Red (Leslie Cheung album)

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Red
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1996 (1996-11-01)
Genre Cantopop
Label Rock Records
Producer Leslie Cheung, Alvin Leong
Leslie Cheung chronology
Most Beloved
(1995)
Red
(1996)
Printemps
(1998)

Red is a Cantopop album by Leslie Cheung first released in 1996. The album was Cheung's second post-"retirement" album and incorporated multiple genres including smooth jazz, and trip hop, producing a distinct music style from Cheung's earlier albums. [1]

Contents

The lyrics of all the songs were penned by lyricist, Albert Leung. Red is the only such album published by Cheung. The album also featured Cheung's first collaboration with C.Y. Kong.

Track listing

  1. "Prologue[Red]" – 0:12
  2. 偷情 "Love by Stealth" – 4:56
  3. 有心人 "A Man of Intention" – 5:11
  4. 還有誰 "Who Else?" – 3:24
  5. 談情說愛 "Whispers of Love" – 3:52
  6. 你我之間 "You and Me" – 4:10
  7. 怨男 "Grieving Man" – 3:40
  8. 怪你過份美麗 "Blamefully Beautiful" – 4:55
  9. 不想擁抱我的人 "The One Who Doesn't Want to Hold Me" – 3:51
  10. 意猶未盡 "Longing For More" – 3:42
  11. 紅 "Red" – 4:42
  12. Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – 3:35 (Japan version)
  13. Holding Deeply" – (Mainland China version)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "The loss still hurts – ten years on, Leslie Cheung is remembered". South China Morning Post. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2022-06-13.