{{distinguish|text=1988 novel "Fúzào" by the Chinese writer Jia Pingwa, translated as "Turbulence" in 1991}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Fuzao {{noitalics|(浮躁)}} | type = studio | artist = Faye Wong | cover = Fuzao (Faye Wong album cover).gif | alt = | released = June 3, 1996 | recorded = | studio = | genre = * C-pop * dream pop | length = 35:10 | label = Cinepoly | producer = Zhang Yadong | prev_title = Di-Dar | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Toy | next_year = 1997 }}
'''''Fuzao''''' ({{zh|p=Fúzào |c={{linktext|浮躁}}}}; lit. "Impetuous") is the fourth Mandarin-language studio album (thirteenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It was released on June 3, 1996, through Cinepoly. Wong took more artistic risks with her work as she approached the end of her record contract, resulting in the experimental nature of ''Fuzao''. The album was positively received by critics, with ''The Straits Times'' considering the album as Wong's boldest and most artistically coherent effort to date.
An alternative record, ''Fuzao'' was largely written and composed by Wong, with arrangement and production done by her husband, Dou Wei, and Zhang Yadong. The album features two collaborations with the Scottish dream pop band Cocteau Twins, whose sound and aesthetic was a heavy influence.
==Background and release== Translated names used in English-language sources are ''Restless'',<ref>Shane Homan, ''Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture 2006-''. p223. "The 1997 self-titled Faye Wong was predominantly more low-key and spare in its arrangements than Restless, and, as with future albums, all the tracks were in Mandarin, in keeping with a strong involvement by Zhang Yatung as arranger and ..."</ref><ref>Edward L. Davis, ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture'', 2012. "In 1993 Zhang Yadong moved to Beijing in search of bigger things and got his wish when Cantopop diva and Beijing native Wang Fei... invited him to produce several tracks on her album Restless (1996), a record .."</ref><ref name=st-2011/> ''Exasperation'',<ref name=":0">Stan Jeffries, ''Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001'', 2003, p224. "Between the release of her debut album in 1989 and her winning the award for most popular Hong Kong female singer in 1994, Wong released eight albums. In November 1994, Wong gave her first live performance in over five years in Toronto, Canada, before completing a tour of Asia as well as other shows in Canada and the United States. Wong was now writing more of her own material. In fact in her final album for Cinepoly, Exasperation (1996), she was responsible for all the songs. Winning huge critical praise, the album contained three tracks that had no lyrics but, instead, just utilized Wong's voice. It was unlike any song ever heard in Hong Kong to that date, and it showed Wong as a thoughtful and maturing artist."</ref> ''Anxiety''<ref>The Japanese release included the English translation ''Anxiety'' on the obi strip.</ref> and ''Impatience''.<ref name=Woodworth>{{cite news|title=Faye Wong is all woman| url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/11/26/2003212668/1 |accessdate=April 26, 2013| newspaper=Taipei Times| date=November 26, 2004| first=Max| last=Woodworth}}</ref> The term was widely used in relation to the cultural anxiety of the period.<ref>Ju-Chen Chen -Capital Dreams: Global Consumption, Urban Imagination, and Labor ...2009 - Page 61 "There were discussions regarding how in this newly arrived flourishing age, Chinese were simultaneously confident and anxious (fuzao)."</ref><ref>Paul J. Bailey Gender and Education in China: Gender Discourses and Women's .- 2007 Page 25 "her reminiscences remembers that the school taught students not to adopt a self-important and arrogant (fuzao) attitude, not to speak or laugh carelessly,"</ref><ref>Suisheng Zhao -A Nation-state by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism 2004 - Page 133 "In their book, Farewell to the Revolution, Li Zehou and Liu Zaifu suggested that "Chinese culture in the twentieth century was overshadowed by national crises and therefore characterized by tensions (jinzhang), anxiety (fuzao), radicalization</ref>
The Hong Kong edition, including the back panel, shows three photos of Faye Wong in the pose of the three wise monkeys. In 2008, Universal Music re-released the album in a paper Eco pack as part of its Asian series of 20th Century Masters.<ref name="2008ECO">[http://www.yesasia.com/global/1010837738-0-0-0-en/info.html 2008 ECO Pack] review at YesAsia.com</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2011}}
==Composition== As she was approaching the end of her recording contract with Cinepoly, Wong took more artistic risks with this highly experimental album.<ref name=st-2011/> Some tracks are wordless or use self-created sounds, including the cheerful-sounding refrain "la cha bor" of the title track. It contains mainly her own compositions, with an aesthetic inspired by the Cocteau Twins, who contributed two original songs to the album, "Fracture" (分裂) and "Spoilsport" (掃興). Wong had previously covered their work on ''Random Thoughts'' in 1994, and established a remote working relationship with them – even laying down vocals for a special duet version of "Serpentskirt" on the Asian release of the group's 1996 album ''Milk And Kisses'', as her voice blended well with Elizabeth Fraser's ethereal soprano.<ref name=Woodworth/> A Buddhist, Wong weaves teachings of transience and disengagement into the album. These themes can also be found in some of her other albums.<ref name="douban">[http://music.douban.com/review/2934421/ Full review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809101742/http://music.douban.com/review/2934421/|date=August 9, 2011}} at douban.com, January 15, 2010{{unreliable source?|date=December 2022|reason=User-generated review; origin of source undetermined or uncertain}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings|rev8=''Pitchfork''|rev8score=8.3/10<ref name=Pitchfork>{{Cite web|title=Faye Wong: Faye Wong: 讨好自己 Please Myself / 菲靡靡之音 Decadent Sound of Faye / Di-Dar / 浮躁 Fuzao|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/faye-wong-please-myself-decadent-sound-of-faye-di-dar-fuzao/|last=Hong|first=Michael|date=October 28, 2023|access-date=October 28, 2023|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}</ref>}} Paying less attention to the demands of the mainstream market, the album's sales were lower than for Wong's preceding albums.<ref name=st-2011/> However, ''Restless'' was received favorably by critics.<ref name=":0" /> ''The Straits Times'' considered the album as her boldest and most artistically coherent effort to date.<ref name=st-2011>{{cite news|last=Chan|first=Boon|title=Faye's back|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=October 28, 2011|location=Singapore|page=C2|quotation=It is her most daring and cohesive effort to date.}}</ref> ''Southern Metropolis Daily'' described the album as "very harmonious and unified", and stated that the second song, ''Restless,'' was similar to ''Di-Dar'' albeit simpler.<ref>{{Cite web |title=女皇的二十四章经--王菲创作全纪录(多图) |trans-title=The Queen's Twenty-Four Chapters: A Complete Record of Faye Wong's Creation |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/r/m/2001-10-20/60739.html |date=October 20, 2001 |access-date=December 18, 2022 |website=Sina Corporation}}</ref>
After the release, Wong became the second Chinese artist (after Gong Li) and the first Chinese singer to be featured on the cover of ''Time'' magazine, under the headline "The Divas of Pop".<ref name=st-2011/> The title track is featured in the 1998 film ''Restless''. In a 2023 review of four reissued Wong albums (''Please Myself'' to ''Fuzao'') by ''Pitchfork'', Michael Hong wrote that "the album's producers steep the music in the sounds of Beijing's nascent rock scene" and felt that Faye's "reserved yet playfully mischievous nature permeates the album".<ref name=Pitchfork/>
==Track listing== All written by Faye Wong, unless otherwise. # "Wúcháng" (无常), "Sporadic" or "Unusual" – 2:35 # "Fúzào" (浮躁), "Restless" or "Anxiety" – 2:58 # "Xiǎngxiàng" (想像), "Visualize" or "Imagine" – 3:36 # "Fēnliè" (分裂), "Fracture" or "Divide", composed by Cocteau Twins, lyrics by Lin Xi – 4:00 # "Bùān" (不安), "Uneasy" or "Unstable", instrumental – 2:10 # "Nǎr" (哪兒), "Where" – 3:50 # "Duòluò" (堕落), "Decadence" or "Degenerate" – 3:40 # "Sǎoxìng" (扫兴), "Spoilsport" or "Disappointment", composed by Cocteau Twins, lyrics by Wyman Wong – 4:08 # "Mòrì" (末日), "Doomsday" or "Judgment Day" – 4:00 # "Yesanpo" (野三坡 Yěsānpō), literally "Wild Three Hills" – 3:52 #: Based on Yesanpo National Park
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" | Chart (1996) ! scope="col" | Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row" | Hong Kong Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1996-07-20 |title=Hits of the World Charts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=ifpi+hong+kong+faye+wong+Impetuous&pg=PA41 |magazine=Billboard |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2 |- ! scope="row" | Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |title=フェイ・ウォンのアルバム売上TOP 4作品 |trans-title=Faye Wong album ranking information |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/139259/rank/album/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=March 31, 2024 |language=ja}}</ref> | align="center" | 50 |- ! scope="row" | Taiwanese Albums (IFPI Taiwan) | align="center" | 4 |}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !Region !Release date !Label !Format(s) |- ! scope="row" | Hong Kong |June 3, 1996 |Cinepoly Records | rowspan="3" |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |- ! scope="row" | Taiwan |June 19, 1996 |Linfair Records |- ! scope="row" | China |1996 |Jindian Audio and Video |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" |Japan |July 25, 1996 | rowspan="2" |Polydor |CD |- |September 26, 1997 |CD (reissue) |- ! scope="row" rowspan="6" |Hong Kong |April 11, 2008 | rowspan="6" |Universal Music Hong Kong |CD (ECO-Pack environmental protection series) |- |December 29, 2011 |CD (Golden Disc Anniversary Series) |- |December 13, 2013 |K2HD |- |October 19, 2016 |CD (Famous Worldwide Series) |- |December 14, 2020 |CD (24K Gold Series) |- |August 25, 2021 |Vinyl (ARS series) |- ! scope="row" | Japan |September 27, 2023 |Universal Music Japan |Vinyl |}
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==External links== *{{discogs release|2855204|浮躁}}
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