Chinese Music Blog

After Stephy, Kary is another member from Mini Cookies (later version of Cookies) that released her solo album. When the girl band was dismissed, Kary teamed up with 3 musicians (2 of them are Mark Lui’s brothers) and became the lead singer of the band called Ping Pung. Their song “爱是最大权利 Ngoi See Jui Dai Kuen Lik / Love Is The Biggest Right” is a hit! If you have no idea about the song, you might have heard the chorus of the song in Leo Ku’s “劲歌金曲 Geng Go Kam Kook / Gold Songs”. And now, there’s her solol album, With A Boy Like You.

As in Ping Pung, Kary opts to sing rock in her debut album. It’s a bit deceiving though because the first two tracks are rock numbers, then the others are C-pops and ballads.

The album starts with an electronic rock song – “With A Boy Like You”. The song is wholely in English and it’s a nice effort but somehow the song doesn’t work for me. There’s too much electronic sound. I prefer the second track, another rock song much more than the first track.

Third track, “句句我爱你 Goi Goi Ngo Ngoi Nei” is a pop song that suits Kary perfectly. The melody is catchy and relaxing. The lyrics is all about the feelings of a teenage girl, and yeah, Kary is only 19 years old!

The ballads are not bad too. I’ll recommend track 4 and track 7. Track 7 is a Cantonese version of the song “手放开 Shou Fang Kai” by 李圣杰 / Li Sheng Jie. It’s interesting to listen to a female version.

I won’t consider this as a great album. It’s just nice and it makes me expect more from Kary. This album proves that Kary not only can sing pop songs, but also rock and maybe other genres. Only that I wish she can improve more on her live singing.

Track listing:

1. With A Boy Like U
2. 恋爱天才 Luen Ngoi Tin Choy (Love Genius)
3. 句句我爱你 Goi Goi Ngo Ngoi Nei (Every Sentence I Love You)
4. 爱你变成恨你 Ngoi Nei Bin Seng Han Nei (Loving You Becomes Hating You)
5. 假想敌 Ga Siong Dik (Imaginary Enemy)
6. 耍我 Sa Ngo (Manipulate Me)
7. 明知做戏 Ming Gee Zou Hei (Known Acting)
8. 欣澳别恋 Yan Ngou Bit Luen (Breaking Up)
9. 给情敌的情书 Kap Ching Dik Dik Ching Shue (Love Letter for Love Rival)
10. 南方的风 (国语) Nan Fang De Feng [Mandarin] (South Wind)
11. 台北四天三夜 (国语) Tai Bei Si Tian San Ye [Mandarin] (Four Days Three Nights in Taipei)

Recommended tracks: 2, 3, 4, 7

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