Muse

Some said it leaked bu accident, some said it was purposely leaked by the record company to generate publicity. Regardless of the reason, Jolin Tsai's latest offering LEAKED!!! I can overlook the 128K or 192K quality, I just need to hear it for myself was this album worth the wait. After putting it on replay the whole day, I must say Jolin has outdid herself again.

The album's track listing is quite balance in terms of dance tracks and ballad. We all saw what Jolin can do in 'The Great Artist' and the amount of solid cash her record company is willing to spend on her. The first part of the album is made up of dance track, such as the pop-ish 'Dr. Jolin', Euro-pop-ish 'Ecstasy', the single ladies anthem 'Friday The 13th' and 'Beast' which she wrote herselft. I'm soooooo hooked on 'Ecstasy', even though is sound like 'Love Player 2.0'. Kudos to Qing Feng from Soda Green for coming up with this song.

The second half of the album is consist of ballads, such as her second single 'The Wondering Poet', 'Colour Photo', 'Someone' etc. Her choice of ballads these time around shows much more maturity and her voice sounds much more experience. I usually just skip her ballads but this time I actually ended up liking them all, especially the last track on the album 'I'. It may be the most personal but yet the most simple song Jolin ever did. One can never go wrong with a ballad written by Tanya Chua. It fits as a perfect ending for this album.

So in the end, as a fan, I was not disappointed. It was really worth the wait. This could possibly be the best album of the year (in the Chinese entertainment industry). Now this year would be perfection if Jay Chou would stop fooling around with his underage girlfriend and stop making mysterious movie so he can sing the theme song. We need your album!