Ingratiate Oneself
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| Studio album by Faye Wong | ||||
| Released | December 1994 | |||
| Genre | Cantopop | |||
| Label | Cinepoly | |||
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Tou hou ji gei Yale Romanization, meaning Please Myself or Ingratiate Oneself, (Cantonese: ; Tou hou zi gei Jyutping) is a 1994 Cantonese album recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong as 王靖雯 Wong Ching Man, when she was based in Hong Kong.
Cinepoly Records released this album in December, only a few months after her highly influential alternative music Cantonese album Random Thoughts and her second Mandarin album Sky. It did not match them in terms of commercial success.
Faye Wong composed the songs "Ingratiate Oneself" and "Exit" herself, and these continued her move into alternative music. The remaining songs were more conventional in genre.
The lyrics are all in Cantonese except for "Exit" in Mandarin. She spoke rather than sang the words to this song, so that it is sometimes described as a rap. Somewhat pessimistic in outlook, it was not popular with all her fans. Nevertheless, it was a hit single, along with the title track, "Honeymoon" and the ballad "Brink Of Love And Pain".
"Being Criminal" is a cover of "Here's Where the Story Ends" by The Sundays. "Sky Doesn't Change, Earth Changes" is the Cantonese version of "Amaranthine" (不變, Bù Biàn) on her Mandarin album Sky.
The album was released with three different album covers.
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