Faye Wong X Cocteau Twins X The Cranberries

During my research for my eventual Full Album Listen for Cocteau Twins's 7th studio album "Four-Calendar Café", I'd come across this description on Wiki, and of course piqued my interest...

WIKI: "The songs "Bluebeard" and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" were covered by Cantopop artist Faye Wong for her 1994 album "Wu Si Lyun Seung" ("胡思亂想") or Random Thoughts. "Bluebeard" was renamed to become the album's title track, and "Know Who You Are at Every Age" became "Ji Gei Ji Bei" (or "Know Yourself and Each Other" / "知己知彼"). Wong's cover version of "Bluebeard" was featured in the film Chungking Express, in which she also starred."




ABOVE: 胡思亂想 by 王菲
BELOW: 知己知彼 by 王菲



Faye Wong's ethereal voice suits singers Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries), whose track "夢中人" is one of the more notable covers, IMHO. This track was also on the OST for 1994's "Chunking Express".

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