No lyrics!

I was hooked when I heard this song, thks to sunshine, who posted the link in her blog.

So decided to drop by HMV before dinner to hunt for the CD. I had actually wanted to buy this 2003 release



but I only found this





Oh well..I had wanted the 2003 release cos I thought the sleeve was nice, but since HMV didn't stock it, I guess the 2006 release wouldn't be any different. Moreover it prob is better since since it has tracks from her later albums - March of the Empress & Vegetal.

But as I was opening up the sleeve, I was suddenly thrown back to JC days, when a close friend lamented "The CD quite crap, doesn't come with lyrics one!".

I had wonder what was the big deal then, but at this moment as I was looking at the CD sleeve, my sentiments echoed my friend's words, uttered more than 10 years ago, exactly. The CD sleeve consisted of a smaller than A4 sized printed insert, with song listing, the acknowledgement to the background performers to the individual tracks, and a simple tribute to the singer for the writing/composition/arrangement/performance/production for the songs (yes, this was the reason why I was willing to part with almost 30 bucks for this CD..I think this girl is amazing..)

Well..yes, I really loved the songs playing over my car stereo as I was driving back, but somehow the overall experience was already marred in a way. I mean, in this digital age, if I had wanted to buy a CD it would be for keepers right? If not I would have downloaded it from the internet or something. After paying near to 30 bucks for a CD and it doesn't come with barely any stuff inside the CD sleeve, it can be very disappointing.


Compared to the other double-CD album I bought from 五月天 (no, not their latest one, I am also counting down to the release after hearing all the new singles on radio)，which I had also decided to buy to keep, it came with lyrics, illustrations, (for me to oogle at 阿信and 怪兽..heh~), anecdotes, it seemed a more worthwhile buy.

Perhaps we are more partial to such stuff, since there are just so many pirated MP3s or China parallel imports floating around, and production houses, esp the Mandarin songs market has evolved, improvising in order to tempt consumers to part with their money, which prob explains the larger (and thicker) packagings for the Mandarin CDs (which can be quite irritating cos the odd sizing made packing difficult). But in general, most of the records are still the normal 5x4" CD casings, which you really can't discern the content, until you paid, and "poh heng sway" that you will like what you see after you tear away the shrink-wrap.





Anyway, whatever it is, the songs are nice. Here's one, thought I still prefer "Flowers"