Canto (Soler album)
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Canto is the 5th studio album (6th album overall including the live album Unplugged at Kafka) by C-rock
Chinese rock
Chinese Rock , occasionally referred as Mandorock or Cantorock depending on the language of the song in question, is commonly used to describe a wide variety of forms of rock and roll music, in connection with the rock bands...

 band Soler
Soler (band)
Soler is a Hong Kong-based rock duo originally from Macau formed by twin brothers Julio Acconci and Dino Acconci , Soler made their Hong Kong debut in early 2005...

. It performed successfully on the Hong Kong charts. The title of the album is a play on words, referring to canto
Canto
The canto is a principal form of division in a long poem, especially the epic. The word comes from Italian, meaning "song" or singing. Famous examples of epic poetry which employ the canto division are Lord Byron's Don Juan, Valmiki's Ramayana , Dante's The Divine Comedy , and Ezra Pound's The...

, Italian for "I sing", and referring to Canto, a popular slang for Cantonese language, as the album is sung entirely in Cantonese. The album deviated from the heavy rock elements of their previous album X2, by employing a new funk and indie elements driven by acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

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Tracklisting

  1. "Dim Gaai" (Traditional Chinese: 點解; Jyutping
    Jyutping
    Jyutping is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme...

    : dim2 gaai2; English translation: how come?)
  2. 毒后 Du Hou (黃偉文填詞,接力派台作品)
  3. 長鼻子情聖 Chang Bi Zi Qing Sheng
  4. 風的季節 Feng De Ji Jie (翻唱徐小鳳金曲 風格別樹一幟)
  5. 鎮定 Zhen Ding
  6. 神舟99號 Shen Zhou 99 Hao
  7. 細味 Xi Wei
  8. 去到最遠轉右 Qu Dao Zui Yuan Zhuan You
  9. "Lonely Night"
  10. "Din Ce Zam" (Traditional Chinese: 電車站; Jyutping
    Jyutping
    Jyutping is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme...

    : din ce zam; English translation: train station)
  11. 佢 Qu (Live) (向家駒致敬)
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