Sieu seoi (笑說 Jokingly Saying) is the fourth

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of cantopop singer

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, released in August 1989.

Background information

After her maternity leave, Liew released this album in August 1989. This is also her first album to be released by BMG Pacific as it had just acquired Current Records.Muzikland review of Jokingly Saying
Retrieved on November 13, 2009 This album was a mixture of locally composed songs and covers of rather well-known

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and

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ese songs. Of the three singles, two were covers and one was an original composition. Also included in this album was the song "Fate 緣", which was previously released on the EP of the same title.

Covers

* Track 1: "愛是無涯 (Love Has No Boundaries)" was a cover of Frances Yip's Cantonese version of

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's 1984 single, " Ocean Deep". Liew's version was released as the lead single off this album. * Track 3: "Yesterday Dreamer" was a cover of

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singer Yū Hayami's song of the same title, released in 1988. * Track 5: "你說是甜我說苦 (Your Words Are Sweet, Mine Are Bitter)" was a cover of " Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", made famous by

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in 1977. * Track 7: "有人 (Someone)" was a cover of the Brian Hyland hit from 1962, " Sealed with a Kiss". This song created buzz due to Australian singer

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's cover version, which topped the

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for two weeks in June 1989.

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quickly secured the rights for this song in Hong Kong for Liew and pushed her to record it. The arrangement of Liew's version changed the original gentle ballad into a dance song with a pulsating beat. It was released as the third single of the album.

Track listing

Source:HMV Hong Kong listing for Jokingly Saying
Retrieved on November 13, 2009

References

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