1987 Beyond - Arabian Dancing Girl 亞拉伯跳舞女郎

亞拉伯跳舞女郎 Arabian dancing girl

Aa Laap Baak Tiu Mou Neoi Long - Ya La Bai Diao Wu Nu Ren (Pinyin)
1987 - Label : KINN'S 

This is the first full professional studio album by Beyond. It is in Cantonese. Overall this album still has a thick hard rock root. The hit Arabian Dancing Girl bring Beyond to their first door of success. Noted that former member  Dang Wai Him and Lau Chi Yuen may still present in the band, as they are listed as member until 1988.

This album highly influence by Oriental Eastern scale. The first track Oriental Treasures is the direct adaptation of Long Way Without Friends from their previous album. Dune Witch (literally mean Demon Woman from the Desert) is a highly energetic Easter scale hard rock, I am not sure why this song didn't make it into Beyond repertoire. Dance From the Past (昔日舞曲) is the second hit that made it into Beyond repertoire. Silent Farewell is still in their original unpolished version, but later this song will be have regular play. Passing to Present is showing Yip Sai Wing great drumming. There are not much hits from the rest of the repertoire. 

The album did not do very well in the market where hard rock is too much for mainstream audience.

Arabian Dancing Girl is adapted into Mandarin version with different lyric and title, become 射手座咒語Shèshǒu zuò zhòuyǔ Sagittarius spell. It is on the album The Glorious Years.

Track List: 

1. 東方寶藏 (Dung Fong Dong Fang) - Oriental Treasures

2. 亞拉伯跳舞女郎 (Aa Laap Baak Tiu Mou Neoi Long) - Arabian Dancing Girl

3. 沙丘魔女 (Saa Yao Mo Nei) - Dune Witch

4. 無聲的告別 (Mou Seng Dik Gou Bit) - Silent Farewell

5. 追憶 (Zeoi Jik) - Recall

6. 昔日舞曲 (Sik Jat Mou Kuk) - Dance from the Past

7. 新天地 Xintiandi – New World

8. 隨意飄蕩 (Ceoi Ji Piu Dong) - Drifting Wishes

9. 過去與今天 (Gwo Heoi Jiu Gam Tin) - Passing to Present

10. 孤單一吻 (Gu Daan Jat Man) - Solitary Kiss

11. 玻璃箱 (Bo Li Seong) - Glass Box

12. 水晶球 (Seoi Zing Kau) - Crystal Ball

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