In 2005, we have seen a great album from Eason – “U87”, and the successful song “夕阳无限好 Jik Yeong Mou Han Hou”. This year, he continues the collaboration Eric Kwok in “Life Continues EP”. Eric Kwok composed 3 out of 7 songs (track 1, 3 and 5) in the album and produces all the songs except for the bonus track.

Eason also uses a picture of his daugther’s Constance as the album cover, which I think is a very sweet action. I wonder how she feels when she grows up and see her childhood photo on an album cover. :-)

Track 1: 低调 Dai Diu (Low Profile)

A very groovy and catchy swing song. I love the arrangement which uses a lot of woodwind and brass. It sounds so merry yet not too noisy. The lyrics talks about the price of fame – privacy being exposed to the public. Not a new subject for lyrics but I’m sure most celebrities feel the same way.

Track 2: 人车志 Yan Che Zi (Man and Car)

This is very similar to the first track, very fun listening. Eason’s rendition adds points to the song.

Track 3: 最佳损友 Joi Gai Suen Yaw (Best Bad Friend)

A song about friendship. It’s the first plug from the album, also currently my favorite song from the album. Even though the song is rather karaoke-ish, it doesn’t hinder me from loving it. I usually don’t care whether a song is karaoke-ish, as long as the melody and the music is good. This is a very good example. The lead motive of the song is so captivating that it’s stuck in my head even just after one listen. I prefer this song to “夕阳无限好 Jik Yeong Mou Han Hou”.

Track 4: 暴殄天物 Bo Jan Tin Mut (Waste of Natural Resources)

This song is absolutely Eason Chan-styled, an alternative yet playful song. I can say that this song has to be sung by Eason to sound good. He sings it with his usual slumber style and it’s so enjoyable.

Track 5: 落花流水 Lok Fa Lao Soi (Falling Flowers Running Water)

Another Eric Kwok + Wyman Wong collaboration. Like track 3, this is another good quality Canto-pop song, a beautiful ballad with nice melody and lyrics. It’s very warm and pleasant listening.

Track 6: 大得太快 Dai Dak Tai Fai (Growing Too Fast)

It’s composed, written and arranged by nobody else but Eason himself. A short acoustic song (it’s only two and a half minutes) with simple melody and very short lyrics. Eason sings out his hopes and worries for her daughter. Her daughter, Constance’s voice appears in the song a few times, though I can’t really figure out what she said. She has just started to learn speaking, I think.

Bonus track: 想听 Seong Teng (Wanna Listen)

Composed, arranged and produced by Mark Lui. A soft and relaxing ballad. The soft arrangement allows Eason’s warm and smooth voice to stand out even more clearly.

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