Jeneration

Jeneration (Chinese: J世紀) is the sixth greatest hits album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on February 27, 2009, by Gold Typhoon.[1] The album contains 27 songs released by Capitol and three previously unreleased song, "Hauteur", "Run Run", and "Habitual Betrayal".[2]

Jeneration
Greatest hits album by Jolin Tsai
Released	February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)
Studio	Platinum Studio Dave Yang Studio
Genre	Pop
Length	118:13
Language	Chinese
Label	Gold Typhoon
Producer	Jae Chong Bing Wang Paul Lee
Jolin Tsai chronology
Love Exercise (2008) Jeneration (2009) Butterfly (2009)

The album peaked at number two on the weekly record charts of Five Music and G-Music in Taiwan.[3][4]

Background and release

On February 16, 2006, Tsai signed a recording deal with Capitol Music Taiwan, and released her eighth studio album Dancing Diva on May 12.[5] The album has sold more than 260,000 copies in Taiwan,[6] and it became the best-selling album of the year in the region.[7] On September 15, 2006, Tsai embarked her second concert tour Dancing Forever World Tour, and she concluded the tour on February 8, 2009. Comprising 28 shows, the tour grossed NT$1 billion and played in front of 500,000 people from 21 cities in Asia, Oceania, and North America.[8] On June 16, 2007, Tsai won a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer.[9] On September 21, 2007, Tsai released her ninth studio album Agent J, it has sold more than 200,000 copies in Taiwan, and it also became the best-selling album of the year in the region.[10] On August 3, 2008, former president of EMI Asia, Norman Cheng, announced he would acquire all of EMI Great China, including Taiwan's EMI, Hong Kong's Gold Label, and China' Push Typhoon, and these three companies would be merged into a new company named Gold Typhoon.[11] On October 21, 2008, Tsai released a cover album titled Love Exercise, it was scheduled to be released on March 7, but the release date was postponed due to the personnel change in her record label.[12] The album has sold more than 30,000 copies in Taiwan without any actual promotion, and it became the best-selling Western-language album of the year in the region.[13] On December 16, 2008, Tsai signed a recording deal with Warner Music Taiwan at Beijing National Aquatics Center.[14] In February 2009, Gold Typhoon announced they would release a greatest hits album, and it would include 27 songs released by Capitol and three previously unreleased songs, "Hauteur", "Run Run", and "Habitual Betrayal".[15] "Hauteur" is the Chinese cover of Sarah Connor's "Are U Ready to Ride?", and "Run Run" is the Chinese cover of Girls Aloud's "On a Round".[16] In the same month, media reported Gold Typhoon planned to release a greatest hits album together with Sony Music Taiwan, they planned to include Tsai's songs released by either Sony or Capitol, but the plan was cancelled due to copyright and profit sharing issues.[17] The album debuted at number two on the weekly record charts of Five Music and G-Music in Taiwan.[18][19]

Critical reception

Hong Kong Economic Times wrote: "In terms of new songs, both 'Hauteur' and 'Run Run' are electropop songs, but they sound not outstanding. The ballad 'Habitual Betrayal' merged minor key element, and it sounds not bad. Among those of her old works, both 'Dancing Diva' and 'Agent J' are magnum opuses of Tsai's dance songs, which also have established her diva status. In fact, she also has a lot of good ballads, such as 'Pretence' and other hits. This album also includes her covers of Sandy Lam's 'Heard That Love's Ever Been Back' and Faye Wong's 'Missing', showing Tsai's diverse singing style."[20] Tencent Entertainment wrote: "The three new songs are highlights of the album, although there is nothing new in style, they can even be regarded as remainder of her Gold Typhoon period, but for her fans, the album has a lot of collection value."[21]

Track listing

Jeneration – Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hauteur" (耍大牌)	Gino Chen Sunny Lee Kay Denar Rob Tyger Shawn Casselle	Jae Chong	3:39
2.	"Run Run" (讓讓)	Matthew Yen Issac Chen Mathias Salomon Wollo Karen Ann Poole Henrik Johan Korpi	Bing Wang	2:41
3.	"Pulchritude" (玩美)	Luke Tsui Lars Quang Thea Hall James Chu	Adia	3:33
4.	"Dancing Diva" (舞孃)	Issac Chen Liv Nervo Miriam Nervo Greg Kurstin	Adia	3:04
5.	"Agent J" (特務J)	Sunny Lee Matthew Yen Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	Adia	3:36
6.	"A Wonder in Madrid" (馬德里不思議)	Alang Huang Hagen Troy	Paul Lee	3:35
7.	"Mr. Q"	Issac Chen Ben Thomas Dele Ladimeji Olivia Nervo Miriam Nervo	Adia	3:20
8.	"Nice Guy" (乖乖牌)	Luke Tsui Stanley Huang	Stanley Huang	3:19
9.	"Let's Move It"	Bruce Yao Nik Quang La Quang RnG Sasia Nielsen James Chu	La Quang Nik Quang RnG	3:13
10.	"Rival in Love" (情逢敵手)	Gino Chen Paul Borg Toby Baker Debbie French Gary Poole	Bing Wang	3:00
11.	"Golden Triangle" (金三角)	Issac Chen Nik Quang La. Quang RnG Thea Hall	La Quang Nik Quang RnG	3:04
12.	"Dancing Forever" (唯舞獨尊)	Issac Chen Roger Olsson Klas Johan Wahl Nick Whitecross	Adia	4:07
13.	"Bravo Lover" (愛無赦)	Issac Chen Lin Rafn Adam Powers Paw Lagermann	Adia	3:53
14.	"Dare to Go to the Cemetery" (墓仔埔也敢去)	Kuo Ta-cheng Tadashi Yoshida Takao Saeki	Wu Bai	4:16
15.	"Sun Will Never Set" (日不落)	Luke Tsui Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard Anders Hansson	Michael Lin	3:47
Total length:				52:07

Jeneration – Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Habitual Betrayal" (慣性背叛)	Issac Chen Howard Chiang Paul Lee	Paul Lee	4:31
2.	"Heard That Love's Ever Been Back" (聽說愛情回來過)	Peter Lee	Peter Lee	5:09
3.	"Pretence" (假裝)	Howard Chiang Howard Ku	Paula Ma	5:18
4.	"Heart Breaking Day" (離人節)	Matthew Yen Alex Fung	Peter Lee	4:12
5.	"Priceless" (非賣品)	Gino Chen Ang Swee Giap Tam Jung Chen	Michael Lin	4:35
6.	"Tacit Violence" (冷·暴力)	Issac Chen Howard Chiang Sunny Lee Nik Quang Thea Hall La. Quang RnG	La Quang Nik Quang RnG	3:23
7.	"Ideal State" (桃花源)	Alang Huang Kaede Chong	Paul Lee	3:32
8.	"Marry Me Today" (今天妳要嫁給我) (feat. David Tao)	David Tao Wawa Chen	David Tao	4:32
9.	"Love in the Shape of a Heart" (心型圈)	Vincent Fang Yuri Chan	Yuri Chan	4:10
10.	"Alone" (一個人)	Al Kuan Eric Ng	Paula Ma	4:41
11.	"Metronome" (節拍器)	Jolin Tsai Jamie Hsueh	Derek Lin	4:39
12.	"Fear-Free" (怕什麼)	Cheng Shu-fei Paul Lee	Paul Lee	4:36
13.	"The Finale" (最終話)	Ashin Peter Lee	Peter Lee	4:39
14.	"The Prologue" (開場白)	Jolin Tsai Sung Nien-yu	Peter Lee	4:32
15.	"Missing" (懷念)	Wyman Wong Elizabeth Fraser Robin Guthrie Simon Raymonde	Peter Lee	3:37
Total length:				66:06

Charts

Weekly charts

Charts (2009)	Peak position
Taiwanese Albums (Five Music)[22]	2
Taiwanese Albums (G-Music)[23]	2

Release history

Region	Date	Edition(s)	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	February 27, 2009	Standard	Digital download	Gold Typhoon	[24]
Taiwan			2-CD		[25]
China	March 25, 2009				[26]

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External links

• Jeneration at MusicBrainz