Well, I tell you one thing: His vocal is borderline mediocre, but a step better than any boybands. He’s one of those who highly depend on composers and good look. He survives just fine doing ballads, but the moment he moves to fast tracks, he loses it. So here’s a piece of my advice for you, Will: stay away from rapping, rock, and any 80’s influenced pieces even if that means refusing politely offers from your pal, Jay Zhou.

Notable tracks:
The songs I like from this album are probably what the general audience like the most: [彩虹天堂], [情畫] and his duet with Evonne Hsu [許慧欣/Xu Hui Xin]: [心動心痛]. I can definitely see the latter as a karaoke hit because its vocal range is bearable and the song is pretty simple. Call me crazy, come to think about it, I think [彩虹天堂] and [情畫] sound alike after awhile. Huh. Interesting. [因為有你] has a pretty lyric, but the song itself is not impressive. [不說] is a decent piece though I find it borderline sappy and that makes it boring. Run away from this next track before it gives you headache: [直到最後]. What a horrible, horrible song! Dumb rapping, arrangement, composition, everything is just damn wrong! I really hope that it is definitely 最後 [= the last] we ever have to hear it! Ever! You know what else is bad? [西域傳奇] and [創世紀]. Why? These two are rock wanna be songs that have no body, sound like they consist of the same 3 chords and just simply boring. Next is [心靈交戰]. You can “smell” Jay Zhou from its first second. I despise the rapping, but kinda like the chorus. All I can tell you is that this song proves that having Jay Zhou’s stamp on your album doesn’t guarantee any success.

In a nutshell: This album is B-O-R-I-N-G. If I could turn back time (like Cher ), I definitely wouldn’t buy this album. Go buy Khalil Fong’s “Soulboy” instead. It’s a better investment for your CD collection.

Track Listing:
1. 彩虹天堂 [Cai Hong Tian Tang: Rainbow of Heaven]
2. 失落的入場卷 [Shi Luo De Ru Chang Juan: The Missing Opening Piece]
3. 心動心痛 [Xin Dong Xin Tong: The Heart Moves, The Heart Aches]
4. 心靈交戰 [Xin Ling Jiao Zhan: Battle of the Soul]
5. 不說 [Bu Shuo: Not Saying]
6. 直到最後 [Zhi Dao Zui Hou: Till the End]
7. 因為有你 [Yin Wei You Ni: Because You’re There]
8. 情畫 [Qing Hua: Painting of Love]
9. 西域傳奇 [Xi Yu Chuan Qi: Legend of the West]
10. 創世紀 [Chuang Shi Ji: The Creative Century]
11. 依靠 (Demo) [Yi Kao: Dependent]

Click the links to get the translation and pinyin for: 彩虹天堂 [Cai Hong Tian Tang], 因為有你 [Yin Wei You Ni], 心動心痛 [Xin Dong Xin Tong], and 情畫 [Qing Hua]