At Last (Cyndi Lauper album)

{{Infobox album|

| name = At Last

| type = cover

| artist = Cyndi Lauper

| cover = Cyndi_Lauper-At_Last.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2003|11|18}}

| recorded = 2003

| venue =

| studio = Livewire Recording, Avatar Studios, Bennett Studios, Right Track Studios, Clinton Recording Studios{{discogs release|1661879|name={{noitalic|Cyndi Lauper}} – At Last}}

| genre = {{hlist|Jazz}}

| length = 50:02

| label = {{hlist|Epic|Daylight}}

| producer = {{hlist|Cyndi Lauper|Russ Titelman}}

| prev_title = The Great Cyndi Lauper

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Hey Now! (Remixes & Rarities)

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Singles

| name = At Last

| type = Studio

| single1 = Walk On By

| single1date = November 2003

| single2 = Stay

| single2date = March 2004

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Latham |first1=Aaron |title=At Last - Cyndi Lauper |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/at-last-mw0000694563 |website=AllMusic |access-date=15 February 2020}}

|noprose=yes

}}

At Last is the seventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper. The album is a collection of covers of jazz standards, in addition to a cover of a contemporary song re-arranged into a jazz song.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/19/at-last-lauper-keeps-it-simple/0f0f181c-2694-4857-8963-11df512b32cf/|title= 'At Last,' Lauper Keeps It Simple|date=December 19, 2003|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=October 6, 2021|first =Richard|last=Harrington|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906232228/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/19/at-last-lauper-keeps-it-simple/0f0f181c-2694-4857-8963-11df512b32cf/|archive-date=September 6, 2021|url-status=live}} The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee" and was co-produced by Lauper with Russ Titelman.{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Paoletta|date=November 22, 2003|title=Billboard Picks|url={{Google books|id=OQ8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA42|page=42|plainurl=yes}}|page=42}} The album's longbox was available only at Costco or Sam's Club shops within the first two weeks when it was released. In 2008 Lauper said in an interview with Brazilian newspaper Extra that the album was a special project, with the intervention of the record company and that she does not consider it as a "career album".{{Cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/cindy-lauper-fala-sobre-seu-novo-disco-turne-no-brasil-a-decepcao-quando-soube-que-nao-era-gay-531676.html|title=Cindy Lauper fala sobre seu novo disco, a turnê no Brasil e a decepção quando soube que não era gay|accessdate=October 5, 2021|work=Extra|last=Samora|first=Guilherme|date=June 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907061745/https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/cindy-lauper-fala-sobre-seu-novo-disco-turne-no-brasil-a-decepcao-quando-soube-que-nao-era-gay-531676.html|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live}}

The album was well received by the public and music critics. AllMusic and Slant Magazine praised the album and gave it three stars out of five.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/at-last-mw0000694563|title=AllMusic Review: Cyndi Lauper - At Last|work=AllMusic|accessdate=October 6, 2021|first=Aaron|last=Latham}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/cyndi-lauper-at-last/|title=Review: Cyndi Lauper - At Last|work=Slant Magazine|accessdate=October 6, 2021|first=Sal|last=Cinquemani|date=December 20, 2003}} The album debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 copies sold in its first week,{{cite magazine|url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67940/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard|magazine=Billboard|first=Keith|last=Barth|date=December 3, 2003 |accessdate=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921122507/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67940/ask-billboard|archive-date=September 21, 2014|url-status=dead}} while the song "Walk On By" S.A.F. hit #10 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Dance Club Play and the Eddie X Mixes version hit the same chart at #15.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cyndi-lauper-mn0000122754/awards|title=Cyndi Lauper|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|work=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731014453/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cyndi-lauper-mn0000122754/awards|archive-date=July 31, 2013|url-status=dead}}

To promote the album, Cyndi headlined VH1 Divas Live 2004 alongside such artists as Patti LaBelle and Debbie Harry, performing "Stay" with Sheila E. on percussion. By 2012, it had sold 276,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/features/ask-billboard-1000463343.story |title=Ask Billboard | Billboard.com |work=billboard.com |access-date=January 8, 2012|first=Keith|last=Barth}}