Fable (album)
2000 studio album by Faye Wong
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Fable[1][2][3][4] (Chinese: 寓言; pinyin: Yùyán), alternatively titled Legend,[5] is the eighth Mandarin-language studio album (seventeenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong. There are 12 songs in total: ten in Mandarin and two in Cantonese. The lyrics of two Mandarin songs on the album were rewritten in Cantonese to cater for the Hong Kong market. A "Deluxe" version included a VCD with footage of Faye Wong's commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo.[6]
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| Released | 20 October 2000 | |||
| Genre | Mandopop, Cantopop | |||
| Length | 57:02 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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Composition
The album can be considered in three sections. The first five tracks deal with certain aspects of Buddhism, incorporating motifs from fairy tales, especially Cinderella. The next three are radio-friendly pop songs. The next two, "Farewell Firefly" and "Book of Laughter and Forgetting," are somewhat more complex musically; they are sung in Mandarin and are followed by alternate versions in Cantonese, "Firefly" and "Love Letters to Myself."
Songs
The first five songs form a song cycle and were composed by Faye Wong herself, marking her further development as a songwriter.[7] Three of them featured as the final segment of every performance in Wong's 2010–2012 Comeback Tour. All the lyrics on the album are by Lin Xi, and tracks 1–5 were produced by Zhang Yadong, both of whom were regularly collaborating with Wong during this period of her career.[7] Alvin Leong produced tracks 6–12.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Unofficial translation | Length |
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| 1. | "寒武紀" (Hánwǔjì) | "The Cambrian Age" | 5:15 |
| 2. | "新房客" (Xīn Fángkè) | "New Tenant" | 5:11 |
| 3. | "香奈兒" (Xiāngnài'ér) | "Chanel" | 4:52 |
| 4. | "阿修羅" (Āxiūluó) | "Asura" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "彼岸花" (Bǐ'àn Huā) | "Flower on the Other Shore"/ "Flower of Paradise" | 5:16 |
| 6. | "如果你是假的" (Rúguǒ Nǐ Shì Jiǎde) | "If You Were False" | 3:57 |
| 7. | "不愛我的我不愛" (Bù Ài Wǒ De Wǒ Bù Ài) | "I Won't Love Anyone Who Doesn't Love Me" | 4:20 |
| 8. | "你喜歡不如我喜歡" (Nǐ Xǐhuān Bùrú Wǒ Xǐhuān) | "Your Likes Are Not as Important as Mine" | 4:02 |
| 9. | "再見螢火蟲" (Zàijiàn Yínghuǒchóng) | "Farewell Firefly" | 5:09 |
| 10. | "笑忘書" (Xiào Wàng Shū) | "Book of Laughter and Forgetting"/ "Book of Exhilaration" | 4:27 |
| 11. | "螢火蟲" (Yìhngfóchùhng) | "Firefly" | 5:09 |
| 12. | "給自己的情書" (Kāp Jihgéi Dīk Chìhngsyù) | "Love Letter to Myself" | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 57:02 | ||
All songs are in Mandarin except for tracks 11 and 12, which are Cantonese versions of tracks 9 and 10 respectively.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Eyes on Me" (Almighty Radio Mix) | 3:59 |
| 14. | "香奈兒" (Japanese version) | 4:59 |
| Total length: | 8:58 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Eyes on Me" | 5:42 |
| Total length: | 5:42 | |
Release history
| Region | Release date | Label | Format(s) |
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| Hong Kong | October 20, 2000 | EMI | CD+VCD (hardcover version) |
| CD (paperback version) | |||
| Taiwan | Cassette | ||
| Malaysia | EMI Malaysia | Cassette | |
| China | Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing House | CD | |
| Cassette | |||
| South Korea | November 17, 2000 | EMI Music Korea | CD |
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| Japan | February 16, 2001 | Toshiba EMI | CD |
| China | 2002 | Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing House | CD (Special Edition) |