You’ve never heard a debut EP like this one
![[Album Review] YELLOW – Urban Disease 都市病 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/45851566-1151495388322220-8039100157205151744-n_orig-480x270.jpg)
Tag: 2018
![[Album Review] Tanya Chua 蔡健雅 – Kisses for the World 我要給世界最悠長的濕吻 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/500x500-1_orig-480x270.jpg)
Bottled empathy and healing available in a ten-track album; this is a piece of work that is worth treasuring and poring over every detail.
![[Album Review] Cyndi Wang 王心凌 – CYNDILOVES2SING 愛·心凌 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/6c28ee5884c5b128b3893e1899ae600ae92fc2da_orig-480x270.jpg)
A watershed album in Cyndi’s career, whilst it’s not going to change the pop landscape, only a fool would see this album as any less than…
![[Album Review] Kowen Ko 柯智棠 – Songs of the Bards 吟遊 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/500x500_18_orig-480x270.jpg)
A beautifully woven-together narrative where Kowen’s stories are immiscible from our own; this album is a timeless one that just gets better with each listen.
![[Album Review] Sandy Lam 林憶蓮 – 0 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/500x500_17_orig-480x270.jpg)
A deeply emotional yet analytical affair, if this truly is the swan song of Sandy Lam, it is a tremendous exiting gesture.
![[Album Review] Jolin Tsai 蔡依林 – Ugly Beauty 怪美的 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/130061-ugly-beauty-1_orig-480x270.jpg)
Full of self-confidence, introspection and enthusiasm, UGLY BEAUTY is the grand return of Jolin Tsai that we were waiting for.
![[Album Review] Ball Chuang 小球 – Best Ear 巴斯特耳朵 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ball_orig-480x270.jpg)
Simultaneously sweet yet assertive, familiar yet refreshingly new, fascinatingly detailed and complex yet also an easy listen.
![[Album Review] Charlie Lim – Check-Hook (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/charlielim-checkhook-digital-1400px_orig-480x270.jpg)
CHECK-HOOK is a musical unpacking of Lim’s attitudes and ideas on life, cleverly relayed through a boxing metaphor.
![[Album Review] Evangeline王艷薇 – Wilder 框不住的愛 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/500x500_11_orig-480x270.jpg)
Sincere, moving and joyful, Evangeline’s delivered a masterclass in how a debut album should be done
![[Album Review] Shi Shi 孫盛希 – Woman 女人 (2018)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/500x500_8_orig-480x270.jpg)
A heartwarming and enjoyable listen.