Khanh Ha – Tinh Khuc Ngo Thuy Mien
For overseas Vietnamese entertainers, Khanh Ha is one of the most successful singers with the most albums ever recorded. Her latest solo Tinh Khuc Ngo Thuy Mien is the sixty-fifth album produced by her very own Khanh Ha Productions. Despite bootlegs and low prices of CDs coming in from Vietnam, any record with Khanh Ha’s hologram stamped on the cover remains the most expensive of all in the Vietnamese music stores. Even big productions like Asia and Thuy Nga wouldn’t dare raise their prices as high as Khanh Ha’s production. How does she have so much confidence in her own products while other singers are struggling to get a record deal?
Khanh Ha has established herself in the business and her confidence comes from her voice. Her elegant style has captured Vietnamese listeners for more than twenty-five years and will continue to do so in the next twenty-five years. She knows that if she puts out an expensive product, the product has to live up to the price. From the production to the vocalization, Tinh Khuc Ngo Thuy Mien is well crafted. She has successfully articulated Ngo Thuy Mien’s music to its full potential. The most outstanding track has to be “Mot Coi Tinh Phai,” in which she has truly captured his essence. When I close my eyes, the images of the song are visible as she describes a picturesque scene of a lonely fall in Paris, “Chieu qua song Sein / co con chim bay cuoi troi / cat len tieng ca ra roi / cuoc tinh sau khon nguoi.”
Fall must be an inspiring season for Ngo Thuy Mien. Both “Noi Dau Muon Mang” and “Trong Noi Nho Muon Mang” demonstrate his passion for the fall season in his descriptive lyrics. Khanh Ha, once again, expresses his words gorgeously as she sways the listeners with her vocals’ manipulation. While she pours her heart on “Noi Dau Muon Mang” to convey the painful soul, her singing is calm on “Trong Noi Nho Muon Mang” to mashup with the tranquil beats. “Mot Doi Lang Quen” is another quiet song, and she flows soothingly to the romantic arrangements.
On the more experimental tracks, Khanh Ha teams up with Thuy Anh for a feel of the blues on “Tinh Khuc Mua Xuan.” With Ngo Thuy Mien’s classic, “Dau Tinh Sau,” her musical producer gives it a makeover up-tempo beat while she makes it sound fresh with her signature style. Speaking of her signature delivery, “Mien Khuc” fits that category completely. It’s the right vocals for the right melodies.
Tinh Khuc Ngo Thuy Mien marks a successful collaboration among writer (Ngo Thuy Mien), singer (Khanh Ha), and musical producers (Duy Cuong, Nguyen Quang, Duy Hanh, and Peter Siebert). Break out the wine glasses, uncork a bottle of Merlot, pop in Tinh Khuc Ngo Thuy Mien, sit back, and enjoy the intimate atmosphere of an evening right at home.
Waiting so long for a review on Khanh Ha music. I enjoy it very much. Thank you!
If I lived in the US, I would definitely support Khanh Ha whatever price she raises.
I will try to find this album in some Saigon music stores.
it is very interesting. I love it very much. Thanks
Another good review, Donny! Khanh Ha understands the psychology of her fans very well: that is, the prices of her albums speak for the quality of her works and singing.
Khanh Ha has put herself in a class and market of her own – like the jazz diva Diana krall – by emphasizing on the quality of her albums and not their quantity. In other words, she does not follow the market. Rather, she chooses her music very well and selectively and comes out with few albums that will stand the test of time! Other singers, on the other hand, don’t understand this simple concept and selling themselves cheap on the market by bombarding listeners with one album after another, just to see them sold for a few bucks in Phuoc Loc Tho a few months after they come out!
The lesson we all can learn from Khanh Ha’s success, as I have pointed out elsewhere on VisualGui, is to know ourselves!
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This is for Khanh Ha…Chi Ha Em Charlie rat ham mo va hanh dien moi khi mua duoc dia nhac cua chi boi vi trong gioi ca si Viet Nam khong co bay nhieu nguoi cat len duoc vong hat vang nhu Whitney Houston. Hon nua chi da tu dua phan keu nghenh voi giong ca vang cua chi va da dat duoc muc Diva trong lanh vuc ca si trong the gioi Viet Nam. Em thanh that chuc chi va Anh Tuan Ngoc se dem den cho chung em (Fans) nhieu CD co gia tri nghe thuat trong nhung nam ket tiep…Tuan Ngoc la nguoi dung hang dau trong lanh vuc nam ca si Viet Nam va chi la hang dau trong the gioi nu.
I am thankful for having you as part of our Vietnanese model. I’m looking forward to hear many quality song from you Miss Diva.
Charlie Nguyen
i thanks you for evrythings
Xin chao chi Khanh Ha va anh Tuan Ngoc em la Uyen dang dinh cu tai Ha Lan, em rat ham mo giong hat cua Chi va anh Tuan khong co bai hat nao ma em khong thich, cam on chi va anh Tuan da dem den cho nguoi viet mot giong hat khong the nao ta duoc, em luc nao co diep sang Paris em cung tim cho duoc nhung dia hat cua chi, em rat ai mo chi va anh Tuan Ngoc, em xin chuc cho anh chi duoc nhieu may mang va mot lan nua em cam on anh chi da dem giong hat em dem va tinh cam cua anh chi cho cong dong nguoi viet nam o xa,
Em Phuong Uyen
Tinh co, toi biet chi qua nhung ca khuc lang mang mang am huong thinh phong, trong mot dia nhac ma toivo tinh nghe duoc.Tu do toi bat dau suu tap nhung bai ha cua chi va luon nghe chi hat khi co thoi gian ranh.Truoc chi,toi hay nghe ca si Anh Tu hat va bay gio cung vay.Va that dang buon AnhTu da ra di mai mai,de lai cho toi bao noi luyen tiec.Hai hinh anh am nhac da lam thay doi cuoc doi toi.Cam on nhe nhung doa hoa doi tuoi tham!