Faye Wong [Fable] (Seventeenth Album)

The Cambrian Era
New Flatmate
Chanel
Asura
Flowers of Paradise
If You Were False
I Don’t Love Those Who Don’t Love Me
You Like It, I Love It
Farewell Firefly
Book of Laughter & Forgetting
Firefly
Love Letter To Myself

The album starts off with the mellow The Cambrian Era. This is a really nice song, but its one of those songs that you won’t listen to often. I love how slow an atmospheric the arrangement is, it definitely gives you this old almost ancient feeling and reflects the title to a T. Faye’s vocals are great, as usual, she brought a lot of emotion and feeling to this track even though she wasn’t really doing much, her precise vocals just absorb you. A rather nice start to the album.

The next track on the album is New Flatmate. I don’t really know how to describe this song, its not bad, but its not good either. The arrangement has a bit of synth in it and it just sounds like that buzzing noise you hear when you hear nothing at all. I didn’t really like it. Faye’s vocals are fine, but they go completely over your head. I mean I listened to this song twice and retained nothing, its like you hear a whole bunch of noise, but you can make out Faye singing, but its like you don’t really care. The song ends and you can’t remember it at all.

The next track on the album is the rather mystic Chanel. This isn’t normally a song I would go for, but I find it strangely appealing. The arrangement is rather alien, but it creates such a mood that in its own way keeps you very much so absorbed. Faye’s vocals matched and were as usual, good.

The next track slows things down a bit with Asura. This can be a rather boring song, I became aware of that sooner rather than later. However, Faye’s gorgeous and somewhat haunting vocal performance backed up by the mysterious sounding and slow churning arrangement certainly made up for it. The breathless vocals were an added bonus.

The next track on the album is Flowers of Paradise. This is a rather interesting song and I’m not sure if I like it or not, but I guess I like it more than I dislike it. The arrangement sounds so desolate, but it certainly absorbs you. Faye’s vocals carry that slow and sure quality that she’s been singing with so far and it certainly compliments the song and fits the mood and atmosphere of it. Its a hate it or love it track, really.

The next track on the album is the appealingly bland If You Were False. I listened to this song twice and I still don’t get it, but I still find that I like it. The arrangement was pretty quiet or it could be because it doesn’t really stand-out at all, so it just sounds like Faye is singing over nothing. Faye’s vocals were nice for the slow and low tones she used. I mean she doesn’t really do anything, but I guess that was the intention. This song is not one I would normally go for, because its a bit boring and goes completely over my head, but I guess this is one of those cases where I just do. The flow is nice and calm as well.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo I Don’t Love Those Who Don’t Love Me. Ah, this song goes right through me, but its nice. The arrangement is quiet and soothing and Faye gives a good, though rather sorrowful vocal performance. It doesn’t stand-out at all, but the flow is one I like and of course its Faye singing it.

The next track on the album lifts the pace a tad with You Like It, I Love It. Oh, Faye why are you so good at making me like songs I wouldn’t normally like? This song doesn’t really do much of anything and the arrangement just like in the previous track is slow and soothing and flows right through me. Faye’s vocals are lovely and I like her tone changes towards the end. This was all right.

The next track on the album is the sci-fi esque Farewell Firefly. I’ve never really liked this song by Faye, it always came across as just too dark and so unlike her. I however find myself oddly drawn to the dark and post-apocalyptic atmosphere of this track and Fayes dragged out, though good vocal performance. I always think this song is going to be sad, because of the title, but it comes across as very bittersweet.

The next track on the album is Book of Laughter & Forgetting. This song is sung in Mandarin and what a complicated language, I couldn’t sing a long at all, which was a bit of a let down. The piano arrangement is gorgeous, but terribly sad as are Faye’s wonderful vocals. Also, I forgot to note that Farewell Firefly is sung in Mandarin as well.

The second to last track on the album is Firefly. This is the Cantonese version of Farewell Firefly and I must say I like this a lot more.

The last track on the album is Love Letter To Myself. Ah, I love this song. Faye has a lot of songs, but out of the hundreds of songs she has, this is my favorite one, even beating out Eyes On Me and No Regrets. This is the Cantonese version of Book of Laughter & Forgetting and I must say its a lot better, because it may not be as slow arrangement wise, but it is a lot more emotionally felt. This is such a great and rather depressing song, but a good song to the close the album on. It definitely leaves you in a ponderous mood.

-GRADE: A
Rating: *** stars

Faye Wong’s seventeenth album Fable is a really good album. What I like the most about this album is the variety, even though the transition from songs like Cambrian Era to Love Letter From My Heart is pretty jarring. The arrangements are interesting and flexible and Faye’s vocals are just some of her best. Fable there’s not much to say about this album but the obvious, its good. The only thing I really didn’t like about this album was the the Mandarin versions of Farewell Firefly and Book of Laughter & Forgetting, because though they were good, they seemed so filler-like, especially since their Cantonese counterparts sounded better.

Faye Wong [Everything] (Second Album)

Tip of the Eiffel Tower
Everything
Roaming
Can You Hold Me Tight?
Competition Of Wits
My Loneliness
Crying Wall
In A Flash
Upstream
Tip of the Eiffel Tower

The album starts off with the lovely Paris Eiffel Tower Tip. Ah, this is a really nice song and though I much prefer that albums start off with a bang, this was certainly welcome. The arrangement is very smooth, like glass. It just plays, and though its so simple it really carries this track. Faye’s vocals were lovely, she just brought out the romantic atmosphere of this song, especially during the chorus. This song fills you with an adept feeling of love and really puts a warm smile on your face.

The next track on the album is the familiar Everything. I truly believe that this song is a remake, but I don’t know why I keep thinking its one of a Toni Braxton song. This track took a minute to grow on me, but I really do love it now. My mom likes this song also, though she knows someone else sung it first, but she doesn’t quite know who either. I really don’t care, because Faye certainly did this song justice. I loved the saxophone, it fit so perfectly. I’ve also seen the video to this, its quite sexed up which was shocking to me, because I was wondering why they would feel the need to market Faye in such a way. Its no secret that she’s gorgeous, but she really doesn’t need to flaunt it to sell and be relevant. Ah, she definitely proved that.

The next track on the album is the emotional Roaming. Faye has so many songs that’s its no wonder some of them get swept under the rug, this is definitely one of those tracks. I believe I heard an electric guitar in the arrangement, very fitting and dramatic. Faye’s vocals were great, the chorus was the high light and I absolutely love when she gets into it towards the middle half and end of the song. It really absorbed me; her ad-libs were on point as well.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo Can You Hold Me Tight?. I didn’t get a very romantic vibe from this song, despite the title, it just came across as very lonely to me. The arrangement was pretty unique, I believe it was the flute, though I’m not really sure it is some sort of wind instrument. It was really nice, but I’m not sure it went with the song. Faye’s vocals were gorgeous, she didn’t sound sad, just a bit unfulfilled. This track doesn’t really stand out, but its a good song.

The next track on the album is the rather assertive Competition Of Wits. I don’t really get this song, but I like it. The arrangement is just there to give the song something to stand on, its nothing interesting really and plays like air. Faye’s vocals are strong in this; it seems almost self-empowering, because the way she sings this song, especially the chorus just really seems to pound the words into you. I mean this track isn’t really all that interesting, but its flow is intriguing and I like that.

The next track on the album brings the pace down a little more with My Loneliness. This song is rather quiet and slow, but it surely is a good listen. I really liked the saxophone in the arrangement, it brought such depth an atmosphere to this song and just made me think of an romantic, yet tragic and short lived love. Faye’s vocals compliment the music perfectly, her voice is so soft, nearly breathless during the verses and we know she’s only building up the suspense. The chorus brings in the longing and it just really makes this song stick.

The next track on the album keeps the down-tempo’s coming with Crying Wall. This song is a bit like the previous track, where nothing is really going on and its far too quiet to really stand-out. I however liked the flow of this song and Faye’s sincere vocal performance. I tend to go for tracks like this.

The next track on the album is the slow-paced In A Flash. This is a nice song, despite it not really doing much. The arrangement is very simple, but fitting. Faye’s vocals are calm and sure and she sings this song in such a casual and soft way, it just absorbs you with its loveliness.

The second to last song on the album is the half and half Upstream. This is not a bad song, but its just something about it that just doesn’t sit right with me. The arrangement is nice, I really like it and it somewhat gives me the feeling of water as the title reflects. Faye’s vocals were good as well, because when are they not? Its just the verses seem to swim by without being retained and the chorus is just weak. I don’t know, I just wasn’t feeling this track despite it not being half bad.

The album ends with the outro Tip of the Eiffel Tower. Just a short instrumental of the original song. I don’t quite get why she chose to end the album in this way.

-GRADE: B-
Rating: ** stars

Faye Wong’s second album Everything is quite unmemorable. This has never been an album from Faye that I have particularly paid very much attention to, though in truth she has so many albums that its hard to keep up with them anyways. This album played like lukewarm water and even Faye’s lovely vocal performances couldn’t save this album from being simply underwhelming. The stand-out track is Everything because its most likely the only song you’ll remember once the last track fades. The others are just way too safe and predictable. I’ll make an exception for Tip of the Eiffel Tower though, that’s a good track. Everything is your typical Faye Wong fare: great vocals, simple beats all around safe album. I gave it a B- only because the tracks played nice, even if they don’t stand out at all.

Faye Wong [Coming Home] (Fourth Album)

Romantic Storm
Miss You Night and Day
Fragile Woman
Blind Date
Put the Key In the MailBox
These… Those…
Happy Tears
Rekindle
Round and Round
Kisses In the Wind

The first track on the album is the mid-tempo Romantic Storm. This song is really just love, and though its not an up-tempo track, its a lot of fun to sing. The arrangement is pretty rnb, in a slightly up-beat, but still mellow way. It went perfectly with Faye’s wonderful vocals. The chorus was the highlight of this song, and I just adored how she held the note at the end of the chorus’. Also, the ad-libs towards the end, ‘don’t you storm me, storm me with your love!’ they make no sense, but I loved them. The arrangement as well as Faye’s vocals really gave me the feeling of a ‘romantic storm’.

The next track is a cover. Miss You Night and Day is a cover of the Babyface song Two Occasions, and one of his songs that I have a love hate relationship with. I thought Faye did a good job with this song vocal-wise, even if it can at certain points become boring and seem to drag on for far longer than it should have, because I don’t remember the Babyface version being so long. Still, she did a good cover of this song.

The next track on the album is the frigidly beautiful Fragile Woman. I really think that this was the first Faye Wong song I ever heard, and it is most definitely one that has always stuck with me. The arrangement is simple, and sounds very traditionally Chinese, which I liked. Faye’s vocals were brilliant, I love how her tone really gives one the feeling of a ‘fragile woman’. For some odd reason when I hear this song, I always think of a battered woman, but I think the song more accurately conveys the inner most emotions of a woman, and how those emotions rule her. Simply beautiful song, one of her best.

The next track on the album is the simple Blind Date. I say simple because it doesn’t really do much of anything. The arrangement is rather bland, but I suppose it suits the song. Faye’s vocals are good, of course, but there seems to be no personality displayed in this song, it was like she was just singing it to fill space on the album. Still, I like the chorus, it really makes this song worth a listen or two.

The next track on the album is the lovely Put the Key In the MailBox. This is honestly a song I didn’t expect to like, in fact I expected to be bored to tears by it, but the title gives it a certain appeal that makes you want to take that chance. The arrangement is very warm, and has a romantic feeling about it that brings a touching smile to your face. Faye’s vocals are beautiful, and makes you feel like she’s just waiting for the love of her life to return. The chorus is the highlight, and the song going out with the violin (strings?) instrumental was just gorgeous.

The next track is the appealingly dull These… Those…. This song is really quite the borefest, but I still like it! I’m kidding. The arrangement is pretty simple, but its fitting. Faye’s vocals are gorgeous as usual, she brought a bit of life and personality to this song, though it didn’t stop it from being ultimately dull. The chorus is really what makes this song trickle along, though not by much.

The next track on the album is the mildly up-beat Happy Tears. This is pretty oldschool rnb-ish. It sounds like rnb from the 80’s actually, and though I’m wary of 80’s music, I’m not adverse to it. Faye’s vocals were pretty good for a song like this, but nothing spectacular. This song is pretty hit or miss, its not too interesting, but its not too boring either. It seems flat, but it does have a bit going for it, namely the chorus.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo Rekindle. This song is really quite moving, in a quiet sense. The arrangement is very warm, and intimate. I really enjoyed it. Faye’s vocals were gorgeous in this song, she chose to sing in a sort of light whisper, that really gave off the feeling of a rekindling love. This song doesn’t make you sad, but expectant of that second chance.

The second to last track on the album is the somewhat mid-tempo Round and Round. I actually thought this song was going to be a ballad. The arrangement is pretty odd, it has a mysterious vibe about it, but also has this flow to it that reminds me of the 80’s. Faye’s vocal performance was good, though this is the type of song that doesn’t really ask for much vocal wise. I thought this song was pretty decent, but I don’t like it personally.

The last track on the album is the down-tempo Kisses In the Wind. This song is actually sung in full English, some darn good English to, I didn’t notice a accent at all. Also, out of all of her songs, this is her favorite. The arrangement is pretty fitting, its a nice piano melody, that plays with an adept feeling of loneliness. It gives you this feeling of abandonment and lost love. Faye’s vocals are really gorgeous in this song, you could tell she was into it, and that really made me connect with her. When I first listened to this song, I was very underwhelmed and thought: ‘out of the hundreds of great songs she has this is her favorite one?’ now though, I see why. ‘Its just kisses in the wind…’

-GRADE: B+
Rating: ** stars

Faye Wong’s fourth album Coming Home is a pretty good album, but like the majority of Faye Wong albums it tends to be, pretty average. This was the first album in which I believe that Faye Wong really took control of her music and did it her way, or maybe that was her second album? Anyways, I still thought this album was good. I only disliked two tracks: These… Those and Round and Round, but even so I might find myself liking them given another listen. The stand out track on this album is of course Fragile Woman which is a classic. However, Faye really did her thing with the all English track Kisses In The Wind, its a nice track that really tugs at the heart-strings. I liked her cover of Babyface’s song as well, I thought she did a good job with it. No surprise though, her voice is incredible. Coming Home started on a good note, ended on a good note, and satisfied me in between, what more can I ask for from an album?

Faye Wong [Di-Dar] (Twelfth Album)

Di-Dar
Vacation
Lost Track
Scandalous
Maybe
I Think
Like
One Half
Untitled
Comet

The album starts off with the intro-song Di-Dar. This is weird little half-song, which chorus consists of Faye Wong singing, ‘Di dar’. I’m nearly compelled to like this song because Faye’s vocals are so freakin’ good!

The next track on the album is the quirky Vacation. This song is really, just something else. The arrangement is very Island like, but I mean Island like banging congo drums like, it was pretty neat and stayed consistent. Faye’s vocals were very interesting, I really like how she chose to sing this song, because she sung it in such an odd way that you had no choice but to pay attention to it.

The next track on the album is the alien Lost Track. This song really gives you the scary feeling of being lost, I’ll give it that. The arrangement sounds so 50’s horror score, like a violin stretch you would hear in Psycho during the infamous shower scene. Its just so eery sounding, it also doesn’t help that Faye chose to sing this song in such a high whisper throughout. I mean her voice was nice, but it made this song almost impossible, plus I didn’t too much like the song going out with the instrumental.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo Scandalous. Finally, we get a break from the quirky songs and go back to some form of normalcy. The arrangement is simple and nice, and Faye’s vocals are gorgeous.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo and mellow Maybe. This song comes across as incredibly sad to me. There isn’t much to say about this track, the arrangement is very simple, but fitting and Faye’s vocals are good.

The next track on the album is the weird I Think. I say weird because, the whole execution of this song is just very strange to me, and makes me feel short of breath for some reason. The arrangement makes you think of being held hostage, it really does, because its so dramatic in a simple in quiet way its really strange. Faye’s vocals are nice, but they mirror the arrangement. Its like she sing-stops, its really crazy. I don’t like this song, despite its weird uniqueness it has nothing going for it, and is a bit of a bore.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo Like. I thought this song was really beautiful. The arrangement was so simple, there was a piano then a violin stretch, that just played gorgeously especially at the very end when she let it shine and take out the song. Faye’s vocals were really good in this, I definitely loved it during the chorus when she would stretch out the words. This song really tugged at my heart.

The next track on the album is the oddly titled One Half. This song does sound similar to a few of her other songs, but it could be because its so simple and all of her songs tend to be simple. This song gave me the feeling of being free, but very alone. Faye’s vocals were good as usual. There’s not much to say, like the majority of the songs on this album, this track was a nice listen.

The second to last track is the monotonous Untitled. This is a pretty lazy title, I just had to get that off my chest. The arrangement is pretty experimental and mysterious-sounding, but its all so dull that you don’t even care that its somewhat different. Faye’s vocals are good, because they always are, but her performance sounded so uninspired in lank. This song is just boring.

The last track on the album is the rather dull Comet. This song is really quite boring, despite it being interesting in a sense. The arrangement sounds a bit conspiratorial, as well as Faye’s vocals which sound a bit like an alarm or echo or something. This song just went clear over my head, and nearly put me to sleep. A very weak ending to a weak album.

-GRADE: C-
Rating: * star

Faye Wong’s twelfth album Di-Dar is WAY a disappointment. I know that I’ve never particularly liked this album, but I like it even less this time around. The only thing that separates it from Faye’s earlier albums is the lack of rnb and oh yeah, GOOD songs! The title tracks on this album were also very simply named, I mean we have titles like: Maybe, I Think, Like and most underwhelming of all Untitled. It just came across as very lazy to me, like there was no creativity involved at all, and I mean Faye Wong always has such simple titles, but these just really took the cake because it was like they just got together and started making up stuff, like: ‘who can think of the most blandest and boring title for a track!’ and then someone chimes in: ‘ooh! i got one… maybe!’ Its just sad. I did like the down-tempo tracks, they were really good and really brought me back to the Faye I was use to in concerns to her music. This album is terribly mediocre and forgettable, but tracks like: Scandalous or Like are worth a listen or two.

Faye Wong [Eyes on Me] (First Single)

Eyes On Me (featured in FINAL FANTASY VIII)
Acacia no Mi (アカシアの実; Acacia Fruit)

Faye Wong’s first single starts off with the absolutely lovely Eyes on Me. This song is so beautiful and poignant that I can hardly contain myself. Faye Wong is one of my favorite singers EVER and nothing I’ve ever heard from her has disappointed me… too much. The arrangement to this song is one of the most moving instrumentals I’ve ever heard. The arrangement is just so powerful in its simplicity it really is, the light and airy sounds adding depth and atmosphere. Faye’s vocals are one of the best I’ve ever heard from her, and she sings this song in full English, nice English if I may say so myself. This song is just so gorgeous and it moves me like few songs have, very rarely does a song touch me like that. It makes me think of a sad love, that just consumes me completely. Its make me think of parting with someone on good terms and smiling through the tears. ‘I kind of liked it your way…’

The second track on the single is the b-side Acacia no Mi (アカシアの実; Acacia Fruit). This song is really gorgeous. The arrangement is so slow and moving, easy on the ears and plays like a sorrowful dream. Faye’s vocals as usual are just beautiful. The low and mournful tones she used really brought out the despair and seeming longing or loneliness in this song. I mean I’m thinking this is suppose to be a fairly hopeful song, but it just comes across as very depressing in a beautiful way.

-GRADE: A
Rating: *** stars

Faye Wong’s 1st single Eyes on Me is just a really solid single with two beautiful and memorable songs. Eyes on Me the theme to the Final Fantasy VIII game, is just a wonderfully sad song of in my opinion, remembering love. Acacia no Mi is another beautiful song, that seems to pick up where Eyes on Me left off, but delivering a song of melancholy and loneliness. This is definitely one of the best singles I’ve ever heard.

Faye Wong [100,000 Why's] (Sixth Album)

Lau Faye Faye (Flow Not Fly)
Summer of Love
Like Wind
Cold War
Mature/Grow Up
If You Love Me Once Again/If You Really Love Me
Tempted Heart
Rainy Days Without You
Tempt Me
Do Do Da Da
Do We Really Care? (English)

The album starts off with the fun and quirky, Lau Faye Faye (Flow Not Fly). It’s an up-tempo dance like track, that really shies away from the mellow rnb of her previous albums. I didn’t too much like this song at first, because it was so different, it’s grown on me. I love Faye’s vocals which are always great, and that, as well as the upbeat arrangement really makes this song shine.

I’m not sure how to explain this, but the next track, Summer Of Love is very breezy and heartwarming. I mean, I love the breathy power in Faye Wong’s voice, and the arrangement is really fitting. This is the type of song that one would associate with summer, because it gives you that vibe. In truth it’s more like an Autumn song. It gives you a nice, hopeful type of feeling, that is hard to describe.

The next track is the lovely down-tempo, Like Wind. It’s a very slow-paced, ballad like song, with a gorgeous vocal performance from Faye Wong. The arrangement is very beautiful, and really makes the whole song feel like wind. The chorus in my opinion is this songs highlight, that and Faye’s voice.

Faye keeps the down-tempo tracks coming with the next one, Cold War. I have always liked this song, because the way it’s sung is just so interesting. It’s sung in an almost Opera like way, where Faye keeps her voice relatively high, but still manages to hit all the right tones and notes. The arrangement really matches the title and what I believe Faye was going for with this song, because it really gives you the feeling of being cold. At one point it’s like Faye and the chorus (which sounds really good) are going at war with one another, back and forth. It’s just a really intriguing and engaging song.

I must say that the majority of Faye Wong’s songs are down-tempo, but they are always so good, that it doesn’t feel like a chore when they come right after the other. The next track is down-tempo, and just as good as the previous down-tempo tracks. Mature; this song to me gives me the impression of a woman growing up for the first time, and what I mean by that, is her waking up one morning and just saying, ‘fuck it, i’m going to be me’ and I like that. The vocals are great as well as the easy-going arrangement.

The pace picks up a tad with the next track, If You Really Love Me. This is one of those songs that goes over your head, because there is nothing about it that really jumps at you. It has this sort of synthesized, computerized beat going for it, that makes it sound like something from the 80’s. I do like Faye’s vocals in this, she brings interest to this track, and also it has a nice and somewhat catchy chorus.

The next track is the down-tempo and mood setting, Tempted Heart. The arrangement of this song is very sexual, in a quiet non-obtrusive kind of way. I really love Faye’s vocal performance, she sings the verses so slow and with feeling, and then the chorus comes. There is such power in her voice, and the chorus is somewhat catchy as well. It’s almost like a, ‘i’m tempted to have sex with him, but would that make me easy?’ kind of song.

The next track on the album is the down-tempo, Rainy Days Without You. This is a song that can become boring pretty quickly, because it has nothing going for it. Faye begins the song with a little talk segment (which of course I don’t understand, because I don’t know Chinese, and don’t particularly like the language unless it’s being sung instead of said), we go into the song and of course Faye’s vocals are good and the arrangement is fitting if not basic; I did love the rain at the end. It’s not a bad song, Rainy Days Without You is a nice listen, just very average.

This next track is nothing new in terms of Faye Wong songs, but Tempt Me is just very odd, and not a good kind of odd. It’s got this Congo, stuck on an deserted Island type vibe going for it, and sounds like some obscure song from a b-rate 50’s soundtrack. Faye’s vocals are all right, but I really hate the chorus that backs her up, because they just make the song worse, if possible. Not a very good track and very forgettable.

The next track reminds me of one of Faye’s rare intro tracks, Di-Dar. Do Do Da Da, is a really pathetic song, and almost lazy in a sense. All Faye says is ‘do do do, da da da’ and it sounds like she’s retarded or something. I don’t like the seventies style, Gilligan’s Island arrangement either. This song is almost embarrassing, and plays like album fodder.

The last track on the album is the rather touching, Do We Really Care (English). I must say that Faye Wong has some really good English, there’s hardly any accent at all, and you can understand perfectly what she’s saying. This is more of a political song, where she describes atrocities in the world and asks, ‘do we really care?’ the vocal performance was really good, as well as the arrangement which went perfectly with the song.

-GRADE: B+
Rating: ** stars

Faye Wong’s 100,000 Whys album was pretty decent. There wasn’t a whole lot of rnb infused songs on here, but there were plenty of ballads and slow jams, with a couple of up-tempo’s. As always Faye comes with the greatness vocal wise; she always sings her songs well, so I never have a problem in that respect. The arrangements on this album were pretty simple, but simple works for Faye, because she knows how to sing over the basic beats and prevent them from becoming boring or a chore. I loved most of the tracks on here, which is no surprise, but the songs that really stuck out would have to be: Summer of Love, Cold War, Mature and Tempted Heart. I however did not like the boring Tempt Me or the utterly retarded, Do Do Da Da. 100,000 Whys is not her best album, or her worst, it’s somewhere in the middle; despite it most likely coming across as boring, it’s still a good listen.