UltraElectroMagneticPop!

ultraelectromagneticpop!
Studio album by The Eraserheads
Released	July 1993
Recorded	JR Recording Studios (tracks 5, 6, 9, 12) and Ad & Ad Recording Studio (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Genre	Alternative rock/Pop
Length	43:32
Label	Musiko
Producer	The Eraserheads (credited as Dem), Ed Formoso
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The Eraserheads chronology
Pop U! (1991) UltraElectroMagneticPop! (1993) Circus (1994)

ultraelectromagneticpop! is the debut album of the Filipino alternative rock band The Eraserheads, it was released by Sony BMG Music Philippines Inc. (Formerly BMG Records Pilipinas, Inc.) in 1993. UltraElectroMagneticPop! spawned hit songs such as "Ligaya", "Tindahan Ni Aling Nena", and "Pare Ko". The album brought the underground Philippine college rock scene into public awareness and the emergence of "Eraserheadsmania" because of successive hit singles and sold-out concerts. The CD version of the album comes with lyrics but the cassette tape version does not.

History

Though Ultra was their debut album, most of the songs were recycled from original compositions that were written since their college days in 1989. Hoping to have their songs published, the band recorded a demo tape in 1991 and shopped around record labels and radio stations, only to be rejected at every turn. A friend-professor from their school, UP Diliman, helped them record an improved version of the demo tape which was named Pop U!, a play on the invective "fuck you", in response to the people who turned them down. After a year of being passed around the underground music scene, the demo tape made its way to the hands of BMG Records (Philippines), who signed a three-year contract with the band.

The title of the album is a pun on ultraelectromagnetic tops, one of the weapons of the Japanese anime serial Voltes V, which was massively broadcast in the Philippines.

About the album

1. Pare Ko and Walang Hiyang Pare Ko are actually the same song. The latter is a clean, radio-friendly version of the former.
2. Toyang was slightly inspired by Too Young, a composition written by Sylvia Dee and Sidney Lippman which was well-known for Nat King Cole's rendition. The song also makes reference to several Filipino folk songs and as well as the Paul McCartney-penned Silly Love Songs. Buendia's inspiration behind the song was his then long time college girlfriend, Victoria Cayago.

Track listing

1. "Easy Ka Lang" ("Take It Easy")
2. "Maling Akala" ("Wrong Assumption")
3. "Pare Ko" ("My Buddy")
4. "Shake Yer Head"
5. "Ganjazz"
6. "Toyang"
7. "Ligaya" ("Joy")
8. "Tindahan Ni Aling Nena" ("Ms. Nena's Store")
9. "Honky-Toinks Granny"
10. "Shirley"
11. "Walang Hiyang Pare Ko" (My Shameless Buddy)
12. "Combo on the Run"

References

• Filipino Music Lyrics: eraserheads discography

Awards
Preceded by New award	NU Rock Awards Album of the Year 1994	Succeeded by "CiRcuS" Eraserheads