Bring Ya to the Brink is American singer Cyndi Lauper's tenth studio album, released on May 14, 2008 in Japan, and 13 days later worldwide.

[1][2] The album is a collection of dance-oriented songs and features collaborations with Basement Jaxx, Richard Morel, Max Martin and Kleerup, among others.

Lauper visited England and Sweden during early 2007 where she wrote songs with dance artists such as The Scumfrog, Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and Axwell.

[10] Art direction on the album was credited to Cyndi Lauper, Sheri Lee & Meghan Foley, with photography by Stefanie Schneider.

[11][12] In interview with Brazilian newspaper Extra the singer revealed: "On this record, I worked with many producers who make dance music...

"[13] Bring Ya to the Brink is a dance-pop[14][15] record with influences spanning Eurodisco, soul, pop,[16] deep house, electro and nu-disco.

She embarked on the Bring Ya to the Brink World Tour in support of the album in countries outside of the United States: The show ventured to Australia in the spring of 2008 and Japan, Europe and South America in the fall of 2008.

[25] "Echo" was featured in the Gossip Girl episode "Bonfire of the Vanity", in which Lauper had a cameo at Blair Waldorf's 18th birthday party celebration.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five and pointed out that it is difficult to define the singer's career, because she changes her style constantly, sometimes sounding retro, sometimes modern, or mixing the two, like in Bring Ya to the Brink.

[29] Chuck Taylor from Billboard gave a favorable review to the record and noted that while it exploits the artificiality of the dancefloor, its lyrics carry a strong message that won't always be noticed by the public.

[31] Simon Vozick-Levinson from Entertainment Weekly magazine gave the album a B rating and praised the singer's finally returning to the dance floor world.