Customer Reviews

Story of a City

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It's like nothing that's currently mainstream, something fresh and new without being weird or too-out-there. Echoing a lot of the style from the original Shanghai Restoration Project, Story of a City is less experimental and puts a stronger focus on the lyrics and voices.

This album feels more pop than the original. I'd classify SRP as the sort of compiliation of music like Pure Moods, but totally more hip. There's no etherealness and you get music that's straightforward. There's less of the asian sound but it is still a backbone of this cd.

Overall, I love this album. I like it more than the first.

David Liang is a genius, chanced upon their music on youtube, when I was hooked onto Ian Widgery's remixes of old Chinese songs, just had to get this, and the other album, the special edition CD. Love it!

This is either my favorite or second favorite album of theirs. Really good songs all around and a few priceless gems in the mix. If you like east/west fusion music you gotta check it out!

The first self-titled album by Shanghai Restoration Project was a winner on all fronts - creating a wonderful, unique, and quite exciting fusion of eastern and western music.

This release I found quite disappointing. Now, I realize it's "Story of a City" - so I expected a lot of vocals - and that was delivered. The vocals overall were pretty good. A lot of different talent, and different styles. But very, very subtle in the inclusion of eastern instruments and influences - everything that made the original so amazing.

I would definitely recommend listening to the previews and seeing if this album is for you, but it's a long ways off from the self-titled release on many fronts and although stellar production value - it falls short on it's delivery and expectations.