Heart Beat ( zh, c=心·跳, p=xīn tìao) is the 13th album of the
American Taiwanese R&B artist and composer
Leehom Wang
Wang Leehom ( zh, c=王力宏, poj=Ông Le̍k-hông; born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. His music is known for fusing hip-hop and R&B, with Guoyue, tradi ...
. The album was released on 26 December 2008. According to Taiwan's G-Music chart the album is the sixth
best selling album in Taiwan in 2009.
About the album
Leehom debuted the first song "What's Up Rock!!" (搖滾怎麼了!!) on radio in September 2008. This song shows a fusion of his "chinked-out" style with the genre of rock involved as well. He collaborated with
Janet Hsieh playing the
Pipa
The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ...
, merging traditional Chinese sounds with that of modern electric guitar to unveil rock with an Eastern touch.
Wang LeeHom with Janet Hsieh rock you by Western Electric Guitar and Chinese Pipa
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With the release of the song, Leehom announced his MUSIC-MAN World Tour, which kicked off at Taipei Arena as a prelude to his album . In his concert, he debuted three new songs: "Dirty Love" (愛得得體), "No Reason to Pay Attention to You" (我完全沒有任何理由理你) and "Everything". However, the title track of the album, "Heartbeat" (心跳) was not introduced until December 8, when the song was released on the radio.
Track listing
# 愛得 得體 ''Dirty Love'' (3:48)
# 心跳 ''Heartbeat'' (4:23)
# 春雨裡洗過的太陽 ''The Sun After Washed by Spring Rain'' (4:51)
# Everything (4:59)
# 我完全沒有任何理由理你 ''No Reason to Pay Attention to You'' (3:07)
# 另一個天堂 ''Another Heaven'' (4:26) (featuring Jane Zhang)
# 玩偶 ''Puppet'' (2:57)
# 腳本 ''Screenplay'' (4:12)
# 競爭對手 ''Competitor'' (4:05)
# 搖滾怎麼了!!''What's Wrong With Rock!!'' (2:35)
Charts
References
2008 albums
Wang Leehom albums
Sony Music Taiwan albums
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