緣 Fate is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by cantopop

Cantopop

Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

 singer Prudence Liew

Prudence Liew

Prudence Liew Mei-Gwan is a multi-platinum selling Hong Kong pop singer and Golden Horse Award winning actress, having released 14 studio albums and appearing in numerous films.-Career start:...

, released in 1989.

Background information

As Liew was pregnant with her second child after the release of Loving Prince

Loving Prince

公子多情 Loving Prince is the third studio album of cantopop singer Prudence Liew, released in 1988.-Background information:This album contains less covers than her previous album, Why; however two of the three covers made it as singles. The title track and lead single "公子多情 Loving Prince" is actually...

 公子多情, she was on maternity leave for much of 1989. To tie fans over until the release of her next album Jokingly Saying

Jokingly Saying

笑說 Jokingly Saying is the fourth studio album of cantopop singer Prudence Liew, released in 1989.-Background information:After her maternity leave, Liew released this album in late 1989. This is also her first album to be released by BMG Pacific as it had just acquired Current Records...

 笑說, Current Records decided to produce a remix album

Remixes (Prudence Liew album)

Remixes is a remix compilation album by cantopop singer Prudence Liew, released in 1989.-Background information:As Liew was pregnant with her second child after the release of Loving Prince 公子多情, she was on maternity leave for much of 1989...

 and this EP containing two songs that were themes from TVB series and TV movies. This is also Liew's last studio release on Current Records before it was bought out by BMG Music in 1989.

The first track was the title track "緣 Fate", which was the theme to the series, 萬家傳說 The Vixen's Tale starring Roger Kwok

Roger Kwok

Roger Kwok Chun-on is Hong Kong television actor who works on the TV station TVB. Kwok was born in Hong Kong and his native family roots are in Zhongshan, Guangdong...

 and Sheren Tang

Sheren Tang

Sheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The...

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The second track is "痴心誤會 Loving Misunderstanding". It served as the ending theme to the TV movie, 奪命情人 The Killing Lover starring Liew, and a yet-to-be-famous Leon Lai

Leon Lai

Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...

. This song was previously released on her album, Loving Prince.