WANG LEE HOM'S WEI YI (B)
Actually I am kinda disappointed with this album...does not measure
up to Lee Hom's previous albums...in fact he seems to add mroe of
the band factor into his album...however...it's really a highly
listenable effort...i prefer AI DE JIU SHI NI over WEI YI...BAI HU
LI and AN QUAN GAN also not bad...Lee Hom would be in Singapore
soon.
JAY CHOU (FANTASY) (A-)
Jay Chou + Fang Wen Shan + Vivian Hsu...well...a highly anticipated
album of the year...and it truly lives up to its expectations...at
least it's not an album full of love songs...touching on topics
like family violence...ninjas...etc...however some tunes seem
familiar...oh...but i guess we can forgive him right?
Actually...all the songs are really nice and listenable...the only
thing is that the album is rather too short...less than 40
mins...
COCO LEE (PROMISE)(A-)
This is another highly anticipated album too...for once Coco Lee
drops her vocal pyrotechnics...i am not exaggerating...at least u
dun have her playing with her voice...acting like divas (think
mariah)...she trims all these down to the bare minimal...u r
rewarded with songs like SO CRAZY, DAO MA DAN, BU BIAN DE NUO YAN
amongst many others...in fact all the songs are very easy on the
ears and they dun fall below standards...many sentimental numbers
in this album...go grab it.
DANIEL CHAN (WO YAO DE ZHI SHI AI)(B+)
More than just a pretty face...that is what Daniel is trying to
prove...his taste for music is improving...kudos...to Xiaotung...of
course...ballads are still important...and still remain in this
album...assembling zhang ya dong and other producers...he manages
to give us a fresh daniel chan sans ballads...but in the process i
think he is losing his fans...But Daniel is maturing in his
music.
CINDY CHEN YU XIN (TONG MING)(B+)
Although 15 years of age...she has assembled many great producers
for her maiden album...and she is much better than a certain
Genie...she does not scream as though her vocal chords would break
any moment...in fact i could feel the sense of little Elva in
her...her voice is definitely one of the best in the newcomers and
is competent. 6 fast tracks 4 slow tracks...lyrics wise...very
good...well written...and she does well in both fast and slow
songs...support this newcomer.
FAYE WONG (FAYE WONG)(A-)
Been waiting for her since her last outing with Fables...probably
scared a lot of people with her previous album...Forsaking her
usual crew of Zhang Yadong...assembling a new group with Ren Shan
Ren Hai, Nic Tse, Wu Bai, Tanya, Faye hopes to reach another level
in her music...Well...result is...the whole album is not as
schizophrenic as Fable and not as erm...alternative...but still
this album is still a little not extremely mainstream...in fact I
dun think Liu Nian could be the best zhu da song...it is not as
good as XIAO WANG SHU even...still...this album is up to standards
even though there are no new surprises.
ZHANG HUIMEI (ZHEN SHI)(A-)
This is Ah Mei's brand new album with Warner Music...what could i
say...a brand new Ah Mei is here to stay...do not compare her with
her previous efforts from Forward or her first few albums...would
be totally unfair. This album consists of 11 tracks including Pai
Shan Dao Hai...with 5 fast numbers and 5 slow numbers...with Ah Mei
under the pen name of Katsu...penned the lyrics for Gan Ying...the
mtv was filmed in spain with ah mei doing the flamenco..dance...hot
man! The song is also hot...but uurgh...it's a cover song...but
still a great song...recommened fast songs includes A Ji Yu
Le...and the R&B Nu Ren Shuo...a look into a woman's
thoughs...delivered well by Ah Mei...Back to the slow numbers...no
more ermm...very SU (SONG) numbers like WO KE YI BAO NI MA, CHEN
ZAO tat kinda line...in place are heart wrenching and touching
pieces that remind us of the old ah mei days...like JI DE, ZHEN
SHI, WO HEN WO AI NI...etc...ballads which are really
endearing...once again...this is a new ah mei...and do support
her.
