Ngọc Đại is one of the most influential composers in contemporary music in Vietnam. Due to the socio-political and sexual lyrics, the original album was prohibited by government to release in Vietnam. This album presents the Dai's unique singing style, evoking the northern Vietnamese folksong, composition based on the chanson music. Ngọc Đại was born in 1946 in Vietnam. He studied composition in Hanoi Conservatory from 1977 to 1983 but soon decided to leave the national communist system and live as a true independent artist and is probably the only socially and politically committed composer in Vietnam and he has also been recently convicted by the Vietnamese Authorities for being a counter-revolutionary artist when his last album was released.

1. Cánh đồng cỏ khô (Hayfield) I 04:47
2. Ngũ sắc (Five colors) I 03:31
3. Chọn một ngày (Pick one day) I 03:05
4. Thông điệp hoa hồng (The message of roses) I 04:46
5. Nàng thơ gõ cửa (She knocks on the door) I 05:38
6. Vĩnh biệt (Goodbye forever) I 05:39
7. Có những ngày (There are days)) I 05:35
8. Khuyến mại tình dục (Sex promotion) I 03:09
9. Cái nường 8x (The vagina 8x - paradise) I 02:57
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All tracks are inspired by the poets, Nguyen Dinh Chinh & Bui Chat
composition, piano, song : Ngọc Đại
viola: Nathalie
music advisor, recording, mixing : Nhất Lý
curator: Yasuhiro Morinaga / Jay Brawn
translation: Phuong Cao
design: Jeroen Wille
production: PHUSA Studio
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