After "Hat Full of Stars", Cyndi Lauper still could not get arrested and now with "Sisters of Avalon", an accesible and brilliant album I still hear Britney Spears squawking away instead of Cyndi Lauper's new material. Cyndi has grown so much as an artist and songs like the hard rock anthem's "You Don't KNow" and "Love to Hate" showcase her talent well. Dance halls should be blasting "The Ballad of Cleo and Joe" and we should all be slow dancing to songs like "Hot Gets a Little Cold" and "Fall Into Your Dreams". The most touching song is "Fearless"...simple and simply great! BUY THIS ALBUM!!!! You won't be disappointed!

This album came out in 1996, and personally I was not used to the new sound of Cyndi Lauper. I guess I was still living "A Night To Remember." After playing this CD about three times, I felt that this is a wonderful album with such soul. It's a very eclectic album with Cyndi singing as she's never sung before. God, She's good!

SISTERS OF AVALON: Starts this album off with a bang! "Felt someone calling me into the howling of the wind." is the first lyrics she sings. This song is truly about union and strength. Very Spiritual.

BALLAD OF CLEO & JOE: is also awesome. Very dancey/disco/club song about a ballad of a drag queen "And the working boy becomes a dancing queen."

FALL INTO YOUR DREAMS: This song is one of my favorites. I love the melody as well as the wonderful lyrics. This song should have been a single "Little baby, on my shoulder

I could fall into your dreams ..."

YOU DON'T KNOW: was the first single off this album, and a song I truly love and relate to. It's about not fitting in, which I think Cyndi's had issues about ever since fame. "You don't know where you belong You should be more careful As you follow blindly along ... You just need to belong somehow." and I definetly think that's true.

LOVE TO HATE: Is a very nitty gritty song... totally cool!

HOT GETS A LITTLE COLD: acoustic/folk type song. Very cool and lovely lyrics.

UNHOOK THE STARS: This song took a long time for me to get into but I was going through a difficult time and these things helped me to know that other people go through hard times as well. "Just when everything's in order and good, things fall apart."

SEARCHING: Also a very cool track! Cyndi opened with this song a few times on the tour for this album... very new age "Feel like I'm crawling on my belly Longing and glad ... Excited at prospects, Humbled and mad"

SAY A PRAYER & MOTHER: These two tracks are still growing on me is the reason I gave this album 4/5 stars.

FEARLESS: YES!! An awesome song... most of us first heard it on the RuPaul Show! Great song! I love it, one of the best ballads she's done!! "But if I was fearless ...Could I be your reckless friend"

I bought this cd several years ago (I believe I was 18 at the time) and was somewhat disappointed. I absolutely loved all of Cyndi's other albums, but had trouble enjoying this one. Well, after a couple of years had passed I started listening to 'Unhook the Stars' and decided to give the album another shot. I couldn't believe what I'd been missing out on! The title track, 'Hot Gets A Little Cold', 'Fearless', and 'You Don't Know' are my favorite tracks. So, at least in this writers case, I found 'Sisters' most enjoyable after a couple year's shelf life. If for some crazy reason you couldn't appreciate this album on first listen, now's the chance to give it another shot!

This album seems to have fallen under the radar of the 90's music scene, but with "Ballad of Cleo & Joe" bringing a techie arabic flavor to dance pop, "Love to Hate" showing the kind of angry Grrrrl power music Cyndi brought into the 80's, this album shows the kind of underlying talent that is timeless. Every song on this one is strong, and probably could have turned into a hit. Moving from Folksy "Hot Gets a Little Cold" to the goofy "Brimstone and Fire", any fan will recognize the almost pathological eclecticism of the work, but all through Cyndi's crystal voice leads you through an album that stands up against any of the last 5 years.

Listening to this album is a frustrating task considering that you're listening to such high standard and innovative, personal and sincere music and it went virtually unnoticed. It's inexplicable why this tremendous document of Cyndi Lauper's talent and soul received no Grammy nominations nor high chart rankings to accompany its rave reviews. At a time when women in music were gaining so much recognition and praise in the industry and record shops this was--still is--a lesson in how ANY artist achieves integrity in their work. If any album ever deserved one of those multi-million dollar advertising pushes behind it, this was certainly it, simply to get the word out. Cyndi offers a collection of songs that are intensely personal from her point of view, as well as the characters' who appear in her songs. Each of Cyndi's songs fulfills her listener with a deep degree of thoughtful introspection, something other artists are merely capable of as far as the surface is concerned. Mentioning individual titles is pointles since every single one presents its own intrigue and emotion. Personal favorites aside, no single track is less than the next. Sisters Of Avalon indeed ranks among one of the best of the 90s--It's a Lilith Fair all on its own. The only factor that prevented me from giving this release a fifth star is that the continuity gets a bit slow during the second half. Listening to it I've often thought that something a little more upbeat was needed somewhere between tracks 6 and 11. But don't let this deter you from wanting to own this superb collection.