淡淡幽情

''Dàndàn yōuqíng'' () is a 1983 Mandarin Chinese album by Teresa Teng, first distributed by Polydor Records, Ltd. (also called Polygram now owned by Universal Music Group), from Hong Kong and Kolin Records () from Taiwan. It contains twelve songs, which use poems from the Tang and Song Dynasties as lyrics.

Names

Various sources translate the name of the album into different English-language names. The journal ''CHIME: European Foundation For Chinese Music Research'' translates the name to ''Passionate Feelings''.
''Sinorama'' (now ''Taiwan Panorama''), ''Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: The Twentieth Century – 1912–2000'', and '' Encyclopædia Britannica'' translate it to ''Faded Feelings''.
China Radio International translates it to ''Light Exquisite Feeling''.

Track listing

Each of the following poems () was written from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.

Total length – 39:26

Side A

# "Alone in the West Tower" ( du shang xi lou) – 2:45
#: Music by Liu Chia-chang (), arranged by Lu Dongni ()
#: Poem: "Grief" ( ai si), segment of "Happy reunion" ( xiang jian huan) by Li Yu from Southern Tang
# "Wishing We Last Forever" ( danyuan ren changjiu) – 4:06
#: Music by Liang Hongzhi (), arranged by Xiao Weichen ()
#: Poem："Water song" ( shui diao ge tou) by Su Shi () from Song era
# "How many worries?" ( ji duo chou) – 3:33
#: Music by Tan Jianchang (), arranged by Chen Yang ()
#: Poem: "'' Papaver rhoeas'' orn poppy ( yu mei ren) by Li Yu from Southern Tang
# "Ruthless Grass" ( fang cao wuqing) – 3:02
#: Composed and arranged by Zhong Zhaofeng ()
#: Poem: " Basil garden" ( su mu zhe) by Fan Zhongyan () from Song era
# "Eternal night" ( qing ye youyou) – 2:47
#: Music by Gu Yue (), arranged by Lu Dongni ()
#: Poem: "Old friend from Taoyuan" ( taoyuan yi guren) by Qin Shaoyou () from Song era
# "My unexpected feelings" ( you sheizhi wo zishi qing) – 3:52
#: Music by Wong Jim, arranged by Joseph Koo
#: Poem: "Partridge at the sky" ( zhegu tian) by Nie Shengqiong () from Song era

Total length in Side A – 20:05

Side B

#

"Rouge tears" ( yan zhilei) – 3:04
#: Music by Liu Jiachang (), arranged by Ao Jinbao ()
#: Poem: "Night sounds" ( wu ye ti), segment of "Happy reunion" ( xiang jian huan) by Li Yu () from Southern Tang
# "Sounds of Leaves" ( Wan ye qian sheng) – 3:06
#: Music by Liu Jiachang (), arranged by Lu Dongni ()
#: Poem: "Jade House in Spring" ( yu lou chun) by Ouyang Xiu () from Song era
# "Around the evening" ( Ren yue huanghun hou) – 2:45
#: Music by Weng Qingxi (), arranged by Lu Dongni ()
#: Poem: "" ( sheng cha zi) by Ouyang Xiu from Song era
# "Seeing Tears" ( xiangkan lei yan) – 3:49
#: Music by Gu Yue (), arranged by Chen Yang ()
#: Poem: "" (Yu lin ling) by Liu Yong () from Song era
# "Remaining Silent" ( yu shuo huan xiu) – 2:50
#: Music by Zhong Zhaofeng (), arranged by Xiao Weichen ()
#: Poem: "Homely slave" ( chou nur) by Xin Qiji () from Song era
# "Thinking about you" ( si jun) – 3:47
#: Composed and arranged by Chen Yang ()
#: Poem: "Separate Entities: I live in Yangtze River" ( bu suanzi: wo zhu Chang Jiang tou) by Li Ziyi () from Song era

Total length in Side B – 19:21

Reception

As of August 2008, five million copies had been sold, making it one of the best-selling albums in Asia. In March 2012, Pu Xiqian () from the ''China News Service'' called this album a "perfect match ()" of "outstanding ()" composition and ancient Chinese poems. The record producer of this album, Deng Xiquan (), won the Best Record Producer Award () of the 1983 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, held in 1983.

References

External links

*
Word dictionary – 淡淡幽情
" ''MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary'', 2012. Web. 24 April 2012.
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" '' YesAsia'' 27 April 2012. Web. 27 April 2012. Out-of-stock product.

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1983 albums
Teresa Teng albums
Mandarin-language albums
Chinese poems
Polydor Records albums