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Warm Strangers Vienna Teng
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I like to be pleasantly surprised. After two CDs, I thought that would be the end of my Vienna Teng collection. I liked her music, at the same level of Charlotte Church’s first two CDs. Two are enough for my library. After all, I have more music than the time of the day.
Then, through Kid’s connection, I got her Warm Strangers album. In this CD, she moved up from a niche voice singer to a big league star. Her other two CDs were good, but couldn’t hold my attention long enough. After several songs, I would start to press the skip button, hoping to find something that was not a re-mix of the same ingredients. This one, however, every songs was distinctively her and has lasting power. I could savor each of them and would try to play them again.
ITunes starred six out of the entire 12 songs. That’s impressive. The bonus track, a Taiwan folk song, was a treat. Her Mandarin voice was sweet and authentic. I can imagine a tour in Taiwan and China entirely in Chinese songs. Imagine her parents’ proud expressions.
Yes, I knew this is her second CD and I actually had her third, Dreaming Through Noise before this one.