Balls Under the Red Flag

{{Infobox album

| name = Balls Under the Red Flag

| type = studio

| artist = Cui Jian

| cover = Balls Under the Red Flag.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1994

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Art rock • new wave • folk rock • alternative rock • funk rock • rap rock • progressive rock • jazz rock

| length =

| label = Eastworld (Japan) •深圳市先科娛樂傳播有限公司 (China) • JingWen (China)

| producer =

| prev_title = Solution

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = The Power of the Powerless

| next_year = 1998

}}

Hongqi xia de dan (红旗下的蛋 literally "eggs" under the red flag), English title on CD cover Balls Under The Red Flag, is a 1994 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian.World Music: Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Broughton, Simon, Ellingham, Mark, Richard Trillo - 2000 p55 "Cui renamed his band 'Balls under the Red Flag' (in original Chinese, 'Eggs under the Red Flag') in 1993-94, a self-mocking title of the powerlessness of rock musicians."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Standard listing

| extra_column = Unofficial translation

| title1 = Fēile {{lang|zh-hant|飛了}}

| extra1 = "Flying"

|length1 = 5:33

| title2 = Kuānróng {{lang|zh-hant|寬容}}

| extra2 = "Tolerate"

|length2 = 8:07

| title3 = Hóngqí xià de dàn {{lang|zh-hant|紅旗下的蛋}}

| extra3 = "Balls Under the Red Flag"

|length3 = 7:57

| title4 = Běijīng de gùshì {{lang|zh-hant|北京的故事}}

| extra4 = "Beijing Story"

|length4 = 7:46

| title5 = Hézi {{lang|zh|盒子}}

| extra5 = "The Box"

|length5 = 7:40

| title6 = Zuì hòu de bàoyuàn {{lang|zh|最後的抱怨}}{{Cite web|url=https://mojim.com/cny100455x2x7.htm|title=最后的抱怨歌词崔健 ※ Mojim.com|website=Mojim.com|access-date=1 June 2023}}

| extra6 = "The Last Complaint"

|length6 = 8:00

| title7 = Wùhuì {{lang|zh-hant|誤會}}

| extra7 = "Misunderstand"

|length7 = 7:08

| title8 = Bǐ'àn {{lang|zh-hant|彼岸}}

| extra8 = "The Other Shore"

|length8 = 5:22

}}

References

{{cite journal | year=1991 | last=Chong | first=Woei Lin | title=Young China's voice of the 1980s: rock star Cui Jian | journal=China Information | volume=6 | issue=1| pages=55–74 | doi=10.1177/0920203X9100600106 | s2cid=143536737 }}
{{cite journal | title=Sound, Protest and Business. Modern Sky Co. and the New Ideology of Chinese Rock | last=Steen | first=Andreas | year=2000 | journal=Berliner China-Hefte | issue=19 }}

Category:1994 albums

Category:Cui Jian albums

Category:Mandarin-language albums