Karen Mok in Totality
Appearance
Karen Mok in Totality | ||||
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Released | October 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
Genre | Cantopop | |||
Length | 50:43 | |||
Label | Rock Records | |||
Karen Mok chronology | ||||
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Karen Mok in Totality (Chinese: 全身莫文蔚; pinyin: Quánshēn Mò wén wèi) is a 1996 Cantonese language pop album by Karen Mok.[1][2] It was released on October 1996 by Rock Records.[3][4] A version for Mandarin markets with a more decorous cover showing only Mok's face was released for mainland China and Taiwan, though Mok's first album specifically created for, and achieving great success in the Mandarin markets, did not come till the following year with To Be.[5]
Track listing (Cantonese version)
[edit]Sung in Cantonese, but transcription in Mandarin pinyin
- Cháoshī 潮湿 Damp
- Qíngrén kàn jiàn 情人看剑 Lover to see the sword
- Sèqíng nánnǚ 色情男女(Karen独唱版) Erotica
- Fēirén shēnghuó 飞人生活(一) Trapeze life
- Fú shā 浮沙 Quicksand
- Wǒ bù xūyào liánmǐn 我不需要怜悯 I do not need pity
- Àilìsī yǒngyuǎn zhù zài zhèlǐ 爱丽丝永远住在这里 Alice lives here forever
- Lǎo dìfāng 老地方 Old place
- Shuí hé shuí 谁和谁 Whom and who
- Fēirén shēnghuó 飞人生活(二) Trapeze life 2
- Bǐ yè gèng hēi 比夜更黑 Blacker than night
- Wèiliǎo qíng 未了情 Unfinished love
- Dàole wǎnshàng 到了晚上 When evening comes
- Zěnmele 怎么了 How?
- Fēirén shēnghuó 飞人生活(三) Trapeze life (three)
References
[edit]- ^ Phipps, Gavin (22 January 2000). "The Crowd Pleasers – Karen Mok". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 4. p. R10-11. Retrieved 17 March 2014. "Although Mok recorded her first album singing in her native Cantonese, it was her 1996 release, sung in Mandarin, that caught the ear of the public on both sides of the Taiwan strait. (What may have helped record sales was a risque-yet-discreet cover photo of a naked Mok lying seductively on a sofa) " Whatever the reason, Mok has remained one of Rock's most popular acts. ... Discography: "Karen," 1993 "Quan Shan Karen Mok," 1996 "Whole Body (Cantonese Album)," 1996 "I Say," 1997 "To Be," 1998 "You Can," 1999 "Just Karen," 1999 ."
- ^ China radio film and television 2003 - Issues 17-24 - Page 54 "几乎毎一家香港唱片店里都会挂者一幅酷似木村拓哉的光头裸臂的莫文蔚粤语专辑〈全身〉的宣传海报.可是,在如此商业包装里的音乐.却是彻头彻尾的非商业.刘以达作曲的(飞人生活〉^林夕填词的〈色惰男女〉^都和当时的流行乐坛背道而驰.走得太快香港狭嗌的乐坛根本没法容纳.不得已,莫文蔚从果初的歌手身份转战电影.曾经以〈堕落天使〉赢得香港金像 .
- ^ 李云编著 (2005). 怎样唱好莫文蔚歌曲 标准级. 北京环球音像出版社. pp. 1–2. ISBN 7-88072-277-7.
- ^ 王磊著 (January 2014). 忽略秘密,记住音乐. 北京:新星出版社. pp. 160. ISBN 978-7-5133-1375-9.
- ^ Renmin Ribao: 莫文蔚携莫后年代演唱会代言国产页游 3 March 2014 "1997年莫文蔚在台湾推出首张国语唱片《做自己》,专辑卖出80多万张,主打歌《他不爱我》;" [translation: in 1997 Karen launched in Taiwan her debut Mandarin album "Do it yourself"; the album sold over 800,000 copies, and included the hit Ta Bu Ai Wo "He does not love me"]