Faye Wong (2001 album) should not be confused with Faye Wong (1997 album).
| Faye Wong | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Faye Wong |
| Cover: | FayeWong_FayeWong2001.jpg |
| Released: | 11 October 2001 |
| Recorded: | 2001 |
| Genre: | Mandopop |
| Length: | 1:02:44 |
| Label: | EMI |
| Prev Title: | Fable |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | To Love |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Faye Wong (Chinese: 王菲) is the ninth Mandarin studio album (eighteenth overall) by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong, released through EMI on 11 October 2001. It is her second self-titled Mandarin record following Faye Wong (1997). Wong worked with new partners on this album, including Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua and Taiwanese rocker Wu Bai.
The songs Faye Wong are a mixture of pop and rock numbers, including pop rock, techno and electro genres. It included 11 tracks in Mandarin Chinese and five in Cantonese. The latter provided Wong's most significant release of new Cantonese songs since Toy in 1997.[1]
Reflecting the varied contributors to the album, reviewers found it a mixed bag. A retrospective review in Singapore's The Straits Times mentioned that Wu Bai's techno-rock track "Two Persons' Bible" was "more Wu than Wong". The Cantonese section was considered "more heartening".
"Idiot" was the theme song to Feng Xiaogang's 2001 movie Big Shot's Funeral (大腕) with Donald Sutherland.
Tracks 1–10 & 16 are in Mandarin Chinese, and 11–15 in Cantonese. Tracks 14 and 15 are Cantonese versions of tracks 4 and 3 respectively.
| Region | Release date | Label | Format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 11 October 2001 | Toshiba EMI | CD |
| Hong Kong | 18 October 2001 | EMI | 2CD |
| Taiwan | CD | ||
| Singapore | EMI Singapore | ||
| Malaysia | EMI Malaysia | Cassette | |
| China | Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing House | CD | |
| Cassette | |||
| 2002 | CD (Special Edition) |