Castle (Jolin Tsai album)

Castle (Chinese: 城堡) is the sixth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on 27 February 2004, by Sony Music Taiwan.[1] Following the success of her last studio album, Magic (2003), Tsai continued to secure her A-list status with the new release.[2] Tsai again rang up huge sales with the album, which further increased her popularity in her native Taiwan as well as in other Asian countries.[3] The album has sold more than 2 million copies in Asia,[2] with more than 300,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone,[4] and became the best-selling album by a female artist of the year in Taiwan.[4] The second track, "It's Love", reached number 8 on the Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year.[5] The opening track, "36 Tricks of Love", reached number 78 on the chart.[5] The album earned Tsai an MTV Asia Award nomination for Favorite Artist Taiwan.[6] The music video of the lead single, "Pirates", earned Tsai an MTV Video Music Award Japan nomination for Best Buzz Asia.[7]

Castle
Standard edition artwork
Studio album by Jolin Tsai
Released	February 27, 2004
Recorded	2003
Studio	M.E Studio, Alfa Studio, Life Studio
Genre	Pop
Length	41:02
Language	Chinese
Label	Sony
Producer	Bing Wang, Peter Lee, Jay Chou, Jamie Hsueh, Huang I, G-Power
Jolin Tsai chronology
The Age of Innocence (2003) Castle (2004) Born to Be a Star (2004)

Track listing

Castle – Standard edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"36 Tricks of Love" (愛情三十六計)	Kiki Hu	Savan Kotecha, Andrew Marcus Frampton, Wayne Wilkins	Bing Wang	3:35
2.	"It's Love" (就是愛)	Simon Liang	Jay Chou	Bing Wang	4:17
3.	"The Smell of Lemon Grass" (檸檬草的味道)	Francis Lee	Peter Lee	Peter Lee	4:31
4.	"Pirates" (海盜)	Issac Chen	Jay Chou	Jay Chou	4:36
5.	"The Starter" (始作俑者)	Jolin Tsai	Jamie Hsueh	Jamie Hsueh	4:35
6.	"Love Love Love"	Simon Liang	Konstantin Meladze	Huang I	3:47
7.	"Disappearing Castle" (消失的城堡)	Kevin I	Alex Chang Chien	Peter Lee	4:10
8.	"Nice Cat" (乖貓)	Issac Chen	Anna Lidner, Charles Kwashie Tamakloe	Bing Wang	3:31
9.	"Priority" (第一優先)	Francis Lee	Dawn Joseph, Henry Gorman	Bing Wang	3:34
10.	"Rewind" (倒帶)	Vincent Fang	Jay Chou	G-Power	4:26
Total length:					41:02

Castle – Deluxe edition (bonus track)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"36 Tricks of Love" (Remix)	Kiki Hu	Savan Kotecha, Andrew Marcus Frampton, Wayne Wilkins	David Lu	5:05
Total length:					5:05

Castle – Deluxe edition (DVD)

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"36 Tricks of Love"	Kuang Sheng	3:36
2.	"It's Love"	Marlboro Lai	4:17
3.	"The Smell of Lemon Grass"	Tony Lin	4:27
4.	"Pirates"	Marlboro Lai	4:36
5.	"The Starter"	Tony Lin	4:36
6.	"Love Love Love"	Marlboro Lai, Bill Chia	3:47
7.	"Disappearing Castle"		4:08
8.	"Nice Cat"		3:33
9.	"Priority"		3:34
10.	"Rewind"		4:24
Total length:			40:58

References

1. "Castle - Jolin Tsai | User Reviews | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
2. "Jolin Tsai Prefers The Mr Nice Guy Approach". MensHealth. 2016-01-20. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
3. Editors, AskMen. "Jolin Tsai". AskMen. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-20.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
4. "蔡依林十年音乐路②：Sony时期"梦幻公主"_娱乐_腾讯网". ent.qq.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
5. "Hitoradio‧Hit Fm --華人音樂入口指標". www.hitoradio.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
6. "双姝角逐MTV亚洲音乐奖布兰妮艾薇儿亚洲抢地盘_影音娱乐_新浪网". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
7. ""2005 MTV buzz ASIA大奖"公布候选名单_影音娱乐_新浪网". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-12-20.