Hypnosis Show

Hypnosis Show

Hypnosis Show (CD) cover
Studio album 催眠Show by Show Luo
Released 14 October 2005 (2005-10-14)
Genre Mandopop
Length 37:28
Language Mandarin
Label Avex Taiwan
Show Luo chronology
Expert Show
達人Show
(2004)		 Hypnosis Show
催眠Show
(2005)		 Speshow
(2006)
Alternative cover
Hypnosis Show (Commemorate Edition) cover

Hypnosis Show (Chinese: 催眠Show) is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Show Luo's third Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2005 by Avex Taiwan. After receiving good reviews for the music video of the first lead track, "真命天子" (Destined Guy), featuring Jolin Tsai, the album went on pre-order sale and all of the 10,000 copies were sold in one day.[1]

Four editions of the album were released, including Hypnosis Show (Limited Charity Edition) (催眠Show 限量慈善) (CD) which included a pass to Luo's debut solo concert 'Love's Strength' Charity Concert (《愛的力量》慈善演唱會) at Taipei Arena, Hypnosis Show (MV Encore Edition) (催眠Show 冠軍影音安可) containing four music videos; and Hypnosis Show (Commemorate Edition) (催眠Show 慶功加場版) (CD+DVD) with a bonus DVD containing 70 minutes of highlight live footage from Love's Strength Charity Concert on 18 November 2005.

Contents

Album

In this album Show continues his partnership with producers Golden Melody Award winner and songwriter Di Zi (Chinese: 阿弟仔), Bi Guoyong (Chinese: 畢國勇) and Guo Jianliang (Chinese: 郭建良) plus Chen Wei (Chinese: 陳偉) of For Take One Music and Eric Ng (Chinese: 黃韻仁) of Funkie Monkies Productions, as well as choreographer Tommy (Chinese: 大目) of Dance Soul studios.

The first lead track, "真命天子" (Destined Guy), a collabration with Jolin Tsai, is a dance track, in it she rapped and preformed in the music video with Luo. The other lead track "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) is composed by fellow artist Jay Chou, especially for Luo with the music video featuring his then co-host on 100% Entertainment Barbie Hsu.

The music video for "嗆司嗆司" (Chance Chance), a mid-tempo dance track, was directed by Lai Wei Kang. It features Taiwanese actress Maggie Wu (吳亞馨), who later co-starred with Luo in Hi My Sweetheart; and a cameo by Luo's mother.

Reception

This is the first time that an album of Luo's debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Weekly Top 20 Combo and Mandarin Charts, and Five Music Chart.[2] at week 42 (14–20 October 2005) with a percentage sales of 8.06%, 16.7%, and 18.22% respectively. It stayed on the G-Music Mandarin Chart continuously for 14 weeks, selling over 100,000 copies[3], the Combo Chart and Five Music Chart for 12 weeks.

The tracks, "真命天子" (Destined Guy) and "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) are listed at number 55 and 70 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2005.[4]

The tracks, "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) was nominated[5] and "真命天子" (Destined Guy) won one of the Songs of the Year at the 2006 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards presented by Hong Kong radio station Metro Info.[6] Both tracks were also nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2006.[7]

Track listing

# Original Title Pinyin English Remarks Producer Length
1. "真命天子" Zhen Ming Tian Zi Destined Guy rap feat Jolin Tsai Bi Guoyong 3:17
2. "淘汰郎" Tao Tai Lang Eliminated Man Bi Guoyong 4:02
3. "自我催眠" Zi Wo Cui Mian Self-Hypnosis composed by Jay Chou Di Zi 4:24
4. "嗆司嗆司" Qiang Si Qiang Si Chance Chance Di Zi 3:48
5. "猛男日記" Meng Nan Ri Ji Diary of a Muscle Man Di Zi 3:24
6. "黑眼圈" Hei Yan Quan Dark Eye Circles Guo Jianliang 3:46
7. "不懂我的心" Bu Dong Wo De Xin Don't Understand My Heart 3:36
8. "力量" Li Liang Strength Eric Ng 3:52
9. "駭客入侵" Hai Ke Ru Qin Hacker Invasion Chen Wei 3:55
10. "火警119" Huo Jing 119 Emergency 119 Di Zi 3:25

Music videos

Karaoke version with concert footage + some original footage

Releases

Four editions(excludes pre-order editions) were released by Avex Taiwan:

  1. 真命天子 (Destined Guy) feat Jolin Tsai
  2. 自我催眠 (Self-Hypnosis) feat Da S
  3. 嗆司嗆司 (Chance Chance) cameo by Luo MaMa

Charts

Chart Name Debut Position Week# / Week Dates of Peak Position Peak Position Percentage of Album Sales at Peak Chart Run
Five Music Taiwan
5大金榜[13]		 #1 #42 / 14–20 October 2005 #1 18.22% 12 weeks
G-Music Combo Chart, Taiwan
風雲榜 (綜合榜)[14]		 #1 #41 / 14–20 October 2005 #1 8.06% 12 weeks
G-Music Mandarin Chart, Taiwan
風雲榜 (華語榜)[15]		 #1 #41 / 14–20 October 2005 #1 16.7% 14 weeks

References

  1. ^ a b (Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 雙J跨刀 雙金加持 羅志祥出片聲勢勢如破竹 7 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-13
  2. ^ (Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 羅志祥雙喜臨門 金鐘入圍 空降兩大金榜第一名 24 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-15
  3. ^ (Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 羅志祥再推『催眠SHOW慶功加場版』，銷售即將破10！ 20 January 2006. Retrieved 2010-09-28
  4. ^ (Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart 2005 (#51-100) Retrieved 2011-06-29
  5. ^ (Chinese) Sina.com Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards 2006 nomination list 14 July 2006. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  6. ^ (Chinese) Sina.com Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards 2006 winners list 6 August 2006. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  7. ^ (Chinese) Sina.com 2006 TVB8 Awards Gold Songs nomination list Retrieved 2011-07-01
  8. ^ Yesasia.com Hypnosis Show (Preorder Edition) album info Retrieved 2010-09-28
  9. ^ (Chinese) Avex Taiwan Inc Hypnosis Show album info 14 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-11
  10. ^ (Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 演唱會的門票將隨著小豬11月4號發行的“催眠SHOW”專輯限量慈善包附送 4 November 2005. Retrieved 2010-09-28
  11. ^ Yesasia.com Hypnosis Show (MV Encore Edition) album info Retrieved 2010-09-28
  12. ^ Yesasia.com Hypnosis Show (Commemorate Edition) album info Retrieved 2010-09-28
  13. ^ (Chinese) 5 Music 2005 Week 42 chart 14–20 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-16
  14. ^ (Chinese) G-Music Combo Chart This links to the current week only - search for 2005 Week 41 at bottom of page] Retrieved 2010-10-16
  15. ^ (Chinese) G-Music Mandarin Chart This links to the current week only - search for 2005 Week 41 at bottom of page] Retrieved 2010-10-16

External links

Show Luo
Studio album
Compilation
Remix
Concert DVD
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