Blue Angel (Blue Angel album) explained

Blue Angel
Type:	Album
Artist:	Blue Angel
Cover:	BlueAngelAlbumCover.jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	1980
Length:	35:25
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Roy Halee

Blue Angel is the only studio and eponymous album by the American band Blue Angel released in 1980. They were fronted by a pre-fame Cyndi Lauper. The band was fairly short-lived and the album was not a major success until after Lauper's solo career exploded.

The album has been reissued several times, being available for digital download in 2007, and on compact disc in 2023, following its limited CD reissue in 2005 through Universal Records.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Cyndi Lauper and John Turi except where noted.

1. "Maybe He'll Know"
2. "I Had a Love"
3. "Fade"
4. "Anna Blue"
5. "Can't Blame Me"
6. "Late" (Lauper, Turi, Lee Brovitz)
7. "Cut Out" (T.J. Fowler, Tom King, Ira Mack)
8. "Take a Chance"
9. "Just the Other Day"
10. "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
11. "Lorraine"
12. "Everybody's Got an Angel" (Blue Angel, Henry Gross)

Demo tracks have leaked to the internet that did not appear on the album. Titles include "Don't Know," "Magazine Cover," "What a Thrill" and "Witness". Many tracks were later re-recorded by Lauper including "What a Thrill," "Witness", "Maybe He'll Know" and "I'm Gonna Be Strong".

Personnel

Blue Angel

• Cyndi Lauper – lead singer, acoustic piano
• John Turi – keyboards, saxophone
• Johnny "Bullet" Morelli – drums
• Lee Brovitz – bass
• Arthur "Rockin' A" Neilson – guitar

Technical

• Roy Halee – production, engineer
• Lincoln Y. Clapp – assistant engineer
• Benno Friedman – photography
• Stephanie Zuras – design
• Bob Heimall – art direction

External links

• "Blue Angel" entry at cyndilauper.com
• "Blue Angel" album Discog entry

Notes and References

1. Web site: Duquette . Mike . 2023-10-30 . I'm Gonna Be Strong: Blue Angel's Album, Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Gets Reissued - The Second Disc . 2023-11-05 . The Second Disc . en-US.