Cui Jian discography

Cui Jian discography
Cui in 1993
Studio albums11
Soundtrack albums7
Live albums1
Compilation albums5
Tribute albums1
Singles7
Video albums4
Music videos8
Split albums1
Remix albums1

The following is the discography of Chinese singer-songwriter and musician Cui Jian. Since the release of Contemporary European and American Popular Jazz Disco in 1984, Cui has produced and taken part in recording a prolific number of albums. Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March is officially considered to be the first solo album by him. Until 2002, Cui has sold 12 million officially counted genuine copies. However, at least 80 percent of tapes containing his music in China are pirated copies. It is estimated that his total album sales have reached approximately 100 million copies when the bootleg recordings are included.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Certifications
Contemporary European and American Popular Jazz Disco (当代欧美流行爵士Disco)
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: China Audio & Video Publishing
I'll Tell You in My Dream (梦中的倾诉)
Returning Wanderer (浪子归)
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Shenzhen Audio and Video, BMG, Rock
Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March
(新长征路上的摇滚)
  • Released: April 1989
  • Label: Beyoung, Jingwen, Coden, EMI
  • IFPI HKTooltip International Federation of the Phonographic Industry: Platinum
  • RIT: 2x Platinum
Solution (解决)
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Jingwen, East West, EMI, Coden, UFO
Balls Under the Red Flag (红旗下的蛋)
  • Released: August 1994
  • Label: Jingwen, East West, EMI
The Power of the Powerless (无能的力量)
  • Released: April 1998
  • Label: Jingwen, East West, EMI
Show You Colour (给你一点颜色)
  • Released: March 23, 2005
  • Label: Jingwen, East West
Frozen Light (光冻)
A Flying Dog (飞狗)
  • Released: August 27, 2021
  • Label: Zhengdong, UMG

As Seven-Player Band

Title Album details
With Seven-Player Band (七合板演唱专辑)
  • Released: 1987
  • Labels: China Travel & Tourism Press
  • Formats: LP

Remix albums

Title Details Notes
A Revolution Re-mixed. The Disordered Sound Of Cui Jian
(新长征路上的电子摇滚, literally "Electronic Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March")
  • Released: June 20, 2007
  • Label: East West
  • Format: CD, vinyl record
 Collaborated with DJ Hyper, Hybrid, and Sugar Daddy.

Split albums

Year Album details
Wang Hong Cui Jian (王虹☆崔健)
(with Wang Hong [zh])
  • Released: 1990
  • Labels: Jingwen
  • Formats: LP

Live albums

Title Album details
Cui Jian Beijing Concert
  • Released: 1993
  • Labels: Jingwen
  • Formats: LP

Box sets

Title Album details
Serve the People
  • Released: 2011
  • Labels: Jingwen
  • Formats: CD

Soundtrack albums

Year Album Notes Ref.
1986 The Legend of Shireet (希热图的传说) Performing the theme song "Injured Eagle" (受伤的苍鹰).
Paint A Rainbow (调色板)
1988 Please Take Care (请多多关照) Performing the theme song "The Moment of Love" (爱的瞬间).
1990 Island of Fire (火燒島)
1993 Beijing Bastards (北京杂种)
2000 Devils on the Doorstep (鬼子来了)
2001 Roots and Branches (我的兄弟姐妹)

Compilation albums

Year Album details
Best of Cui Jian: 1986–1996
  • Released: 1996
  • Labels: East West
  • Formats: CD
Cui Jian Best Album
  • Released: 1997
  • Labels: Woongjin Music
  • Formats: CD
Cui Jian: The Beginning 1986-1998
  • Released: 2003
  • Labels: Bailong Music
  • Formats: CD
Best Of Cui Jian 1986-1996
  • Released: June 5, 2006
  • Labels: EMI
  • Formats: CD
The 3rd Sound of China
  • Released: April 16, 2013
  • Labels: East West
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CHN TME
"Far away"
(在遠方)		 1989 — Returning Wanderer
"Fake Monk"
(假行僧)		 1989 — Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March
"Piece of Red Cloth"
(一块红布)		 1991 — Solution
"Wild on the Snow"
(快让我在这雪地上撒点儿野)		 —
"Last Shot"
(最後一槍)		 — Island of Fire Movie Soundtrack Sampler
"I Have Nothing"
(一無所有)		 2006 — Wang Hong Cui Jian
"A Flying Dog"
(飞狗)		 2021 3 A Flying Dog

Video albums

Year Video details Notes
Cui Jian Concert
  • Released: 1997
  • Distributor: Beiying
  • Format: VCD
Cui Jian Chinese Rock Concert
  • Released: 2000
  • Distributor: New Era Video
  • Format: VCD
Cui Jian Super Live
  • Released: November 2007
  • Distributor: East West
  • Format: VCD, DVD-5
Rock Symphony Live Concert
  • Released: August 23, 2017
  • Distributor: Sony Music
  • Format: DVD, CD
 Includes the full recordings of the 2010 Rock Symphony Live Concert.

Music videos

Year Music video Director
1991 "Piece of Red Cloth" Zhang Yuan
"Wild on the Snow"
"Last Shot"
1994 "Flying"
1995 "Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March" Unknown
2005 "Mr. Red" Lao Jiang
2015 "Outside Girl" Cui Jian
"No Turning Back"
2021 "A Flying Dog"
"The B-Side of Time"

Other album appearances

Year Song(s) Album Notes Ref.
1985 "Happy Night" (欢乐之夜) Sun of Love (爱的太阳)
"I Can Not Tell You" (我无法告诉你) It's Stii Raining Heavily (大雨还在下)
"Meet and Separate" (相遇又分离)
"Hui" (迴) Light The Sun (点燃太阳)
"Dance of Youth" (青春舞曲) Cover from Lo Ta-yu.
"Step Around The World" (走遍天涯路) Foreign Country Music (外国乡村音乐)
"Left and Right" (左右)
"Busy" (忙碌)
"Upper Class Girl" (上层姑娘) Sings in English.
"Monologue of the Heart" (心的独白) Shining New Stars [zh] (星新星)
1986 "Filling the World with Love" (让世界充满爱) Filling the World with Love (让世界充满爱) Participate in the choir.
"Nothing to My Name" (一无所有) Live version.
Nationwide 100 Star Singers Collection, Vol. 1 (全国百名歌星荟萃精选1) First studio version of "Nothing to My Name".
"It's Not That I Don't Understand" (不是我不明白)
"No" (没有) Five Color Spectrum (五色谱)
"Smile To the World" (世界的微笑)
"Only Love" (唯有爱) Your Eyes (你的眼睛) Sings with female singer Yu Jiayi.
"You'll Come Back Today" (今天你将归来)
"Your Eyes" (你的眼睛)
"Desert of Love" (爱的荒漠) Smile of the World (世界的微笑)
"Say Goodbye" (告别)
1987 "Last Shot" (最后一枪) Nameless Highland: China Red Singing Stars Golden Song Collection, Vol. 1 (无名高地——中国红歌星金曲选第一集)
"We All Love Disco" (我们都喜爱迪斯科) Ah-Ge, Chase (阿哥，追)
"Where" (在哪里)
"Ah-Ge, Chase" (阿哥，追)
"Joy and Freedom" (欢乐和自由)
"Dance, Sing" (跳吧，唱吧)
"Still Love You" (仍然爱你) Local Customs and Practices (风土人情) Sings in English.
"Fear" (恐惧)
"Filling the World with Love" (让世界充满爱) Cui Jian, Hu Xiaoqing, Li Fangfang, and Yao Lin sing together.
1988 "Child's Dream" (孩子的梦幻) Dream Lover (梦中情人)
"Speechless" (无言) Star Singers Pop Chart (歌星龙虎榜)
"Legend of Love" (爱的传说) Sings with female singer Hu Xiaoqing.
1989 "Mo Li Hua" (茉莉花) Fate Card (命运纸牌) Cui Jian, Yang Leqiang, and Wen Bo sing together.
1993 ""OCTOBER" The 4th Year of One Hundred Years of Solitute 1987" (1987 百年之孤寂第四年－拾月) Noise/Zuni (進念聲音)
1997 "Get Over That Day" (超越那一天) Born on July 1 (七月一日生)
2023 "Tea in the Sahara" Police Beyond Borders Cover from The Police.

Cui as an accompanist

Year Artist Title Songs Notes
1993 Chen Jing Red Rope
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Great Earth Records
 All nine songs (harmonica, trumpet)
1995 Zang Tianshuo My Ten Years
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Shanghai Audiovisual Company
 "Compatibility" (trumpet)
1996 Liu Yuan Dreaming of Peach Blossom "Yesterday" (trumpet), "Improvising Hour" (harmonica), "Jazz" (trumpet) Liu Yuan's debut album. Cui was involved in the composition of "Improvising Hour" and appeared in its music video.
Zhou Ren Extortion "Dizzy" (trumpet)
1997 Zi Yue Vol.1
  • Released: April 1997
  • Label: Jingwen
 All nine songs (director, keyboard, mixing)
1999 Rock'n Roll Classics China the 20th Century 1
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Jingwen
 "In Front of the Thing" (keyboard, trumpet, backing vocal)
Rock'n Roll Classics China the 20th Century 2
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Jingwen
 "Relatively" (keyboard)
69 Wuliao Contingent
  • Released: August 1999
  • Label: Jingwen
 "10000 Years Punk" (trumpet solo)
2012 Luo Ning Unknown Journey
  • Released: September 2012
  • Label: Rhymoi Music
 "Unknown Journey" (trumpet)
2021 The Continuation of the Breath
  • Released: April 2021
  • Label: self-issued
 "The Continuation of the Breath" (trumpet)

References

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  2. ↑ Yang Eun-kyung (January 18, 2002). "中 '록의 대부' 최건 첫 내한". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean).
  3. ↑ "Chinese rocker prepares legal action against copyright pirates". UPI. November 13, 1992.
  4. ↑ Oliver August (March 7, 2003). "Satisfaction at last for protest rocker banned by Beijing". The Times.
  5. ↑ "1990". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Hong Kong (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on October 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Kang Ning (2013). "由崔健的摇滚浅析中国摇滚的主题性". Music Space (in Chinese (China)). No. 8. Guizhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles. p. 102.
  7. ↑ Paul Pennay (August 4, 2007). "Cui Jian to Perform at Beijing Pop Festival". The Beijinger.
  8. ↑ Zhai Yi (February 7, 2002). "谈"为某楼盘献唱" 崔健:我觉得商演没什么(图)". Morning Post (in Chinese (China)).
  9. ↑ "March 2021" (in Chinese (China)). Tencent Music.
  10. ↑ Wang Lin (September 22, 2017). "崔健新专辑《摇滚交响音乐会》 跨界尝试"摇滚乐+交响乐"". Beijing Evening News (in Chinese (China)).
  11. ↑ Wang Xinjiang (July 15, 2010). "脱光，镜鉴美丑——感悟崔健的歌". Caixin (in Chinese (China)).
  12. ↑ "我拍崔健十三年". The paper (in Chinese (China)). November 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ Steven Schwankert (December 23, 2015). "Cui Jian Releases 14-Minute Video for "Outside Girl"". The Beijinger.
  14. ↑ "崔健 顺流而下，逆流而上". Banyuetan Magazine (in Chinese (China)). October 17, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Stewart Copeland Announces New Album Police Beyond Borders— The Police's Greatest Hits With Musicians From Around The World". Shore Fire. August 7, 2023.