3 album reviews
there were a total of 3 whooping new albums for me to sample yesterday, namely joanna, fish and danson's albums! and i sampled the albums in that order.
Album Title: Joanna & 王若琳
Artist: 王若琳
Recommended Songs: Times of Your Life, 我的爱
Album Rating: 6.5 / 10
lets start with joanna's album... in her previous album, she was quite unhappy that her dad had imposed several suggestions on her. as such, on prize award ceremonies, joanna expressed clearly that she wanted the second album to be something she could call her own.
thus, even though her dad still works with her in the album production, she now has a larger say in decisions regarding the album, and even has a hand in composing several songs. i felt that the album would definitely have been better had she heeded more professional advice (eg free advice from her experienced dad). this album is certainly not as 大众化 and suited to the average taste, unlike the previous one. also, there is a lack of chinese 抒情 songs with meaningful lyrics such as 因为你爱我 in the previous album, which i liked alot.
in addition, joanna continues to place a large focus on english songs, and her chinese songs arent as catchy as the last time round. still, i think that she is very talented, and the english section of her album is a much better testimony to that. (unfortunately, though, i dont appreciate english songs as much as chinese songs) i do hope that she gives at least an equal attention to chinese songs in future albums.
Album Title: 静茹&情歌 别再为他流泪
Artist: 梁静茹
Recommended Songs: 别再为他流泪, 情歌
Album Rating: 7.5 /10
next up, i listened to fish's album. i had very high expectations of this album, since it is her 10th album, and it is her 10th year as a singer too. also, earlier last month, there were news of her quarrelling with her company (for once!) over the release of the album. the company wanted her to release the album by end of dec, to make it for golden hit awards, but apparently fish felt that the album was a milestone in her career, and she wanted to perfect it before release, and postponed the album release to mid jan. as such, fish fans are definitely expecting alot from her 10th album.
that said, i found the album not meeting up to my expectations. perhaps all the hype about the album has unrealistically raised my expectations of the song, but i was definitely looking for much more than what the album offered. from an album called 静茹&情歌, and also a milestone album for fish, i was looking at an album full of love songs / ballads cum potential classics. unfortunately, few songs can meet that criteria.
nevertheless, i felt it was a good album on the whole. my two favourite songs are 情歌 and 别再为他流泪. really like 情歌 alot! she really needs more songs like these in her album!
Album Title: D新引力
Artist: 唐禹哲
Album Rating: 3 /10
lastly, on to danson's album. i didn't harbour much hopes for that album, and thankfully i didn't. his singing clearly has not improved haha... there's something interesting to note though. he has a new song called 新歌 and now it has joined the ranks of ambiguous song titles together with fish's latest 情歌 and yoga's 那首歌. if you don't know why i call these titles "ambiguous", try saying these:
have you heard danson's 新歌
i'm listening to fish's 情歌
i like yoga's 那首歌
consilio et animis
1/17/2009 03:25:00 PM
