Ten Storeys
Kenny Khoo
The promising debut album from local singer-songwriter Kenny Khoo is unabashedly commercial and it can already be said to be a success in this regard, as it topped the authoritative G-Music album chart in Taiwan, ahead of Cantopop god of song Eason Chan no less.
Opening track Wounded is an easy-on-the-ear ballad as he emotes: “Why is it that the ground is littered with those wounded by love/Who can say/Everything in love is worth it.”
Care has been taken, though, not to have him pinned down as a sensitive balladeer – he shows that he is versatile enough as a singer to take on upbeat numbers such as Phoenix and Against All Odds.
While the album is a little raw in parts and occasionally slightly off diction, it is encouraging that he composed all of the music and had a hand in all of the lyrics as well.
(ST)