Red is a Cantopop

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...

 first released in 1996.
This album was Cheung's second post-"retirement" album and incorporated smooth jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, R&B, trip hop, etc.,producing a different music style from Cheung's earlier albums.

The lyrics of all the songs were penned by lyricist, Albert Leung

Albert Leung

-Education:He was educated at the boys school Chan Sui Ki College and La Salle College, and graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1984.-Songwriting career:He has been a cantopop lyricist since 1985, using the pen name Lin Xi...

. Red is the only such album published by Cheung. Cheung cooperated with C.Y. Kong for the first time in this album.

Track listing

1. "Prologue[Red]" – 0:12
2. 偷情 "Love by Stealth" – 4:56
3. 有心人 "A Man of Intention" – 5:11
4. 還有誰 "Who Else?" – 3:24
5. 談情說愛 "Whispers of Love" – 3:52
6. 你我之間 "You and Me" – 4:10
7. 怨男 "Grieving Man" – 3:40
8. 怪你過份美麗 "Blamefully Beautiful" – 4:55
9. 不想擁抱我的人 "The One Who Doesn't Want to Hold Me" – 3:51
10. 意猶未盡 "Longing For More" – 3:42
11. 紅 "Red" – 4:42
12. Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – 3:35 (Japan version)
13. Holding Deeply" – (Mainland China version)

Personnel

• Leslie Cheung - vocals, background vocals
• Adrian Chan - background vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The 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...
  
  
• Alex San - grand piano
• Melchior Sarreal - drum
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
  
  
• Miguel S. Ignot- saxophone
  Saxophone
  The 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...
  
  
• Joey Tang - guitar
  Guitar
  The 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...
  
  
• Lam Chi Wang - bass
• Tulloch Sound Orchestra - Strings
• Albert - background vocals
• Nancy - background vocals
• Jacky - background vocals
• Isabella - background vocals
• Patrick Lui - background vocals
• May - background vocals

Production

• Producer: Leslie Cheung, Alvin Leong
• Recording/Mixing: Adrian Chan, John Lin, David Ling JR [Studio S&R], Geen, Randy[Tang Lou], Bryan Choy[Avon Studio]
• Programming: C.Y.Kong, Adrian Chan
• Music arranger: Alex San, C.Y. Kong
• Cover Design: Wing Shya of Double X Workshop
• Photography: Lawerce Ching
• Mastering Engineer: John Lin