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| Released | October 2, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Avon Recording Studios (Hong Kong) | |||
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| Length | 44:39 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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Sing and Play (Chinese: 唱遊; pinyin: Chàng Yóu) is the sixth Mandarin-language studio album (fifteenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It includes 10 tracks in Mandarin, with a bonus disc of 3 Cantonese tracks.[1][failed verification] It was released on October 2, 1998, in the Greater China region. On October 21, 1998, it was released in Japan.[2] Wong and Alvin Leong served as the album's executive producers.[3]
Sing and Play was the first C-pop album to be recorded using HDCD technology. The overall style of the album is atmospheric and lively, making extensive use of techniques such as bel canto, vibrato, vocal fry and breathy vocals.[4] Commercially, Sing and Play fared very well, with cumulative sales in Asia exceeding 2.5 million copies.[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) - album not mentioned by name
- ^ Billboard, Faye Wong article by Steve McClure, February 6, 1999, page 51, "Global Music Pulse" column, edited by Dominic Pride
- ^ "王菲 《唱遊》". music.yule.sohu.com (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ "重温王菲20年：一个北京女孩的传奇（中）（八）". www.163.com (in Chinese (China)). November 20, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ "王菲最精彩的十张专辑". ent.sina.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). August 5, 2004. Retrieved October 29, 2023.