UltraElectroMagneticPop! is the debut album of the Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 alternative rock band The Eraserheads

The Eraserheads

Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a Filipino rock band of the 90s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro. The band is one of the most successful, critically acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of OPM...

, 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

College rock

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 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

Contract

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 with the band.

The title of the album is a pun

Pun

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 on ultraelectromagnetic tops, one of the weapons of the Japanese

Japanese people

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 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 serial Voltes V

Voltes V

is a Japanese anime television series that was first aired on TV Asahi starting June 4, 1977. It was created by Saburo Yatsude and directed by Tadao Nagahama...

, which was massively broadcast in the Philippines

Philippines

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.

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
   Too Young
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   , a composition written by Sylvia Dee and Sidney Lippman which was well-known for Nat King Cole
   Nat King Cole
   Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
   
   's rendition. The song also makes reference to several Filipino folk songs and as well as the Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
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   -penned Silly Love Songs
   Silly Love Songs
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   . 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
   Pare Ko
   Pare Ko is a song by the Eraserheads. It was included in their debut album, UltraElectroMagneticPop! It was the band's third hit single...
   
   " ("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"