Aloha Milkyway is a compilation album by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads. It was released on August 12, 1998 under BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. in Southeast Asian territories and in the Philippines on October 14.
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| Released | August 8, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1998 | |||
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| Length | 66:47 | |||
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| Producer | Robin Rivera | |||
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The album features the promotional singles “Julie Tearjerky”, “Tamagotchi Baby”, and "With a Smile" from the band's 1994 album Circus.
Content
editThe album contains five new tracks. Lead single “Julie Tearjerky” charted at number one in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia.[2] Oh, Flamingo! later covered the song in 2019 for Pop Machine the Album.[3] The band first performed “Tamagotchi Baby” at the Asia Live Dream '98 for NHK in Tokyo, Japan, where they sang it as “Tama Sushi Baby” to avoid broadcasting issues with the Tamagotchi digital pet brand.[4] "Scorpio Rising" was re-recorded from the Pop-U! demo tape. “Small Room” is an instrumental filler by Marasigan that samples several Eraserheads songs.[5]
Aloha Milkyway also features select English language tracks from the band's previous albums Fruitcake (1996) and Sticker Happy (1997) as well as "With a Smile" from Circus (1994), which was also released as a single. It also includes "Ang Huling El Bimbo" from Cutterpillow (1995), the only song in Tagalog, due to the band having won the MTV Asia's Viewers Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards for its music video the previous year.[6]
Release and promotion
editThe initial pressing for Aloha Milkyway in Singapore at 400 copies sold out on its first day of release.[7] It went on to sell 1,000 copies there and in Indonesia.[6] The band later toured at Singapore in September to promote the album.[8]
In the Philippines, the album sold 20,000 copies on its first day of release in October.[6]
In 2008, BMG reissued Eraserheads's back catalogue, including Aloha Milkyway.[9]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Julie Tearjerky" | Ely Buendia | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Tamagotchi Baby" |
| 4:40 |
| 3. | "Saturn Return" |
| 5:06 |
| 4. | "Scorpio Rising" | Buendia | 5:10 |
| 5. | "Milk And Money" (from Sticker Happy, 1997) | Buendia | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Downtown" (from Sticker Happy, 1997) | Marasigan | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Trip to Jerusalem" (from Fruitcake, 1996) | Buendia | 5:30 |
| 8. | "Andalusian Dog" (from Sticker Happy, 1997) | Buendia | 5:05 |
| 9. | "Hard to Believe" (edited version from the Electric City Mixes promotional single, 1997;[10] original from Sticker Happy, 1997) | Buendia | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Fruitcake" (single version from Fruitcake (EP), 1996) | Buendia | 4:38 |
| 11. | "Small Room" | Marasigan | 3:15 |
| 12. | "Ambi Dextrose" (from Sticker Happy, 1997) | Buendia | 4:55 |
| 13. | "With a Smile" (from Circus, 1995) | Buendia | 4:41 |
| 14. | "Ang Huling El Bimbo" (from Cutterpillow, 1995) | Buendia | 7:27 |
| Total length: | 66:47 | ||
Notes
- "Downtown", "Trip to Jerusalem", and "Ambi Dextrose" are edited from their album versions.
Personnel
editAdapted from the liner notes.[11]
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References
edit- ^ Gonzales, David. "Aloha Milkyway - The Eraserheads | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ Moya, Jove. "Eraserheads and the songs their fans sing forever". Tatler Asia. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ Caña, Paul John. "Reese Lansangan and Tarsius Add Tracks to Eraserheads Tribute Album Pop Machine". Esquire Philippines. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ Lo, Ricky. "10 songs that mean so much to Ely Buendia". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ ""SMALL ROOM" SAMPLES, ETC. FROM LEMON". Schizo Archives. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c Gonzales, David (November 14, 1998). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. p. 63. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "The Eraserheads saga: The making and unmaking of a rock n' roll dream". PEP.ph. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ "Trippin' down the Milkyway (Happening, September 1998)". Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ "Eraserheads - Aloha Milkyway (CD, 2010)". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ "Eraserheads [Promotional CD Single]". schizo's ERASERHEADS DATABASE.
- ^ Aloha Milkyway (album liner notes). Eraserheads. BMG. 1998.
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