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. The band was fairly short-lived and the album was not a major success until after Lauper's solo career exploded. It has been released on five occasions: * 1980 on Polydor Records on

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and CD (5,000 copy limited edition) 0004239-02* 2007 on

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Track listing

All songs written by

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" (Lauper, Turi, Lee Brovitz) #"Cut Out" (T.J. Fowler, Tom King, Ira Mack) #"Take a Chance" #"Just the Other Day" #" I'm Gonna Be Strong" (

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) #"Lorraine" #"Everybody's Got an Angel" (Blue Angel,

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) 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 *

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

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

References

External links

"Blue Angel" entry at cyndilauper.com"Blue Angel" album Discog entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blue Angel (Blue Angel Album) Cyndi Lauper albums 1980 debut albums Albums produced by Roy Halee Polydor Records albums Blue Angel (band) albums