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Shangri-La (Chinese: 心中的日月; pinyin: xīnzhōng de rìyuè) is the 10th album of Taiwanese R&B artist and composer, Lee-Hom Wang, and was released on December 31, 2004. In this album, Lee-Hom incorporated the often unheard music of the Chinese ethnic minorities and therefore began the first chapter of "chinked-out", a term he coined together to repesent the ties between Chinese and Western music. He experimented with the tribal sounds of Taiwan, Tibet, and Mongolia, traveling the area carrying 15 kg of equipment while fighting bouts of altitude and food sickness.
Lee-Hom continued the "chinked-out" spirit with a second album release, called Heroes of Earth and it was released on December 30, 2005.
[edit] About the album
In this album, Lee-Hom began the first chapter of "chinked-out," a term he coined together to represent the connection with both Chinese and Western music. He incorporated the often unheard Chinese ethnic minority music, which includes Mongolian, Taiwanese, Tibetan, etc. into modern hip-hop melodies. For the production of this album he traveled all around China with heavy equipment to collect these rare pieces of music.
His reasons behind the title of this album is also well thought of. Shangri-La is another meaning for a mythical paradise. Translated in Chinese, Shangri-La means 心中的日月, which is literally translated as the heart's sun and moon. When Lee-Hom arrived to the district of Shangri-La, he was immediately absorbed into the astonishing and unique music he had heard and therefore named his album, Shangri-La, or, Xin Zhong De Ri Yue.
[edit] Track listing
- 開場Intro
- 放開你的心 Release Your Heart (Fang Kai Ni De Xin)
- 心中的日月 The Heart's Sun and Moon/Shangri-La (Xin Zhong De Ri Yue)
- 竹林深處 Depths of the Bamboo Forest (Zhu Lin Shen Chu)
- Forever Love
- 在那遙遠的地 At That Faraway Place (Zai Na Yao Yuan De Di Fang)
- 一首簡單的歌 A Simple Song (Yi Shou Jian Dan De Ge)
- 星座 Constellation (Xing Zuo)
- 過來 Come Here (Guo Lai)
- 愛錯 Wrong Love (Ai Cuo)
- Follow Me
[edit] Charts
| Release |
Chart |
Peak Position |
Chart Run |
| December 31, 2004 |
G-music Top 20 |
#1 |
N/A |
[edit] Singles
| Song |
Chart |
Peak Position |
Chart Run |
| The Heart's Sun and Moon |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#1 |
2 weeks |
| Forever Love |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#1 |
1 week |
| Release Your Heart |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#1 |
1 week |
| A Simple Song |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#3 |
2 weeks |
| Astronomy |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#1 |
1 week |
| Within the Bamboo Grove |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#2 |
2 weeks |
| Wrong Love |
Hito Chinese Charts |
#1 |
4 weeks |
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Lee-Hom Wang |
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| Mandarin albums |
Love Rival Beethoven (情敵貝多芬) • If You Heard My Song (如果你聽見我的歌) • Missing You (好想你) • White Paper (白紙)
Revolution (公轉自轉) • Impossible to Miss You (不可能錯過你) • Forever's First Day (永遠的第一天) • The One and Only (唯一)
Unbelievable (不可思議) • Shangri-La (心中的日月) • Heroes of Earth (蓋世英雄) • Change Me (改變自己)
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| Compilation albums |
Good Leehom Compilation (好力宏精選) • Leehom Music Century (王力宏創世紀) • Evolution (王力宏的音樂進化論)
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