Art of Love (Art Supawatt Purdy album)

Art of Love
Studio album by
Art Supawatt
ReleasedOctober 28, 2003
GenreThai pop, Country Rock, pop rock, Latin
Length44:39
LanguageThai
LabelWarner Music
ProducerTanongsak Arpornsiri
Art Supawatt chronology
Art of Love
(2003) 		Soi Cowboy Soundtrack
(2008)
Singles from Art oF Love
  1. "Ya Ton Eak Leoy (Thai: อย่าทนอีกเลย)"
    Released: October 28, 2003
  2. "Bai Mai (Thai: ใบใม้)"
    Released: 2003

Art of Love is a studio album by Thai-American actor turned singer Art Supawatt Purdy, released on October 28, 2003, by Warner Music Thailand. The 11-track collection of love songs was produced by Tanongsak Arpornsiri, the same producer behind many successful records by Thai pop biggest names like Thongchai McIntyre and Tata Young.[1]

After having established himself as an actor in the leading role in several Thai language television miniseries (lakhon), Purdy signed on to headline 'Lakorn in Concert', a musical on tour in a rock concert style, and discovered his love for singing and entertaining live audience.[2] In 2003, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Thailand and gave up acting completely to devote all of his time and energy to making this album.[3] Tanongsak Arpornsiri, a member of Thailand legendary band GrandEx, was chosen to produce Purdy's debut effort which was recorded in six months from March to August 2003 [2] and featured songs with pop, rock, country rock and latin influence,[1] except the lead single 'Ya Ton Eak Leoy' (Thai: อย่าทนอีกเลย) which was written and produced by Sakarat Amatayakul. The result was an adult contemporary album 'Art of Love', a collection of songs about different types of love in different level of emotions.[4] In the years that followed the release of this album, Purdy travelled the world to perform in several series of concert tours regularly in places like Japan, Europe, and USA.[5]

Art of Love proved to be most notable in 2008 at one of the world's most prestigious film festival in Cannes[6] when Purdy appeared as himself[7] performing the lead single Ya Ton Eak Leoy (Thai: อย่าทนอีกเลย) and the uptempo version of Yaak Euie Wa Ruk (Thai: อยากเอ่ยว่ารัก) live in the climactic scenes of the film presented there at 61st Cannes Film Festival called Soi Cowboy.[8] Directed by English director Thomas Clay, Soi Cowboy was one of only 20 films that year to receive the honour of becoming the Official Selection to compete for the Un Certain Regard Award.[9] For his effort on the soundtrack, Purdy also received the same honour in the music department for the 2 songs from Art of Love and newly recorded theme song Where We Never Grow Old.[10][11][12][13]

  1. ^ a b "Big Chilli Insight: Art Cuts Loose with a new CD". The Big Chilli. Bangkok: The Big Chilli Company Limited. October 2008. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b Art Supawatt Purdy's Biography Page on the official website www.artsupawattpurdy.com
  3. ^ See Ngern, Kulaab (December 4, 2016). "Star Retro: 'A Life Well Lived of Art Supawatt Aumprasit Purdy'". Naewna Newspaper. p. 13. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "New Release Recommend: 'Art of Love' by Art Supawatt". siamzone.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018. อัลบั้มนี้อาร์ททำงานร่วมกับโปรดิวเซอร์ ทนงศักดิ์ อาภรณ์ศิริ หนึ่งในสมาชิก แกรนด์เอ็กซ์ โดยมี อย่าทนอีกเลย ผลงานของ เศกรัฐ อมาตยกุล โปรดิวเซอร์ระดับหัวแถวอีกคนของวงการเพลง ที่เพิ่งเสียชีวิตไปไม่นาน เป็นเพลงเปิดตัวเพลงแรก รวมไปถึงเนื้อหา โดยรวมของอัลบั้มนี้ที่กล่าวถึงความรักในหลายรูปแบบ หลายอารมณ์ ส่วนแนวเพลงเป็นสไตล์ Adult Contemporary หรือแนวป๊อปร่วมสมัย //This album is produced by Tanongsak Arpornsiri of Thailand legendary band GrandEx except 'Ya Ton Eak Leoy' produced by another top producer Sakarat Amatayakul who had just passed away recently. The content of the album generally about the different types of love and emotions and the style of music is adult contemporary
  5. ^ See Ngern, Kulaab (December 4, 2016). "Star Retro: 'A Life Well Lived of Art Supawatt Aumprasit Purdy'". Naewna Newspaper. p. 13. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2018. เริ่มกลับมารับงานแสดงแล้วครับหลังจากที่หายไป 14 ปี ที่หยุดไปไม่ใช่ว่าเราอิ่มตัวนะ แต่คือเรามีโอกาสได้ออกอัลบั้ม ทำเพลงกับทาง Warner Music และได้ไปทัวร์ร้องเพลงที่ญี่ปุ่น ยุโรป อเมริกา ซะส่วนใหญ่ // I'm back to do Thai miniseries again now after 14 years absent The reason why I stopped, it's not because I reached a plateau or anything but it's because I had no time for acting after I released an album (Art of Love) with Warner Music and did nothing else but mostly performing in many series of concert tours regularly in Japan, Europe and America.
  6. ^ Anheier, Helmut K.; Mark Juergensmeyer, eds. (2012). Encyclopedia of Global Studies. SAGE Publications. p. 566. ISBN 9781412994224. Cannes, Venice, and Berlin—still hold the most prestigious status as cultural institutions that officially endorse the aesthetic and cinematic values of movies and critical currencies of film directors.
  7. ^ See Ngern, Kulaab (December 4, 2016). "Star Retro: 'A Life Well Lived of Art Supawatt Aumprasit Purdy'". Naewna Newspaper. p. 13. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2018. Soi Cowboy (2008) ..ได้เครดิต Music by Art Supawatt และเราก็เล่นด้วย เล่นเป็น ตัวเองนี่แหละ คือในเรื่องนางเอกเขาบ้าดาราไทยอยู่คนนึงพอเป็นผมเล่นเขาก็เอาเรื่องสะพานดาวไปเปิด // Soi Cowboy (2008) the credit read Music by Art Supawatt and I also appeared as myself in the film. In the story, the leading female was crazy about this male Thai star and always watching him on TV. After the director decided to cast me, he actually used the real footage of me acting in one of my miniseries 'Sapan Dao' on TV in the film.
  8. ^ Thomas Clay (Director) (2014). Soi Cowboy (DVD-video) (Motion Picture) (in English, Thai, Lao, and Dutch). Switzerland: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]. OCLC 876895015. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  9. ^ "2008 Selection Un Certain Regard". Festival de Cannes. 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "Red Carpet For". Asia-Europe Foundation. July 31, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018. "SOI COWBOY", is a production with British -Thai synergies of Thomas Clay for the direction, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom for the cinematography, and Art Supawatt for the music.
  11. ^ Meggie Lee (May 21, 2008). "Film Review: Soi Cowboy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2018. Cast: Nicolas Bro, Pimwalee Thampanyasan, Petch Mekoh, Natee Srimanta. Writer-director: Thomas Clay. Producers: Joseph Lang, Tom Waller. Director of photography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. Production designer: Nick Kemp. Music: Art Supawatt
  12. ^ "2008 Un Certain Regard: Soi Cowboy". Festival De Cannes. 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  13. ^ "Art Supawatt: 2008 Un Certain Regard (Music)". Festival De Cannes. 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2018.