Fable (album)

Fable (寓言)
Fable (寓言)
Studio album by Faye Wong
Released	20 October 2000
Genre	Mandopop, Cantopop
Length	57:02
Label	EMI
Producer	Faye Wong; Zhang Yadong; Alvin Leong;
Faye Wong chronology

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]

^ Stan Jeffries, Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980–2001, 2003, p225. "Her album Fable, released in October, began to focus on Wong's faith, as the first part of the album centred on the teachings of Buddhism. In 2001, Wong, now enthralled by the Buddhist faith, began to focus on the Japanese market and in April appeared on the front cover of Frau magazine. By the summer she was singing "Separate Ways," the theme song to the popular Japanese TV drama Usokoi, and in October she performed live in the country for the first time. In the following month she was named Artist of the Month on MTVChina. She also released the "Buddhist" single in Hong Kong. In November a double release, Loving, Kindness and Wisdom, highlighted Wong's devotion to her newfound faith, as the first part of the album featured Buddhist chants. Later in November a "best of" album was released."
^ Shane Homan Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture −2006 p224 "... almost exclusively on contributions from Hong Kong-, Beijing- and Singapore-based composers along with her own compositions on Sing and Play (1998), Only Love Strangers (1999), Fable (2000), Faye Wong (2001) and To Love (2003)."
^ CMJ New Music Report – 2001 12 31p 44 "FAYE WONG Fable"
^ Fable Archived 21 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine, EMI Japan. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
^ Anthony Fung and Michael Curtin, "The Anomalies of Being Faye (Wong): Gender Politics in Chinese Popular Music", International Journal of Cultural Studies 5, no. 3 (September 2002) "Legend"
^ 专辑：王菲--《寓言》 (in Chinese). sina.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

[1] Stan Jeffries, Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980–2001, 2003, p225. "Her album Fable, released in October, began to focus on Wong's faith, as the first part of the album centred on the teachings of Buddhism. In 2001, Wong, now enthralled by the Buddhist faith, began to focus on the Japanese market and in April appeared on the front cover of Frau magazine. By the summer she was singing "Separate Ways," the theme song to the popular Japanese TV drama Usokoi, and in October she performed live in the country for the first time. In the following month she was named Artist of the Month on MTVChina. She also released the "Buddhist" single in Hong Kong. In November a double release, Loving, Kindness and Wisdom, highlighted Wong's devotion to her newfound faith, as the first part of the album featured Buddhist chants. Later in November a "best of" album was released."

[2] Shane Homan Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture −2006 p224 "... almost exclusively on contributions from Hong Kong-, Beijing- and Singapore-based composers along with her own compositions on Sing and Play (1998), Only Love Strangers (1999), Fable (2000), Faye Wong (2001) and To Love (2003)."

[3] CMJ New Music Report – 2001 12 31p 44 "FAYE WONG Fable"

[EMI-Japan-4] Fable Archived 21 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine, EMI Japan. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

[5] Anthony Fung and Michael Curtin, "The Anomalies of Being Faye (Wong): Gender Politics in Chinese Popular Music", International Journal of Cultural Studies 5, no. 3 (September 2002) "Legend"

[6] 专辑：王菲--《寓言》 (in Chinese). sina.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

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