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Balls Under the Red Flag

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Balls Under the Red Flag
Studio album by
Released1994
Cui Jian chronology
Solution
(1991)
Balls Under the Red Flag
(1994)
The Power of the Powerless
(1998)

Hongqi xia de dan (红旗下的蛋 literally "eggs" under the red flag), English title on CD cover Balls Under The Red Flag, is a 1994 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian.[1]

Track listing

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Standard listing
No.TitleUnofficial translationLength
1."Fēile 飛了""Flying"5:33
2."Kuānróng 寬容""Tolerate"8:07
3."Hóngqí xià de dàn 紅旗下的蛋""Balls Under the Red Flag"7:57
4."Běijīng de gùshì 北京的故事""Beijing Story"7:46
5."Hézi 盒子""The Box"7:40
6."Zuì hòu de bàoyuàn 最後的抱怨[2]""The Last Complaint"8:00
7."Wùhuì 誤會""Misunderstand"7:08
8."Bǐ'àn 彼岸""The Other Shore"5:22

References

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  1. ^ World Music: Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Broughton, Simon, Ellingham, Mark, Richard Trillo - 2000 p55 "Cui renamed his band 'Balls under the Red Flag' (in original Chinese, 'Eggs under the Red Flag') in 1993-94, a self-mocking title of the powerlessness of rock musicians."
  2. ^ "最后的抱怨 歌词 崔健 ※ Mojim.com". Mojim.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  • Chong, Woei Lin (1991). "Young China's voice of the 1980s: rock star Cui Jian". China Information. 6 (1): 55–74. doi:10.1177/0920203X9100600106. S2CID 143536737.
  • Steen, Andreas (2000). "Sound, Protest and Business. Modern Sky Co. and the New Ideology of Chinese Rock". Berliner China-Hefte (19).