Toy and Help Yourself
| Toy (玩具) | ||||
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| EP by Faye Wong | ||||
| Released | February 1997 | |||
| Genre | Cantopop | |||
| Label | Cinepoly | |||
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| Help Yourself (自便) | ||||
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| EP by Faye Wong | ||||
| Released | May 1997 | |||
| Genre | Cantopop | |||
| Label | Cinepoly | |||
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| Be Perfunctory (敷衍) | ||||
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| Studio album by Faye Wong | ||||
| Released | November 22, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Cantopop | |||
| Label | Chaotic Silence | |||
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Toy and Help Yourself are two 1997 Cantonese EPs recorded by Chinese Cantopop singer Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong.
In 1996, the last year of her recording contract with Cinepoly Records, Wong recorded ten original songs in Cantonese, all with lyrics by Lin Xi but composed by others such as Wong Ka Keung, Adrian Chan, and Chan Xiao Xia. These songs were supposed to be released as an album in 1996/1997; however, Cinepoly decided to release the 10 tracks separately on 4 occasions. Cinepoly later released eight of these songs in the two EPs entitled Toy and Help Yourself. The other two songs were included in later compilations.
Toy (Yale romanization; Chinese: ; Jyutping: wun6 geoi6) was released in February 1997, during Faye Wong's parental leave where she gave birth to her first child. The EP's cover photo depicts Wong in her home in Beijing, China, having moved back there after several successful years based in Hong Kong.
The five tracks on Toy would be Wong's most significant release of new Cantonese songs until her self-titled album in 2001.
Help Yourself (Chinese: ; Jyutping: zi6 bin6) followed in May 1997.
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