Random Thoughts (Faye Wong album)
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Random Thoughts is a 1994
album recorded by Chinese Cantopop
singer Faye Wong
when she was based in Hong Kong
. It confirmed her move into alternative music and covers songs by the Cocteau Twins
, whose influence she readily acknowledged.
The title track "Random Thoughts" is a cover of the Cocteau Twins' "Bluebeard
". Track 5, "Know Oneself And Each Other", covered their song "Know Who You Are at Every Age", which was likewise from their 1993 album Four-Calendar Café
.
"Dream Lover" (sometimes translated "Person in a Dream") is a cover of The Cranberries
' "Dreams
". It was a successful hit single, and was featured in Wong Kar-wai
's critically acclaimed film Chungking Express
in which Faye Wong also starred. She also recorded a Mandarin version, "Elude", on Sky. Both versions are still played frequently in Chinese media.
s of varying size, all of which have some strokes
missing but allowing the phrase still to be discerned. An alternative cover was all white except for the artist and album name, the latter in the same partial characters.
1994 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
album recorded by Chinese 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 Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
when she was based in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. It confirmed her move into alternative music and covers songs by the Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals...
, whose influence she readily acknowledged.
The title track "Random Thoughts" is a cover of the Cocteau Twins' "Bluebeard
Bluebeard (song)
Bluebeard is a single by the Cocteau Twins. It was released by Fontana Records in February 1994. It was the second single to be released from the Four-Calendar Café album....
". Track 5, "Know Oneself And Each Other", covered their song "Know Who You Are at Every Age", which was likewise from their 1993 album Four-Calendar Café
Four-Calendar Café
Four-Calendar Café is the eighth and penultimate album by three-piece Scottish band Cocteau Twins. It was originally released in 1993 on Fontana...
.
"Dream Lover" (sometimes translated "Person in a Dream") is a cover of The Cranberries
The Cranberries
The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. The band currently consists of O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler...
' "Dreams
Dreams (The Cranberries song)
"Dreams" is the first single released by rock band The Cranberries. The song is taken from their 1993 debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?...
". It was a successful hit single, and was featured in Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046...
's critically acclaimed film Chungking Express
Chungking Express
Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman...
in which Faye Wong also starred. She also recorded a Mandarin version, "Elude", on Sky. Both versions are still played frequently in Chinese media.
Track listing
- 胡思亂想 (Wu Si Lyun Seong) – Random Thoughts
- 誓言 (Shi Yan) – Pledge
- 天與地 (Tin Jyu Dei) – Sky And Earth
- 夢中人 (Mung Zung Yan) – Dream Lover
- 知己知彼 (Zi Gei Zi Bei) – Know Oneself And Each Other
- 純情 (Seon Tsing) – Pure Love
- 遊戲的終點 (Yau Hei Dik Zung Dim) – End of the Game
- 夢遊 (Mung Yau) – Sleepwalk
- 藍色時分 (Laam Sik Si Fan) – Moment of Blue
- 回憶是紅色天空 (Wui Yik Si Hung Sik Tin Hung) – Reminiscence is a Red Sky
Cover art
The main cover design shows various overlapping phrases in Chinese characterChinese character
Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...
s of varying size, all of which have some strokes
Stroke (CJK character)
CJK strokes, also called CJK strokes or CJKV strokes are the calligraphic strokes needed to write the Chinese characters used in East Asia...
missing but allowing the phrase still to be discerned. An alternative cover was all white except for the artist and album name, the latter in the same partial characters.