Another middle-aged woman hits the dancefloor

The last time we heard from Cyndi Lauper she'd been involved in a rather unfortunate incident at an outdoor concert in the States. Just as Cyndi was about to launch into a real belter of a note - open wiiide! - a bird flying overhead decided to plop in her mouth. Being the unflappable showbiz trouper that she is, Cyndi simply wiped her chops and carried on singing.

Maybe having the roof of your mouth coated in pigeon poop brings good luck, because Cyndi's new album is looking like a return to form. Bring Ya To The Brink is a dance-electro-pop affair featuring songwriting contributions from Basement Jaxx, Max Martin, Robyn's mate Kleerup, electropop stars Dragonette and an assortment of trendy DJs. That's a far more interesting creative team, we might note, than Madonna assembled for her Hard Candy album.

Rather generously, Cyndi's popped six songs from the album onto her MySpace page - and very good they are too. Our favourites are 'Into The Nightlife', which has a terrific arms-in-the-air chorus, and 'Same Ol' Story', a sod-the-bloke-I'm-going-out-dancing anthem with a naughty word in the chorus. 'Grab A Hold', which sounds a little bit like Erasure, is also well worth a listen.

Brink Ya To The Brink doesn't have a UK release date yet - it's "coming soon", according to the latest release schedule - but it's out in the US on Tuesday.

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