''Em Đã Quên Một Giòng Sông'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by Vietnamese-American singer

Lâm Nhật Tiến Lâm Nhật Tiến (born 3 September 1971) is a Vietnamese-American singer who was affiliated with Asia Entertainment Inc. from 1994 to 2016. He became known as a Vietnamese pop singer during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Early life and ca ...

, released on January 1, 1997, under the music label Asia Entertainment Inc. With production by Thy Van and

Trúc Hồ Trúc Hồ (born April 2, 1964) is a Vietnamese American Vietnamese Americans () are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They constitute a major part of all overseas Vietnamese. As of 2023, over 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent live i ...

, the album includes notable songs of Vietnamese overseas music in the 1990s, such as by "Cơn Mưa Hạ" and "Mưa Tình Cuối Đông".

Music and production

All tracks were written by famous Vietnamese songwriters, including

Phạm Duy Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one ...

Trịnh Công Sơn Trịnh Công Sơn (February 28, 1939 – April 1, 2001) was a Vietnamese musician, songwriter, painter and poet. He is widely considered to be Vietnam's best songwriter. His music explores themes of love, loss, and anti-war sentiments during t ...

, Anh Bằng, and Ngọc Trọng. The title track "Em Đã Quên Một Giòng Sông", one of Lam's best-known songs, was performed on ''Asia Video: Hoa & Nhạc'' in 1996. The song has since been was covered by Vietnamese singers, such as Dam Vinh Hung (in the album Mr. Dam and printed on the cover to be allegedly composed by songwriter Hai Trieu), Bao Yen, Quang Linh, and Ngọc Sơn.Artist of the Month: Lâm Nhật Tiến, Thời Báo Newspaper, 6. September 2019
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Track listing

References

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