Trainee Cupid
Trainee Cupid (Chinese: 見習愛神) is the first Standard Chinese album by Hong Kong Cantopop girl group, Twins, released in 2005 by Emperor Entertainment Group. Various versions of this album exist, including of Hong Kong (3 version), Taiwan (3 version), Singapore/Malaysia (2 version) and China (2 version) versions. Also karaoke DVD and VCD versions of Trainee Cupid, featuring music videos of the songs listed below with few extra bonus videos, was released in August 2005.
| Trainee Cupid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album 見習愛神 by | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Mandopop | |||
| Language | Standard Chinese (Mandarin) | |||
| Label | Emperor Entertainment Group | |||
| Twins chronology | ||||
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The music video for Starlight Amusement features Taiwanese artist Danson Tang.
The tracks Trainee Cupid and Starlight Amusement were nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2005.[1]
The album was awarded one of the 十大銷量國語唱片獲獎名單; 'Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year' at the 2005 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.[2]
Track listing
| Track | Name | Romanization | Translation | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 無敵超人 | pinyin: Wúdí chāorén | Invincible Superman | Mandarin version of 大紅大紫 |
| 2. | 見習愛神 | pinyin: Jiànxí àishén | Trainee Cupid | Mandarin version of 明愛暗戀補習社 |
| 3. | 莫斯科沒有眼淚 | pinyin: Mòsīkē méiyǒu yǎnlèi | Moscow Has No Tears | Mandarin version of 下一站天后 |
| 4. | 只要我長大 | pinyin: Zhǐyào wǒ zhǎngdà | Only wish I could grow up | Mandarin version of 眼紅紅 |
| 5. | 香濃 | pinyin: Xiāng nóng | Hot perfume | |
| 6. | 瓶中沙 | pinyin: Píng zhōng shā | Sand in the bottle | |
| 7. | 一半女生 | pinyin: Yībàn nǚshēng | Half Schoolgirl | |
| 8. | 星光遊樂園 | pinyin: Xīngguāng yóulèyuán | Starlight Amusement | |
| 9. | 同樣的兩個夢 | pinyin: Tóngyàng de liǎnggè mèng | Identical Dreams | Mandarin version of 風箏與風 |
| 10. | 數彩虹 | pinyin: Shù cǎihóng | Counting Rainbows | |
| 11. | 老鼠愛大米 (in Cantonese) | Jyutping: lou5 syu2 ngoi3 daai6 mai5; pinyin: Lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ | Mouse loves rice | Not included in some versions of the album |
| 12. | 老鼠愛大米 | pinyin: Lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ | Mouse loves rice | Not included in some versions of the album |
- Note: All track in Standard Chinese (Mandarin Chinese) unless otherwise stated
References
- (in Chinese) Sina.com 2005 TVB8 Awards Gold Songs nomination list 2 December 2005. Retrieved 2011-07-01
- Gold Disc Award > Gold Disc Award Criteria 香港唱片銷量大獎 2005 (in Chinese and English). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Hong Kong Group). Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2018.