王菲唱遊全集 5 in 1 (2004) - 王菲
Faye Wong has always been an artist that reigned in her own class. Regardless of what the press writes about her, one fact remains .... well, as a fact, the girl can sing. Although never vocally empowering as divas such as Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston, she definitely doesn't have a paper thin voice. Faye's voice is crystal clear and projected with such poise and the pitch is controlled with perfection.
Although her artistic growth is ever evolving as displayed through the five albums she has released during the period, Faye Wong was never an artist that succumbed to releasing albums merely to blend in with commercial radio. Her first release "Faye Wong '97" was basically as radio friendly as the collection goes, consisting mainly of ballads, it contained it's fare share of hits including "I Don't Want To Be Like This Either", "Mortal World", "You're Happy So I'm Happy" & "Bored".
1998's release "Scenic Tour" was one of the most successful albums in the series and the inclusion of the bonus 3 cantonese EP was definitely an added incentive to purchase this collection as it was only available with the original pressings of the album. It contained the hits "Red Bean / Repayment" , "Sex Commandment / Love Commandment", "Give Up Half Way / Excuse Myself" and "Emotional Life".
1999's "Only Love Stranger" was always going to be a highly anticipated release particularly after the success of the previous release. Despite falling short of expectations, Faye took another sharp turn and headed for a more rockier and edgier direction as displayed from "The Last Blossom", "A Century Of Loneliness / Watching Over The Wheatfield" and the alternative sounding "Hypnotize". The ballads still remain in the form of "Butterfly / Postman" and "The Moon At The Time" and it also includes the song from the Pepsi commercial "Spectacular".
2000's "Fable" is arguably the most complete body of work from Faye. The first five tracks fit together nicely and tells of a story, and it also helps that they all became hits particularly with "Chanel" and "New Tenant". The haunting ballad "Love Letter To Myself / Book of Forgiving and Forgetting" appears twice as does "Firefly / Goodbye Firefly" which continues with the rockier sound developed from the last album. It would have been a nice addition if the bonus VCD that came with the original pressing of this album was contained in the collection as well.
Last but not least, "Faye Wong '01" is probably the album that I listen to the least from this collection. I guessed I anticipated a little bit too much from the way that Faye always managed to topple her previous effort with every new release and I can't help but "Fable" raised the bar a little bit too high. Despite the wealth of materials contained within this release, I couldn't help but feel that there was no particular flow or theme within this release as there was a little bit of everything thrown into the mix. However, this album did have it's few moments of highlights including what I believe would be one of Faye's finest ballads "Passing Years". This release also features the maddening "Wing Of Light" and "Idiot". On the more ballady side of things, there's "Vertigo" and "Colour Blind".
On the whole, this is a very nice little collection to have. Why purchase "Most Fayevourite" when you can own the whole collection all at once and be able to experience Faye's artistic growth over the years.
Tracklisting:
王菲 / Faye Wong (1997)
01. 麻醉 Anaesthesia
02. 你快樂（所以我快樂) You’re Happy (So I’m Happy)
03. 悶 Bored
04. 娛樂場 Amusement Park
05. 人間 Mortal World
06. 我也不想這樣 I Don’t Want To Be Like This Either
07. 小題大做 Making A Fuss
08. 懷念 Reminiscence
09. 撲火 Into The Fire
10. 雲端 Cloud’s Edge
唱遊 / Scenic Tour (1998)
01. 感情生活 Emotional Life
02. 臉 Face
03. 色誡 Sex Commandments
04. 半途而廢 Give Up Half Way
05. 飛 Fly
06. 祢 You
07. 小聰明 A Little Clever
08. 醒不來 Can’t Wake Up
09. 紅豆 Red Bean
10. 童 Tong
〔Bonus CD〕
01. 原讓自己 Forgive Myself
02. 償還 Repayment
03. 情誡 Love Commandments
只愛陌生人 / Only Love Strangers (1999)
01. 開到荼蘼 The Last Blossom
02. 當時的月亮 The Moon At That Moment
03. 催眠 Hypnotise
04. 只愛陌生人 Only Love Strangers
05. 百年孤寂 Centruy Of Loneliness
06. 蝴蝶 Butterfly
07. 過眼雲煙 A Passing Cloud
08. 嗶一聲之後 After The Beep
09. 推翻 Overthrow
10. 精彩 Spectacular
11. 守望麥田 Watching The Field
12. 郵差 Postman
〔Bonus VCD〕
01. 百事可樂廣告"愿望篇" 1 分鐘版
02. 精彩 Music Video
03. 百事可樂廣告"愿望篇" 製作花絮
寓言 / Fable (2000)
01. 寒武記 The Cambrian Era
02. 新房客 New Tenant
03. 香奈兒 Chanel
04. 阿修羅 Asura
05. 彼岸花 Flowers Of Paradise
06. 如果你是假的 If You Were False
07. 不愛我的我不愛 I Don’t Love Anyone Who Doesn’t Love Me
08. 你喜歡不如我喜歡 I Like It More Than You
09. 再見螢火蟲 Goodbye Firefly
10. 笑忘書 The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting
11. 螢火蟲 Firefly
12. 給自己的情書 Love Letter To Myself
王菲 / Faye Wong (2001)
CD 1 國語 LP Mandarin LP
01. 光之翼 Wings Of Light
02. 等等 Wait A Moment
03. 打錯了 Wrong Number
04. 有時愛情徒有虛名 Sometimes Love Is So Fake
05. 流年 Passing Years
06. 夜會 Night Date
07. 流浪的紅舞鞋 Wandering Red Dancing Shoes
08. 白痴 Idiot
09. 兩個人的聖經 Two Person’s Bible
10. 單行道 One Way Street
11. 流浪的紅舞鞋（鋼琴版） Wandering Red Dancing Shoes (Piano Version)
CD 2 廣東 EP Cantonese EP
01. 迷魂記 Vertigo
02. 色盲 Colour Blind
03. 不眠飛行 Sleepless Flight
04. 心路 Heart Of The Road
05. 女皇的新衣 The Empress’ New Clothes
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