Faye Wong is a Chinese singer who has covered some Cocteau
Twins songs and had some written for her. She has made albums with a mixture of wonderful
ethereal Cocteau Twins like music, and commercial songs that her record company wants her
to sing. She is very successful, and is one of the most popular artists in Asia. Faye Wong
pages on the web are often either written in Chinese, or concentrate on pictures and
biography instead of discography, so it can be hard to find information about the Cocteau
Twins related CDs. I have chosen to present the CDs I like the most here, and I use the
English translations as found in Josh's
Fayevorite Faye Wong Page. If you are already a fan, check out my brand new Faye Wallpaper! |
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Random Thinking, Cinepoly 1994 |
The first album to contain Cocteau Twins songs: Track 1,
Random Thinking, and track 5 Know Oneself And Each Other. Both are covers from Four Calendar Café, Bluebeard respectively Know Who You
are at Every Age. Track 3, Pledge, is very pretty too. |
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Decadent Sound of Faye, Cinepoly 1995 |
No CT content at all, not even soundwise. This is Faye's
tribute to her idol Teresa Teng, a Chinese pop-singer. The melodies are often commercial,
but the consequent sound and feel to this album makes it a glowing fayevourite. |
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Di-Dar, Cinepoly 1995 |
A lot of brilliant songs. Track 1, Di-Dar, is beautifully
sung, track 2, Vacation, is absolutely stunning. Track 3, Lost track, reminds me of
Bjork's Bachelorette musically. Track 6, I think, is melodious, track 9, (Untitled), is
catchy and 10, Comet, is beautiful. |
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Impatience, Cinepoly 1996 |
Track 4, Fracture, and track 8, Repressing Happiness, were
written by the Cocteau Twins for Faye and this album. CT later "covered" the
songs as Tranquil eye and Touch
upon Touch. Faye Wong wrote seven of the songs on this album. Every track is divine. |
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Milk & kisses fontana 1996 |
Faye Wong sings a duet with Elizabeth Fraser on Serpentskirt
on the Asian release of Milk & Kisses! This is the
ultimate music to me. To hear those two voices in the same brilliant song... If only they
could make a whole album together. |
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Toy,
Cinepoly 1997 |
Only five tracks and the first five listens or so, I found
them very commercial and I was disappointed. But now I like the EP a lot. Track 1,
Undercurrent, appeals to everyone, and track 3, Merely Appease, is almost Portishead like.
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Help Yourself, Cinepoly 1997 |
Three new songs and three remixes of old ones. Not really
worth the money, but track 2, Guardian Angel, and track 3, Help Yourself, have that
glorious Faye Wong ethereal sound that I can not resist. |
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Faye Wong, EMI 1997 |
The pictures are two of the numerous covers of
Faye Wong. When browsing the webshops, look for any of those two (the others are limited
editions so you are not likely to see them in a regular shop). They have the same
tracklists. Track 4, Amusement Park is a song written for Faye by the Cocteau Twins and is
not available anywhere else. Track 8, Nostalgia is a guitar cover of the Twinlights version of Rilkean Heart. Track 2, You're Happy, So
I'm Happy, is cute and original, an all time fayevourite of mine. Track 3, Bored, is
Chinese rock, fast and fun. |
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Sing and Play, EMI 1998 |
Sing and Play has an alternative feel to it, with track 7,
Little Smart, having the Calfskin Smack Ooh
lalalalas in it. Track 1, 2, 7 and 10 were written by Faye. Packaging is beautiful, and
most songs are lovely, but they never reach the "Impatience standard". |
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Only Love Strangers,
EMI 1999 |
The Cocteau sound is completely vanished, this album is
different, amazing in its own way. Rock, fun, cute and cool songs. Track 10,
Spectacular, the lone Faye composition and a Pepsi-commercial, is a fast dance track.
Album comes with a free VCD. |
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Emotional Life, Cinepoly 1999 |
Since Faye went to EMI, Cinepoly has put out numerous
compilations to make money. This is my recommendation, one live, one studio disc. Both 4CC covers (live), and almost every nice song from the
albums before Di-Dar. Learn more here. |
| VCD is a kind of cheaper DVD format.
It can be used with a proper VCD-player (with karaoke functions), or play them in your own
computer, in the Mpeg2-player. This is a nice way for non-Asians to finally see Faye's
promotional videoclips! Below are my fayevourites: |
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Faye's Willing, Cinepoly 1996 |
1. Decadence, 2. Lost Track, 3. Vacation, 4. Brink Of Love
and Pain, 5. I'm Willing, 6. Sky Like Earth, 7. Because of Him, 8. Chesspiece, 9. Like
Wind, 10. No Regrets, 11. Summer Of Love, 12. Sky |
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Faye Swears, Cinepoly1996 |
1. Sporadic, 2. Scandalous, 3. Impatience, 4. 100 Words -
1000 Phrases, 5. Di-Dar, 6. Dream Lover, 7. Comet (latin mix), 8. Fragile Woman, 9.
Pledge, 10. Flow Not Fly, 11. Wish We Will Last Forever, 12. Know Oneself In Understanding
Others |
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Faye My Karaoke, EMI 1999 |
1. Give Up Halfway, 2, You're Happy, So I'm Happy, 3. Bored,
4. Sex Commandments, 5. I Don't Want To Be This Way Either, 6. Face, 7. Anesthesia 8.
Emotional Life, 9. Mortal World, 10. Red Bean, 11. Can't Wake Up, 12. Fly 13. Little Smart |
