陆

Upon request by ms lumjiNyan, who blogs even though having the all-important sam finals, here's a review on JJ's latest album - SIXOLOGY 《JJ陆》.

Look at his lips! Too much gloss... lol

In mandarin it's 陆 instead of 六, which also means 6, not ground or land in this case . Here's the song list:


01Sixology
02不潮不用花钱
03小酒窝 (feat. 蔡卓妍)
04黑武士
05醉赤壁
06由你选择 (feat. 农夫FAMA)
07Always Online
08街道
09主角 (feat. MACHI)
10我还想她
11点一把火炬
12期待你的爱 (feat. 金莎)
13Cries In A Distance
14爱与希望 (feat. 重庆市青少年宫银杏童声合唱团)


Among this 14, a few of them were released way before the dawning of this album. Firstly there's 期待爱 featuring 金莎 (again... -_-) which was one of the theme song for the drama he was in earlier this year, 原来我不帅. Another one would be 爱与希望 - a piece he did expressing his empathy towards the SzeChuan earthquake victims. 点一把火炬 is the song he wrote in conjunction with the Beijing Olympics, which then got shorlisted as one of the many theme songs of the Games.

U know which is my favourite? The choice is yours. No i'm not telling you the choice is yours you moron. I mean the song The Choice is Yours (由你选择). I guess this song was the earliest broadcasted cos it was the backgroud music for the JFJ webpage like, ages ago. It was only the music and rhythm then, without lyrics. I really loved the melody to bits. Even before any lyrics were added. When I first heard it in the album, omg... the song! And I thought the world had gone mad because I thought it was JJ rapping in Cantonese. -_- But anyway, it's a breakthrough for him, really, to collaborate with FAMA and all. Not to forget, 醉赤壁! Very Chinese, very euphonioius, very pleasant. And 方文山? No wonder the lyrics sounds so much like those of Jay Chou's. -_-

A Sa is featured in the other duet in this album.. at least a change. JJ, we're bored of 金莎! But I'm kinda disappointed with 小酒窝. It lacks the... the x factor that perennial duets have. Maybe bacause there's not much harmonization between the vocals to make it sound like a duet. Another notable song is Always Online, the chinese version of Cries in The Distance. Actually you can't call it the chinese version of it cos it's not a translation. It's simply two altogether different lyrics incorporated in one same melody. It's been so long since JJ recorded an english song in his album. The last one in my memory was Now That She's Gone? or Endless Road? or Down? Which one first?

The remaining of songs are plain jj-ish. Cant find a better adjective to describe.. hehe.. just like how one can tell instantly when hearing a Jay Chou song.

Apples: 7/10


p/s: Kudos to Barack Obama for the historical win in the presidential race. America's 44th President! Finally a democrat after 8 years!