Romantic Energy

• Artist: Twelve Girls Band
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• Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Genre: Rock

Review

At first it seems Romantic Energy is interchangeable with Twelve Girls Band's other releases, but dig a little deeper and you'll notice the album makes less concessions to America and Europe. The big difference is the ambitious cover this time isn't a Coldplay track but the romantic "Flower" by Japanese popsters Orange Range, a song mostly unheard of in the West at the time of this album's release. With a beautiful, strolling melody, "Flower" is one the band's best efforts to date and surrounded here by slightly less sugary, more sensible choices than usual. "Whispering Earth" by Domo labelmate Kitaro fits the band's ancient Eastern instruments meets modern music style perfectly while the title track utilizes all Twelve Girls without the forced theatrics that made their other albums less and less interesting with each listen. Skip the sappy take on "El Condor Pasa" and you've got a more rewarding album than expected from the borderline gimmicky outfit. Even if these little baby steps toward substance won't win over the snobs, Romantic Energy points the band in the right direction and suggests they'll outlive Riverdance and the other adult contemporary spectacles. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Dunhuang	Jianfeng Liang	Twelve Girls Band	(4:27)
Ruten		Twelve Girls Band	(4:42)
River Shule	Shangyou Ma	Twelve Girls Band	(5:15)
Romantic Energy	Jianfeng Liang	Twelve Girls Band	(4:37)
El Condor Pasa	Jorge Milchberg	Twelve Girls Band	(4:36)
Tang Court Ensemble	Yuheng Liang	Twelve Girls Band	(4:14)
From the Beginning Till Now		Twelve Girls Band	(4:41)
Yangguan	Jianfeng Liang	Twelve Girls Band	(4:52)
Whispering Earth		Twelve Girls Band	(4:54)
Flower	Orange Range	Twelve Girls Band	(4:13)
Carnival	Jianfeng Liang	Twelve Girls Band	(5:48)
Freedom [Live]		Twelve Girls Band	(4:17)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ruten [DVD][Live]		Twelve Girls Band
Carnival [DVD][Live]	Jianfeng Liang	Twelve Girls Band
Dunhuang [DVD]	Jianfeng Liang	Twelve Girls Band

Credits

Eiichi Naito (Executive Producer), Tatsuya Nishiwaki (Percussion), Tatsuya Nishiwaki (Arranger), Tatsuya Nishiwaki (Drums), Tatsuya Nishiwaki (Keyboards), Yun Jie Liu (Engineer), Toru Suzuki (Music Direction), Dino Malito (A&R), Masayoshi Furukawa (Guitar (Acoustic)), Takashi Sudoh (Engineer), Bing Li (Video Producer), Bin Hong (Keyboards), Takahisa Ide (Photography), Jin Jiang (Erhu), Jin Jiang (Gaohu), Jin Jiang (Jinghu), Zhang Jian (Arranger), Zhang Jian (Programming), Cui Quan (String Arrangements), Ying Lei (Erhu), Ying Lei (Ba Wu), Jun Li (Engineer), Jun Li (Mixing), Jianfeng Liang (Guitar (Acoustic)), Jianfeng Liang (Bass), Jianfeng Liang (Arranger), Jianfeng Liang (Guitar (Electric)), Jianfeng Liang (Guitar (12 String)), Jianfeng Liang (Producer), Jianfeng Liang (Guitar (Nylon String)), Yuheng Liang (Arranger), Yuheng Liang (Guitar (Electric)), Yuheng Liang (Programming), Bin Qu Liao (Dizi), Bin Qu Liao (Xiao), Bin Qu Liao (Ba Wu), Jing Jing Ma (Percussion), Jing Jing Ma (Yang Chin), Jing Jing Ma (Guzheng), Shangyou Ma (Arranger), Shangyou Ma (Programming), Shangyou Ma (String Arrangements), Tomoko Naoe (Coordination), Nan Lu (Assistant Engineer), Funky Sueyoshi (Drums), Ting "Tina" Sung (Erhu), Ting "Tina" Sung (Gaohu), Yigang Sun (Product Manager), Yuan Sun (Dizi), Yuan Sun (Xiao), Yuan Sun (Xun), Yuan Sun (Ba Wu), Kazuma Tomoto (Executive Producer), Henrietta Tseng (Coordination), Katsuyuki Abe (Mixing Assistant), Yu Ceng (Programming), Baiqian Chen (Music Assistant), Chinese Aiyue Orchestra (Strings), Yashuhiro Fujimura (Video Editor), Song Hao (Arranger), Song Hao (Programming), Qingsong He (Music Assistant), Tinyau Hung (Mixing), Hiroshi Ishida (Video Producer), Katsumasa Itakura (Video Director), Shigeki Kashii (Mixing), Mamiko Katakura (Assistant Engineer), Mitsuru Kikuchi (Video Editor), Takeyuki Kishi (Video Editor), Zhemin Lin (Engineer), Tianhung Liu (Music Assistant), Masaki Mori (Mixing Assistant), Yoshinori Morita (Assistant Engineer), Hajime Nagai (Engineer), Ahai Niu (Music Assistant), Satoru Ogasawara (Video Producer), Kazuhiko Okishiba (Camera Operator), Dai Tokumine (Video Producer), Xiaojing Wang (Executive Producer), Nan Xiao (Programming), Tao Xiao (Mixing Assistant), Songmei "Maggie" Yang (Yang Chin), Songmei "Maggie" Yang (Zhongruan), Yu Zeng (Arranger), Li Jun Zhan (Erhu), Li Jun Zhan (Gaohu), Li Jun Zhan (Zhongruan), Kun Zhang (Pipa), Kun Zhang (Zhongruan), Bao Zhong (Pipa), Bao Zhong (Zhongruan), Xingin Zhong (Programming), Xingmin Zhong (Arranger), Xingmin Zhong (String Arrangements), Jian Nan Zhou (Guzheng), Jian Nan Zhou (Zhongruan), Leslie Zhuang (Coordination)

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