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| Released | September 26, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
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| Length | 40:39 | |||
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| Producer | Alvin Leong | |||
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Faye Wong (Chinese: 王菲) is the fifth Mandarin-language studio album (fourteenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong. The first album to hers to be released under the umbrella of EMI, it was released on September 26, 1997. There are ten songs in total, one of which is a cover. Unlike her last studio album Fuzao, which was an artistic attempt, this time the album's style is more focused on the balance between mainstream and avant-garde. The album, which was produced by Alvin Leong, is generally languid, mellow and pervaded by an attitude of contentment.
The album sold only modestly in Hong Kong due to the Asian financial crisis, but did well in Taiwan and helped her popularity rise rapidly in mainland China. From this album onwards, Wong's music has been a mix of "alternative" songs and de rigueur love songs, not completely ignoring the market like Fuzao, but also keeping a distance from the mainstream music scene in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since then, Wong has not considered Hong Kong as her main market, and only a few Cantonese songs are included in her later albums.