“If there is no believe, how will I meet you in the next life?
If heaven is without me, will you be happy?
If you are not here, heaven is not here.”

Above are quoted (and translated) from Stanley Huang’s latest album - Atheist Like Me. This is Stanley’s first album after joining Capitol Music, and his sixth overall. It continues the new found style of Stanley’s music, from his previous album -Shades Of My Mind . Strong, distinctive and emotional.

The main hit - Atheist Like Me, tells the story of a couple, where the boy questioned the existence of god, and the possibility of losing each other in heaven after death. The song built up on a slow-soul style, perhaps with some mix of dream pop, really deliver the sad, helplessness and romantic love story.

My favorite track is track no.4 - The Gift. The song expresses the end of a relationship, where leaving each other would be the best choice. The chorus goes like this: “She said, don’t cry..Leaving you is my gift to you..”. I absolutely love the slow rock beat of the song.

A few more tracks worth mentioned are track No.10 - Selfishness, which inspired by the movie - Cars, talks about we do not live in the world alone. The duet with Jolin, the eleventh track - Nice, is rock and heavy metal, but somehow doesn’t strike it off as good as his previous duet with Rene Liu and Elva. The final track - Into The Future, is dreamy and psychedelic, with the opening line: “I have these dreams, where I can see things happened. I can see, into the future.”

With much credit goes to the superstar producer - Jae Chong, Stanley raises his distinctive trademark music style to a new height in Atheist Like Me. I love this album, and in fact it sits on my playlist from February till now. I like comparing Stanley with Lee Hom. I see Lee Hom as the sunshine kind of boy, bright, handsome, kind and talented; then, I see Stanley as the completely opposite side, dark, unconventional look, controversial and sexy. So, if you got bore of Lee Hom, try Stanley’s latest album - Atheist Like Me.

Track Listing:
1. What Number Are You?
2. Wanna
3. Atheist Like Me
4. The Gift
5. Chasing Rainbows
6. Check Yourself
7. I Gotta Go
8. Country Girl
9. A Child’s View
10. Selfishness
11. Nice (featuring Jolin)
12. Atheist Like Me (English Version)
13. Into The Future