Show You Colour
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| Released | 23 March 2005 | |||
| Genre | Art rock • rap rock • experimental hip hop • industrial hip hop • folk rock | |||
| Label | JingWen Records | |||
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Show You Colour (Chinese: 给你一点颜色; pinyin: Gěinǐ Yīdiǎn Yánsè; lit. 'Give You a Little Colour') is the fifth album of Chinese rock musician Cui Jian.[1] It was released on 23 March 2005. In contrast to his previous work, Show You Colour combines elements of rock, popular music, hip-hop, and electronic music to produce its distinctive sound.
Themes
[edit]Show You Colour is divided into three themes: red represents the internal spirit, yellow represents love, and blue represents wisdom or knowledge.
"Blue Bone"
[edit]The second track is the most popular track with netizens, downloads and streams of the song far exceeding others on the album. The song "Blue Bone" (蓝色骨头; Lánsè Gǔtou, alternatively "Blue Man of Character") seems to be the album's main song, as Chinese music site Douban stated that the colour blue comes across as the most important of the colour themes. Although it concerns itself with "literate people", the song is Cui Jian's personal portrait of society and life. Douban suggests that only listeners who understand "Blue Bones" can grasp Cui Jian's current own situation and knowledge of life.
Critical reception
[edit]The album received mostly positive reviews, with users on music site 360buy giving it 4 out of 5 stars.
Track listing
[edit]- 城市船夫; Chéngshì Chuánfū; 'City Boatman'
- 蓝色骨头; Lánsè Gǔtou; 'Blue Bone / Blue Man of Character'
- 迷失的季节; Míshī de Jìjié; 'The Lost Season'
- 小城故事V21(上); Xiǎochéng Gùshì V21 (Shàng); 'Small Town Story V21 (part 1)'
- 红先生; Hóng Xiānshēng; 'Mr. Red'
- 网络处男; Wǎngluò Chǔnán; 'Internet Virgin'
- 小城故事V21(中); Xiǎochéng Gùshì V21 (Zhōng); 'Small Town Story V21 (part 2)'
- 农村包围城市; Nóngcūn Bāowéi Chéngshì; 'Encircling the cities from the countryside'
- 小城故事V21(下); Xiǎochéng Gùshì V21( Xià); 'Small Town Story V21 (part 3)'
- 舞过38线; Wǔguò 38 Xiàn; 'Dance Across the 38th Parallel'
- 超越那一天; Chāoyuè Nà Yītiān; 'Beyond That Day'
References
[edit]- ^ Wang Pei 王佩 (18 March 2005). "崔健《红先生》乐评：做人要做红先生" [Music review of Cui Jian "Mr Red": Being a person should involve being Mr Red]. Sohu Music (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- [1] Official Website Album List