Track Listing

1. Way That You Love Me
2. Knocked Out
3. Opposites Attract - Abdul, Paula & The Wild Pair
4. State Of Attraction
5. I Need You
6. Forever Your Girl
7. Straight Up
8. Next To You
9. Cold Hearted
10. One Or The Other

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31287 in Music
• Released on: 1989-04-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
Although it had a slow build to number one, Paula Abdul's debut album eventually dominated the airwaves and MTV in the late 1980s, and made former dancer and Lakers Girl Paula Abdul a household name. An appealing mix of street-smarts, pixie cuteness, and sensuality established Abdul as a girl-next-door type for the hip-hop generation, and her catchy dance hits exemplified the pop-R&B production standards of the day.
The album spawned four Top Ten hits, including the cute and funky "Opposites Attract", the tough yet vulnerable "Straight Up", and the sugary title track. Two additional singles from the album charted, and by the end of 1989, Paula Abdul was a bona fide star.

Customer Reviews

Good clean fun
I used to listen to this when I was young and the funky sound def made an impression on me. Buying it later in the 90s makes the 80s sound of the whole album stand out. A couple of mingin slushy tunes but overall some decent good girly tunes. Prob the best is opposite attracts, the best known of the tracks. If still you pine for the 80s give this a spin. Good clean fun.

Late 80's classic
In the late 80's, Paula Abdul's album was a craze and even had a regular spot on America's Top Ten. I remeber the video clip for Straight Up ; a listenable and very danceable track. The intro to Forever Your Girl was something I used to rewind continuously; was even betterthan the whole song !!!
This is an extract from her biography that shows how popular she was;
It spent 10 weeks at #1. The album eventually became multi-platinum in the spring and summer of 1989 and it spawned five American Top Three singles, four of them #1s: "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me", and "Opposites Attract". Forever Your Girl was the first debut album ever to have four number one singles

Excelent album...with great pop hits...A MUST!
It's not easy to find an album so complete as this!Paula Abdul shows her great talent in songs like:"Straight Up";"Knocked out" or "The way that you love me".She appears at her best also in a song not so heard:"I need you".It's her best album of all.Buy it now and enjoy an excelent 80's pop album.A MUST!