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只爱陌生人 is Faye Wong’s 16th studio album and remains one of her most beloved records across China. Created amid her marital breakdown with Dou Wei, the album bears a stark, austere tone and features a higher proportion of rock tracks by Faye’s standards. Overall, 只爱陌生人 boasts remarkable stylistic diversity, its kaleidoscopic track arrangements rich and endlessly engaging.

Track 1 “开到荼蘼” strikes listeners like a sonic thunderbolt right at the ... read more

In 1998, Candy Lo, who had just gone solo after leaving the band Black&Blue and gained minor popularity with the track 垃圾, released her debut full-length studio album Miao…. Unlike the mournful love songs similar to her debut EP 不需要…完美得可怕！ that most audiences anticipated, Miao… is an experimental work rich in electronic elements. Lo composed six tracks and independently arranged two, fully demonstrating her artistic talent.

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in, as Laure Shang’s 6th studio album, carries all kinds of speculations and expectations from critics: Is she still the “eccentric” who only seeks attention with her looks? Have the avant-garde experiments she began on Nightmare advanced further? Looking back fifteen years later, in is undoubtedly a brilliant metamorphosis, shattering every prejudice people held against Laure Shang.

Track 1 “暗流” opens with subway field recordings personally captured by Shang ... read more

At the end of 1995, Faye Wong released her 12th official studio album, and also her final full Cantonese album — Di-Dar. The album achieved phenomenal success, holding the record for the most number-one radio singles in the history of Hong Kong music industry (five in total: Di-Dar, 假期, 迷路, 暧昧, 流星). It was also one of the rare Cantonese albums to break into Taiwanese music charts. Artistically, the release of Di-Dar marked the pinnacle of Faye Wong’s musical career. ... read more