Lajichang (Chinese: 垃圾场; pinyin: Lājīchǎng; English: Garbage Dump) is a 1994 Chinese rock album by He Yong. It was the most controversial among the mainland release albums of the first generation of Beijing rock musicians.[1][2][3][4]
| Lajichang | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Label | Magic Stone |
| Producer | Zhang Peiren |
Tracklisting
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "垃圾场" (Garbage Dump) | 3:41 |
| 2. | "姑娘漂亮" (Pretty Girl) | 3:03 |
| 3. | "头上的包" (Bumps on My Head) | 7:43 |
| 4. | "聊天" (Gossip) | 4:12 |
| 5. | "踏步" (March) | 4:55 |
| 6. | "钟鼓楼" (Bell and Drum Towers) | 6:19 |
| 7. | "冬眠" (Hibernation) | 3:55 |
| 8. | "非洲梦" (African Dream) | 3:49 |
| 9. | "幽灵" (Ghost) | 6:25 |
| 10. | "垃圾 (首版)" (Garbage Dump (alternate lyrics)) | 3:32 |
Personnel
editPersonnel listed in the album's liner notes as follows:[5]
Musicians
edit- He Yong - lead vocals; guitar; sanxian
- Eddie Randriamampionona, Liu Yijun, Wu Liqun (credited as "Laozai"), Qin Qi - guitar
- Jeroen den Hengst (credited as "Hei Yulong"), Luo Yan, Hei Bei - bass
- Wang Di - bass; keyboards; accordion; additional arrangements
- Liang Heping - keyboards; additional arrangements
- Zhang Yongguang, Liu Xiaosong - drums; percussion
- He Yusheng - sanxian
- Liu Qunqiang - dizi
- Central Song and Dance Troupe - additional folk instruments
Production
edit- Zhang Peiren - executive producer
- Wang Di, Liang Heping - production
- Wang Xiaobo - recording; mixing
- Cao Man, Xu Gang - recording
- Yan Zhongkun - mastering; additional mixing
References
edit- ^ Richard King, Timothy J. Craig Global Goes Local: Popular Culture in Asia 2003 p3 "The View from He Yong's Garbage Dump. Above an angry barrage of guitar, ..... So begins the title track of He Yong's 1994 CD Lajichang (Garbage Dump), with a rant against the rat race of the ..."
- ^ Ian Peddie - Popular Music and Human Rights: World music -2011 p137 ".. and a rock album by He Yong (Lajichang, 1994). The latter was particularly provocative and rebellious; the album's title track “Garbage Dump” (“Lajichang”), offered an especially harsh critique of Chinese society, beginning ..."
- ^ Nimrod Baranovitch China's New Voices: Popular Music, Ethnicity, Gender, and - 2003...p307 "He Yong. 1994. He Yong: Lajichang (He Yong: Garbage Dump). Shanghai shengxiang chubanshe/Gunshi yousheng chubanshe youxian gongsi, ISRC CN-Eo4-94-326-oo/A. J6 (Y-H32). Hong taiyang: Mao Zedong songge xin jiezou ...
- ^ Nimrod Baranovitch China's New Voices: Popular Music, Ethnicity, Gender, and ... 2003 p 242 "Whereas the official song juxtaposes the Great Wall with "millions upon millions of heroic idealists," "green army uniforms," and the "red sun," He Yong, by contrast, places it on the top of a garbage dump, which he also calls "a slaughterhouse," ..."
- ^ "垃圾场". 中国摇滚. 2000.