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Album: 不會分離 / Never Apart (Buy Album)

Artist: 王光良 / Michael Wong (Guang Liang)

Release Date: November 9, 2007

Tracklisting:

1. 煙火 (Fireworks)
2. 不會分離 (Never Apart)
3. I Miss You
4. 女孩別哭 (Girl, Don’t Cry)
5. 風雨同路 (Challenges Go Hand in Hand)
6. 愛可以點亮整個世界 (Love Can Illuminate the Whole World)
7. I Am Who I Am (我就是我)
8. 雙子星 (Gemini)
9. 住在遙遠的星球 (Living on a Distant Star)
10. 驚嘆號 (Exclamation Mark)

Review by: moopie

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Blurb

Hello, 大家好! This is my first post here… But don’t be too alarmed. As for who I am: I am 18/M/NYC and available! (editor’s note: This guy’s desperate!) I also don’t understand Mandarin particularly well nor am I particularly literate in Chinese, so forgive me if I butcher anything. But the real reason for this post is a review of Guang Liang’s new album, 不會分離.

Most of the songs in the album on the whole don’t really deviate much from his older work. None of the songs are particularly memorable: I just listened to the entire album three times, and would not be able to hum the melody of any of them, so those of you looking for another 童話, you’re not likely to find one here. On the other hand, most of the songs retain the sort of sappy sentimentalism of his old songs, so if you enjoy that sort of stuff, which I definitely do, you can’t really go too wrong with this album.

Songs that I did like, though, were 不會分離 and 雙子星. 不會分離 is kind of sad in a sort of 童話 way, but the end is a lot happier and a lot more optimistic, especially in the MV. I’ll admit it, the song made me want to cry. The tune isn’t that catchy though, and after listening to plenty of Guang Liang’s songs, the whole key change at the end is starting to feel a bit tired and cliché. For that matter, when listening to the first song of the album, 煙火, I couldn’t help but feel a bit of déjà vu. The song basically sounds like a slightly worse version of 約定, which is basically a slightly worse version of 童話. 雙子星 is a pretty cute song, though. Maybe a bit too cutesy for some, but I kind of liked the sappy cuteness of the song. Some of the other songs were a bit too slow for me and made me want to put my head down on a pillow and fall asleep. 風雨同路 was definitely the biggest offender here. It’s quite slow and the lyrics are nothing special. I Am Who I Am is not bad, but it’s been around for a while and isn’t new on this album. I’ve heard this song before and thought it was pretty good. It’s not a sentimental love ballad, which is a bit rare for Guang Liang, and the chorus is a bit catchy. All in all, I’d probably recommend 童話 (the album, not just the song) over this one if you haven’t heard Guang Liang before, but if you’re a fan of his songs, 不會分離 is definitely worth listening to, despite most of the negativity in this review.

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Lyrics

煙火 / Fireworks

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不會分離 / Never Apart

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風雨同路 / Challenges Go Hand in Hand

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I Am Who I Am

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雙子星 / Gemini

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