The Power of the Powerless (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Power of the Powerless

| type = studio

| artist = Cui Jian

| cover = The Power of the Powerless.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1998

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Art rock • rap rock • folk rock • alternative rock

| length =

| label = China Record Corp (China) • JingWen (China) • World Beat (North América)

| producer =

| prev_title = Balls Under the Red Flag

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Show You Colour

| next_year = 2005

}}

Wuneng de liliang (无能的力量), English title on CD cover The Power of the Powerless, is a 1998 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian.Young rebels in contemporary Chinese cinema Xuelin Zhou - 2007 p202-"Cui Jian, 1998, Wuneng de liliang (The power of the powerless), China Record Cooperation. "China Urban: Ethnographies of Contemporary Culture Nancy N. Chen, Constance D. Clark, Suzanne Z. Gottschang - 2001 p 83 "Cui Jian's own recent experience demonstrates that many of the opportunities and obstacles outlined in this chapter still exist. His latest album, Wuneng de liliang (The Power of the Powerless), was released in May 1998 and singlehandedly injected life into a sagging domestic record market. Almost immediately thereafter, however, profits suffered seriously when..." The title derives from the 1978 essay The Power of the Powerless by Václav Havel but the album does not specifically reference this connection.Tony Mitchell Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA 2002 p25 "... Powerless (a title derived from an essay by the former dissident Czech president and rock fan Vaclav Havel),"

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Standard listing

| extra_column = Unofficial translation

| title1 = Hùn zi {{lang|zh-hant|混子}}

| extra1 = "Slackers"

|length1 = 5:46

| title2 = Wúnéng de lìliàng {{lang|zh-hant|无能的力量}}

| extra2 = "The Power of the Powerless"

|length2 = 4:21

| title3 = Jiǔshí niándài {{lang|zh-hant|九十年代}}

| extra3 = "The 90's"

|length3 = 5:39

| title4 = Lóngzhōngniǎo er {{lang|zh-hant|笼中鸟儿}}

| extra4 = "Caged Bird"

|length4 = 5:18

| title5 = Huǎnchōng {{lang|zh|缓冲}}

| extra5 = "Buffer"

|length5 = 5:34

| title6 = Xīnxiān yáogǔn Rock'n Roll {{lang|zh|新鲜摇滚 Rock'n Roll}}

| extra6 = "Fresh Flesh Rock'n Roll"

|length6 = 5:37

| title7 = Lìng yīgè kōngjiān {{lang|zh-hant|另一个空间}}

| extra7 = "Another Space"

|length7 = 8:15

| title8 = Chūnjié {{lang|zh-hant|春节}}

| extra8 = "Spring Festival"

|length8 = 5:07

| title9 = Shídài de wǎnshàng {{lang|zh-hant|时代的晚上}}

| extra9 = "Night of the Times"

|length9 = 5:07

}}

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 }}
{{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:1998 albums

Category:Cui Jian albums

Category:Mandarin-language albums