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RIVERMAYA
HOMEPAGE
the
album
The band has released three albums already.
The first album was
RiverMaya's self-titled album. It released four songs including "Ulan",
"Awit ng Kabataan", "214" and "Bring Me Down".
The second album was
entitled, "Trip". It has released songs like "Himala", "Panahon na
Naman", and "Kisapmata".
The latest album,
"Atomic Bomb," was a major hit in Metro Manila. They released the
third and
latest album on
January 31, 1997 with all the 12 power-packed cuts. It is equally
divided into
English (6 cuts)
and Filipino (6 cuts). There is even a bonus cut on the CD. The songs
were
written by Rico
Blanco, Nathan Azarcon, and Bamboo. It features a song -- Saturday
(Bakit
Ako?) -- with
the lead vocals of Nathan Azarcon and Mark Escueta -- with Bamboo and Rico
backing up. In
short, the whole band sings on this song. Two of the songs -- Luha
and If --
feature
string arrangements by Mel Villena. These were played by six-piece string
section
composed of members from the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recording began
in July buy went into full swing by October. Altogether the album
took some
4 months to prepare.
The band worked through the Christmas season -- even on December 24 --
to finish the album on time.
The first carrier
single was "Hinahanap-Hanap Kita", written and produced by Rico Blanco.
The
second single, just released to Monster Radio RX 93.1 , is "ELESI".
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