Joanna Wang 王若琳 - The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy 博尼的大冒險 (2011) English, Taiwan. One of the two new albums from Joanna Wang this year (the other being The Things We Do for Love), The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy is her first self-produced album. The English-language experimental concept album is a fantasy musical storybook that requires the listeners use their imagination to visualize the story via the Taiwan singer-songwriter's expressive and mesmerizing voice. Each of the 13 tracks tells a part of the fairy tale set in the surrealistic world of wonder created by Joanna's unique and original songs and music, as well as the album visual courtesy of renowned British illustrator Ian Miller. Follow the hero Bernie on his amazing journey through an unknown world, as he joins The Chicken Circus, defeats the dragon, and befriends the farm animals. What are the stories behind the wicked Only Child who is spoiled by his parents, the housekeeper who is in love with her master, the woman who can't keep a secret, and the paranoid man who is Plotting Revenge against himself? 亞洲最受矚目創作歌手 Joanna Wang 王若琳 首張全製作創作專輯 「The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy 博尼的大冒險」 嶄新的音樂風格 獨特的創作概念 幻想充滿的歌聲 一張華麗冒險的音樂故事書 在未知的國度裡的想像力 與Joanna一同踏上驚奇滿佈的旅途吧!! [博尼的大冒險 (The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy) ]是一張實驗概念性十足、風格強烈的”完整”專輯，整張專輯，需要從頭到尾一口氣聽完，並且需要你用耳朵啟動想像力，來”觀看”這場故事。Joanna藉 由博尼的大冒險，啟動自我的音樂大變身，她就這樣緩步地走下演唱舞台，將音樂敘事的人稱，由第一人稱轉化至第三人稱，肩並著肩坐到你的身邊一同欣賞這場音 樂奇幻劇。 新輯裡的13首歌，每一首都展現出自我獨特的音樂性格，就像用著想像力觀賞13部驚奇有趣的音樂劇。Joanna的歌聲是最入戲的演員說著最令人 動容的詞句，與故事裡各個不同角色揉為一體，展現出有著鮮明輪廓的聲波質地，如此立體且獨特，彷彿藉由這些歌曲，我們就能感受到那些微笑的嘴角、深鎖的眉 間、顫動的拳頭、急促的腳步… 在音樂主題上面，[博尼的大冒險 (The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy) ] 使用超現實主義方式，創造出一個奇妙的異想世界。整張專輯的故事，就以主人翁博尼(Bernie)離家之後的奇異旅程開始，一路上博尼(Bernie)加 入了公雞馬戲團並打敗了惡龍、遇見了深愛主人的女管家、認識了一位愛上了過路旅人的啞巴、一個無惡不作被寵壞的獨生子，最後還甚至與一群農場上的動物成為 了好朋友！在這充滿未知的國度裡，就這樣跟著Joanna一同心醉神迷，荊棘滿佈的奇幻旅程，就此開啟。 CD 01. The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy 博尼的大冒險 02. Apathy 漠不關心 03. Chitterchat 聊八卦 04. Plotting Revenge 復仇記 05. The Fool 愚人 06. Only Child 獨生子 07. We Just Won't Know 大家的孤獨 08. The Bug 竊聽蟲 09. I Blame it on You 我怪在你身上 10. The Chicken Circus (Instrumental) 公雞馬戲團 (器樂曲) 11. Chitterchat (Reprise) 聊八卦(重奏) 12. The Revenge of the Farm Animals 家畜的大復仇 13. The Adventure Comes to an End 冒險的尾聲 [hide] http://www.filesonic.com/file/2830836595 http://www.filefactory.com/file/cfbaa93 [/hide]
Joanna Wang did a AMA(Ask me anything) thread on Reddit.com two months ago. Check it out if you're interested. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/k3vbe/i_am_a_taiwanese_celebrity_ama/
