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Very Talented

Christine Wong | 02/09/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have to admit I'm not a very big fan of C-Pop. However, Jay Chou (and Faye Wong) are exceptions; they have lots of variety in their music and I love everything they do. In Jay's case, I love the ballads, the rap, the R&B, the alternative, all of it. Also, I don't understand a word of Mandarin and I don't even like American R&B or rap, but I absolutely love all of Jay's work. Anyone who is a fan of Jay's love ballads will love this album...there are quite a bit of them on here. But there are enough rap/R&B songs to make those fans happy as well.



November's Chopin didn't get great reviews when it first came out, but I'd actually put it near the top of Jay's work.

Highlights of this album are:

1. Nocturne (Ye Qu) - the best song of the album, imo.

3. Hair Like Snow (Fa Rue Xue) - addictive

5. Attack From Four Sides (Si Mian Chu Ge) - great dance song! makes me want to drop everything and get up and dance!

7. Romantic Cell Phone (Lang Man Shou Ji) - nice alternative song...great guitar riffs in this song and nice melody

10. Coral Sea (Shan Hu Hai) - beautiful duet with Lara Liang Veronin; nice harmonizing here.



Actually, all the songs are quite good, and I can listen to this album without having to skip any tracks. Well, except for track 2 (Blue Storm) which kind of gives me a headache.



But this is still a very nice introduction to Jay Chou. And it should keep fans of his older albums happy. What can I say, he really is amazing. He's a diamond in the mud of C-Pop."

Great voice =)

Vanessa184 | Vancouver, Canada | 06/09/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I admit that I'm new to Jay Chou's music and that my first language is not Taiwanese Mandarine but I feel his voice..

He composes great emotional and catchy melodies and his voice is raw and just lovely to hear.

He is one of my favorite Asian artists. Highly recommended for those who enjoy great epic music...(check out the Initial D subtheme from Jay Chou..Yi Lu Xiang Bei)"