Toy and Help Yourself
Toy and Help Yourself are two Cantonese extended plays by Chinese recording artist Faye Wong when she was based in Hong Kong. In 1996, the last year of her recording contract with Cinepoly Records, Wong recorded ten original songs in Cantonese, all with lyrics by Lin Xi, but composed by others such as Wong Ka Keung, Adrian Chan, and Chan Xiao Xia.
These songs were supposed to be released as an album in 1996 or 1997. However, Cinepoly decided to release the ten tracks separately on four occasions. Cinepoly later released eight of these songs in the two EPs entitled Toy and Help Yourself. The other two songs were included in later compilations.
''Toy''
Toy was released in February 1997, during Faye Wong's parental leave where she gave birth to her first child. The EP's cover photo depicts Wong in her home in Beijing, China, having moved back there after several successful years based in Hong Kong.The five tracks on Toy would be Wong's most significant release of new Cantonese songs until her self-titled album in 2001.
''Help Yourself''
Help Yourself followed in May 1997. Although this EP contained new songs, including the hit ballad "On Time", and was welcomed by fans, it received indifferent critical responses, particularly for the three remixes of songs from earlier albums. The album cover was a photograph of Faye Wong taken several years previously.Other songs
Cinepoly's first releases of their remaining original recordings by Faye Wong were as follows:- "不得了" -
- "心驚膽戰"