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Fable (寓言)
Fable (寓言)
Studio album by Faye Wong
Released	20 October 2000
Genre	Mandopop, Cantopop
Length	57:02
Label	EMI
Producer	Faye Wong; Zhang Yadong; Alvin Leong;
Faye Wong chronology

Fable^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] (Chinese: 寓言; pinyin: Yùyán), alternatively titled Legend,^[5] is the eighth Mandarin-language studio album (seventeenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong. There are 12 songs in total: ten in Mandarin and two in Cantonese. The lyrics of two Mandarin songs on the album were rewritten in Cantonese to cater for the Hong Kong market. A "Deluxe" version included a VCD with footage of Faye Wong's commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo.^[6]

Composition

The album can be considered in three sections. The first five tracks deal with certain aspects of Buddhism, incorporating motifs from fairy tales, especially Cinderella. The next three are radio-friendly pop songs. The next two, "Farewell Firefly" and "Book of Laughter and Forgetting," are somewhat more complex musically; they are sung in Mandarin and are followed by alternate versions in Cantonese, "Firefly" and "Love Letters to Myself."

Songs

The first five songs form a song cycle and were composed by Faye Wong herself, marking her further development as a songwriter.^[7] Three of them featured as the final segment of every performance in Wong's 2010–2012 Comeback Tour. All the lyrics on the album are by Lin Xi, and tracks 1–5 were produced by Zhang Yadong, both of whom were regularly collaborating with Wong during this period of her career.^[7] Alvin Leong produced tracks 6–12.

Track listing

*Fable* – Standard edition
No.	Title	Unofficial translation	Length
1.	"寒武紀" (Hánwǔjì)	"The Cambrian Age"	5:15
2.	"新房客" (Xīn Fángkè)	"New Tenant"	5:11
3.	"香奈兒" (Xiāngnài'ér)	"Chanel"	4:52
4.	"阿修羅" (Āxiūluó)	"Asura"	4:57
5.	"彼岸花" (Bǐ'àn Huā)	"Flower on the Other Shore"/ "Flower of Paradise"	5:16
6.	"如果你是假的" (Rúguǒ Nǐ Shì Jiǎde)	"If You Were False"	3:57
7.	"不愛我的我不愛" (Bù Ài Wǒ De Wǒ Bù Ài)	"I Won't Love Anyone Who Doesn't Love Me"	4:20
8.	"你喜歡不如我喜歡" (Nǐ Xǐhuān Bùrú Wǒ Xǐhuān)	"Your Likes Are Not as Important as Mine"	4:02
9.	"再見螢火蟲" (Zàijiàn Yínghuǒchóng)	"Farewell Firefly"	5:09
10.	"笑忘書" (Xiào Wàng Shū)	"Book of Laughter and Forgetting"/ "Book of Exhilaration"	4:27
11.	"螢火蟲" (Yìhngfóchùhng)	"Firefly"	5:09
12.	"給自己的情書" (Kāp Jihgéi Dīk Chìhngsyù)	"Love Letter to Myself"	4:27
Total length:			57:02

All songs are in Mandarin except for tracks 11 and 12, which are Cantonese versions of tracks 9 and 10 respectively.

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Eyes on Me" (Almighty Radio Mix)	3:59
14.	"香奈兒" (Japanese version)	4:59
Total length:		8:58

Korean bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Eyes on Me"	5:42
Total length:		5:42

Release history

Region	Release date	Label	Format(s)
Hong Kong	October 20, 2000	EMI	CD+VCD (hardcover version)
Hong Kong			CD (paperback version)
Taiwan			Cassette
Malaysia		EMI Malaysia	Cassette
China		Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing House	CD
China		Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing House	Cassette
South Korea	November 17, 2000	EMI Music Korea	CD
South Korea	November 17, 2000	EMI Music Korea	Cassette
Japan	February 16, 2001	Toshiba EMI	CD
China	2002	Shanghai Audio & Video Publishing House	CD (Special Edition)

References

^ Stan Jeffries, Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980–2001, 2003, p225. "Her album Fable, released in October, began to focus on Wong's faith, as the first part of the album centred on the teachings of Buddhism. In 2001, Wong, now enthralled by the Buddhist faith, began to focus on the Japanese market and in April appeared on the front cover of Frau magazine. By the summer she was singing "Separate Ways," the theme song to the popular Japanese TV drama Usokoi, and in October she performed live in the country for the first time. In the following month she was named Artist of the Month on MTVChina. She also released the "Buddhist" single in Hong Kong. In November a double release, Loving, Kindness and Wisdom, highlighted Wong's devotion to her newfound faith, as the first part of the album featured Buddhist chants. Later in November a "best of" album was released."
^ Shane Homan Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture −2006 p224 "... almost exclusively on contributions from Hong Kong-, Beijing- and Singapore-based composers along with her own compositions on Sing and Play (1998), Only Love Strangers (1999), Fable (2000), Faye Wong (2001) and To Love (2003)."
^ CMJ New Music Report – 2001 12 31p 44 "FAYE WONG Fable"
^ Fable Archived 21 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine, EMI Japan. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
^ Anthony Fung and Michael Curtin, "The Anomalies of Being Faye (Wong): Gender Politics in Chinese Popular Music", International Journal of Cultural Studies 5, no. 3 (September 2002) "Legend"
^ 专辑：王菲--《寓言》 (in Chinese). sina.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Chan, Boon (28 October 2011). "Faye's back". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. C2.