Music CD Review - The best and the worst

Hmm, never did a CD review here did I? I have a music blog that I review CDs and all but I dont think many people know about it, its on my link "My Music Space".. Hmm, anyhow, I shall do one here since more of you guys know this blog better....

Ok, I hope I dont offend any people here but I will tell you my pick of the best and the worst CDs that came out recently....



The 2nd best CD out recently in my opinion is 方大同's 橙月.

Again 方大同 has again came out with a spectacular album, with his clever lyrics and tunes, this album will surely capture new and old fans alike. His jazzy, bluey feel of his songs are also melodious and catchy, at first it may not hit you, but after a few times, you will definately be captivated by it. Favourite picks include Singalongsong, 小小虫,100种表情 ,1234567.

Overall: 3.5/5



And the best CD in early 2009!!... Joanna & 王若琳 by 王若琳



Joanna, the new breakthrough singer from Taiwan. Since her first debut album - Start from here, she has been a hit. The 2nd album, true and similar to her style, features a 2 CD album, with the first being an english album and the 2nd a mix of chinese and english. You can say she is the asia version of Norah Jones.. Basing on this album alone, she can definately take away the Music Awards like Norah if she was in the US.. The talent of her songwriting skills can only be matched by her vocal skills..

If someone told you to write a song about "How I feel about a businessman" or "Adult Crap", what would you write about.. Tell that to Joanna and she does it ever so cheeky and yet light hearted.. Songs like "Nobody's a Nun" and "Man" are also funny and yet insightful... The best song from the 1st CD must be "Aubrey", its a soothing yet sad song.. Trying to understand what the song is trying to say, so give me abit more time to listen to it and fully comprehend the meaning of this beautiful song...

Coming to this, the 2nd CD comes with some chinese songs, some oldies like 玫瑰玫瑰我爱你, and chinese lyris added to some english songs. Amazing covers that she did like "Times of your life" and "Vincent" really added the icing to the cake. Its rare for me to like more than 1/2 of the songs in an album but this album really wins hands down for the most songs entering my playlist.

But again, this CD is only for those who like blues, jazz, and that sort.. So if you are into the rock, pop genre... stay away from it... But Im sure people who listen to it will be converts too... =)

Overall: 4/5



And the worst album of them all...... 瑞恩's 共和国

Ok, before all her fans come and smite me.. haha.. Let me say that I did like her since her first album.. Her songs are abit edgy but it really brought out her character and since then she started to act and stuff and left the music scene for quite some time.. I was quite excited when she announced her first album BUT was devastaed when i heard it...

Ok, her only main song 穿反 was ok, and that was it.. The other 7 songs plus 3 more unplugged, slow edit versions of other songs were just bleah... I tried to listen to it from all music directions, alternative, new-age, classic, rock, punk.. Sorry to say, I cant even fit the songs into any genre... The lyrics were wierd, the music sounded detached and incohesive.. Really, the other hit, 青蛙, was so bad, I would not even eat it.. In all, its a very bad album, but I dont realy blame her, I think she should blame the producers and songwriters.. What are they thinking man, after so many years, you all decided to produce crap for her... -___- I think she deserves more than this, 瑞恩 please get better songwriters, and I think you can write better than these too...

Overall: 0/5

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