Album review
Album review: 依然范特西General comments: Listened to jay's new album today and my mum was quite pissed i spent over an hour on it. haha. anyway, i still think the album title is lousy. i mean wth lah. reuse album name. a few general comments. this album is heavy on rap + fu4 gu3, so dont be too hopeful that you will get a lot of hei se mao yi, lang man shou ji songs which dominated the previous album. was talking to
justin today and we both agreed that the second half of the album was super disappointing after listening to the first half of the album. but as long as you dont listen to the second half basing your expectations on the first half, the songs are still not THAT bad.
NOTE: PRESS RELEASE today. the date of release has been brought forward to sept 5.
Recommended rap songs: 夜的第七章, 本草纲目
Recommended shu qing songs: 退后, 千里之外
Miscellaneous recommendations: 听妈妈的话
#1: 夜的第七章Rating: 7.5/10
Comments: A mystical and mysterious song. Sounds rather freakyyy haha, like theres this spirit wailing. :P Good rap and tune, but Jay sounded a bit gay at some point in time. could have gotten a higher rating if it didnt have such a disappointing ending.
#2: 听妈妈的话Rating: 7.5/10
Comments: Nice, light and casual tune with a good rap.
#3: 千里之外Rating: 8/10
Comments: Good tune, but I stick to my belief that the 2 of them are incompatible. if they sing individually, it will be good. Still, I will not fault Jay for taking this gamble. It is probably a refreshing change to the rest of the album because it is probably the most different in nature from the rest of the song. For that reason, I have upped its rating after sampling the whole album.
#4: 本草纲目Rating: 7/10
Comments: Great upbeat tune, but I have a feeling the opening tune was copied. Haha. still cant find the song but I'll continue searching. Another rap song, which means you cant hear what hes singing. I presume it is about medicine?
#5: 退后Rating: 8/10
Comments: Slow and sad song. When he goes to the high parts, it reminds me of feng. (at around 1 min 18 sec) One of the characteristic jay songs.
#6: 红磨坊Rating: 6/10
Comments: Grand retro opening. The only other thing to be amazed about is the incredible speed which Jay raps the song at.
#7: 心雨Rating: 4/10
Comments: Another shu qing song, but it seems quite a boring song to me. No climax also.
#8: 白色風車Rating: 6.5/10
Comments: A song with more ceng ci gan. A passable shu qing song. Great development to the climax.
#9: 菊花台Rating: 7/10
Comments: Another old-ish intro. Some sloooow cello opening, haha. AND it didn’t sound like jay chou at first. For the first 30 seconds or something, you just cant tell its him! He sang the song so clearly! Anyway, good use of Chinese musical instruments in this song
#10: 迷迭香Rating: 5.5/10
Comments: Sounds like some sleazy singer in a ye zong hui, haha. And it is really reminiscent of the past, where there is this singer singing on a ge tai and the people start dancing and waltzing. Hehs. Tune sounds a bit ripped off from some old song tho. i think the song is 马桶. (really theres such a song)
consilio et animis
9/02/2006 06:40:00 PM
