Critics Choice of Top Chinese Pop Albums of 2001

ocean11 SG

Choice of Straits Times Life!

1. Migratory Bird (Original Soundtrack) by Mayday

2. Balloon by Peggy Hsu

3. Truly by Sandy Lam

4. Funk by Bjack

5. For Lisa by Cass Phang

hmmm... whatever happened to Kite?

Zilchster SG

I dunno…maybe it is not as good as the rest…

b|ueapp|ez SG

funi...those albums which sell like hotcakes (eg. Stef's kite, Jay's fantasy, Mayday's ren sheng hai2, F4's meteor rain etc) are not included in the top 5 choices of the ST reporter...duno y...

anyway, below r the top 15 albums of 2001 (by i-weekly), not in order

1. Jay's fantasy
2. Stef's kite
3. Faye's self-titled album
4. Eason's It's me_eason
5. Harlem's tidal wave
6. Sandy's truly
7. Mayday's ren(2) sheng(1) hai2(3)
8. Lee hom's the one and only
9. Karen's yi(4) duo(3) jin(1) hua(1)
10.Stanley's circus monkey
11.Peggy's balloon
12.Nicholas' yu(4) hu(2) die(2)
13.Fan xiao xuan's jue(2) shi(4) ming(2)
li(4)
14.Eason's "shall we dance?shall we talk!"
15.Tanya's i do believe

Zilchster SG

F4…dun kid me…F4’s album can’t be a critical success man!

ocean11 SG

I think the ST music critics tend to snub at the more mainstream albums, while I-Weekly's choices are more in line with popular appeal.
Anyone one know what are picks of Zaobao and other local publications?

b|ueapp|ez SG

it was reported in one of the papers (4got which one) tt Jay’s albums sold more than 45000 copies locally…can’t believe it…

Zilchster SG

But they picked Peggy Hsu's Balloon and Sandy Lam's Yuan Lai unanimously...i mean i weekly and straits times...

Funny they left out jay, mayday, yanzi, faye and some other gems...

But F4 can't and won't be in lar.

Hajime SG

ZaoBao Sunday interviewed music critics from some papers and mags. Jay's Fantasy was the Album of the Year of 3 or 4 critics (out of 8 i think?). Dreamz FM 3 had a vote too, choice by ZaoBao's reporter Smile Eason's album was also one music critic's fave. Can't remember about the rest though. But I believe "Kite" was not among the chosen.

I believe that Jay's album triumphs over Yanzi's a little probably because he wrote all his songs. Not to say that Yanzi's album is not good, but I realise music critics tend to favour those singers who produce their own stuff.

ocean11 SG

I agree with the point that some music critics tend to be a bit biased toward those shi li artistes who sing, write and produce their stuff.... sort of like earn brownie points for the artistes.

Sng Jun Song SG

Nonsense, Shi Li Pai are gd. in their vocals and hence tend 2 sing better... Smile A Mei, Julia Peng, Shino and other powerful singers