Play (Jolin Tsai album)

Play

Standard edition artwork
Studio album by Jolin Tsai
Released November 15, 2014
Genre
Length 36:39
Language Chinese
Label Warner
Jolin Tsai chronology
Myself World Tour (Live)
(2013)		 Play
(2014)
Jolin Tsai studio album chronology
Muse
(2012)		 Play
(2014)

Play (Chinese: 呸) is the thirteenth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai (Chinese: 蔡依林). It was released on November 15, 2014, by Warner Music Taiwan. It has sold more than 85,000 copies in Taiwan alone, and made her the best-selling female singer of the year in Taiwan.[1] The album garnered critical acclaim and was declared as "easily the best album of the year".[2] The title track, "Play", reached number 1 on the Hit FM Annual Top 100 Singles chart.[3] The ninth track, "The Third Person and I", reached number 8 on the chart.[3] The music video of "Play" became the most-viewed Chinese-language music video of 2014 on YouTube and thrust her into the international spotlight.[4] Nolan Feeney from Time magazine claimed the music video "the year's best pop music video."[5] The album earned Tsai six Golden Melody Award nominations for Best Mandarin Album, Best Song of the Year, Best Vocal Recording Album, and three Best Music Videos, and she eventually won for Best Mandarin Album and Best Vocal Recording Album.[6] The album also earned Tsai an MTV Europe Music Award nomination for Best Taiwanese Act.[7] The album also earned Tsai an Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Asian Artist.[8]

Track listing

Play – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Gentlewomen" (第二性)Cheer ChenChung Cheng-hu3:41
2."Play" (Play 我呸)
  • Nese
  • Li Ke-ti
Starr Chen3:13
3."Medusa" (美杜莎)
Hsiao An4:03
4."Lip Reading" (唇語)
  • Huang Sheng-feng
  • Liang Chin-hsing
Hsiao An3:40
5."I'm Not Yours" (feat. Namie Amuro)
Starr Chen3:41
6."I Love, I Embrace" (自愛自受)
Chung Cheng-hu3:55
7."Miss Trouble"  
  • Jolin Tsai
  • Hayley Michelle Aitken
  • Olof Lindskog
  • Sten Iggy Strange Dahl
  • Ke Ta-wei
Starr Chen3:16
8."Phony Queen" (電話皇后)
  • Dominik Rothert
  • Jason Worthy
  • Jessica Jean Pfeiffer
  • Alexander Krause
  • Wyman Wong
Hsiao An2:58
9."The Third Person and I" (第三人稱)
JJ Lin4:52
10."We're All Different, Yet the Same" (不一樣又怎樣)
  • Christoffer Thomas Viktor Vikberg
  • Hayley Michelle Aitken
  • Sten Iggy Strange Dahl
  • Johan Moraeus
  • Albert Leung
  • Starr Chen
  • Michael Lin
3:20
Total length:36:39

References

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Today Online[9]
  1. ↑ 中時電子報. "《偏執面》無緣專輯獎 妹迷嚷震蛋". 中時電子報 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  2. ↑ FlopstarReviews (2014-11-15). "Album Review: Jolin Tsai's "PLAY" is Easily 2014's Best Album". FLOPSTAR BLOG. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  3. 1 2 "Hitoradio‧Hit Fm --華人音樂入口指標". www.hitoradio.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  4. ↑ "YouTube公佈2014年10大熱門音樂影片 蔡依林「呸」出冠軍！". GQ瀟灑男人網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  5. ↑ Feeney, Nolan. "This Might be 2014's Best Pop Music Video". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Pop star Jolin Tsai wins best album; Eason Chan, A-Mei also honored at Golden Melody Awards". US News & World Report. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  7. ↑ "MTV EMAs 2015: Five things we learned". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  8. ↑ "The Queen Of C-Pop, Jolin Tsai, Makes An Appearance At This Year's MAMAs [VIDEO]". latest kpop news and music | Officially Kmusic. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  9. ↑ "Jolin Play (Jolin Tsai) | 3.5/5". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
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