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VARIOUS (SONY SHINING STAR)
(SONY MUSIC) (SEP00)
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Sony首度亞洲聯合開學迎新活動網羅了來自台北、香港、北京、上海、新加坡五地新生好手,獻出各自進入台灣樂壇的入學代表作,十二首單曲十二種風貌,十四位新生十八班武藝,都在這張全「新」合輯裡一次呈現。
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Sony Music has assembled a mighty young cast
from Taiwan Hong Kong, China and Singapore to come out with this
album called "Sony Shining Star" (refer below for the
full song listing in Big 5 Chinese).
As each of the twelve vocal tracks are sung
by different newcomers, it's too exhausting to introduce them
one by one. Rather here's some selected highlights of this
album :-
- The first track "World Is Therefore
Brighter" is a group song sung by four newbies hailing from
Taiwan (Xie Yu Shu (refer below) and Wu Yong Feng), Hong Kong
(Cleo Ko - refer below) and China (Li Ya Sha). It is
composed and produced by Dick Lee.
- The only Singaporean singer to be
featured here is folk-song singer Cai Chun Jia who sang a cover
of Jeff Chang's "Love Is Like A Tide" (or Ai Ru Chao
Shui) (Note : this song was already included in EMI Music's 1999
local release "Re-Plugged").
- Two familiar artistes (who were newbies
themselves in 1999) also contribute their works here : the
sibling duo Go Go & Me Me's "I Do" which won them
the first prize in the song-writing category of a 1998
competition organised jointly by MTV and Sony Music; and the
band Tolaku's "Love".
- A guy by the name of Xie Yu Shu sang a
song called "Wedding" which has already been recorded by
Candy Lo before. In fact Xie himself is the composer of
this track. Some of you may remember Xie as the guy who
sang a 1999 male-duet "Some Women Cannot Be Touched"
with Lin Zhi Xuan.
- Look out for these two particularly
high-profile newbies who have already been signed up by Sony
Music :-
1. Zhou Xun (from Chin) - This 24 year old gal catapulted
to stardom by starring in this year's Taiwan TV hit serial
"Ren Jian Si Ye Tian" alongside Rene Liu and Anne Yu
Neng Jing.
2. Uku Pang (or Peng Hai Tong) (from Hong Kong) - Her
credentials are impressive. Only 22 years old, she has
already wrote songs (usually using the pseudonym name Peng Ni)
for established artistes like Jacky Cheung's Cantonese hit
"Lonely Guy" (or Ji Mo Nan Ren) (a hot karaoke
favourite) and Mandarin track "Half Happiness" (or Er
Fen Zhi Yi De Xing Fu), Leo Ku's Mandarin song "Not Friends
Anymore" (or Bu Zai Shi Peng You) and Cass Phang's new
Cantonese number "Beautiful" (or Yao Duo Mei Li You
Duo Mei Li). She was also the pianist for Candy Lo's
"Music Is Live" concert in Hong Kong. Uku's
upcoming debut album (scheduled to be released in October this
month - look out for updates in Asian Music Pop) will contain a
mix of Cantonese and Mandarin tracks.
- A fifteen-year-old Hong Kong female
newbie Cleo Ko (or Gao Chen Xiong) has done an impressive
Mandarin cover of Japanese current R&B hot favourite Ken
Hirai's (or Ping Jing Jian) hit "Why".
With so many note-worthy elements making up
this album, it will be a great waste if you give it a miss.
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If you have RealPlayer ,
you can below to preview eight of the selected
tracks. If you want to preview all the twelve vocal
tracks, you can click
here to visit the official site.
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World Is Therefore Brighter -
Sony Shining Star 世界因此閃亮
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Flapping - Zhou Xun
飄搖 - 周迅
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Wedding - Xie Yu Shu
婚禮 - 謝宇書 --------
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Love Is Like A Tide - Cai Chun
Jia 愛如潮水 -
蔡淳佳
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I'm Not Troubled - Uku Pang
我不煩 - 彭海桐
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I Do - Go Go & Me Me
I DO - 哥哥妹妹
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Love - Tolaku
談戀愛 - 脫拉庫
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Fire - Cleo Ko
火災 - 高晨維
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COMPLETE LISTING
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世界因此閃亮/Sony
Shine Star |
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孩子的真心/吳勇鋒 |
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飄搖/周迅 |
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婚禮/謝宇書 |
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愛如潮水/蔡淳佳
(Singapore Singer) |
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我不煩/彭海桐 |
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我覺得很好/蔡宜凌 |
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I DO/哥哥妹妹 |
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談戀愛/脫拉庫 |
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When'll I See You
Again/李婭莎 |
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來不及/金海心 |
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火災/高晨維 |
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孩子的真心(Karaoke) |
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飄搖(Karaoke) |
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世界因此閃亮(Karaoke) |
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YOU HONG MING (SANDING) (SONY MUSIC)
(SEP00)
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歷時17個月閉關寫歌錄製
一年一張全心創作
一生一世久久感動
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You Hong Ming (or Chris Yu) has finally
released his long-due album after more than one and a half
years.
The first thing that grabbed my attention
when I saw his new album is its unique cover. It is
bundled with specially-flown-from-Nevada USA genuine desert sand
which is set aptly against a desert picture background (refer
above cover pic). It's the best conceptual cover that I've
seen from an album this year. However the cover is only
limited to the first 50,000 album editions and so it may be a
good idea for his friends to get a copy early. You Hong
Ming himself also flew specially to the hotter-than-hot (around
51 degrees Celsius) Nevada Desert to shoot his music videos.
Coming back to this album which is produced
by Peter Wong and Huang Da Jun, all the ten songs are wholly
composed by Chris himself. Thus it is no surprise to hear
most of the tracks bearing his music trademark, namely,
easy-listening and at times, dated-sounding ballads. Take
for instance, the title track cum first single
"Sanding". I personally found it rather
out-dated sounding and worse still, it sounds like a sequel
version of his last album's different weather hit "May
Snow". The same goes for the second single "21
People".
Fortunately, other tracks fare better, such
as the third and fourth mid-tempo singles "Deserted
Bird" & "Only That Person" respectively, and
the more obscure acoustic ballad tracks "The King's New
Song" & "Searching For You".
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If you have RealPlayer ,
you can click below to preview six of the new tracks.
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Sanding 下沙
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21 People 21個人
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Deserted Bird 落單的候鳥
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Only That Person 只是那個人
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Lonely Stone 寂寞化石
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Barren Heart 荒蕪心田
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ANGELICA LEE (OCEAN OF LOVE)
(ROCK RECORDS) (SEP00)
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愛要像大海越愛越
High
愛人要像李心潔緊緊抱住不分開
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Angelica Lee's (or Li Xin Jie) fourth solo LP
is out.
A whopping production cast size of seven
was roped in to helm her latest work, including Li Zheng Fan,
Jia Ming Su, Sandi Chen Shanni, Will Lin Wei Zhe and ex-Wu Yin
Liang Pin member Guang Liang. I guess a sizeable chunk of
the budget also went to Angelica's image for this album as she
specially flew to Hong Kong to be styled by veteran image-guru
Zhang Shu Ping.
Most of the songs in this 12-track album
are fast tempo, such as the first three singles, "Ocean Of
Love" (composed and produced by Li Zheng Fan),
"How" (composed and produced by Sandi Chen) and
"Love Here & There" (composed by Taiwan rock band
group Fei Wu Jin and written by Yu Guang Zhong).
The first batch of limited-edition CD comes
bundled with a bonus CD containing remixes of her current and
past hits : "Ocean Of Love", "Free" (or Zi
You) and "Dancing Skirt" (or Qun Bai Yao Yao).
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If you have RealPlayer ,
you can click below to preview five of the new tracks.
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Ocean Of Love 愛像大海
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Thunder Rain 雷陣雨
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Love 戀
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Sorry, I Don't Love You 對不起我不愛你
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Fantasy 幻想
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MATILDA TAO (WITHOUT LOVE)
(FORWARD MUSIC) (SEP00)
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抒情的,搖滾的,清新的,另類的
陶子創作樂壇好手共同打造
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By the time I was writing this update, Matilda
Tao's (or Tao Jing Ying) latest album "Without Love"
has already sold over 20,000 copies in Taiwan since its release
over a month ago in September.
This has prompted Forward Music to release
a new album edition which comes bundled with a bonus AVCD which
contains a newly-recorded cover track of Tao Zi's idol Fei
Xiang's hit "Goodbye Kiss" (or Wen Bie) (given a new
retro-feel arrangement) plus two
music videos including "Goodbye Kiss".
Coming back to the actual album CD itself,
it boasts a strong production crew including Chen Wei, Will Lin
Wei Zhe, Huang Yun Ling, Yuan Wei Ren and Cao Jun Hong.
Varied music styles are apparent here, like folk, disco, rock,
jazz and ballad.
The first single "Too Painful" is
a beautiful ballad which has me hooked on at my very first
listen. It is composed and written by female songwriter
Zheng Hua Juan and produced by Chen Wei.
The second single "Ten Days &
Three Days" is a light-tempo and catchy number composed by
Cao Jun Hong and written jointly by Adam Hsu Chang De and Tao Zi.
The third single cum title track
"Without Love" is a grunge rock-feel work by China
songwriter Tong Kong.
Tao Zi's song-writing skills are further
showcased here with half of the songs here bearing her
initials. Other high-profile song writers include local
singer Tanya, Pan Xie Qing and Yuan Wei Ren.
On a last note, Tao Zi flew specially to
Bali to shoot the album pictures and most of the music videos.
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If you have RealPlayer ,
you can click below to preview five of the new tracks.
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Too Painful 太委屈
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Without Love 愛缺
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Ten Days & Three Days
十天又三天
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Those Days 那些日子
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Bird 瘸鳥
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If you have MP3 player, you
can click below to preview the bonus track "Goodbye
Kiss" contained in her new album edition.
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