Coming Home (Faye Wong album)
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Coming Home is an album recorded by Chinese Cantopop
singer Faye Wong
. It was released on her return to Hong Kong
in 1992 after her year long stay in New York City
.
Wong had issued her first three official albums under the stage name Shirley Wong. The cover for Coming Home prominently shows the name "Faye", and from 1994, after the release of Sky
she used name "Wáng Fēi" on album sleeves.
Coming Home was a notable change in musical direction from the more traditional Cantopop
fare of her earlier albums. Like them, it incorporated R&B influences.
This album included "Fragile Woman," , a cover of a Japanese song "Rouge" composed by the Jpop diva Miyuki Nakajima
and sung by Naomi Chiaki
. While this song had been covered by other Chinese singers, Wong's version nonetheless swept over Hong Kong and single-handedly lifted her to stardom.
It became the No.1 hit on almost all local radio stations and won Song of the Year at several musical awards. (Thanks to Wong's cover, this 1972 song–in different language versions–would in the early 1990s become a huge regional hit in Thailand
, Vietnam
and the rest of Southeast Asia
and even Turkey
; the most popular English version was titled "Broken-Hearted Woman".)
Wong also recorded a Mandarin version of "Fragile Woman", released on her 1994 compilation album Faye Best .
The album also included her first English-language song, "Kisses in the Wind".
Wong stated in a 1994 concert that she very much liked this song, after which various websites listed it as her personal favourite.
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...
. It was released on her return to 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...
in 1992 after her year long stay in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Wong had issued her first three official albums under the stage name Shirley Wong. The cover for Coming Home prominently shows the name "Faye", and from 1994, after the release of Sky
Sky
The sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
she used name "Wáng Fēi" on album sleeves.
Coming Home was a notable change in musical direction from the more traditional 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...
fare of her earlier albums. Like them, it incorporated R&B influences.
This album included "Fragile Woman," , a cover of a Japanese song "Rouge" composed by the Jpop diva Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima
is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...
and sung by Naomi Chiaki
Naomi Chiaki
, is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in the following year. "Kassai", a song which has been commonly considered her signature song was released in 1972...
. While this song had been covered by other Chinese singers, Wong's version nonetheless swept over Hong Kong and single-handedly lifted her to stardom.
It became the No.1 hit on almost all local radio stations and won Song of the Year at several musical awards. (Thanks to Wong's cover, this 1972 song–in different language versions–would in the early 1990s become a huge regional hit in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and the rest of Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
and even Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
; the most popular English version was titled "Broken-Hearted Woman".)
Wong also recorded a Mandarin version of "Fragile Woman", released on her 1994 compilation album Faye Best .
The album also included her first English-language song, "Kisses in the Wind".
Wong stated in a 1994 concert that she very much liked this song, after which various websites listed it as her personal favourite.
Track listing
- 浪漫風暴 (Long Maan Fung Bou) - Romantic Storm
- Miss You Night and Day
- 容易受傷的女人 (Jung Ji Sau Soeng Dik Neoi Yan) - Fragile Woman
- 不相識的約會 (Bat Soeng Sik Dik Joek Wui) - Blind Date
- 把鑰匙投進信箱 (Baa So Si Tau Zeon Seon Soeng) - Put the Key In the MailBox
- 這些...那些... (Ze Se... Naa Se...) - These... Those...
- 開心眼淚 (Hoi Sam Ngaan Leoi) - Happy Tears
- 重燃 (Zung Jin) - Rekindle
- 兜兜轉 (Dau Dau Zyun) - Round and Round
- Kisses In the Wind