The album is up. And YesAsia is fricking me out, coz they've sent me an email with a change of shipping's date twice already. First it was supposed to be on 30th of October and today I received another mail saying that the date has changed to 12th of November.
I really like to listen to an album when I get my own copy. It's such a bigger joy, but the thought of waiting another 3 weeks to get my copy makes me wanna listen to it now.
That's the reason why I won't write a review. But you can be sure that the whole album will be a great success and hit, so don't hesitate to listen (AND BUY! - especially the special limited version - it's soo cool!).
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Edit: After all I decided to give it a listen. One Button is something new in GEM's style. But it's a great song. The next track is Good To Be Bad, the first single. I love this song so much. Get Over You is the second single. A beautiful ballad. GEM likes to mix styles, experiment with new things, likes to surprise us. Like with the next song 美好的舊時光. I dunno how to describe it. Very nice and pleasurable song, something like a faster ballad. You can describe 寂寞星球的小玫瑰 somehow similar. I was afraid The Voice Within will turn out to be Christina Aguilera's cover, but fortunately it's not (not that I have anything against CA, I do adore her, but sometimes you just shouldn't cover such artists - a fail is granted). Very pretty song, I like it. But along with 我的秘密 I start to worry. Why so many slower songs, where's the upbeat? Apart from that 我的秘密 has a beautiful melody and chorus. There're some guitars in the back and a piano. 末日 is a ballad this time. Pay attention to the background music. Wonderful! But I really want the usual GEM! The faster GEM. Twinkle II - an English/Mandarin song. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" - remember that? It's like her version. I absolutely love it. Kay, my dream came true. Say it Loud is faster, finally. Not dance, but pop. Great chorus.
Summarizing - it's a very good album. Well, it's not a new thing - everything that GEM's doing is fantastic. But I must say one thing - too many slow songs. Even though I love every single one of them, there should be more songs like One Button or Good To Be Bad. But at least GEM's isn't monothematic. I'm glad.
I really like to listen to an album when I get my own copy. It's such a bigger joy, but the thought of waiting another 3 weeks to get my copy makes me wanna listen to it now.
That's the reason why I won't write a review. But you can be sure that the whole album will be a great success and hit, so don't hesitate to listen (AND BUY! - especially the special limited version - it's soo cool!).
--
Edit: After all I decided to give it a listen. One Button is something new in GEM's style. But it's a great song. The next track is Good To Be Bad, the first single. I love this song so much. Get Over You is the second single. A beautiful ballad. GEM likes to mix styles, experiment with new things, likes to surprise us. Like with the next song 美好的舊時光. I dunno how to describe it. Very nice and pleasurable song, something like a faster ballad. You can describe 寂寞星球的小玫瑰 somehow similar. I was afraid The Voice Within will turn out to be Christina Aguilera's cover, but fortunately it's not (not that I have anything against CA, I do adore her, but sometimes you just shouldn't cover such artists - a fail is granted). Very pretty song, I like it. But along with 我的秘密 I start to worry. Why so many slower songs, where's the upbeat? Apart from that 我的秘密 has a beautiful melody and chorus. There're some guitars in the back and a piano. 末日 is a ballad this time. Pay attention to the background music. Wonderful! But I really want the usual GEM! The faster GEM. Twinkle II - an English/Mandarin song. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" - remember that? It's like her version. I absolutely love it. Kay, my dream came true. Say it Loud is faster, finally. Not dance, but pop. Great chorus.
Summarizing - it's a very good album. Well, it's not a new thing - everything that GEM's doing is fantastic. But I must say one thing - too many slow songs. Even though I love every single one of them, there should be more songs like One Button or Good To Be Bad. But at least GEM's isn't monothematic. I'm glad.
Artist: G.E.M Tang
Album: My Secret
Year: 2010
Language: Cantonese/ Mandarin
Genre: dance/pop/ballad
Album: My Secret
Year: 2010
Language: Cantonese/ Mandarin
Genre: dance/pop/ballad
01. One Button
02. Good to be Bad
03. Get Over You
04. 美好的舊時光
05. 寂寞星球的小玫瑰
06. The Voice Within
07. 我的秘密
08. 末日
09. Twinkle II
10. Say it Loud
^credit: c-k-jpopmusic^
02. Good to be Bad
03. Get Over You
04. 美好的舊時光
05. 寂寞星球的小玫瑰
06. The Voice Within
07. 我的秘密
08. 末日
09. Twinkle II
10. Say it Loud
^credit: c-k-jpopmusic^
Edit2: A little encourage for you to actually buy the album. I got my copy today and it was huge! You can actually see the whole thing on GEM's youtube channel.
There's also some weird but really cool thing called webcam-v. Meaning you can make your own Video to The Voice Within. You just have to get a kind of key or marker - you can get it along with the original copy or simply print it out on her web page. It's really cool. I've spent 2 hours playing with it ;D Right, you need a webcam, of course. You can see a demo on her web page or yt channel as well.
About the limited edition - there's only 8000 of those, so hurry up to get yours! It's big so make sure you've got a place for it (coz I don't - my whole shelf is filled up with some crazy limited editions of various shapes ;D).
And maybe this will encourage you even more - there's also an option with a poster and also - you can get it on YesAsia 12% off.
Support GEM, she's really worked hard ;)
There's also some weird but really cool thing called webcam-v. Meaning you can make your own Video to The Voice Within. You just have to get a kind of key or marker - you can get it along with the original copy or simply print it out on her web page. It's really cool. I've spent 2 hours playing with it ;D Right, you need a webcam, of course. You can see a demo on her web page or yt channel as well.
About the limited edition - there's only 8000 of those, so hurry up to get yours! It's big so make sure you've got a place for it (coz I don't - my whole shelf is filled up with some crazy limited editions of various shapes ;D).
And maybe this will encourage you even more - there's also an option with a poster and also - you can get it on YesAsia 12% off.
Support GEM, she's really worked hard ;)
