Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic website gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that with the album Lauper tried 'becoming a self-consciously 'mature' singer/songwriter' and that the album's songs 'doesn't always work' except for 'I Drove All Night' which 'make a lasting impression' and illustrate 'what Lauper was attempting to achieve with the record'. Critical reception Professional ratings Review scoresĬritically, the album was met with mixed-to-poor reviews. The album's final cover artwork was taken at the intersection of Plymouth and Pearl Streets, just east of the Manhattan Bridge, in Brooklyn, New York. 'Unabbreviated Love,' penned by Lauper, Dusty Micale and Franke Previte, was recorded for the album but only appeared on the B-side of the ' My First Night Without You' single.

Some proof sheets of the original album artwork exist with the alternate title and track listing. The songs 'A Night to Remember', 'Dancing With a Stranger' and 'I Don't Want to Be Your Friend' were added to the tracklist later on after the release date was pushed back to 1989, with the other songs being remixed some time between their original 1988 planned release date and their eventual release. The two songs that were removed were 'Hole in My Heart,' which would only appear on Japanese CD editions of A Night to Remember, and 'Don't Look Back,' written by Lauper and John Turi, which remains unreleased. The original Kindred Spirit tracklist included 10 songs, eight of which were eventually included on the final album. The album was originally conceptualized as a project called Kindred Spirit, due for release in October 1988, and was going to include the track ' Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)', but when that song and the film it was featured in, Vibes, were unsuccessful, the album was reworked.

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