Nicky Lee - Hao Jiu

Have you ever had this thing that you adore one's voice but his songs aren't really good? So you just have to stick to those few good songs he has. But you dream that one day will come that you will listen to the whole album and say "that's it. I love it". That's my thing with Nicky. I love Nicky's voice, it's so uniqe. And I love his bio (Korean born, raised in US, now living in China - that's just too perfect!). His previous albums had few good songs. The rest was really boring. But then... 好玖, his new album came. I fell in love. I can't stop listening.
Thank you, Nicky.

Album starts with an awesome cover of Right Here Waiting. I couldn't stop myself from thinking that it's even better from Bryan Adam's version. Then next is 不愛了, which is a beautiful ballad. Just beautiful. 夏天 has a little faster pace and even some guitar. Wonderful. Probably you won't be surprised if I say that 最後的那一天 and 稱謂 are amazing too. And then comes No More Cryin' which can really surprise you. My favorite track here. Hard to say something about this song. It's just too perfect to say I guess. It ain't a ballad, yet it has some balladish feeling. 不一樣 is love. 他不夠愛妳 is the most wonderful way of saying "sorry". Who wouldn't forgive you after that, Nicky? And for the end - my song. Making Love Out of Nothing At All is a song used in Monga movie. I fell in love with this song when I first heard it. It's just... I dunno. So much better than the original. Nicky's voice makes it this way. Also, people were saying they don't like the second part of the song, cuz it spoils the whole feeling. I disagree. The second part, when guitars come is my favorite. Ridiculously amazing.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Artist: Nicky Lee 李玖哲
Album: Hao Jiu 好玖
Year: 2010
Language: Mandarin
Genre: ballad/pop
1. Right Here Waiting
2. 不愛了 (緯來戲劇『意外的人生』片頭曲 / 東森戲劇『松藥局的兒子們』片頭曲)
3. 夏天
4. 最後的那一天 (八大戲劇『殘酷的愛』片頭曲)
5. 稱謂
6. No More Cryin'
7. 不一樣
8. 他不夠愛妳
9. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All (電影『艋舺』蚊子與小凝初吻定情曲)

^credit: lalulalu^

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My Personal List of The Most Amazing Ballads

Today I sat down and listened to a wonderful song by Nicky Lee. And then I thought I'll make a list of the best ballads I love listen to. That kind of ballads I love, so nothing so sappy that makes you fall asleep.
And then I realized that most of them is in English. Maybe coz I like sing along with singers ;P And also that lots of them are covers.
As I made a list on paper then I had that thought why not post it? So here it is. My personal list of the most beautiful ballads in cpop.
Order is accidental.

The Love I Know - Evan Yo
/I remember when I first heard it... i couldn't stop listen. such a beautiful lyrics and Evan's English sounds great/


Cries In A Distance - JJ Lin
/i don't think anyone needs a comment for that. it's one of the most amazing songs ever. It can make you cry like a little baby /


Another Heaven - Leehom Wang & Jane Zhang
/it was like a dream duo for me. Jane and Leehom together. I almost got crazy when I heard that for the first time/


I Started A Joke - Angela Zhang
/i love it/


Nothing's Gonna Change My Love - Khalil Fong
/Khalil's warm voice and that classic song. Could anyone do it better?/


Way Back Into Love - Fish Leong & Victor Wong
/Originally this song if from move Music & Lyrics or something like that. I liked the movie a lot and it was a theme song there. I'm so happy the two of them made a cover. I think they made it even better than orginal/


Nocturne - Jay Chou
/it was a love from the first hear. and the mv's so beautiful./


Yuan Dian - Tanya Chua & Stefanie Sun
/Tanya's one of the best singers I know and this duo only made it even more great/


Make A Love Song - Chita
/my weak point - korean in chours. and the whole song is a little wonder. for me/


Killa - JJ Lin
/again, korean saranghaeyo. i love JJ, can't say more/


DiDa - Peter Ho
/i think i said enough in post about him. this song is like a hypnotize./


Ling - Alan Kuo
/first song from Alan i've ever heard and i knew from the very start that it'd be a long relationship/


And two more song I couldn't find on stream anywhere:
爱,很简单 (Original 1993 English Demo).心乱飞 - David Tao /only mandarin version is available, but for me English one is a complete killer/
But on the other hand there's Joanna's version which I love very much too:


And Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Nicky Lee.
It's a new song from Nicky (Air Suply cover), made for Monga's ost. I think it'll be available soon coz someone is uploading the whole ost right now.

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