Break It Down (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Break it down
| type = studio
| artist = SpeXial
| cover = Spexial breakitdown1.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|06|12|df=yes}}[http://www.yesasia.com/global/break-it-down/1035828921-0-0-0-en/info.html YESASIA: Break It Down CD - SpeXial, Warner Music Taiwan - Mandarin Music] (First Edition)
{{Start date|2014|08|01|df=yes}}[http://www.yesasia.com/global/break-it-down-deluxe-edition/1036405418-0-0-0-en/info.html YESASIA: Break It Down (Deluxe Edition) CD - SpeXial, Warner Music Taiwan - Mandarin Music] (Deluxe Edition)
| recorded = 2014
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Mandopop
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=57}}
| language = Mandarin
| label = Warner Music Taiwan
| producer = Jeremy Ji, Jon Ma
| prev_title = SpeXial
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Love Killah
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Other Cover
| type = album
| cover = spexial_breakitdown2.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Deluxe Edition
}}
}}
Break it down is Taiwanese Mandopop boyband SpeXial's second Mandarin studio album. The press conference of this album was held on June 5.{{cite web|url=http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140606/364842.htm|title=SpeXial 沒有禁愛令！隊長宏正笑：所以可以跟粉絲戀愛|publisher=ETtoday星光雲|date=2014-06-06|language=zh}} The album was released on June 12, and the second edition "Deluxe Edition" was released on August 1. The title track{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20140619/12710224.html|title=台灣新一代型男偶像團體『SpeXial』，全新姿態回歸歌壇！|publisher=新浪新聞|date=2014-06-19|language=zh|access-date=2016-08-14|archive-date=2014-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201450/http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20140619/12710224.html|url-status=dead}} is a high-octane dance number that serves as the theme song to the idol drama The X-Dormitory. The album also features "Subtle Love", the theme song to Moon River, a Taiwanese-Chinese idol drama.
The first edition includes a 36-page photobook, while the "Deluxe Edition" includes a 32-page photo+lyric booklet, photo cards with messages from the members and a member support fan (one randomly selected from seven designs).
The album was ranked No. 3 in Five Top Ranking (week 24 of year 2014) in the first week after release, and then ranked No. 2 in the second week.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| total_length = 36:57
| title1 = Fight for love
| note1 = 為愛戰鬥
| music1 = Nermin Harambasic
Erik Lewander
Shaka Loveless
| lyrics1 = Wu I-Wei
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = Break it down
| note2 =
| music2 = Park Sang Il
| lyrics2 = Gavin Lin
| length2 = 3:29
| title3 = Subtle love
| note3 = 愛這種離譜感覺
| music3 = Son Ju Young
Han Jae Wook
Kim Tae-hoon
| lyrics3 = Jerry Feng
| length3 = 3:24
| title4 = Love flu
| note4 = 心流感
| music4 = Zhangjian Jun-Wei
| lyrics4 = Stanley Hung
| length4 = 3:11
| title5 = Can't breathe without you
| note5 = 愛不再呼吸
| music5 = Chris K
| lyrics5 = Stanley Hung
| length5 = 4:33
| title6 = X
| note6 = X未知數
| music6 = Marcus Winther-John
Grace Tither
Martin Larsson
| lyrics6 = Luke Tsui
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Increasingly love
| note7 = 愛上加愛
| music7 = Morten Jarl Nielsen
Jakob Kjer
Albi Albertsson
| lyrics7 = Wu I-Wei
| length7 = 3:06
| title8 = Memory collage
| note8 = 拼貼記憶
| music8 = Jon Ma
| lyrics8 = Lin Yun Ting
Jon Ma
| length8 = 4:29
| title9 = Run away with me
| note9 = 陪我逃跑
| music9 = Yu Cheng-Hao
Zhangjian Jun-Wei
| lyrics9 = Yu Cheng-Hao
Zhangjian Jun-Wei
| length9 = 3:32
| title10 = Just be friends
| note10 = 只能當朋友
| music10 = Hong Junyang
| lyrics10 = Sung Yun-Ching
| length10 = 4:18
}}
Music videos
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! Title !! Director !! Date !! Media | |||
| Break it down{{cite web|url=http://www.kkbox.com/tw/tc/column/showbiz-43-3970-1.html|title=SpeXial注入新血再掀台灣男團旋風|publisher=KKBOX娛樂新聞|date=2014-06-03|language=zh}} | rowspan="5"|Kuang Sheng | 3 June 2014 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcPUXBXmMLg YouTube] [https://tw.celebrity.yahoo.com/video/spexial-break-down-%E5%AE%98%E6%96%B9%E7%89%88%E5%AE%8C%E6%95%B4-mv-043608138.html Yahoo!] |
| Subtle love (愛這種離譜感覺){{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20140625/12754624.html|title=SpeXial臺灣簽售歌迷助陣 MV展現爆閃舞|publisher=新浪新聞|date=2014-06-25|language=zh|access-date=2016-08-14|archive-date=2014-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185129/http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20140625/12754624.html|url-status=dead}} | 14 July 2014 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Iw64ZAydQ YouTube] | |
| Can't breathe without you (愛不再呼吸){{cite web|url=http://www.playmusic.tw/column_info.php?id=2608&type=news|title=SpeXial日前拍攝抒情主打「愛不再呼吸」MV 慘遭驅離禁止拍攝|publisher=PlayMusic音樂網|date=2014-08-15|language=zh}} | 23 August 2014 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psekhnjdo4Q YouTube] | |
| X (X未知數) | 22 September 2014 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g76P7eqLYgg YouTube] | |
| Memory collage (拼貼記憶) | 24 September 2014 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWtBJBpSHY YouTube] |
References
External links
- {{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160813172923/https://store.warnermusic.com.tw/store/item/3828 SpeXial / Break it down | 華納線上音樂雜誌]
- {{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160813183250/https://store.warnermusic.com.tw/store/item/3991 Break it down 情人節慶功紀念版 | 華納線上音樂雜誌]
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