1995 - Label: 滾石唱片 Rock Records (HK)
Immediately after the success of Paradise (1994), Beyond followed with Sound in 1995. This album was their new testing ground. The band fly to Los Angeles to recorded, and the it was mixed in Vancouver, Canada. After the album done, Beyond do a concert in Hong Kong Cultural Center and it was broadcast live to major shopping center in Hong Kong.
Musically the album heavily influenced by arising "grunge" era in the US. Wong Kui Chung's guitar are very dominant. Surely the album much heavier than ever before, hence the title "Sound". The first tracks "Iron Monkey" is a drum solo by Yip. Then the song "Corrupt the Young" is their single, in which the guitar riffs are memorable. Another heavy song is "Sound" which is also has memorable bass-riff in the intro. Both songs are quite frequent in Beyond concert list afterward. "Animal Fight" is also heavy metal in style. The mellow songs consists of many popular hits "Crack", "Cryin'", "Emotions", all close to their fans as memorium to Wong Ka Kui.
Some of the songs are available in Mandarin version with slightly different lyrics. This album comes in Mandarin version called "Love & Life", which is focus to mellow and ballad styles.
Track List
01. 鐵馬騮(演奏曲) Iron Monkey
02 . 教壞細路 Corrupt The Young (official English translation) –
Mandarin version: Absurd World 荒謬世界
03. 缺口 Crack -
Mandarin version: The Last Answer 最後的答案
04. 阿博 Bob
05.Cryin '
06 . 聲音 Sound
07. 困獸鬥 Animal Fight
08. 逼不得已Forced
09. 門外看 Doorman -
Mandarin version: Absent-minded Persons 糊塗的人
10. 嘆息 Emotions - Unrequited 一
Mandarin version : 廂情願 (also mean Wishful Thinking)
11. 幻覺 Illusions
the second Beyond album after Wong Ka Kui death. This album memorable for its heavy sound, in respond to the Grunge era of the mid '90s.
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