November's Chopin

November's Chopin (traditional Chinese: 11月的蕭邦; simplified Chinese: 11月的萧邦; pinyin: Shíyīyuè de Xiāobāng) is the 6th album by the Taiwanese R&B and Rap artist (and composer) mega star, Jay Chou, and was first released on November 1, 2005, on par with Jay's norm of releasing one major album per year. It is the highest selling album of 2006 in Taiwan beating Jolin Tsai's "J-Game", which ranked second. Aside from the ten original new songs from a total of twelve songs, the album also included the theme song and the interlude song that Jay composed and performed for the hit movie Initial D (film), in which also found Jay's own first acting in a real movie. The album's title, November's Chopin, refers to Frédéric Chopin, a.k.a. "The Poet of the Piano", the 19th century Polish composer who greatly inspired and also earned to be one of Jay Chou's all time favorite and respected composers. Jay also threw in a little pun by both naming and releasing his album in November. The words bleak and gloomy that often describe the month of November are also the very words that are usually used to depict the mood of Chopin's work. This album features considerably fewer rap songs in it than his other albums.

The music video for the album's opening track "Nocturne" was filmed with backgrounds in New York. The release also comes with 3 music videos on a separate VCD.

Track listing

"夜曲 Nocturne" (Yè Qū)
"藍色風暴 Blue Storm" (Lán Sè Fēng Bào)
"发如雪 Hair Like Snow" (Fà Rú Xué)
"黑色毛衣 Black Sweater" (Hēi Sè Máo Yī)
"四面楚歌 Attack From All Four Sides" (Sì Miàn Chǔ Gē)
"楓 Maple" (Fēng)
"浪漫手機 Romantic Cell Phone" (Làng Màn Shǒu Jī)
"逆鱗 Reverse Scale" (Nì Lín)
"麦芽糖 Malt Candy" (Mài Yá Táng)
"珊瑚海 Coral Sea" (Shān Hú Hǎi), duet with Lara Liang Veronin
Bonus Track, "飄移 Drifting" (Piāo Yí), Initial D opening theme
Bonus Track, "一路向北 All the Way North" (Yí Lù Xiàng Běi), Initial D ending theme

Included music videos

夜曲 Nocturne (Yè Qū)
发如雪 Hair Like Snow (Fà Rú Xué)
一路向北 All the Way North [Bonus Track] (Yí Lù Xiàng Běi)

Trivia

The orchestral background in the song "四面楚歌 Attack From All Four Sides" is the "Apple loop" named "Orchestra Strings 08" found in GarageBand and also in Logic Pro. Fort Minor's "Believe me" and MYRS' "熱浪" also used the same loop.

v • d • e Jay Chou
Albums	Jay 周杰倫同名專輯(2000) • Fantasy 范特西(2001) • The Eight Dimensions 八度空間(2002) • Ye Hui Mei 葉惠美(2003) Common Jasmin Orange 七里香(2004) • November's Chopin 十一月的蕭邦(2005) • Still Fantasy 依然范特西(2006) • On The Run 我很忙(2007)
Film	Hidden Track 尋找周杰倫(2003) • Initial D 頭文字D(2005) • Curse of the Golden Flower 滿城盡帶黃金甲(2006) • Secret 不能說的祕密(2007)
Compilation Album	ジェイチョウ Initial J
See also	List of songs written and performed by Jay Chou • Vincent Fang (main lyricist)