Released 1989 (1989) Artists Cui Jian, ADO Label 京文音像 | Rock 'N' Roll on the New Long March
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Cui jian rock n roll on the new long march
Rock 'N' Roll on the New Long March (Chinese: 新长征路上的摇滚; pinyin: xīn chángzhènglù shàng de yǎogǔn) is a 1989 album by Cui Jian, the so-called "Father of Chinese Rock". It is technically his second album (an album called Prodigal Son's Return, 浪子归, was released in 1984 in Hong Kong and Taiwan only), but he considers it his first and does not acknowledge the previous one. It is Cui's most successful album, and is considered China's first rock album. It also features "Nothing to My Name" (一无所有), the song that made Cui famous and which is considered to mark the beginning of rock music in China.
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Cui made the album in cooperation with the band ADO, and it was the only album he released while he was still with them. In a review published in China Information, Woei Lin Chong considers it Cui's "most impressive recording". This album, along with the success already enjoyed by "Nothing to My Name", established Cui as a symbol of the "angry youth" movement in China.
Track list
- "Rock 'N' Roll on the New Long March" (新长征路上的摇滚)
- "No More Disguises" (不再掩饰)
- "Let Me Sleep" (让我睡个好觉)
- "Greenhouse Girl" (花房姑娘)
- "Fake Monk" (假行僧)
- "Do It All Over Again" (从头再来)
- "Stepping Out" (出走)
- "Nothing to My Name" (一无所有)
- "It's Not That I Don't Understand" (不是我不明白)
An almost identical album called Nothing to My Name was released in Hong Kong the same year; it did not include the song "Rock 'N' Roll on the New Long March". In 1999 a second edition of the album was released, by Beijing-based Jingwen Records, to mark its tenth anniversary.