L.A.N.D.Y............. Tell me tell me why.....
A catchy phrase from her breakthrough her signature song, "L.A.N.D.Y." And this is also a conclusion after I listen to the whole album. Too damn much LANDY rapping... almost appear in every uptempo song in this album. Creative? I would say running out of it. Landy Wen is an artist which I always look forward to as she very in trend, but I don't see this one a good match to ELVA Hsiao's. Funny, Taiwan named her their own version of Kylie Minogue. Maybe she indie and hip in the same way, as compare Kylie to Britney, Madonna.
This album is a follow-up from the success of HOTWAVE, release 2 years ago, which I would say duplication? Yeah a bit. Follows the same formula, but lesser of the elements of surprise. Sometimes I feel the element of surprise is more important in an album I listen to.
This new album of Landy sort of ruining my expectations. What are mine? A sets of evergreen ballads...... not sure yet, it takes more repeats of listen only I can rate..... A sets of catchy uptempo tunes.... yes there are in it.... And hoping for more songs.... only a formal of 9 new songs when another one is a mash-up tribute to Anita Mui's Let Go Your Mind.
The warm up single, Let Go Your Mind, a cover/mash-up of Anita Mui's hit back in 1996, is not very pleasing number. I would have to say lack of creativity. Song arrangements are not exciting enough. New rhythm introduced into the classic is not very tempting. Lucky, this all can be turn around with the continue of "Hotwave", "D.I.S.C.O" the lead single is able to carry the album out. No doubt its another hit for her. It cross between of the 80's disco culture and today's autotunes.
From the previous success, she totally dulge into the 80's disco elements. The whole album also sounds a very mashup of the 80's, from tribute to 80's icon, Anita Mui til the disco culture with current futuristically mando-pop sound. It will be well-received by current audiences, specially China Mainland.
Another potential single, a very dance pop track,"Wide Angle Beauty" declares a new standard of beauties among the ladies by not starving too much to be beautiful, and able to do whatever they want without society restricts, etc...
Yes, the 2nd single is the everyone's favourite number.... ballad. "I Believe All Of You", the stupider than a dumb lyric (as also a continuer of her huge hit, "Dumb") which says, believing in all the craps a lover says. It the dumbest you can get. Yeah, love makes people blind. It got worst when you jump right to it and believe it all. However, without another look at the composer's name, you totally can hear his signature right all over the song. As like R. Tedder in Leona Lewis's. This is another works from Kenji Wu, who recently seems disappearing from the spotlight since his concert. Catchy, commercial, beautiful and pitiful.....actually I am looking for wittyful, but there is none. He also had repeating himself too much.
This time all 3 ballads from the album is very good... and all potential hit songs. The other 2, "Porcupine", and "Don't Fall For Me" are very much my cup of tea. I can imagine myself singing along to these songs in the gym in coming months, and too getting good reviews from internet viewers.
Mid-tempo and up-tempo songs had made up the other 60% of the album, and its a good experimentation to continuing her previous musical style. As suggested by the title, Dancing Queen, most songs are danceable to it and heavy disco influenced. A play number with a little of hip-hop and pop, "Don't Be Too Obedient" plays a hints to her previous hits. A reggae number, "Everything Gonna Be All Right" and a mid tempo folkish stuff, "There's No Right Or Wrong In Love" would just leave you shaking your leg all the way.
Tracklist
01. Intro
02. 廣角美女 (Wide Angle Beauty)
03. D.I.S.C.O
04. 愛情沒有對錯 (There's No Right Or Wrong In Love)
05. 我全都相信 (I Believe All Of You)
06. 視而不見 (Pretending Its Invisible)
07. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
08. 放開你的頭腦 (Let Go Your Mind)
09. 不要太乖 (Don't Be Too Obedient)
10. 刺蝟 (Porcupine)
11. 不要愛上我 (Don't Fall For Me)
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