Jay Chou
Maomao Hu | 02/02/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What can I say about Jay's album? Well he did become a mega star on the songs he produces, sing, etc. This album is extremely good and people should actually buy it cause its worth every single penny. Also Jay's HOT! Well lets just put that aside, the songs on this CD has made extremely big impact in Taiwan. Did you teachers from Taiwan actually consider his song "Ting Ma Ma De Hua (Listen To Your Mother's Words)" a learning material? Well its true. Like in every other album he has songs of him and the piano. Good lyrics. Jay Chou produces most of his songs and most of his lyrics too. Vincent Fang or whatever is goanna be a person usually writes his lyrics if its not by Jay himself. The year ended off and this album came up second for the biggest selling album in Taiwan. The top one was Jolin Tsai! CONGRATS JOLIN TSAI! THIS TIME JAYS BEHIND YOU! OOH Jolin's New Album "Dancing Diva" is a great CD and so is the remix CD "Dancing Forever". DAMN JAY CHOU IS JUST SO SEXY"
Far from the best, but still Far Far above everything else i
Maomao Hu | China | 06/17/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is Jay's latest album, and it's not his best. Still, it's much better than much else in China. However, if you want a career defining album, get Eight Demensions or his Japanese greatest hits album Shichirika.
The main problem of this album is not that it's exactly bad, but that it's inferior compared to his other work, and quite a few of the songs sound the same. Of course those are common problem's, and the quality overal is quite good.
The album begins quite well, with all 5 starting tracks hit singles in China (actually the whole album made the top 40, which is a sign of his power here). Unfortunately, from 6 to 9 no tracks really jump out, although 9 Rosemary has a good beat to it, and Red Imitation, a (half-true) song about everyone imitating him ends nicely. This is where the album starts to get bogged down; although the individual songwriting makes the cut, the songs start to blend into one another soon.
The album ends nicely on the last track, the biggest hit the whole album spawned, The (longname). The album art is also quite good, and high quality packaging and etc. can be expected, since this man has money. I'm not sure if it will be in English, but from those horrible name translations I wouldn't put my money on a good translation. All told, this is a nice album, but not for you if you're starting on Chinese pop.
This is part of my project to review all CDs by Chinese artists."
Still Fantasy
Ethan Huang | PA, USA | 10/12/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's just too good. Nothing else. Perfection is the word thatg I will describe it."