Faye Wong [Enhanced][Import]

Faye Wong

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 21, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00005UVPV
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #237,412 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

Wong's Self Titled Album features a Five Track Cantonese EP and an 11 Track Mandarin Full Album.includes The Cantonese Single 'color Blind' which Many Believe to Be One of her Best Singles Ever.she Has Collaborated with Some of Asia's Best Composers and Has Created Unexpected Excitement for this Album.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faye's the ONE!, September 24, 2002

By	X|X (sInGaPoRe) - See all my reviews

Absolutely marvellous. 'Nuff said, this is Faye at her best in yr 2001, seeing her juggling with commercial mainstream and arthouse appeal and the end result is a totally original album that transcend many different music genres... This time round, she ditched her favourite producer Zhang Ya-Dong for others like Tanya, Liang Qiaobo, Wu Bai, Eric Kwok and etc, and the sound of her new album is distinctly varied and each stamped with her style and the style of the producer. Juz sample track 2 and 3, Et Cetera and Wrong Number, you can feel that Tanya was singing in her shadow somewhere behind. That is not to say a bad thing b'coz it is hard for anyone to interfere with Faye's pristine vocals. Once you hear how Faye's does her ballads, you WILL be completely blown off! Sample track 5, Flowing Year and weep at the tinge of melancholy she brings into the song. Though not heartwrenching, it is the wistfulness and pensively regrettance that echo from her ethereal vocals that will bring you to your knees.
Other outstanding tracks are track1,7,8 ( 'Wings of Light', 'Wandering Red Shoe' and 'The Idiot') esp. 'Wings of Light', it is a rock-out anthemn with Faye's vocals blending to the cacophony of electronic guitars, drums n bass, instead of soaring above her which she usually does ( in her previous albums tracks such as 'A Hundred Years of Solitude'). However, one track which I felt was totally out of the place was track 4, 'Sometimes Love Has a False Reputation', it sounds uninspired, insipid attempt of the lounge music and it left me cold and disgusted why did even Faye choose this material? However it was only one mistake, and its nothing compared to the overall shimmering quality of this album.
As usual, the main lyricist is Lin Xi ( the LYRICIST of Mando AND Canto-pop). No one writes lyrics as poetically beautiful as him and no one writes lyrics as experimentally daring as him.
'Along the way there are people who see through too early the contours of life and the enigma of fate
There are people who realize too late that everything is destined to happen and there's no escape' in track 9 'One Way Street' philosophise about life in such simple words, and it is this quality that Lin Xi possess which constantly surprise me. Another of his musing in 'Flowing Year'...
Sighz.... What more can I say? Go grab this album right now before it is a light year away from you.............!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!, April 25, 2002

By A Customer

Folks, this has so much variety it will floor you! Slam Bam Punk w/ electronica and real orchestral voicings...and that's just the first song "Wings of Light". Song 2 is a complete opposite, with Faye singing in scat form to a bouncy jazz/acoustic ballad. In the first 7 minutes or so ..you've got your money's worth of talent. Then the rest...different,yet canto/mando pop mixed in.. even dark at times.. but this CD will grow on you if you give it time. Excellent farewell to EMI. THIS IS A MUST BUY !

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FAYE is the Best!, January 14, 2003

By	Lee Qi (China) - See all my reviews

Once you listened to Faye' songs,you would love her,even if you don' know the lyrics.It's real,Faye's singing not by mouth but by heart,and the music is the key.I love track5-SUDDENLY THIS YEAR best,and other Singles are great,too!LISTEN to FAYE by HEART,and you'll found the Best Voice in the world!She also had a English song- EYES ON ME.I'm so sure that song would make you cry!