Hot Summer
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Hot Summer was a Cantopop
album by Leslie Cheung
released in 1988 by Hong Kong
record company Cinepoly
and followed on the heels of the success of Cheung's Summer Romance
the year before. Like Summer Romance, the album also featured a collaboration with Japanese
musicians.
Its songs were considerably popular and these included "Hot Summer", 貼身 ("Close Proximity"), 無需要太多 ("Don't Need Too Much"), 沉默是金 ("Silence is Golden"), 繼續跳舞 ("Keep on Dancing"), and 内心爭鬥 ("Inner Struggle"). The song "Close Proximity" won the Jade Solid Gold Award in 1988 and was among one of the popular songs in Hong Kong for that year. Track 10 ("Love Again") was a Cantonese cover of Glenn Frey
's 1982 song "The One You Love" from album No Fun Aloud
.
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
album by Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central...
released in 1988 by Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
record company Cinepoly
Cinepoly Records
Cinepoly Records is a Hong Kong-based record label founded in 1985. It was a subsidiary of PolyGram Records and the film company Cinema City. Ownership of Cinepoly Records switched to Universal Music Group after Universal acquired PolyGram Records in 1998 and albums are now distributed by...
and followed on the heels of the success of Cheung's Summer Romance
Summer Romance
Summer Romance is a Cantopop album by Leslie Cheung first released in 1987. This album first catapulted the then struggling Leslie Cheung to instant fame and star status when first released...
the year before. Like Summer Romance, the album also featured a collaboration with Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
musicians.
Its songs were considerably popular and these included "Hot Summer", 貼身 ("Close Proximity"), 無需要太多 ("Don't Need Too Much"), 沉默是金 ("Silence is Golden"), 繼續跳舞 ("Keep on Dancing"), and 内心爭鬥 ("Inner Struggle"). The song "Close Proximity" won the Jade Solid Gold Award in 1988 and was among one of the popular songs in Hong Kong for that year. Track 10 ("Love Again") was a Cantonese cover of Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey
Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...
's 1982 song "The One You Love" from album No Fun Aloud
No Fun Aloud
No Fun Aloud is the first solo album by Glenn Frey, released in 1982 . It was fairly received by critics and became a moderate commercial success.The album reached #32 on the charts and released two top 40 singles with "The One You Love" and "I Found Somebody". The album would reach gold status,...
.
Track listing
- "Hot Summer" - 3:57
- 貼身 ("Close Proximity") - 3:13
- 無需要太多 ("Don't Need Too Much") - 4:27
- 可否多一吻 ("How About One More Kiss") - 5:07
- Hey！不要玩 ("Hey! Don't Play") - 3:34
- 沉默是金 ("Silence is Golden") - 4:09
- 繼續跳舞 ("Keep on Dancing!") - 4:26
- 濃情 ("Deep Affections") - 3:33
- 内心爭鬥 ("Inner Struggle") - 4:43
- 再戀 ("Love Again") - 4:42
Personnel
- Leslie Cheung - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Ricky Chu, Nick - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Lam Chi Wan, Eddie Sing - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Hidetoshi Yamada, Tony Arevalo Jr. Andrew Tuason, Paulino Babida - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Tsuyoshi Kon, Joey, Masaki Matsubaro - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Ric Halstead - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Production
- Producer: Leslie Cheung, Patrick Yeung, Masa Sakuma
- Recording/Mixing: Paterson Wong
- Sound Engineer: Johnny Cheung, Yeung Tak Keung
- Cover Design and Art: Alan Chan
- Photography: Justin Chan
- Co-ordinator: Hideo Takayama