No Regrets (Faye Wong album) explained
No Regrets (Chinese: 執迷不悔),[1] [2] [3] also translated as Stubborn and Regretless[4] and Never Deplore,[5] is the fifth Cantonese studio album recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released on 5 February 1993, under Cinepoly.[6] [7] The title track was released in both Cantonese and Mandarin.
Background and development
By the time of the album's release, Wong was already established a substantial fanbase in Hong Kong. She wrote the Mandarin lyrics for the ballad "No Regrets", released as a hit single. The similarly titled album was released in February 1993 and became an instant best-seller.
Composition
Although the songs were mostly soft contemporary arrangements, a popular style in Hong Kong, it also had a few dance songs and two versions of the title track: Wong's Mandarin song, and the other with Cantonese lyrics by Chen Shao Qi (the Mandarin version is by far the more popular one).
Track listing
- 紅粉菲菲 (Hung Fan Fei Fei) – Faye's Rouge
- 執迷不悔 (Zhi Mi Bu Hui) – No Regrets/Stubborn and Regretless (Mandarin version)
- 可愛眼睛 (Ho Oi Ngaan Zing) – Charming Eyes
- 季候風 (Gwai Hau Fung) – Monsoon
- 不再兒嬉 (Bat Zoi Ji Hei) – No More Games
- 我永遠珍惜你我 (Ngo Wing Jyun Zan Sik Nei Ngo) – I will Always Cherish You
- 情敵 (Cing Dik) – Rival
- 從明日開始 (Cung Ming Jat Hoi Ci) – We'll Begin Tomorrow
- 夜半醉 (Je Bun Zeoi) – Half-boozed Night
- 執迷不悔 (Zap Mai Bat Fui) – No Regrets
Notes and References
- Asiaweek −1993 p78 "There's no continuity of emotion.. even really strong women get emotional," says Hongkong singer Faye Wong ... "I'm easily affected by my moods," sai Wong, who just released a new album, No Regrets. "I ye or cry and have lots of ..."
- Shane Homan, Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, 2006, p228. "Faye Wong (1993) No Regrets. Hong Kong: Cinepoly."
- News: Chan. Boon. Faye's back. The Straits Times. 28 October 2011. Singapore. C2. the track No Regrets off the 1993 album of the same name.
- 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 cover of ‘Stubborn and Regretless’ (1993)"
- Web site: Faye Wong Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More. AllMusic.
- Web site: 5 February 1993 . 执迷不悔 (Remastered 2019) – Faye Wong . 20 April 2024 . Apple Music.
- Stan Jeffries, Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980–2001, 2003, p224. "Between the release of her debut album in 1989 and her winning the award for most popular Hong Kong female singer in 1994, Wong released eight albums."
