The Body Acoustic

The Body Acoustic is a compilation album released by American singer Cyndi Lauper in 2005. It consists of ten previously released tracks which have been re-recorded and re-arranged acoustically, as well as two new songs. The album title is a play on Walt Whitman's poem 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, Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Beck, Vivian Green, Ani DiFranco, and Puffy AmiYumi.

The Body Acoustic
Compilation album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	November 8, 2005
Genre	Pop rock acoustic rock
Length	52:15
Label	Epic Daylight
Producer	Cyndi Lauper William Wittman Rick Chertoff
Cyndi Lauper chronology
Hey Now! (Remixes & Rarities) (2005) The Body Acoustic (2005) Bring Ya to the Brink (2008)
Singles from The Body Acoustic
"Time After Time" Released: 2005 "Above the Clouds" Released: 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

The original pressing of the album became the only album from Cyndi Lauper to be copy-protected using Sony's controversial XCP technology.[4]

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Money Changes Everything" (featuring Adam Lazzara)	Tom Gray	5:14
2.	"All Through the Night" (featuring Shaggy)	Jules Shear	4:40
3.	"Time After Time" (featuring Sarah McLachlan)	Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman	4:17
4.	"She Bop"	Lauper, Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Stephen Broughton Lunt	4:16
5.	"Above the Clouds" (featuring Jeff Beck; previously unreleased)	Lauper, Beck, Jed Leiber	3:57
6.	"I'll Be Your River" (featuring Vivian Green; previously unreleased)	Lauper, Tom Hammer	4:47
7.	"Sisters of Avalon" (featuring Ani DiFranco & Vivian Green)	Lauper, Jan Pulsford	5:27
8.	"Shine"	Lauper, William Wittman	3:32
9.	"True Colors"	Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg	4:09
10.	"Water's Edge" (featuring Sarah McLachlan)	Lauper, Hyman	4:49
11.	"Fearless"	Lauper	4:07
12.	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (featuring Puffy AmiYumi)	Robert Hazard	2:59

Personnel

• Cyndi Lauper – vocals, appalachian dulcimer, guitar
• Rick Chertoff – piano, producer
• Allison Cornell – violin, viola, dulcimer drone, background vocals
• Jeff Beck – guitar on "Above the Clouds"
• Kat Dyson – slide guitar, rhythm guitar on "Sisters of Avalon"
• Mark Egan – bass guitar
• Steve Gaboury – organs, Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, harmonium
• Jim Hines – trumpet
• Rob Hyman – melodica
• Zev Katz – bass
• Tom Malone – trombone
• Sammy Merendino – drums
• Jamie West-Oram – guitar
• William Wittman – bass guitar, background vocals, producer

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart[5]	60
Colombia Albums Chart	47
French Albums Chart[6]	190
Japanese Albums Chart	42
Swiss Albums Chart[7]	86
UK Albums Chart[8]	55
US Billboard 200[9]	112

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Cyndi Lauper: The Body Acoustic > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
2. "The Body Acoustic Review". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
3. Walters, Barry (3 November 2005). "Cyndi Lauper: The Body Acoustic". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
4. List of titles affected by XCP
5. "Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
6. "Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
7. "Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic" (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
8. "Chart Log UK: 1994–2010". zobbel.de. Cyndi Lauper. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
9. "Cyndi Lauper Album & Song Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 11 October 2011.