Love Addict is the 14th studio album and second mandopop album by Hong Kong singer Prudence Liew. This album marks the first Mandarin language studio album release from Liew since 愛自己 Love Yourself was released in Taiwan in 2000. This album is a cover album that consists entirely of songs that were originally sung by male singers. This is the first in a series of three cover albums released by Liew in three different languages: the Cantonese album 偷 Stolen Moments came after in July 2012, and an English album titled Reincarnated Love released in July 2017.[1]
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| Released | June 17, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Genre | Mandopop, jazz, cover album, audiophile | |||
| Label | Cinepoly | |||
| Producer | Prudence Liew | |||
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Album information
editThe recording of this album was mixed in 24-bit with a sampling rate of 96 kHz. It was then mastered in United States and the discs were compressed and made in Germany in Super Audio CD format. Liew has stated that this is a true album for audiophiles.
Photography for this album was done by Hong Kong actor Chapman To, who is a photography enthusiast and a longtime fan of Liew. To admitted that this is the first time he was hired as a paid professional photographer.
Release
editThe album was released on June 17, 2011, in Hong Kong. HMV Hong Kong promoted the album with an offer of tickets to Liew's mini-concert with pre-orders of the album.[2]
Upon its release, the album charted at number 2 in the HMV Hong Kong's Overall Sales Chart behind Lady Gaga's album Born This Way and topped both the Asian Sales Chart and Cantonese/Mandarin Sales Chart for two consecutive weeks.
Track listing
edit- 認錯 (Apologize) originally sung by 優客李林 Ukulele in 1991
- 他一定很愛你 (He Must Really Love You) originally sung by 阿杜 A-do in 2002
- 你把我灌醉 (You Made Me Drunk) originally sung by 黃大煒 David Wong in 1994
- 原來的我 (The Original Me) originally sung by 齊秦 Chyi Chin in 1988
- 一場遊戲一場夢 (A Game, A Dream) originally sung by 王傑 Dave Wang in 1989
- 走鋼索的人 (A Tightrope Walker) originally sung by 李泉 James Li in 1999
- 愛如潮水 (Love Like Tides) originally sung by 張信哲 Jeff Chang in 1993
- 老實情歌 (Honest Love Song) originally sung by 庾澄慶 Harlem Yu in 1993
- 其實你不懂我的心 (Actually, You Do Not Understand My Heart) originally sung by 童安格 Angus Tung in 1988
- 何去何從 (Where to Come and Go) originally sung by 張國榮 Leslie Cheung in 1995
Chart history
editAlbum
edit| Chart | Peak position |
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| HMV Hong Kong Overall Sales Chart[3] | 2
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| HMV Hong Kong Asian Sales Chart[4] | 1
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| HMV Hong Kong Cantonese/Mandarin Sales Chart[5] | 1
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Singles (radio airplay)
edit| Song title | Release date | 903 | RTHK[6] | 997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 認錯 (Apologize) | 04/01/2011 | 18
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12
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5
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| 走鋼索的人 (A Tightrope Walker) | 06/11/2011 | -
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4
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that station. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label |
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| Hong Kong | June 17, 2011 | Cinepoly Records |
| Taiwan | June 21, 2011 | Universal Music Taiwan |
| China | November 27, 2011 | Universal Music China |
References
edit- ^ Prudence Liew Weibo statement dated July 9, 2012 Retrieved 2012-07-11
- ^ HMV Hong Kong page for "Love Addict". Retrieved April 26, 2011
- ^ HMV Overall Sales Chart[permanent dead link] Retrieved on June 30, 2011
- ^ HMV Asian Sales Chart[permanent dead link] Retrieved on June 30, 2011
- ^ HMV Cantonese/Mandarin Sales Chart Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 30, 2011
- ^ "RTHK Chinese Pop Chart". Rthk.org.hk. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-05-31.