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Joanna Wang (王若琳) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles. Her debut album, Start From Here, was released in January 2008 as a double-disc set, one in English and the other in Chinese. Her debut album reached #1 in Taiwan and has been popular throughout the Southeast Asian region.

I first heard about her sometime last year when Rock Corner was doing a promotion on her debut CD. From the moment I listened to her, I knew she was going to be something big and true enough, she became exactly just that. Needless to say, I bought that album and from then on, I’ve been influencing my friends about her.

Her second album features a double CD with the first disc, which mainly consist of Chinese songs, is titled “Joanna & 王若琳” and the second disc titled “New York Terror: The Adult Storybook” which is in English.

Here are the track listings for both CDs:

CD1 - Joanna & 王若琳

1. Tikiville (English)
2. Maybe Some Other Time (English)
3. Vincent" (Don McLean)
4. 一种念头
5. 我的爱
6. Times of Your Life (Roger Nichols, Bill Lane)
7. Tikiville (Chinese)
8. Aubrey" (David Gates)
9. Maybe Some Other Time (Chinese)
10. 玫瑰玫瑰我爱你" (Chen Gexin, Wu Cun)

CD2 – The New York Terror: The Adult Storybook

1. Adult Crap
2. I Guess I’m Paranoid
3. Longing For Romance
4. His Remedy
5. Nobody’s A Nun
6. Even If We Did
7. How I Feel About Businessmen
8. Man
9. Palpitation
10. I’m Pathetic Enough

I must say I am a tad disappointed with this album only because of the Chinese songs that she sings. I think she should just stick to singing in English, because having grown up outside of Taiwan, she sings in a very thick American accent which irritates the hell out of me. It’s like asking Diana Krall to sing in Chinese! Seriously…it’s that bad. However, “The Adult Storybook” in contrast is very good. It consists of lot of original songs making it a worthwhile album to get since it only comes as a double CD package.

My rating: 3.5/5 – The Chinese CD kinda spoiled it for me. 
Sounds similar to: Corrinne May, Diana Krall