Alan Tam's Love Trap - Music Box

Singer: Alan Tam Record Company: PolyGram
Publication date: 1985
Executive Producer: Guan Weigan

Alan Tam's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" vinyl album

01. Love Trap
02. Lucky Star
03. I love you so deeply
04. Fire Beauty
05. I love the world
06. May your respectful conduct bring you wealth.
07. Love (I am forever captivated)
08. Where are you right now?
09. Flower World
10. The most popular you
11. Romance on a Rainy Night

Alan Tam - Love Trap - Music Box

  • The two albums "Love in the Fog" and "The Root of Love" released in 1984 were huge successes, and Alan Tam ushered in the peak of his singing career.
  • On February 15, 1985, Alan Tam released his ninth Cantonese album, "Love Trap," which mainly featured romantic love songs. Tam's impeccable singing skills were fully displayed, and he could handle both slow love songs and fast-paced songs with ease.
  • "Love Trap" continued the success of the upbeat song "Summer Breeze" from the previous album, adapting Hiroaki Serizawa's work and quickly becoming a hit in Hong Kong. Many factors contributed to its success, including Alan Tam's immense popularity, PolyGram's meticulous production, the versatility of the melody itself, and Poon Yuen-leung's lyrics deserve special mention. At first glance, the lyrics of "Love Trap" seem like a male protagonist's lament to a female protagonist, but Poon Yuen-leung's writing emphasizes the male protagonist's inner turmoil. The song creates a feeling of both love and resentment, with the repeated use of "this trap" at the end of the chorus being key to its popularity. While the melody is already captivating at the end of the chorus, Poon Yuen-leung's repetitive use of language gives the song a powerful vitality, making "Love Trap" feel like a machine gun, constantly firing off the next lyric – a highly stimulating auditory experience that makes the song catchy. Alan Tam's rapid and concise enunciation is breathtaking, and the arrangement of the chorus is like a torrential downpour, providing a thoroughly enjoyable listening experience.
  • "The World of Flower Boys" and "Where Are You Now?" are the theme songs and interludes in the movie "The World of Flower Boys" starring Alan Tam. "Where Are You Now?" is also a work by Hiroaki Serizawa. Alan Tam sang the song with a lazy singing style, expressing the lonely and helpless mood in the song.
  • "Romantic Rainy Night" is an adaptation of "Fantasy" sung by Japanese male singer Akira Fuse. Xiang Xuehuai, who loves rainy scenes, uses a fresh narrative style to tell a poignant yet romantic story, subtly weaving emotions into the scenery and vice versa, creating a harmonious blend of feeling and emotion. The chorus, "Fantasy / Joyful tears / Your fiery passion," evokes tears of joy, as past memories, beautiful moments, and complex emotions erupt in an instant on this ordinary yet extraordinary rainy night.
  • In his previous album, *The Root of Love*, Alan Tam adapted a song by Korean singer Cho Yong-pil, and this time he sang "Fire Beauty," a song he also composed. He has since adapted several of Cho Yong-pil's works, including "Weaving" and "Winter's Chill" from the 1985 album *Lorelei*; "Do You Know" from the 1991 album *Love's Passion*; and "Can't Say Goodbye" from the 1994 album *Dreamy Smile*.
  • "Gong Xi Fa Cai" and "Wo Ai Shi Jie" are the theme song and interlude of the Lunar New Year comedy film "Gong Xi Fa Cai" starring Alan Tam. Riding on the wave of the film's popularity, the two festive New Year songs quickly spread.
  • At the 1985 Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards Ceremony, Alan Tam once again achieved a hat trick, with "Love Trap," "Romantic Night in the Rain," and "Storm Goddess Lorelei" all being selected as Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs. "Love Trap" even won the Gold Song Award, and Alan Tam won the "Most Popular Male Singer Award" for the second consecutive year.
  • In 1999, PolyGram held a special "20th Century's Best Chinese Albums" selection event, and produced a limited commemorative edition of the 20 selected albums with top-notch sound quality, named "PolyGram 20th Century Glorious Imprint," to pay tribute to the singers and musicians who have contributed to the Hong Kong pop music industry. Alan Tam had four albums selected, including "Unforgettable You," "Foggy Love," "The Root of Love," and "Love Trap."
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