Chih Hu Che Yeh | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Lo Ta-yu |
Cover: | Zhi Hu Zhe Ye album cover.jpg |
Caption: | Standard artwork |
Released: | 1982 |
Label: | Rock Records |
Chih Hu Che Yeh | |
C: | 之乎者也 |
P: | Zhīhū zhěyě |
Tp: | jhih hu jhě yě |
W: | chih1 hu1 che3 yeh3 |
Gr: | jy hu jee yeh |
Bpmf: | ㄓˉ ㄏㄨˉ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧㄝˇ |
Chih Hu Che Yeh is the 1982 debut album of Taiwanese singer Lo Ta-yu.[1]
The title of the album consists of a meaningless phrase made solely of four grammatical Chinese particles from Classical Chinese. The phrase functions as an adjective; if someone's Chinese is zhīhū zhěyě, it means it is stale and archaic.[2]
The album broadened the horizons of Chinese music and set a new model for Chinese songwriting. The album had four hit singles: the title song "Zhi hu zhe ye" (Chinese: 之乎者也), "Lukang, the Little Town" (Chinese: 鹿港小鎮), "Love Song 1980" (Chinese: 戀曲1980), and "Childhood" (Chinese: 童年), previously sung by Sylvia Chang in her 1981 album Childhood. The singles from the album remain among Lo Ta-yu's best known songs in mainland China.[3] [4]
Internationally, the album was released in 1982 as the (Chinese: 羅大佑作品選) by Fontana Records with two additional tracks, "Foolishly Waiting" (Chinese: 痴痴的等) and "Deaf-Blind" (Chinese: 盲聾).
Lukang is located in northwestern Changhua County, Taiwan
Previously sung by Sylvia Chang in her 1981 album Childhood
Previously sung by Sylvia Chang in her album Childhood
Alternative title of "Love Song 1980"
Originally sung by Fang Cheng (Chinese: 方正) in the 1981 album Merrily Big Soldiers Album (Chinese: 歡樂大兵專輯|p={{pinyin|huan1le4 da4 bing1 zhuan1ji2) by Fang Cheng and Hsu Pu-liao (Chinese: [[:zh:許不了|許不了]])
Also heard in the 1982 album Leaders of Tomorrow (Chinese: [[:zh:未來的主人翁|未來的主人翁]])
Alternative Chinese title of "Lullaby" (Chinese: 摇篮曲)
The book Taiwan Popular Music — 200 Best Albums (Chinese: 台灣流行音樂 200最佳專輯) (2009, enlarged from a 1994 list) by National Taiwan University (NTU) students and Ma Shih-fang (Chinese: 馬世芳), a radio DJ at News 98, ranked this album number one of their "top 20 Taiwan popular albums from 1975 to 1992".[5]