Released July 26, 2007 Release date 26 July 2007 | Artist Minh Tuyet Label Thúy Nga | |
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Yêu một người – Sống bên một người ("Love one person - live with another") is a studio album by Vietnamese Pop singer Minh Tuyết. This marks her fourth solo album released under the Thuy Nga label. The album features a collection of well known pop songs, mainly ballads, that the singer is mostly famous for and two Hip hop and R&B inspired tracks with duets from Bằng Kiều, Vietnamese rapper Thaifoon, and upcoming singer Mai Tiến Dũng.
Contents
Production
With every album release, Minh Tuyết always felt the need to be more careful and more effort put in, so future albums can be better than the last thus resulting in about one and a half years into production. As with most of Thuy Nga's cds, Tung chau produced five tracks while longtime collaborator Dong Son produced four. Huynh Nhat Tan, who also did another Minh Tuyet track for the opening of Paris by Night 89: In Seoul, Korea, produced one track featuring rapper Thaifoon. Minh Tuyet took part in selecting the songs that will be on the album, the label also chose some songs. The majority of the songs on the album are by composer Hoai An as a result of her flying to Vietnam where she had met the composer and had asked him if she can record his songs for her cd. He handed her a few songs to take back to the US, and told her to call him back on which songs she will use.
Minh Tuyet have sung with fellow singer, Bang Kieu, before on many cds, concerts, Pari by Night shows and praised by many fans as the perfect duo, so it's no surprise that they reunite once again in Nhung an tinh xua by composer Hoai An. She have said that this song was a favorite between the two and have loved it ever since they began singing together. She remembered when she was in the recording studio with him and they both were recording the song. The first session didn't sound right and after figuring out the emotion of the song, the next week the song was recorded with Minh Tuyet's satisfaction especially in how Bang Kieu delivered it.
She collaborated with two young artist, Mai Tien Dung who was a contestant on Thuy Nga's talent show and he sings on the R&B track Giua doi minh and also Thaifoon, who she also performed with for the opening of Paris by Night 89: In Seoul, Korea.
Title
The reason Minh Tuyet has chosen the title, which many found it rather odd, because she has witness women in her family, that have been in various situations such as: the family is very poor and so the daughter reluctantly marries a rich man that she doesn't love in order to support her family or the women does indeed marry the man she loves but years later found that the love is gone and have found another lover but stays in the relationship for the kids. By choosing this title, she hopes people will be able to find their one true love and be able to live happily together.
Track listing
- Yeu mot nguoi, Song ben mot nguoi (composer: Hoai An)
- Giua doi minh (composer: Hoai An)
- Duet: Mai Tien Dung
- Nhung an tinh xua (composer: Hoai An)
- Duet: Bang Kieu
- O noi do em cuoi (composer: Hoai An)
- Chi can anh thoi (composer: Hoai An)
- Giac mo minh em (Chinese song, Vietnamese lyric by Hoai An)
- Mat nhau trong doi (composer: Huynh Nhat Tan)
- Duet: Thaifoon
- Ngo nhu la giac mo (composer: Nguyen Van Chung)
- Nguoi o lai (composer: Hoai An)
- Lam sao em biet (composer: Le Quang)
- Vang trang dem troi (composer: Le Quang)
Controversy
Vietnamese singer Dan Truong, his management and record label sued Thuy Nga productions for using copyrighted songs without permission. They claimed that both Minh Tuyet and her label have not even contacted them about using the songs. Thuy Nga (which is not the first time) had to pay for the damages, which was estimated around $10,000. The full design of this album (booklet/CD) has also been very criticized for its lack of imagination and obvious cheap copycat of Beyoncé "B'Day" album.