Break It Down (album)

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Break it down
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Studio album by
Released12 June 2014 (2014-06-12) [1] (First Edition)
1 August 2014 (2014-08-01) [2] (Deluxe Edition)
Recorded2014
Genre Mandopop
Length36:57
Language Mandarin
Label Warner Music Taiwan
Producer Jeremy Ji, Jon Ma
SpeXial chronology
SpeXial
(2012)
Break it down
(2014)
Love Killah
(2015)
Other Cover
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Deluxe Edition

Break it down is Taiwanese Mandopop boyband SpeXial's second Mandarin studio album. The press conference of this album was held on June 5. [3] The album was released on June 12, [1] and the second edition "Deluxe Edition" was released on August 1. [2] The title track [4] is a high-octane dance number that serves as the theme song to the idol drama The X-Dormitory. The album also features "Subtle Love", the theme song to Moon River, a Taiwanese-Chinese idol drama.

Contents

The first edition includes a 36-page photobook, while the "Deluxe Edition" includes a 32-page photo+lyric booklet, photo cards with messages from the members and a member support fan (one randomly selected from seven designs).

The album was ranked No. 3 in Five Top Ranking (week 24 of year 2014) in the first week after release, and then ranked No. 2 in the second week.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fight for love" (為愛戰鬥)Wu I-Wei Nermin Harambasic
Erik Lewander
Shaka Loveless
3:24
2."Break it down"Gavin LinPark Sang Il3:29
3."Subtle love" (愛這種離譜感覺)Jerry FengSon Ju Young
Han Jae Wook
Kim Tae-hoon
3:24
4."Love flu" (心流感)Stanley HungZhangjian Jun-Wei3:11
5."Can't breathe without you" (愛不再呼吸)Stanley Hung Chris K 4:33
6."X" (X未知數)Luke Tsui Marcus Winther-John
Grace Tither
Martin Larsson
3:31
7."Increasingly love" (愛上加愛)Wu I-Wei Morten Jarl Nielsen
Jakob Kjer
Albi Albertsson
3:06
8."Memory collage" (拼貼記憶)Lin Yun Ting
Jon Ma
Jon Ma4:29
9."Run away with me" (陪我逃跑)Yu Cheng-Hao
Zhangjian Jun-Wei
Yu Cheng-Hao
Zhangjian Jun-Wei
3:32
10."Just be friends" (只能當朋友)Sung Yun-Ching Hong Junyang 4:18
Total length:36:57

Music videos

TitleDirectorDateMedia
Break it down [5] Kuang Sheng3 June 2014 YouTube
Yahoo!
Subtle love (愛這種離譜感覺) [6] 14 July 2014 YouTube
Can't breathe without you (愛不再呼吸) [7] 23 August 2014 YouTube
X (X未知數)22 September 2014 YouTube
Memory collage (拼貼記憶)24 September 2014 YouTube

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