Di-Dar

Di-Dar is the ninth and last Cantonese album by Hong Kong singer Faye Wong, released in December 1995 through Cinepoly. The album marked a shift from Wong's earlier style as she incorporated British psychedelic rock and ragga into her work, showcasing her evolving alternative musical influences.[1] Di-dar featured compositions by Wong with arrangements by her then-husband Dou Wei, production by Zhang Yadong and lyrics by Lin Xi.[2]

Di-Dar
Studio album by
Faye Wong
ReleasedDecember 1995
GenreCantopop
LabelCinepoly
Faye Wong chronology
One Person Playing Two Roles
(1995)		 Di-Dar
(1995)		 Fuzao
(1996)

The album was both a critical and commercial success, selling 1.5 million copies across Asia;[1] with its title track "Di-dar" and "Ambiguous" (曖昧) becoming well-known songs.[3] Di-dar peaked at number one in Hong Kong according to the IFPI and Billboard magazine.[4]

Critical reception

Di-Dar ranked at number 27 in Ming Pao Weekly's list of "40 Classic Cantopop Albums of the Last 40 Years" published in October 2008. Music journalist Fung Lai-Chee described it as "the best psychedelic and best-selling avant-garde work in Cantonese pop, with songs that are self-centred, ignoring market and others' work. Abstruse, obscure and mysterious."

In a 2023 review of four reissued Wong albums (Please Myself to Fuzao) by Pitchfork, Michael Hong called it Wong's "finest Cantonese album" and "more atmospheric, almost psychedelic" than her previous work.[5]

Track listing
  1. "Di-Dar"
  2. "假期" (Gaa Kei) – Vacation
  3. "迷路" (Mai Lou) – Stray
  4. "曖昧" (Ngoi Mui) – Ambiguous
  5. "或者" (Waak Ze) – Maybe
  6. "我想" (Ngo Seung) – I Think
  7. "享受" (Hoeng Sau) – Enjoyment
  8. "一半" (Yat Bun) – One Half
  9. "無題" (Mou Tai) – (Untitled)
  10. "流星" (Liu Xing) – Comet

Japanese edition bonus track

  1. "一人分飾兩角" (Yat Yun Fun Sik Leung Gok) – 4:45

References
  1. Lee, Alan (20 February 2016). "What's really killing Cantopop". EJ Insight. Hong Kong Economic Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. Chow, Vivienne (7 October 2013). "Faye Wong and the love songs that are the story of her life". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. Zhu, Yaowei (January 2017). Hong Kong cantopop : a concise history. Hong Kong. ISBN 978-9888390588. OCLC 962015863.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 108. New York, N.Y.: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 January 1996. p. 62. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. Hong, Michael (28 October 2023). "讨好自己 Please Myself / 菲靡靡之音 Decadent Sound of Faye / Di-Dar / 浮躁 Restless". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 October 2023.


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