Random Thoughts (Faye Wong album)

Random Thoughts
胡思亂想
Studio album by
Released29 June 1994
Recorded1994
Genre
Length43:51
LabelCinepoly
Faye Wong chronology
Faye Disc
(1994)
Random Thoughts
胡思亂想

(1994)
Sky
(1994)

Random Thoughts[1][2] (Chinese: 胡思亂想), alternatively Thinking Here and There[3] or Wondering Music,[4] is the seventh Cantonese studio album by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong. It was released through Cinepoly Records on 29 June 1994. It confirmed her move into alternative music and covers songs by the Cocteau Twins, whose influence she readily acknowledged.[5]

  1. ^ Shane Homan, Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, 2006, p228. "Faye Wong (1993) 100,000 Whys? Hong Kong: Cinepoly. Faye Wong (1993) No Regrets. Hong Kong: Cinepoly. Faye Wong (1994) Mystery. Hong Kong: Decca/Cinepoly. Faye Wong (1994) Random Thoughts. Hong Kong: Cinepoly."
  2. ^ Chan, Boon (28 October 2011). "Faye's back". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. C2.
  3. ^ 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) 'Wu Shi Lun Shung' (Thinking Here and There, 1994),
  4. ^ Faye Wong is all woman – Taipei Times Archived 6 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Max Woodworth 2004 "Wong also had a brief fascination for the ethereal music of the Cocteau Twins in the mid-1990s, which manifested itself in three covers of the Scottish band's songs on Wondering Music (胡思亂想, 1994) and collaborations with the band on Impatience (浮躁, 1996), and Faye Wong (快樂不快樂, 1997).
  5. ^ 胡思亂想 (in Chinese). Douban. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.[unreliable source?]