Balls Under the Red Flag

Hongqi xia de dan (红旗下的蛋 literally "eggs" under the red flag), English title on CD cover Balls Under The Red Flag, is a 1994 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian.[1]

Balls Under the Red Flag
Studio album by
Released1994
GenreArt rocknew wavefolk rockalternative rockfunk rockrap rockprogressive rockjazz rock
LabelEastworld (Japan) •深圳市先科娛樂傳播有限公司 (China) • JingWen (China)
Cui Jian chronology
Solution
(1991)
Balls Under the Red Flag
(1994)
The Power of the Powerless
(1998)

Track listing

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Standard listing
No.TitleUnofficial translationLength
1."Fēile 飛了""Flying"5:33
2."Kuānróng 寬容""Tolerate"8:07
3."Hóngqí xià de dàn 紅旗下的蛋""Balls Under the Red Flag"7:57
4."Běijīng de gùshì 北京的故事""Beijing Story"7:46
5."Hézi 盒子""The Box"7:40
6."Zuì hòu de bàoyuàn 最後的抱怨[2]""The Last Complaint"8:00
7."Wùhuì 誤會""Misunderstand"7:08
8."Bǐ'àn 彼岸""The Other Shore"5:22

References

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  1. ^ World Music: Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Broughton, Simon, Ellingham, Mark, Richard Trillo - 2000 p55 "Cui renamed his band 'Balls under the Red Flag' (in original Chinese, 'Eggs under the Red Flag') in 1993-94, a self-mocking title of the powerlessness of rock musicians."
  2. ^ "最后的抱怨 歌词 崔健 ※ Mojim.com". Mojim.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  • Chong, Woei Lin (1991). "Young China's voice of the 1980s: rock star Cui Jian". China Information. 6 (1): 55–74. doi:10.1177/0920203X9100600106. S2CID 143536737.
  • Steen, Andreas (2000). "Sound, Protest and Business. Modern Sky Co. and the New Ideology of Chinese Rock". Berliner China-Hefte (19).