''Transit'' is the second

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, released on September 8, 2006, and their first under

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. The album was certified

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(PARI) with sales of 40,000 physical CD copies to date. ''Transit'' spawned a carrier single, "Bitiw", which was released to radio stations on August 23. In 2008, ''Transit'' was re-released as ''Transit Deluxe'', which features additional songs, acoustic versions of songs, a cover song by APO Hiking Society, and a radio edit version, as well as a

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(VCD) containing music videos. In late 2013, ''Transit Deluxe'' was re-issued as part of ''Palabas & Transit Collection'', a release that also includes the standard edition of Sponge Cola's debut album ''

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''; this release does not include a VCD.

Background

In an interview, Yael Yuzon explained, "I think on the first record we just wanted to have an album out as a collection of songs written from high school; while on Transit, we wanted to push the limits of our song-writing so we took a creatively different approach for every song."

In popular culture

The single "Bitiw" was used as a theme song for the television series ''

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''. It was also performed in the second season of ''

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'', when Yael Yuzon dueted with

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, the latter of whom impersonated Yael.

Track listing

Transit Deluxe (VCD)

Transit Deluxe (2008)/Palabas & Transit Collection(2013)

Members

*Yael Yuzon - vocals, rhythm guitar *Gosh Dilay - bass guitar, additional guitar (track 12) *Erwin Armovit - lead guitar *Chris Cantada - drums, additional guitar (track 12), backing vocals Additional Musicians *Patrick Tirano - Additional Vocals (track 2,11), Additional Guitars (track 5,6) *Bea Garcia - Additional Vocals (track 4) *Yan Yuzon - Keyboards (track 6,9), Additional Guitars (track 6) *Yosef Garcia - Additional Vocals (track 9)

Album Credits

*Executive Producer: Sponge Cola, Raymund R. Fabul, Kathleen Dy-Go *Track 2,6 & 10 Co Produced by: Yan Yuzon *Engineered & Mixed By: Patrick Tirano *Recorded at: Wombworks Studios Except "Nakapagtataka" Recorded at Sound Creation Studios by Shinji Tanaka *Mastered By: Zach Lucero *Additional Samples For "Nocturnal" Recorded at: Knives Studios *Album Design & Concept by: Ginio & Sponge Cola *CD Graphics, Artistic Direction: GOrio/Multimedia Productions *Photography: Paolo Pineda *Wardrobe: Guada Reyes *Hair & Make Up: Cathy Cantada

References

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