''Love Addict'' is the 14th studio album and second
mandopop album by Hong Kong singer
Prudence Liew
Prudence Liew Mei-Gwan (born 10 December 1964) is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. A Golden Horse Award winner and platinum selling singer, she has released 16 studio albums and appeared in numerous films.
Career
From the age of eight, she ...
. This album marks the first Mandarin language studio album release from Liew since ''愛自己
Love Yourself'' was released in
Taiwan in 2000. This album is a
cover album
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that consists entirely of songs that were originally sung by male singers. This is the first in a series of three cover albums released by Liew in three different languages: the Cantonese album ''偷
Stolen Moments'' came after in July 2012, and an English album titled ''
Reincarnated Love'' released in July 2017.
Prudence Liew Weibo statement dated July 9, 2012
Retrieved 2012-07-11
Album information
The recording of this album was mixed in 24-bit
Notable 24-bit machines include the CDC 924 – a 24-bit version of the CDC 1604, CDC lower 3000 series, SDS 930 and SDS 940, the ICT 1900 series, the Elliott 4100 series, and the Datacraft minicomputers/Harris H series.
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with a sampling rate of 96 kHz. It was then mastered in United States and the discs were compressed and made in Germany in Super Audio CD format. Liew has stated that this is a true album for audiophiles.
Photography for this album was done by Hong Kong actor Chapman To, who is a photography enthusiast and a longtime fan of Liew. To admitted that this is the first time he was hired as a paid professional photographer.
Release
The album was released on June 17, 2011, in Hong Kong. HMV Hong Kong promoted the album with an offer of tickets to Liew's mini-concert with pre-orders of the album.[HMV Hong Kong page for "Love Addict".]
Retrieved April 26, 2011
Upon its release, the album charted at number 2 in the HMV Hong Kong's Overall Sales Chart behind Lady Gaga's album '' Born This Way'' and topped both the Asian Sales Chart and Cantonese/Mandarin Sales Chart for two consecutive weeks.
Track listing
# 認錯 (Apologize) originally sung by 優客李林 Ukulele in 1991
# 他一定很愛你 (He Must Really Love You) originally sung by 阿杜 A-do
Du Chengyi (), known professionally as A-du (阿杜; ), is a Singaporean singer.
Career
Du was a construction foreman before been spotted by Singaporean producer Billy Koh in his company's talent search and was signed to Ocean Butterflies M ...
in 2002
# 你把我灌醉 (You Made Me Drunk) originally sung by 黃大煒 David Wong in 1994
# 原來的我 (The Original Me) originally sung by 齊秦 Chyi Chin in 1988
# 一場遊戲一場夢 (A Game, A Dream) originally sung by 王傑 Dave Wang in 1989
# 走鋼索的人 (A Tightrope Walker) originally sung by 李泉 James Li in 1999
# 愛如潮水 (Love Like Tides) originally sung by 張信哲 Jeff Chang in 1993
# 老實情歌 (Honest Love Song) originally sung by 庾澄慶 Harlem Yu in 1993
# 其實你不懂我的心 (Actually, You Do Not Understand My Heart) originally sung by 童安格 Angus Tung
Angus Tung (; born 26 July 1959) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and record producer from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Blessed with boyish good looks and talent, Angus Tung debuted in 1983 and released his first solo album "Miss You" (想你) two ...
in 1988
# 何去何從 (Where to Come and Go) originally sung by 張國榮 Leslie Cheung in 1995
Chart history
Album
Singles (radio airplay)
Release history
References
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2011 albums
Prudence Liew albums
Cinepoly Records albums
Covers albums
Jazz albums by Hong Kong artists