Released 1983 (1983) Tabibito
(1983) Dàndàn yōuqíng
(1983) Artist Teresa Teng Genre Pop | Language Mandarin Chinese Dàndàn yōuqíng
(1983) Tsugunai
(1984) Release date 18 February 1983 Label PolyGram Hong Kong | |
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Similar Decadent Sound of Faye, Inoubliable, If I Were for Real | ||
Dàndàn yōuqíng (Chinese: 淡淡幽情) is a 1983 Mandarin Chinese album by Teresa Teng, first distributed by Polydor Records, Ltd. (also called Polygram now owned by Universal Music Group), from Hong Kong and Kolin Records (歌林) from Taiwan. It contains twelve songs, which use poems from the Tang and Song Dynasties as lyrics.
Contents
Names
Various sources translate the name of the album into different English-language names. The journal CHIME: European Foundation For Chinese Music Research translates the name to Passionate Feelings. Sinorama (now Taiwan Panorama), Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: The Twentieth Century – 1912–2000, and Encyclopædia Britannica translate it to Faded Feelings. China Radio International translates it to Light Exquisite Feeling.
Track listing
Each of the following poems (詞牌) was written from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.
Total length – 39:26
Side A
- "Alone in the West Tower" (獨上西樓 du shang xi lou) – 2:45
- "Wishing We Last Forever" (但願人長久 danyuan ren changjiu) – 4:06
- "How many worries?" (幾多愁 ji duo chou) – 3:33
- "Ruthless Grass" (芳草無情 fang cao wuqing) – 3:02
- "Eternal night" (清夜悠悠 qing ye youyou) – 2:47
- "My unexpected feelings" (有誰知我此時情 you sheizhi wo zishi qing) – 3:52
Total length in Side A – 20:05
Side B
- "Rouge tears" (胭脂淚 yan zhilei) – 3:04
- "Sounds of Leaves" (萬葉千聲 Wan ye qian sheng) – 3:06
- "Around the evening" (人約黃昏後 Ren yue huanghun hou) – 2:45
- "Seeing Tears" (相看淚眼 xiangkan lei yan) – 3:49
- "Remaining Silent" (欲說還休 yu shuo huan xiu) – 2:50
- "Thinking about you" (思君 si jun) – 3:47
Total length in Side B – 19:21
Reception
As of August 2008, five million copies had been sold, making it one of the best-selling albums in Asia. In March 2012, Pu Xiqian (蒲希茜) from the China News Service called this album a "perfect match (珠联璧合)" of "outstanding (卓著)" composition and ancient Chinese poems. The record producer of this album, Deng Xiquan (鄧錫泉), won the Best Record Producer Award (最佳唱片監製獎) of the 1983 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, held in 1983.