November's Chopin

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11月的蕭邦
Studio album by Jay Chou
Released	November 1, 2005
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	C-pop
Length	51:58
Label	Sony BMG
Producer(s)	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Limited
Jay Chou chronology
Initial J (2004)	11月的蕭邦 (2005)	依然范特西 (2006)

November's Chopin (Traditional Chinese: 11月的蕭邦; Simplified Chinese: 11月的萧邦; pinyin: Shíyīyuè de Xiāobāng) is the 6th album by the Taiwanese R&B and Rap artist (and composer) mega star, Jay Chou, and was first released on November 1, 2005, on par with Jay's norm of releasing one major album per year. It is the highest selling album of 2006 in Taiwan beating Jolin Tsai's "J-Game", which ranked second. Aside from the ten original new songs from a total of twelve songs, the album also included the theme song and the interlude song that Jay composed and performed for the hit movie Initial D (film), in which also found Jay's own first acting in a real movie. The album's title, November's Chopin, refers to Frédéric Chopin, a.k.a. "The Poet of the Piano", the 19th century Polish composer who greatly inspired and also earned to be one of Jay Chou's all time favorite and respected composers. Jay also threw in a little pun by both naming and releasing his album in November. The words bleak and gloomy that often describe the month of November are also the very words that are usually used to depict the mood of Chopin's work. This album features considerably fewer rap songs in it than his other albums.

The music video for the album's opening track "Nocturne" was filmed with backgrounds in New York. The release also comes with 3 music videos on a separate VCD.

[edit] Track listing

1. "夜曲 Nocturne" (Ye Qu)
2. "藍色風暴 Blue Storm" (Lan Se Feng Bao)
3. "髮如雪 Hair Like Snow" (Fa Ru Xue)
4. "黑色毛衣 Black Sweater" (Hei Se Mao Yi)
5. "四面楚歌 Attack From All Four Sides" (Si Mian Chu Ge)
6. "楓 Maple" (Feng)
7. "浪漫手機 Romantic Cell Phone" (Lang Man Shou Ji)
8. "逆鱗 Reverse Scale" (Ni Lin)
9. "麥芽糖 Malt Candy" (Mai Ya Tang)
10. "珊瑚海 Coral Sea" (Shan Hu Hai), duet with Lara Liang Veronin
11. Bonus Track, "飄移 Drifting" (Piao Yi), Initial D opening theme
12. Bonus Track, "一路向北 All the Way North" (Yi Lu Xiang Bei), Initial D ending theme

[edit] Included Music Videos

1. 夜曲 Nocturne (Ye Qu)
2. 髮如雪 Hair Like Snow (Fa Ru Xue)
3. 一路向北 All the Way North [Bonus Track] (Yi Lu Xiang Bei)