Maybe Tomorrow (A-Mei album)

Maybe Tomorrow
Studio album by
A-Mei
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2004
Recorded2004
Studio
  • Platinum Studio (Taipei)
  • Martians Studio
Genre
Length55:10
LabelWarner Music
Producer
A-Mei chronology
Brave
(2003) 		Maybe Tomorrow
(2004) 		I Want Happiness?
(2006)

Maybe Tomorrow (Chinese: 也許明天; pinyin: Yěxǔ Míngtiān) is the twelfth studio album by Taiwanese singer A-Mei. It was released on September 21, 2004, by Warner Music Taiwan.[1] Maybe Tomorrow comes hard on the heels of cross-straits controversies from earlier in the year, which led to some of her concerts having to be canceled due to the high amount of tension developed between the political figures on both sides.[2][3] The album's music style presents a more daring and avant-garde experimental rock, and A-Mei is involved in the production for the first time, as well as contributing a number of lyrics and compositions.[4]

Maybe Tomorrow received mixed responses from music critics, with some claiming that the album had a lack of depth.[5] Commercially, the album failed to match the commercial success of its predecessors and struggled in the music charts.[6] The album sold 80,000 copies in Taiwan, which is considerably lower than her past releases.[7] It was also A-Mei's first album not to rank in the top 20 of Taiwan's year-end album sales chart.[8] After the album's underperformance, A-Mei decided to take a year-long leave from the music industry to study abroad in Boston University.[9]

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  6. ^ "专辑卖不动公司建议张惠妹"暂退"". Sina Entertainment (in Chinese). October 20, 2004. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "【分析】金曲獎分析--國語最佳女演唱人". mypaper.pchome.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). April 7, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
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  9. ^ "张惠妹否认要退出歌坛 只想出国进修三个月(图)". Sina Entertainment (in Chinese). October 25, 2004. Retrieved June 18, 2024.