Jeff Chang's New Album out in September

Track List :

01. 愛不危險 - Ai Bu Wei Xian
02. 空位 - Kong Wei
03. 冷太陽 - Leng Tai Yang
04. 幸福的力量 (feat. Olivia Ong) - Xing Fu De Li Liang
05. 好像愛情 - Hao Xiang Ai Qing
06. 別說 - Bie Shuo
07. 當時 - Dang Shi
08. 傷悲的嗜好 - Shang Bei De Shi Hao
09. 我看見 - Wo Kan Jian
10. 最初 - Zui Chu

张信哲‘重现’20年前土样

张信哲（阿哲）昨晚在Max Pavilion举行“幸福觉哲张信哲20巡回演唱会”全场爆满。阿哲和6500粉丝一同回味他20年的成长之路。除了回顾从1989年到现在的专辑和造型，以及他参与演出的电影和话剧，演唱会导演郭子还挖出了阿哲当年综艺节目打歌的画面。

　　他在encore后出场，开心地说：“为了感谢你们都没有走，现在让你们看我当年第一次上节目的画面！”画面中他架着书生眼镜，戴帽子唱《我们爱这个错》，青涩模样逗笑了粉丝。

　　阿哲在演唱会上不只一次提到对新加坡的特殊情感，“我有生以来的第一场演唱会，就是在新加坡举行的。也因为那一次的成功，让我有机会回到台湾举行往后很多场的演唱会，所以我非常感谢这里的观众。”

　　演唱会不玩噱头，也没有奇装异服，纯粹以好歌好嗓音征服观众。阿哲在近3小时的演唱会上，唱了超过25首自己的经典情歌，包括《别怕我 伤心》、《难以抗拒你容颜》、《我是真的爱你》、《太想爱你》等，干净清亮的好嗓音让粉丝们陶醉。阿哲在演唱《不要对他说》、《难以抗拒你容颜》、《爱如 潮水》等经典时，粉丝们也都投入地合唱，现场宛如大型KTV。

幸福觉哲张信哲20巡回演唱会

Very Jeff Chang wishes 张信哲今晚演唱会圆满成功。

Jeff Chang: No regrets, just a lot of love

SINGAPORE: It has been 20 years since Taiwan crooner Jeff Chang won a singing contest and released his debut album in 1989.

It has been 20 years of writing and recording albums as well as performing for his legion of fans.

And as I found out in our recent conversation, for Chang, it has also been 20 years of fulfillment without an ounce of regret.

"This is a job I love. When you do what you love to do, it doesn't feel like work. You won't feel any regrets. Instead, you will pour yourself into it, even to the point of forgetting yourself," he said.

To commemorate his 20th year in showbiz and celebrate the creative freedom he gained after setting up of his own production company, Chang has embarked on his Happiness Choice World Tour and will perform at The Max Pavillion @ Singapore Expo on August 14.

According to Chang, the concert will be slightly different from what his fans are used to.

Unlike his previous concerts, he will not be focusing on special stage designs and will instead pay special attention to the list of songs he will perform, which will include classics such as "Love like the tide waters" and "Forgiving".

"The main focus will be on my most popular songs through the past 20 years, the key songs from my various albums and some songs requested by my fans.

"These are songs that helped people know me over these past 20 years. So I have not done any rearrangement of the music and wish to share these songs in their original form as much as possible," explained Chang, who added that his goal is to bring his fans back to the time when they first heard those songs.

"Music is a little like a time capsule. It can crystallise a time period such that when you hear a certain song, it really brings you back to that time period."


Mature Love

But does Chang, who is known as the "Prince of Love Ballads" for the string of hit ballads he had done, ever get tired of writing them?

"No. I don't really feel that I am trapped writing an endless series of love songs," he said, laughing heartily over the phone.

"Looking at it objectively, whether it is dance, rock or R&B or hip hop, most songs are still talking about relationships anyway, so it's really not any limitation."

However, the crooner believed that his music should evolve and will go in a new musical direction with his as yet unnamed new album that is scheduled for a September release.

"I hope the album expresses the relationships between people who are a little more mature and reflect their emotional states, as I have also reached a certain age," said the 43-year-old with a chuckle. "There is no need to hide it (his age)."

"I find that nowadays, music is geared towards the youth, talking about the love life of the younger people. People at my age, what kind of songs should we listen to? I hope to release songs that will reflect our lifestyles and views on relationships."

After all his talk about love, I couldn't resist the urge to pry into his personal life. Has the "Prince of Ballads" managed to snag someone or is he all talk (or song as the case may be)?

He laughed, as though he was anticipating this question, and then the phone fell silent for a few moments before coming to life again with his very short reply.

"Still like that," said Chang.

When I probed further, he finally relented.

"My love life has not been a vacuum. I am currently still single, but I had a number of relationships though they are in the past now," he said reluctantly.

When I commented that his love life must have been pretty eventful these recent years, he quickly corrected himself.

"There weren't that many (relationships)!" said Chang before graciously ending the interview.

香港“512”赈灾活动

张信哲出席香港“演艺界512关爱大行动”赈灾活动。和蔡琴合唱《恰似你的温柔》。

张信哲把Hip-hop唱得如此斯文

歌　手：张信哲《逃生》（华／海蝶）

可听度：★★★

推荐曲：《残念》、《单车与跑车》

　　《残念》特别出味，由黄韵玲担任制作人，歌曲贴切扣紧现代人依赖手机简讯的习惯，连分手也靠简讯，既讽刺了都市人的冷漠，也反映了这样的分手方式的可悲。

　　张信哲新专辑的幕后人选别具心思，从M.C.Hot Dog、黄韵玲到陈小霞、罗大佑，新老组合为张信哲擦出不少音乐火花。

　　专辑中，最有创意的是歌曲《单车与跑车》。想不到，张信哲可以把Hip-hop风格唱得如此斯文，效果还不赖。调皮爆笑的歌词唱道： “夜生活的夜景，有太多陷阱，有太多变形金刚会变成女生骗你……辣妹看得太多，反而喜欢陈绮贞。”单是联想张信哲和辣妹的组合画面，就够耐人寻味。 M.C.Hot Dog还在歌曲的rap部分“批评”张信哲说：“阿哲你太正经了，就像个阿Sir。”

　　慢歌中，专辑第一首《残念》特别出味，由黄韵玲担任制作人，歌曲贴切扣紧现代人依赖手机简讯的习惯，连分手也靠简讯，既讽刺了都市人的冷漠，也反映了这样的分手方式的可悲。欣赏张信哲对这首歌的诠释，完全把歌曲中“麻木到不会躲”的情绪显露无遗。

　　情歌向来是张信哲的强项，不过他为表示自己不等于苦情歌的代言人，在青春活泼的歌曲《可爱美眉》高唱：“可爱美眉，我可爱美眉，你就像一朵盛开的玫瑰。”新鲜感是有的，可是说服力还是不够。

　　这次，张信哲打温情牌，有给母亲的《牡丹忧》，有给外婆的《小木马》。《牡丹忧》以京剧开场，传统韵味颇有吸引力，可是当歌曲突转成快节奏的流行乐，似乎接得不舒畅。《小木马》把“旧照片”、“外婆桥”、“小木马”串起来，尝试营造的思念情怀显得薄弱。

　　专辑最后一首《天使的眼泪》幕后阵容强大，由罗大佑作词作曲，范晓萱钢琴伴奏，但该歌曲并没有太特出。

　　在音乐以外，张信哲做了最失败的尝试莫过于他的新发型。据专辑的宣传资料，张信哲这回走“华丽颓废”路线，可是看他头上那堆“快熟面”和紫衣紫裤的搭配，实在看不出华丽之处。就算再华丽、再有颓废的个性，不适合的话，结果还是适得其反。

《联合早报》
（编辑：苏亚华）

张信哲逃生 Jeff Chang Escape

Jeff's latest album is out! Get yours today!

Tracks:
1 残念 (Too Bad)
2 逃生 (Escape)
3 牡丹忧 (A Mother's Worries)
4 可爱美眉 (Hot Chick)
5 小木马 (Little Rocking Horse)
6 最好的时光 (Best Days)
7 牧羊人 (Shepherd)
8 单车与跑车 (Bike or Wheels)
9 长途旅行 (A Long Journey)
10 天使的眼泪 (An Angel Cries)