Hypnosis Show

Hypnosis Show (Chinese: 催眠Show) is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Show Lo's third Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2005 by Avex Taiwan. After receiving good reviews for the music video of the first lead track, "真命天子" (Destined Guy), featuring Jolin Tsai, the album went on pre-order sale and all of the 10,000 copies were sold in one day.^[1]

Hypnosis Show
Hypnosis Show (CD) cover
Studio album 催眠Show by Show Lo
Released	14 October 2005 (2005-10-14)
Genre	Mandopop
Length	37:28
Language	Mandarin
Label	Avex Taiwan
Show Lo chronology
Expert Show (2004) Hypnosis Show (2005) Speshow (2006)
Alternative cover

Four editions of the album were released, including Hypnosis Show (Limited Charity Edition) (催眠Show 限量慈善) (CD) which included a pass to Luo's debut solo concert 'Love's Strength' Charity Concert (《愛的力量》慈善演唱會) at Taipei Arena, Hypnosis Show (MV Encore Edition) (催眠Show 冠軍影音安可) containing four music videos; and Hypnosis Show (Commemorate Edition) (催眠Show 慶功加場版) (CD+DVD) with a bonus DVD containing 70 minutes of highlight live footage from Love's Strength Charity Concert on 18 November 2005.

Album

In this album Show continues his partnership with producers Golden Melody Award winner and songwriter Di Zi (Chinese: 阿弟仔), Bi Guoyong (Chinese: 畢國勇) and Guo Jianliang (Chinese: 郭建良) plus Chen Wei (Chinese: 陳偉) of For Take One Music and Eric Ng (Chinese: 黃韻仁) of Funkie Monkies Productions, as well as choreographer Tommy (Chinese: 大目) of Dance Soul studios.

The first lead track, "真命天子" (Destined Guy), a collaboration with Jolin Tsai, is a dance track, in it she rapped and performed in the music video with Luo. The other lead track "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) is composed by fellow artist Jay Chou, especially for Luo with the music video featuring his then co-host on 100% Entertainment Barbie Shu.

The music video for "嗆司嗆司" (Chance Chance), a mid-tempo dance track, was directed by Lai Wei Kang. It features Taiwanese actress Maggie Wu (吳亞馨), who later co-starred with Luo in Hi My Sweetheart; and a cameo by Luo's mother.

Reception

This is the first time that an album of Luo's debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Weekly Top 20 Combo and Mandarin Charts, and Five Music Chart.^[2] at week 42 (14–20 October 2005) with a percentage sales of 8.06%, 16.7%, and 18.22% respectively. It stayed on the G-Music Mandarin Chart continuously for 14 weeks, selling over 100,000 copies,^[3] the Combo Chart and Five Music Chart for 12 weeks.

The tracks, "真命天子" (Destined Guy) and "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) are listed at number 55 and 70 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2005.^[4]

The tracks, "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) was nominated^[5] and "真命天子" (Destined Guy) won one of the Songs of the Year at the 2006 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards presented by Hong Kong radio station Metro Info.^[6] Both tracks were also nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2006.^[7]

Track listing

#	Original Title	Pinyin	English	Remarks	Producer	Length
1.	"真命天子"	Zhen Ming Tian Zi	Destined Guy	rap feat Jolin Tsai	Bi Guoyong	3:17
2.	"淘汰郎"	Tao Tai Lang	Eliminated Man		Bi Guoyong	4:02
3.	"自我催眠"	Zi Wo Cui Mian	Self-Hypnosis	composed by Jay Chou	Di Zi	4:24
4.	"嗆司嗆司"	Qiang Si Qiang Si	Chance Chance		Di Zi	3:48
5.	"猛男日記"	Meng Nan Ri Ji	Diary of a Muscle Man		Di Zi	3:24
6.	"黑眼圈"	Hei Yan Quan	Dark Eye Circles		Guo Jianliang	3:46
7.	"不懂我的心"	Bu Dong Wo De Xin	Don't Understand My Heart			3:36
8.	"力量"	Li Liang	Strength		Eric Ng	3:52
9.	"駭客入侵"	Hai Ke Ru Qin	Hacker Invasion		Chen Wei	3:55
10.	"火警119"	Huo Jing 119	Emergency 119		Di Zi	3:25

Music videos

• "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) MV - feat Barbie Shu - directed by Tony Lin
• "真命天子" (Destined Guy) MV - feat Jolin Tsai - directed by Lai Wei Kang
• "嗆司嗆司" (Chance Chance) MV - feat Maggie Wu (吳亞馨) and cameo by Luo MaMa (show's mother) - directed by Lai Wei Kang
• "力量" (Strength) MV - directed by Tony Lin

Karaoke version with concert footage + some original footage

• "淘汰郎" (Eliminated Man) MV
• "不懂我的心" (Don't Understand My Heart) MV
• "黑眼圈" (Dark Eye Circles) MV
• "猛男日記" (Diary of a Muscle Man) MV

Releases

Four editions (excludes pre-order editions) were released by Avex Taiwan:

• 4 October 2005 - Hypnosis Show (Preorder Edition) (催眠Show) (CD) - includes a playing card set with logo designed by Show and autograph.^[1][8]
• 14 October 2005 - Hypnosis Show (催眠Show) (CD) ^[9]
• 4 November 2005 - Hypnosis Show (Limited Charity Edition) (催眠Show 限量慈善) (CD) - includes a pass to Show's 'Love's Strength' Charity Concert (《愛的力量》慈善演唱會) at Taipei Arena.^[10]
• 25 November 2005 - Hypnosis Show (MV Encore Edition) (催眠Show 冠軍影音安可) (CD+DVD)^[11] - includes 3 MV's

1. 真命天子 (Destined Guy) feat Jolin Tsai
2. 自我催眠 (Self-Hypnosis) feat Da S
3. 嗆司嗆司 (Chance Chance) cameo by Luo MaMa

• 20 January 2006 - Hypnosis Show (Commemorate Edition) (催眠Show 慶功加場版) (CD+DVD) - includes a 70 minutes version of Show's 'Love's Strength' Charity Concert (《愛的力量》慈善演唱會) at Taipei Arena with special guest performance of "真命天子" (Destined Guy) with Jolin Tsai and behind the scenes footage.^[12] For details of track listing - see Show Lo discography.

Charts

Chart Name	Debut Position	Week# / Week Dates of Peak Position	Peak Position	Percentage of Album Sales at Peak	Chart Run
Five Music Taiwan 5大金榜[13]	#1	#42 / 14–20 October 2005	#1	18.22%	12 weeks
G-Music Combo Chart, Taiwan 風雲榜 (綜合榜)[14]	#1	#41 / 14–20 October 2005	#1	8.06%	12 weeks
G-Music Mandarin Chart, Taiwan 風雲榜 (華語榜)[15]	#1	#41 / 14–20 October 2005	#1	16.7%	14 weeks

Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart - 2005

Track name	Position
"真命天子" (Destined Guy)	#55
"自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis)	#70

References

1. (in Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 雙J跨刀 雙金加持 羅志祥出片聲勢勢如破竹 7 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-13
2. (in Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 羅志祥雙喜臨門 金鐘入圍 空降兩大金榜第一名 Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine 24 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-15
3. (in Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 羅志祥再推『催眠SHOW慶功加場版』，銷售即將破10！ 20 January 2006. Retrieved 2010-09-28
4. (in Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart 2005 (#51-100) Retrieved 2011-06-29
5. (in Chinese) Sina.com Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards 2006 nomination list Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine 14 July 2006. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
6. (in Chinese) Sina.com Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards 2006 winners list 6 August 2006. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
7. (in Chinese) Sina.com 2006 TVB8 Awards Gold Songs nomination list Retrieved 2011-07-01
8. Yesasia.com Hypnosis Show (Preorder Edition) album info Retrieved 2010-09-28
9. (in Chinese) Avex Taiwan Inc Hypnosis Show album info 14 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-11
10. (in Chinese) Avex Taiwan news 演唱會的門票將隨著小豬11月4號發行的“催眠SHOW”專輯限量慈善包附送 4 November 2005. Retrieved 2010-09-28
11. Yesasia.com Hypnosis Show (MV Encore Edition) album info Retrieved 2010-09-28
12. Yesasia.com Hypnosis Show (Commemorate Edition) album info Retrieved 2010-09-28
13. (in Chinese) 5 Music 2005 Week 42 chart Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine 14–20 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-10-16
14. (in Chinese) G-Music Combo Chart Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine This links to the current week only - search for 2005 Week 41 at bottom of page] Retrieved 2010-10-16
15. (in Chinese) G-Music Mandarin Chart Archived 2009-07-22 at the Wayback Machine This links to the current week only - search for 2005 Week 41 at bottom of page] Retrieved 2010-10-16

External links

• (in Chinese) Show Lo@Avex Taiwan (2003–2007)