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Cyndi has been on quite a roll lately, earning a Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy nod (who saw that coming?) in 2011 for Memphis Blues and a Best Musical Theater Album Grammy this year for Kinky Boots. Now, we celebrate the album that started it all: 1983’s She’s So Unusual, one of the quintessential classics of the MTV era. Cyndi’s thrift-store style and infectiously bubbly personality won over America in a heartbeat as she scored smashes with Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Time After Time; She Bop; All Through the Night, and Money Changes Everything. The CD and vinyl editions include the remastered LP plus bonus remixes of the first two aforementioned hits. Deluxe edition adds unissued demos and rough mixes plus Witness (live); Rules and Regulations (rehearsal); the B-side Right Track Wrong Train, and more. Making the deluxe edition even more unusual: a 24-page booklet with a new essay, rare Annie Leibovitz photos and a reusable sticker set including vinyl cutouts of Cyndi’s outfits and a 3-D backdrop of the bedroom in the Girls Just Want to Have Fun video! Sony Legacy/Epic.