Wo zhe shi nian (我这十年 Wǒ zhè shí nián "My Last Ten Years"[1]) is the 1995 debut album of
Zang Tianshuo. The album is considered his most representative work.[2] The title refers to the ten years from his first gig in 1985 to first album in 1995. Zang started as a hard rocker, but had mellowed his sound since 1985 and in 1993 began to record tracks that produced a soft rock album. Sales in July 1995, the first month, reached 150,000 copies, a large number then and since for a Chinese hard rock artist and making Zang China's best-selling rock artist of that year.[3][4] The hit single "Pengyou" (Friend) brought Zang China-wide recognition.[5] and the album received as "feelgood music."[6] The album includes both songs from
1989 and Zang's solo work.[7]
Track list
我就是这个模样 Wǒ jiùshì zhège múyàng "This is just how I look"
面子 Miànzi "Face"
朋友 Péngyǒu "Friend"
别离开 Bié líkāi "Don't leave"
中央符号 Zhōngyāng fúhào "Central symbol"
心的祈祷 Xīn de qídǎo "Prayer of the heart"
的吧结吧 De ba jié ba
说说 Shuō shuō "Say, say"
美丽的姑娘山 Měilì de gūniang shān "Mountain of the pretty girls"
磨合 Móhé "Running in, getting along"
References
^John Shepherd -Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world 2005 "Zang Tianshuo: Wo zhe shi nian [Zang Tianshuo: My Last Ten Years]. Shanghai yinxiang gongsi ISRC CN-E02-95-305-00/A. J6. 1995: China."
^China's New Voices: Popular Music, Ethnicity, Gender, and ...Nimrod Baranovitch - 2003 p116 "It is in this context that Zang Tianshuo's bold criticism of the state in "Say Say," and his rebellious attitude in general, become so intimately linked to his attempt to gain and assert ... Zang Tianshuo, My Last Ten Years, cassette cover."
^Edward L. Davis Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture - 2012 "1964, Beijing Rock musician Zang Tianshuo began the piano at age six and belongs to the first generation of rock ... By the end of 1993 he had recorded his own album, My Ten Years (Wode shinian), which was released in July 1995 and earned him nationwide fame with the song 'Friend' ('Pengyou', 1985)"
^Marie Claire Huot China's New Cultural Scene: A Handbook of Changes - 2000 -p180 "In 1995, for example, a veteran rock singer, Zang Tianshuo, was the bestselling rocker in China. In his soft rock album titled Wo zhe shi nian (My Last Ten Years), Zhang has incorporated many trends of the 1986-96 period. It is a medley of feelgood music."
^ACMR Reports: Journal of the Association for Chinese Music 1995 " Zang Tianshuo 1995 Wo zhe shinian 我这十年 (My Last Ten Years] Publisher: Shanghai yinxiang gongsi Zang Tianshuo was the lead singer, keyboardist, and main creative force in the band 1989. This is his first album and includes both..."