Conceptual Aspect
After the mild success of Sandy Lam's last album, Sandy decided to collaborate with choreographer Clarence Hui. Clarence and Sandy turned out to be co-producers of this album and has taken considerable amount of control since this album. Sandy was very serious and progressive since the making of this album.
Agreeable that a Japanese idol image does not play in Lam's favour, she project her image as a mature girl seeking for love in her third album. Of course, under the influence of producer Fung, this change was not definite but obvious. Lyrical content of all songs were considerably more adult contemporary. This is most notable through lead single, "Passion", which was a cover of American new wave band Berlin's one hit wonder, Take My Breath Away. Producer Fung and CBS Records had concerns for Sandy and Clarence choosing this song as a lead single because of the contrasting style to her past albums.
In this album, Clarence Hui invited the help of celebrity photographer and artist Idris Mootee famous in LA, who brought a contemporary modernist style to the album and later handled a stack of Sandy's album's photography. In addition to the change in image for commercial recognition, she laid out a set of long curly hair, which was her signature look at the time. In the music video of "Passion", choreographer/co-producer Clarence Hui taught Sandy signature moves to be used on the video and live on stage. The result was extremely popular among the audiences. Since this album has very different concept to most Hong Kong albums in 1987 and resulted in Sandy's first success, she garnered a handful of fans, who probably demands high musical and conceptual expectations from Sandy Lam because of the alternative style from this album.
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