''Aloha Milkyway'' is a

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by the Philippine alternative rock band

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. It was released on August 12, 1998 under BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. in Southeast Asian territories and in the Philippines on October 14. The album features the promotional singles “Julie Tearjerky”, “Tamagotchi Baby”, and " With a Smile" from the band's 1994 album ''

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''.

Content

The album contains five new tracks. Lead single “Julie Tearjerky” charted at number one in

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, and

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. Oh, Flamingo! later covered the song in 2019 for '' Pop Machine the Album''. The band first performed “Tamagotchi Baby” at the Asia Live Dream '98 for

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, where they sang it as “Tama Sushi Baby” to avoid broadcasting issues with the

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digital pet brand. "Scorpio Rising" was re-recorded from the ''Pop-U!'' demo tape. “Small Room” is an instrumental filler by Marasigan that samples several Eraserheads songs. ''Aloha Milkyway'' also features select English language tracks from the band's previous albums ''

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'' (1996) and ''

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'' (1997) as well as " With a Smile" from ''

'' (1994), which was also released as a single. It also includes " Ang Huling El Bimbo" from ''

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'' (1995), the only song in Tagalog, due to the band having won the

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's Viewers Choice Award at the

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for its music video the previous year.

Release and promotion

The initial pressing for ''Aloha Milkyway'' in

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at 400 copies sold out on its first day of release. It went on to sell 1,000 copies there and in

. The band later toured at Singapore in September to promote the album. In the Philippines, the album sold 20,000 copies on its first day of release in October. In 2008, BMG reissued Eraserheads's back catalogue, including ''Aloha Milkyway''.

Track listing

Notes * "Downtown", "Trip to Jerusalem", and "Ambi Dextrose" are edited from their album versions.

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes. Eraserheads *

Ely Buendia Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970) is a Filipino musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Eraserheads, with whom he has released seven albums since their founding in 1 ...

- vocals, guitars *

Buddy Zabala Hector "Buddy" Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971) is a Filipino musician and producer. He is currently the bassist of Filipino pop band Moonstar88, and widely known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band the E ...

- bass, back-up vocals *

Marcus Adoro Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro (born December 31, 1971) is a Filipino musician who was the lead guitarist of the Eraserheads, a Filipino alternative rock band in the 1990s. He is also known by the stage name or band name Markus Highway. He is al ...

- lead guitar *

Raimund Marasigan Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) is a Filipino musician and record producer. He is best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Eraserheads. Marasigan has been described as "the busiest man in the Pinoy music scen ...

- drums, vocals Production * Robin Rivera - production * Angee Rozul - recording, mixing * Lito Palco - recording, mixing * Rudy Tee - executive production * Vic Valenciano - A&R * Romel Sanchez - A&R Design * Cynthia Bauzon - sleeve design * Dino Ignacio - art direction

References

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