Exposed (CoCo Lee album) explained

Exposed
Type:studio
Artist:Coco Lee
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Exposed is Chinese-American singer Coco Lee's studio album. It was released on March 25, 2005 by Sony BMG. It is her second English-language album after “Just No Other Way”. [1]

On this album Coco Lee collaborated with various producers including Ric Wake, Eric Sanicola, Greg Lawson, Henrik Ahlgren, Damon Sharpe, Matt Nyberg and Michael Anthony Fields.[2]

"Exposed" was recorded and produced in New York City, USA with producer Ric Wake and his team. [3]

Coco Lee had written more than half of the songs in this album, she considered “Exposed” as her most personal album ever.

To produce this album, Lee traveled to and from New York City countless times. She spent a whole year working on this album with producer Ric Wake [4]

“Exposed” was released internationally in multiple markets including: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China mainland, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.

Summary

The album has released four commercial singles:

  1. “No Doubt” featuring Blazee
  2. “Magic Words”
  3. “So Good”
  4. “All Around The World”

The lead single "No Doubt" is an urban/dance-pop song.

Album track standouts include "Belly Dance", "Gotta Clue", "Music We Make", "Hush", "Step In" and the albums only ballad "Magic Words."

The song "All Around the World" was released as a commercial single as the theme song of the Asian version of the film .[5]

Exposed conveys a sexually-themed vibe with titillating visuality of the singer and sexual lyrics such as "Tongue kiss my inner place" in the song “So Good”.

The songs involve the topic of sex delivered over a backdrop of electronica and slow hip-hop.

Reception

The album became popular internationally in Asia.

Especially in Taiwan where it became #1 for three weeks.[6]

Track listing

Standard Edition:

UK Edition (2007):

Bonus Tracks:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exposed by Coco Lee on Spotify .
  2. Web site: Sun . Celine . Coco Lee exposed to US market . South China Morning Post . 2 Apr 2005 . 13 Oct 2023.
  3. Web site: EXPOSED . 2023-12-28 . 台灣索尼音樂娛樂股份有限公司 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Phipps . Gavin . 2005-12-29 . Best CDs of 2005 . Taipei Times.
  5. Web site: Gil . Baby A. . Coco Lee exposed . Philstar.com . 1 July 2005 . 13 Oct 2023.
  6. Web site: Sim . Eh . 從早年到演藝經歷 李玟一生多姿多彩 . 光明日报 . 5 Jul 2023 . zh . 13 Oct 2023.
  7. Web site: EXPOSED . 台灣索尼音樂娛樂股份有限公司 . 13 Oct 2016 . 13 Oct 2023.