Cao Fang

i believe you guys have all received Cao Fang's album sent by Zhu, who was asking me to write something for the newly emerged singer in China mainland. i hope her songs will leave a good impression to ppl who has never listened to Chinese pop before.

(to zhu: it's hard to write an original review... i should just put the Chinese review into google translate and get the English text...)

initially i didn't have a high expectation for her. since i'm already used to the old, traditional styles of most mainland Chinese songs. however her production came to me as a shock. she has adopted a very unique folk-song style lacked by most of her counterparts, and her voice is so natually integrated into her songs. this album "Encounter Me" is her second one so far, released 2 years after her first album, "Black Perfume". i like two of her songs in "Encounter Me" best, "Straw Man" and "Wind Blows over Rainy Days". her monologs in the front part of the songs have characterized Cao Fang's unique singing style well.

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zhu:
Added Discography translations. I suck at translations. Bear with me.


Debut Album (2003) - 黑色香水 | Black Perfume
1. 黑色香水 | Black perfume
2. 春花秋开 | Spring flowers blooming in autumn
3. 失陪 | Excuse me
4. 透明对白 | Transparent dialogue
5. 橘子汁 | Orange juice
6. 基诺山 | Jinuo Mountain
7. Two weeks holiday
8. Garbled account
9. So cool
10. 落单 | Loly (lost + lonley)
11. 小病人 | Little patient
12. 别样生活 | Another kind of life


2nd Album (2005) - 遇见我 (Encounter Me)
1. 遇见我 | Encouter me
2. 神秘礼物 | Mysterious gift
3. 风吹过的下雨天 | Wind blowing over rainy day
4. 城市稻草人 | City scarecrow
5. ICY是淑女 | ICY is a lady
6. TROUBLE
7. I don't care anyway
8. 秋凉 | Autumn chill
9. 在夏天 | In summer
10. 落单.续 | Loly . c'td
11. 孤单的独白 | Lonely monologue

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