Toy (Faye Wong album)
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Toy is a 1997 EP by 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...

 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 during her parental leave
Parental leave
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 where she gave birth to her first child. The EP's cover's photo depicts Wong in her home in Beijing
Beijing
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, China
People's Republic of China
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, having moved back there after several successful years based in 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 1996-97, the last year of her recording contract
Recording contract
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 with Cinepoly Records
Cinepoly Records
Cinepoly Records is a Hong Kong-based record label founded in 1985. It was a subsidiary of PolyGram Records and the film company Cinema City. Ownership of Cinepoly Records switched to Universal Music Group after Universal acquired PolyGram Records in 1998 and albums are now distributed by...

, Wong recorded ten original songs in Cantonese
Cantonese
Cantonese is a dialect spoken primarily in south China.Cantonese may also refer to:* Yue Chinese, the Chinese language that includes Cantonese* Cantonese cuisine, the cuisine of Guangdong province...

, all with lyrics by Lin Xi (林夕)
Albert Leung
-Education:He was educated at the boys school Chan Sui Ki College and La Salle College, and graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1984.-Songwriting career:He has been a cantopop lyricist since 1985, using the pen name Lin Xi...

 but composed by others such as Wong Ka Keung
Wong Ka Keung
Steve Wong Ka-Keung is a Hong Kong musician, composer and the songwriter. He was one of the members of the now disbanded, Hong Kong rock band Beyond. Steve Wong plays bass guitar and provides vocals...

, Adrian Chan, and Chan Xiao Xia. Cinepoly later released eight of these songs in the two EPs entitled Toy and Help Yourself (自便). The other two songs were included in later compilations.

Track listing

  1. "暗湧" (Ngum Yoong) –
    Undercurrent
  2. "約定" (Yerk Ding) –
    Date
  3. "敷衍" (Fu Yeen) –
    Merely Appease
  4. "玩具" (Woon Gui) –
    Toy
  5. "我信" (Ngor Seun) –
    I Believe
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