Faye Wong - Fable (+ Bonus Video CD)

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Free Music Review: Simply Faye's Best
Hit: 5 Stars

Track 01-PRE CAMBRIAN ERA features trip-hop groove that creates a haunting mood. Faye's vocal is high and solid, with abosultely no fault. The song kicks off the album with a love-at-first-sight encounter of the prince and princess. The Beijing Choir performed the background vocal and enhances the ominous disposition.

Track 02-NEW TENANT is no doubt the best track in the album. I personally think NEW TENANT is the best song ever in Faye's career. The refreshing note attributes to use of breakbeat arrangement. The song is a clever mix of electronica with orchestrated rock and breakbeat arrangement. Zhang Ya Dong deserves the credit for creating such a scintillating acoustics listening experience. Lin Xi's lyrics is simply arousing: I've seen a tsunami but never seen your smile. I've caught a bird but never caressed your feather.

Track 03-CHANEL is a more upbeat, jubilant track of the quintuple. CHANEL proclaims the flamboyance of the flourishing love affair. The music is much simpler and weaker than PRE-CAMBRAIN ERA and NEW TENANT but still not a bad selection. CHNAEL features trumpet by Wen Zhi Yong.

Track 04-ASURA is one of the eight celestial dragons in ancient Chinese fairy. Asura is belligerant, envious, jealous, and destructive. ASURA symbolizes the destruction of relationship. The Beijing Woodwinds Ensemble performed woodwinds for this piece, joined by Wang Mei on harp and Wang Zhi on French horn. ASURA exudes a melancholy, disappointing mood.

Track 05-FLOWER FROM YONDER SHORE is an old Buddhist saying referring to the wings of flowers take off and fly after the flowers wither. The soil filtered out love and hatred will again burgeon with new seeds. The instrumental beginning of this track go on for about 1:55 before Faye began the vocal performance. FLOWER FROM YONDER SHORE strikes me the most with Faye's chanting. Percussion and French horn add to the ethereal mood.

The following tracks from 06 to 10 are mainstream Taiwanese ballads that don't deserve any much comment. I think Faye should have released the first five tracks alone in a maxi single to better preserve the unity of the fable. Tracks 06 to 10 obviously have nothing to do with the fable. The last track, Track 12-Love Letter to Self deserves some attention. Long-time music partner C. Y. Kong has bestowed Faye with one of the most elegant, beautiful tunes in recent years. Any brave move will be confronted with much criticism and even persecution. Many have found this album dispensable and not worthy of the wait. I persoanlly welcome this breakthrough in music style-with the introduction of new music element such as the mix of electronica with carefully orchestrated rock in NEW TENANT. Many Asian artists, espcially from Hong Kong and Taiwan, compromised too much and released music that will attract sales. Faye Wong obviously has chosen the road less traveled. I expect more music that digresses from the straight line, and more experimental music. I definitely recommend the quintuple.

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