The COMPASS Group, July 2003.

Translated by Kevin Lax

Bare/ Annie Lennox/ BMG

       This new CD comes a full ten years after Lennox's last one "Diva." It contains 11 songs and displays her talents as both a singer and composer. Her singing can be seen to have made great improvements. The CD can be called a soul album because it is heavily influenced by US soul music. In all, the music provides full expression to the artists' inner feelings.



Hail to the Thief/Radiohead/ EMI

       Of this live album lead singer Thom says "this album has its dark side but it is actually bright and shiny." We Suck Young Blood" talks about the spiritual price of selling sex. "Sail to the Moon,"with its layers of guitar and piano, expresses his hopes for his infant child. On "Myxomatosis," Thom Yorke eerily calm vocals cleverly expresses his anger at lying politicians.


Red Moon/ 78 bpm/ Silent Agreement

       78 BPM's Red Moon is Taiwan's first down beat work. On the album you can heear the full range of downbeat music from TripHop,Downtempo,Instrumental Hip Hop,Abstract Hip Hop to Acid Jazz.It also features a clever combination of Western and eastern instruments.


Stranger/ Tanya/ Warner

       This album has a strong modern and urban feel. It features mainly Tanya's own work, providing room for Tanya's unqique creative abilities while meeting the need for commerciality. Apart from her own work, she also does a cover of David Tao's "Beach" in a blue jazz style. The album's Tanya-written songs take the listener into the abyss that is love.

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