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Love Like Pacific Ocean

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Love Like Pacific Ocean
Studio album by
Richie Jen
ReleasedAugust 28, 1998
Recorded1998
Genre
Length58:40
LanguageMandarin
LabelRock Records
Richie Jen chronology
Hurt Badly
(1997) 		Love Like Pacific Ocean
(1998) 		Richie Jen Best Collection
(1999)
Singles from Love Like Pacific Ocean
  1. "The Sad Pacific"
    Released: August 28, 1998
  2. "Hey Girl Look Over Here"
    Released: October 16, 1998

Love Like Pacific Ocean (Chinese: 愛あい像ぞう太平洋たいへいよう; pinyin: Ai Xiang Tai Ping Yang), is the seventh studio album by Taiwanese recording artist Richie Jen. It was released via Rock Records on August 28, 1998. The album spawned the singles "The Sad Pacific" and "Hey Girl Look Over Here". The album sold over 1,200,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming one of the country's best-selling albums of all time.

Background and release

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Love Like Pacific Ocean was released through Rock Records on August 28, 1998. It spawned two singles that were promoted by Jen: "The Sad Pacific" and "Hey Girl Look Over Here". The latter track is a cover of Malaysian singer Ah Niu's song of the same name. "Hey Girl Look Over Here" was released as a CD single on October 16, 1998.

Songs

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"The Sad Pacific" is a rendition of the song "Sachi", originally penned by musician Miyuki Nakajima for Japanese recording artist Sachiko Kobayashi. Jen's upbringing in a military community became the lyrical inspiration for the song, which aimed to capture the virtues of brotherhood, loyalty, and selflessness.[1] "Hey Girl Look Over Here", originally recorded and composed by Ah Niu, was inspired by a girl who attended an English school across from his own.[2] The song boosted Ah Niu's popularity across Asia following its release in 1997. "Hey Girl Look Over Here" was later covered by Jen and included on Love Like Pacific Ocean.

The album also features "I Am Free", the opening theme for the historical martial arts drama The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998), which Jen himself starred in. Prior to recording the song, composer and musician Johnny Chen invited Jen for a card game. In the aftermath of Jen's defeat, Chen asked him to record the song, channeling a sense of chivalrous yet tender melancholy.[3]

Commercial performance

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Love Like Pacific Ocean experienced commercial success upon its release. The album reached number one on the weekly International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Taiwan album chart during the week of September 14, 1998, becoming his first and only number one studio album on the chart, which shut down in 1999. It remained at the top position for two consecutive weeks.[4] The album garnered sales of over 1,200,000 copies in Taiwan and is one of the best-selling albums of all time in the country.

Elsewhere in Asia, Love Like Pacific Ocean reached number seven on the IFPI Hong Kong album chart during the week of October 4, 1998. In Malaysia, the album reached number ten on the RIM album chart during the week of October 13.[5]

Accolades

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In 1998, Jen won the Best Male Singer Award in the 5th Global Chinese Music Awards while "Hey Girl Look Over Here" was named one the Top 20 Most Popular Songs of the year.[6]

Track listing

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Love Like Pacific Ocean – Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Hey Girl Look Over Here" (對面たいめん的てき女おんな孩看過かんか來らい)3:09
2."Don't Change" (不要ふよう變へん)3:52
3."The Sad Pacific" (傷心しょうしん太平洋たいへいよう)4:26
4."I'm a Fish" (我わが是ぜ一いち隻せき魚ぎょ)4:14
5."Xin Qing Che Zhan" (心情しんじょう車しゃ站)5:43
6."Storm" (風ふう暴; featuring Angelica Lee)4:04
7."Ai Hen Feng" (愛あい很瘋)4:44
8."Love Me Love Me" (愛あい我わが愛あい我が; featuring Karen Mok)4:17
9."Don't Cry" (別べつ哭 (我わが想そう愛あい的てき你))4:01
10."Quiet Person" (安靜あんせい的てき人じん)5:16
Total length:43:46
Love Like Pacific Ocean – Disc 2
No.TitleLength
11."I Am Free" (任にん逍遙しょうよう)4:30
12."Too Softhearted" (心太ところてん軟)5:49
13."Hurt Badly" (很受傷じゅしょう)4:35
Total length:14:54

Charts

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Sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Taiwan — 1,200,000[7]

References

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  1. ^ "任にん贤齐：命いのち运的眷顾不ふ如坚持じ那な么重要じゅうよう-搜さがせ狐きつね娱乐" [Ren Xianqi: Fate’s favor is not as important as persistence]. Sohu Entertainment (in Chinese). March 12, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "阿おもね牛ぎゅう坦ひろし言げん曾暗恋こい李り心こころ洁 杨澜忆初恋はつこい笑わらい称しょう挺てい甜蜜-搜さがせ狐きつね娱乐" [A Niu confessed that she once had a crush on Li Xinjie and Yang Lan recalled her first love with a smile and said it was very sweet]. People's Daily Online (in Chinese). September 17, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via Sohu.
  3. ^ "曾经以一いち人にん之の力ちから和わ"四よん大だい天王てんのう"比肩ひけん的てき任にん贤齐，自嘲じちょう现在变成'老ろう船ふね长'" [Ren Xianqi, who once stood shoulder to shoulder with the "Four Heavenly Kings" by himself, laughs at himself now that he has become an "old captain"]. Beijing News Network (in Chinese). November 19, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via Sohu.
  4. ^ a b "IFPI Taiwan Album Chart Top 20" (in Chinese). IFPI Taiwan. Archived from the original on February 19, 1999. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Hits of the World Charts". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 24, 1998. p. 61. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "第だい五届华语音乐榜中榜获奖名单(1998年ねん)-搜さがせ狐きつね娱乐" [List of winners of the 5th Chinese Music Chart (1998)]. Sohu Entertainment (in Chinese). November 27, 2003. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  7. ^ "任にん贤齐" [Richie Jen] (in Chinese). Qujiang Media & Culture Development. July 5, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
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