Di-Dar
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{{Infobox album
| name = Di-Dar
| type = studio
| artist = Faye Wong
| cover = FayeWong DiDar.jpg
| alt =
| released = 22 December 1995
| recorded = 1995
| studio =
| language = Cantonese
| genre = Pop
| length = 42:58
| label = Cinepoly
| producer =
| prev_title = One Person Playing Two Roles
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Fuzao
| next_year = 1996
}}
Di-Dar is the ninth Cantonese studio album by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong, released on 22 December 1995, through Cinepoly. The album marked a shift from Wong's earlier style as she incorporated British psychedelic rock and ragga into her work, showcasing her evolving alternative musical influences.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20160205-what-is-really-killing-cantopop/|title=What's really killing Cantopop|last=Lee|first=Alan|date=20 February 2016|work=EJ Insight|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225040834/http://www.ejinsight.com/20160205-what-is-really-killing-cantopop/ |archive-date=25 February 2016|publisher=Hong Kong Economic Journal|language=en-US}} Di-dar featured compositions by Wong with arrangements by her then-husband Dou Wei, production by Zhang Yadong and lyrics by Lin Xi.{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1326494/faye-wong-and-love-songs-are-story-her-life|title=Faye Wong and the love songs that are the story of her life|last=Chow|first=Vivienne|date=7 October 2013|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=3 April 2018|language=en}}
The album was both a critical and commercial success, selling 1.5 million copies across Asia; with its title track "Di-dar" and "Ambiguous" (曖昧) becoming well-known songs.{{Cite book|title=Hong Kong cantopop : a concise history|last=Zhu|first=Yaowei|isbn=978-9888390588|location=Hong Kong|oclc=962015863|date = January 2017}} Di-dar peaked at number one in Hong Kong according to the IFPI and Billboard magazine.{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3g4EAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard Hits of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=20 January 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=108|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=62|language=en|issn=0006-2510}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings|rev8=Pitchfork|rev8score=7.9/10{{Cite web|title=Faye Wong: Faye Wong: 讨好自己 Please Myself / 菲靡靡之音 Decadent Sound of Faye / Di-Dar / 浮躁 Fuzao|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/faye-wong-please-myself-decadent-sound-of-faye-di-dar-fuzao/|access-date=28 October 2023|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}}}
Di-Dar ranked at number 27 in Ming Pao Weekly's list of "40 Classic Cantopop Albums of the Last 40 Years" published in October 2008. Music journalist Fung Lai-Chee described it as "the best psychedelic and best-selling avant-garde work in Cantonese pop, with songs that are self-centred, ignoring market and others' work. Abstruse, obscure and mysterious."
In a 2023 review of four reissued Wong albums (Please Myself to Fuzao) by Pitchfork, Michael Hong called it Wong's "finest Cantonese album" and "more atmospheric, almost psychedelic" than her previous work.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/faye-wong-please-myself-decadent-sound-of-faye-di-dar-fuzao/|title=讨好自己 Please Myself / 菲靡靡之音 Decadent Sound of Faye / Di-Dar / 浮躁 Restless|website=Pitchfork|last=Hong|first=Michael|date=28 October 2023|access-date=28 October 2023}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Di-Dar {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| title1 = Di-Dar
| note1 =
| length1 = 2:21
| title2 = Vacation
| note2 = 假期; Gaa Kei
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = Stray
| note3 = 迷路; Mai Lou
| length3 = 5:06
| title4 = Ambiguous
| note4 = 曖昧; Oi Mui
| length4 = 4:43
| title5 = Maybe
| note5 = 或者; Waak Ze
| length5 = 4:29
| title6 = I Think
| note6 = 我想; Ngo Seung
| length6 = 3:38
| title7 = Enjoyment
| note7 = 享受; Hoeng Sau
| length7 = 5:10
| title8 = One Half
| note8 = 一半; Yat Bun
| length8 = 4:27
| title9 = Untitled
| note9 = 無題; Mou Tai
| length9 = 4:21
| title10 = Comet
| note10 = 流星; Liu Xing
| length10 = 4:40
| total_length = 42:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Di-Dar {{nobold|– Japanese edition bonus track}}
| title1 = One Person Playing Two Roles
| note1 = 一人分飾兩角; Yat Yun Fun Sik Leung Gok
| length1 = 4:45
| total_length = 4:45
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Chart (1996) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| scope="row" | Hong Kong Albums (IFPI){{cite magazine |title=Hits of the World Charts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_w4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=faye+wong+ifpi+hong+kong+group+di-dar&pg=PA57 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=5 April 2024 |date=3 February 1996 |via=Google Books}}
| align="center" | 1 |
|---|
Sales and certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|type=album|artist=Faye Wong|title=Faye Wong|number=3|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|domestic=true|certref={{Cite web |last= |date=21 September 2021 |title=历史上的今天1969年8月8日中国流行音乐天后王菲出生 |trans-title=Today in History August 8, 1969 Chinese pop music queen Faye Wong was born |url=https://k.sina.cn/article_6485801339_18295797b02000ydtc.html |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Sina |language=zh}}}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Asia|nocert=true|salesamount=1,500,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Region !Release date !Label !Format(s) |
| scope="row" | Hong Kong
|22 December 1995 |
|---|
| scope="row" | Taiwan
|1996 |Linfair Records |CD |
| scope="row" | China
|1996 |Jindian Audio and Video |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |Japan
|25 February 1996 | rowspan="2" |Polydor |CD |
| 26 September 1997
|CD (reissue) |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |Hong Kong
|7 May 2003 | rowspan="2" |Cinepoly Records |DSD |
| 9 September 2004
|SACD |
| 26 October 2010
| rowspan="3" |Universal Music Hong Kong |CD (Golden Disc Anniversary Series) |
| 12 November 2020
|CD (24K Gold series) |
| 15 December 2021
|LP (ARS series) |
| scope="row" | Japan
|27 September 2023 |LP |
References
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External links
- {{discogs release|2311190|Di-Dar}}
{{Faye Wong}}
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Category:Cinepoly Records albums
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