''Sing and Play'' () is a 1998 Mandarin album by Beijing-based singer Faye Wong. It includes 10 tracks in

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

, with a bonus disc of 3 Cantonese tracks. It was released on 21 October 1998 in Japan.''Billboard''
Faye Wong article by Steve McClure, 6 February 1999, page 51, "Global Music Pulse" column, edited by Dominic Pride The album title is usually translated as ''Sing and Play'' in English sources.Stan Jeffries, ''Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001'' 2003 p224. "In January 1998, Wong won the favorite female category at Taiwan's Channel V awards. As part of her new goal of winning wider recognition, in the same year she released Sing and Play. The album included some Wong compositions and introduced more ballads to her canon, as most of her previous releases had been unerringly jaunty pop numbers. She then undertook a tour of Japan that lasted for six months. Her nomadic lifestyle throughout this period made her one of the most widely recognized people in East Asia (Asiaweek magazine included her in a list of "50 people you should know in China"), but it began to have an effect on her private life." Others refer to the album as ''Song Tour'' (遊 can mean ''tour''), ''Scenic Tour'' which was the name of Wong's 1998–1999 concert tour, ''Love Life'', or ''Song Play''. ''Sing and Play'' was the first Chinese album recorded using HDCD techniques. The album was noted for some of its ballads, in contrast to the pop songs which had provided most of Faye Wong's hits around that time. "Red Beans", "Face" and "Love Commandments" have been popular songs of the album. As of February 1999, the album sold almost 2,500,000 copies, including imports. It was rereleased in Japan on 3 March 1999 with the bonus track, " Eyes on Me".

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Reception

The album debuted at number three, respectively, in Hong Kong on the week of 4 October and in Malaysia on the week of 13 October 1998.''Billboard''
"Hits of the World", page 61 It peaked at number one in Malaysia on the week of 20 October 1998.''Billboard''
"Hits of the World", page 51 It reached number two in Hong Kong on the week of 11 October 1998. ''Billboard'' Asia bureau chief, Steve McClure, placed it in number seven of his top ten list of 1999 Asian albums.''Billboard''
"Critics' Choice: Steve McClure", page YE-67, 25 December 1999

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References

{{Authority control 1998 albums EMI Records albums Faye Wong albums Mandopop albums