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Hajime Mashite
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October 20, 2008
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October 20, 2008
Any Greatest Hits collection would replace it
| I liked it, especially the PVs, and I found some songs I don`t have (and I have most of the albums) but overall, it`s not great, merely good and it`s DEFINITELY not complete. There should be extras like bonus picture galleries or interviews and the like and MANY MANY more songs. |
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Anonymous
July 6, 2005
July 6, 2005
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money-making
money-making
| If this represents Faye's career, I think Faye herself would be quite disappointed. Most of the songs selected are "karaoke songs". A compilation that truly represents Faye Wong must show what kind of music she personally likes and how she tries to break new ground with her music. It is regrettable that they decided to choose karaoke hits over more songs from Fu Zao (I still consider this as Faye's best album to date), more renditions of Teresa Teng's rare songs, live performances of "Bohemian Rhapsody"/ "Look of Love"/ etc..., the first 5 songs in her album "Fable", etc... But, it is clear this is just an attempt for the record companies to make money. So, judging from the sales at HMV, I guess they've achieved their goal. |
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July 2, 2005
July 2, 2005
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More Faye
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Another year has passed, another greatest hit set for Faye. This seemingly endless tradition of releasing greatest hits for one of my favourite female vocalists, usually doesn't even make me flinch. However, with this particular release, with the claim of it being "the first complete Faye Wong collection", I just had to look into it a little more. I don't know what every body elses's definition of "complete" but from my understanding, it's supposed to be everything, from beginning to end. Fair enough, this collection does have a healthy amount of Faye material stretching almost her entire career span, bar the one album release "To Love" from Sony in 2003. I for one, would think some material would have to be plucked from that album in order to be able to declare the collection to be "complete". Now, I do understand there are copy right issues, and profit distributions and things of that nature, but we really can't pretend that album never happened. This is a cantonese orientated release, with a few collaborations and duets thrown in here and there. Faye's collaborations are few and far in between, so it's good to see a few included here, with the highlight being "Fashion Show" with the late Anita Mui. Naturally, there was always bound to be a few mandarin tracks since Faye haven't release a proper cantonese album for almost a decade. Note worthy mentions go to "Wish We Last Forever" the Teresa Teng cover, "Mortal World" from "Faye Wong '97" & "Chanel" from Faye's 200 release "Fable". The compulsories are also here, namely "Easily Hurt Woman", "Like Wind", "No Regrets", "Willing", "Chess Piece", "Brink Of Love & Pain", "Scandalous", "Dated", "Repayment" & "Love Letter To Myself". With most of Faye's commercially successful tracks being ballads, this album naturally is ballad heavy. I am disappointed that there was not any further inclusion of Faye's later releases with EMI, with the only "rockier" inclusion being "Chanel". If the publisher is to call this a complete release, are we pretending that Faye's other rockier mandarin tracks aren't hits and never existed? I mean, where was "Bored", "Spectacular", "The Last Blossom", "New Tenant", "Wing Of Light", "Lonely Red Shoe", just to name a few. And even a few finer ballads were overlooked, and I'm referring to "I Don't Want To Be Like This Either", "The Moon At The Time" & "Passing Years"? I guess the point I'm trying to point out is that, true this collection does have a substantial amount of Faye materials spread over 3 cds, but clearly it's not a "complete" collection by my definition. Many of Faye's later releases are largely ignored or overlooked and definitely doesn't do Faye justice as an ever-evolving artist. I highly recommend this release to anybody who's new to Faye, or to those Fayenatics who are just trying to complete their Faye collection, but this release has quite some territory yet to cover in order for it to be considered a complete collection. If anything, dare I say, the title is somewhat misleading because if anyone was to think this release would sum up who Faye Wong is as an artist and if this release was to supply them the bare essentials, they'll definitely be underequiped. Personally, I would have liked to see a 4th cd covering Faye's later releases, painting a fuller picture of Faye's career, and maybe seeing a separate vcd/dvd equivalent as the tracklist to this "bonus" dvd is rather half-heartedly compiled and doesn't really serve a purpose as such. |
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June 21, 2005
June 21, 2005
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Gosh!Another money making opportunity by the record company. It's so ridiculous. I rather the record company brings back all of Faye's old cds rather than repackaging again and again until everyone gets tired of it. Stop this madness!!!!! |
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Anonymous
June 18, 2005
June 18, 2005
Fayenomenol!
| This is a great compilation for Fayenatics and non-Faye fans alike. Cinepoly usually release compilations after compilations with the same songs over and over again. But this release is different in that the company teams up with EMI (Faye's last record company) to produce a compilation with rare hits as well as well-known Fayest hits! The additional DVD, despite containing the same few karaoke MV's that every other Faye DVD has, it is nonetheless a good addition to this release. Definitely a great buy for everyone. Grab this one in the meantime since Faye will probably not produce another album anytime soon. Might as well reminisce the glory days. |
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Anonymous
June 16, 2005
June 16, 2005
best collection
| This is the best collection album of Faye, because it includes not only hit songs from universal and EMI, but also a karaoke DVD. Many of the karaoke version songs are out of stock. Thanks for universal and EMI to release this album. |
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