There are none level with BEYOND
Because words don't describe Beyond
List all Beyond CD's I own
There is not much I can say that will convey the love I hold for this band.
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Incomplete lists:
Albums
Chronology
| Beyond are the best band in the world, not only because of their skill, but because of the massive variety of their style.
When I started at boarding school I recorded a large amount of Cantonese music directly onto tape, many artists and many cds. Recording an odd song from each source - if I liked a song I would record it.
A while later I decided I should find out who the artists were, and the names of the songs. This is coincidental with my learning basic Cantonese. I found that over half the songs I had recorded were by the same band - Beyond.
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I realized they use more than one style, they can do rock, love ballad and pop-rock. Wong Ka Kui is the most beautiful singer in the world - his voice is steady, rhythmical and emotional. Even in a foreign language that I could not understand, this voice spoke straight to my heart.
He died in June 1993 after falling 3 meters from a stage on a live gameshow in Japan.
They are not like other bands, and Wong Ka Kui was not like most people.
The right songs from Beyond routinely reduce me to tears, in memory of the band, their emotion and music, and the memory of myself discovering Beyond.
Their new material, with new members and skills, is different. It is equally exciting but harsher and heavier than ever before, Wong Ka Kui's faithful brother, Ka Keung, is carrying the torch on for Beyond, but somehow, without Ka Kui, Beyond's modern albums do not inspire my tears anymore.
| | Some Albums (very incomplete) |
| 1986 | 'Goodbye Faith' | Cassette | |
| 1987 - Jul | Arabian Dancing Girl | 1st Album | Polygram
(and 1989 on Cinepoly) |
| Modern Stage | | |
| 1988 | Secret Police | | Cinepoly #1 |
| 1989 - Jul | Beyond IV | 4th Album | Cinepoly #2 |
| True Testimony | | Cinepoly #3 |
| 1990 - Jun | The Earth (mn) | | |
| Fate Party | | Cinepoly #4 |
| 1991 - Sep | Deliberate | 7th Album | |
| 1992 - Jul | Revolution | 8th Album | WEA records |
| 1992 - Sep | Beyond (jp) | | |
| 1992 - End | (mn) | | Rock Records |
| 1993 - May | Rock 'n Roll | 9th Album | WEA Records |
| 1993 | 92-93 | | WEA Records |
| 1994 - Jun | 2nd Floor Rear Portion | 10 Album | Rock Records |
| 1994 - Sep | Paradise (mn) | | |
| 1995 - Jun | Sound | 11th Album | Rock Records |
| 1996 - Mar | EP Live | EP | 5 New tracks |
| 1996 - May | Live & Basic | | Live |
| 1997 | 86-88 | Compilation | Polygram |
| 1997 - Dec | Surprise | | Rock Records |
| | Some Chronology (very incomplete) |
| 1983 | Wong Kah-Kui + Yip Sai-Wing + two other friends form "Beyond".
Wong Ka Keung joined later when the bass guitarist left. Lau Chi-Yuen joined in. |
| 1985 | One of the guitarist left, Paul Wong Koon-Chung joins. Debut concert. |
| 1986 | First cassette "Goodbye Faith". They became the most important underground band in Hong Kong. |
| 1987 Jan | First E.P."Waiting Forever" by Polygram. |
| 1987 July | First album "Arabian Dancing Girl". |
| Modern Stage |
| 1988 | Album "Secret Police" |
| 1988 Sep | Joined Cinepoly Records, Lau Chi-Yuen left the band. |
| 1988 Oct | Concert in Beijing. |
| 1989 Jul | 4th album "Beyond IV". |
| Album "True Testimony" |
| 1989 Dec | concert for 7 evenings in Elizabeth Stadium |
| 1990 Jun | first Mandarin album "The Earth". |
| 1991 Sep | 7th album "Deliberate". concerted for 5 evenings in Hong Kong Coliseum. Joined Amuse and Fun House in Japan |
| 1992 Jul | Joined WEA records, Cantonese album "Revolution". |
| 1992 Sep | Released Japanese album "Beyond". |
| 1993 May | 9th Cantonese album "Rock'n Roll". |
| 1993 | WEA compilation, 92-93 best of |
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| 1993 Jun | Guitarist and lead singer Wong Kah-Kui passed away in an accident. |
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| 1993 Nov | First public appearance after the death of Ka Kui : "Composer Tribute's Night" by Commercial Radio |
| 1994 Feb | Joined Rock Records. |
| 1994 Jun | Cantonese album "2nd Floor Rear Portion" - their first release after the death of Kah-Kui. |
| 1994 Sep | Mandarin album "Paradise". |
| 1995 Jun | Cantonese album "Sound". |
| 1995 Aug | Concert in the outdoor yard in front of Hong Kong Culture Centre. |
| 1996 Feb | Cantonese E.P. "Beyond's Bright Life". |
| 1996 Mar | Concert for 4 evenings in Hong Kong Coliseum. EP - 5 New tracks |
| 1996 May | Concert for 2 evenings in Malaysia. Released their live double CD "Beyond : Live & Basic". |
| 1996 Jun | Released their live LD and Karaoke "Beyond : Live & Basic". |
| 1997 | Polygram released compilation 86-88 best of. |
| 1997 Dec | Album "Surprise" |
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