Colors]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|[[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]]|[[Billy Steinberg]]}}
| extra9 = ''[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]]''
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Water's Edge
| note10 = featuring Sarah McLachlan
| writer10 = {{hlist|Lauper|Hyman}}
| extra10 = ''Shine''
| length10 = 4:49
| title11 = Fearless
| writer11 = Lauper
| extra11 = ''Sisters of Avalon''
| length11 = 4:07
| title12 = [[Girls Just Want To Have Fun (song)|Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]
| note12 = featuring [[Puffy AmiYumi]]
| writer12 = {{hlist|[[Robert Hazard]]|Lauper}}
| extra12 = ''She's So Unusual''
| length12 = 2:59
}}
== Personnel ==
* Cyndi Lauper – [[Singing|vocals]], [[appalachian dulcimer]], [[guitar]]
* [[Sarah McLachlan]] – vocals on ''[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]'' and ''Water's Edge''
* Rick Chertoff – [[piano]], producer
* Allison Cornell – [[violin]], [[viola]], dulcimer drone, [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]]
* [[Jeff Beck]] – guitar on "Above the Clouds"
* Jamie West-Oram – guitar
* Kat Dyson – [[slide guitar]], [[rhythm guitar]] on "Sisters of Avalon"
* William Wittman – [[bass guitar]], background vocals, producer
* Mark Egan – bass guitar
* Zev Katz – bass
* Steve Gaboury – [[piano]], [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[Roland Juno-60|Roland Juno-60 synthesizer]], [[Pump organ|harmonium]]
* Jim Hines – [[trumpet]]
* Rob Hyman – [[melodica]]
* [[Tom Malone (musician)|Tom Malone]] – [[trombone]]
* Sammy Merendino – [[Drum kit|drums]]
== Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2005)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="aus2">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/exZAWf0|title=ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=December 2, 2023}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
|align="center"|175
|-
|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=The+Body+Acoustic&cat=a |language=German |title=Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|60
|-
|Colombia Albums Chart{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|align="center"|47
|-
|French Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=The+Body+Acoustic&cat=a |language=French |title=Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic |publisher=lescharts.com |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|190
|-
|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref name="italy">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=January 23, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Cyndi Lauper".</ref>
|align="center"|40
|-
|Japanese Albums Chart{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|align="center"|42
|-
|Scottish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20060319/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart 19 March 2006 - 25 March 2006|accessdate=8 September 2023|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|61
|-
|Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=The+Body+Acoustic&cat=a|language=German |title=Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic |publisher=hitparade.ch |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|86
|-
|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_L.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: 1994–2010 |at=Cyndi Lauper |publisher=zobbel.de |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|55
|-
|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=cyndi lauper|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Cyndi Lauper Album & Song Chart History |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=11 October 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|112
|-
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Cyndi Lauper}}
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[[Category:2005 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Cyndi Lauper compilation albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Rick Chertoff]]
[[Category:Epic Records compilation albums]]
[[Category:Daylight Records albums]]
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