Fu Zao (Faye Wong album)

Infobox Album |
Name = 浮躁 (Restless)
Type = studio
Artist = Faye Wong


Released = July 1996
Recorded =
Genre = C-Pop, scat singing
Length = 35:10
Label = Cinepoly
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Di-Dar"
(1995)
This album = ""'浮躁 (Restless)"
(1996)
Next album = "Toy"
(1997)

"Restless" is a 1996 album by the C-pop singer Faye Wong.

Many consider it her boldest and most artistically coherent effort to date. The Chinese title linktext|浮|躁| (fu zao) is variously translated into English as "Restlessness", "Impatience", "Anxiety" and other similar words.

This being her last album with Cinepoly, Wong felt she could take on more artistic risks. The album contains mainly her own compositions, with an aesthetic inspired by the Cocteau Twins, who actually contributed two original songs to the album, "Fracture" (分裂) and "Repressing Happiness" (掃興). As Wong had previously covered their work in 1994, she had established a remote working relationship with them - even laying down vocals for a special duet version of "Serpentskirt" on the Asian release of the group's 1996 album, Milk And Kisses.

Critics loved and still love this impatience-themed album that presents a bright picture of joy, carefreeness, anxiety, fear and decadence under a sunny autumn sky. A Buddhist herself, Faye weaves in teachings of transience and disengagement that can also be found in her previous and later albums. Although this is Faye's personal favorite, the response from Hong Kong and Taiwan was less than desirable. Many fans who loved her previous three Mandarin albums turned their back on "Restless", which they considered to be weird, self-absorbed, and too brief. However, hardcore fans, or Fayenatics, worship it and use this album to distinguish who is a "real" Fayenatic. Wong has not released another fully artistic album since. After the release, Faye became the second Chinese artist (after Gong Li) and the first Chinese singer to be featured on the cover of "Time" magazine.

Track listing

# "无常" (Wu Chang) – "Sporadic"
# "浮躁" (Fu Zao) – "Impatience"
# "想像" (Xiang Xiang) – "Imagine"
# "分裂" (Fen Lie) – "Fracture"
# "不安" (Bu An) – "Uneasy"
# "哪儿" (Na Er) – "Where"
# "堕落" (Duo Luo) – "Decadence"
# "扫兴" (Sao Xing) – "Repressing Happiness"
# "末日" (Mo Ri) – "Doomsday"
# "野三坡" (Ye San Po) – "Wild Three Hills"

Album covers

The Hong Kong album cover, including the back panel, shows three photos of Faye Wong in the pose of the three wise monkeys.