Without You (Karen Mok album)

Without You (Chinese: 如果没有你; pinyin: Rúguŏ Méiyŏu Nĭ)
Studio album by Karen Mok
Released April 7, 2006
Recorded 2005-06
Genre C-Pop (Cantopop), C-Rock, Alternative pop, Pop rock
Length ?
Label Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Karen Mok chronology
Ai Sha Ni X Without You
(2006)

Without You (Chinese: 如果没有你; pinyin: Rúguŏ Méiyŏu Nĭ) is a Karen Mok album released in 2006. Most of the lyrics are in Mandarin, though two tracks are in Cantonese and two are in English.

Track listing

  1. 野
  2. 一口一口 (Yì Kŏu Yì Kŏu, "One Mouthful, One Mouthful")
  3. 如果没有你 (Rúguŏ Méiyŏu Nĭ, "Without You")
  4. 24 hrs
  5. 一个人睡 (Yígè Rén Shuĭ, "Sleeping Alone")
  6. 甜美生活 (Tiānmĕi Shēnghuŏ, "Happy Life")
  7. 手 (Shŏu, "Hand)
  8. 薄荷 (Bòhe, "Peppermint)
  9. AM PM
  10. 天下大同 (Tiān Xià Dà Tóng, "Same World")
  11. Fire
  12. 24 hrs (Cantonese)
  13. 众生缘 (Cantonese)
  14. Close To You (English)
  15. Enter the Phoenix (English)

"Close To You" and "Enter the Phoenix" are bonus hidden tracks included on the US/European limited edition of the album. "Close To You" is the theme song of the film So Close while "Enter the Phoenix" was a theme song in Enter the Phoenix.

Style

In this album, Mok experimented with rock genres, such as grunge/post-grunge, alternative rock, alternative pop and rock pop. "天下大同" (Tiān Xià Dà Tóng, "Same World") was an urban-influenced pop rock track. "24 hrs" was a violin-driven alternative rock song about a love-hate relationship with prominent use of grunge-like electric guitar chords duringthe chorus and acoustic guitar during the verses. "Shou" is a hard rock/hard pop song inspired by rock and roll. "Fire" is an acoustic pop-rock song.

References

莫文蔚 如果没有你 (Chinese)