Circus (Eraserheads album)

Circus (stylized CiRcuS) is the second studio album released by Filipino alternative rock group Eraserheads in 1994. Hits from Circus are "Alapaap", "Sembreak", "Kailan" (originally a musical number from the play Manhid by Auraeus Solito), "Magasin", and "With a Smile". It is also the last album of the band with singles released in the vinyl record format.

The album was reissued by Sony-BMG Entertainment in 2006. This is the first album that uses an inverted letter E, a notable trademark of the band. The album cover was created by visual artist Mark Justiniani. The original artwork is now with the artist’s son.

"Wating" is the theme song for the 1994 Filipino movie of the same name, starring Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaroel. It does not appear on the original cassette release. The last part of the song features Carmina Villaroel on vocals.

The album was re-released as a 25th anniversary remastered edition on November 15, 2019.^[1]^[2] The album was also released for the first time on vinyl as a two 45 rpm LP set and remastered by Bernie Grundman.^[3]

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Commercial performance

This album sold more than 200,000 copies as of 2012, which was certified seven times platinum by Philippine Association of the Record Industry and this also remained as their second best selling studio album of all time throughout their efforts as a band.

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bato"	Marcus Adoro	4:04
2.	"Sembreak"	Raimund Marasigan	4:04
3.	"Alapaap"	Ely Buendia	4:23
4.	"Hey Jay"	Buendia	4:39
5.	"Minsan"	Buendia	4:15
6.	"Punk Zappa"	Adoro	0:10
7.	"Insomya"	Adoro Marasigan	2:03
8.	"With a Smile"	Buendia	4:39
9.	"Alkohol"	Marasigan	2:53
10.	"Wishing Wells"	Marasigan	3:33
11.	"Kailan"	Buendia Adoro Hector Zabala Marasigan Annie Angala Karing Evangelista Auraeus Solito	3:14
12.	"No Royalty Album Filler No. 9"	Adoro	1:02
13.	"Magasin"	Buendia	4:10
14.	"Butterscotch"	Buendia	4:36
15.	"Sa Wakas"	Buendia Angala	2:35
16.	"Prof. Banlaoi's Transcendental Medication After Every Six Months Or Punk Zappa Three"	Adoro	1:53
Total length:			52:13

CD Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"Wating"	Buendia	4:14
18.	"Kailan Lounge"	Buendia Adoro Zabala Marasigan Angala Evangelista Solito	3:18
Total length:			59:45

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes.^[5]

Eraserheads

Ely Buendia – vocals (tracks 2–5, 8, 10–11, 13–15, 17–18), acoustic guitar, tambourine
Marcus Adoro – electric guitar, vocals (tracks 1, 6, 12, 16)
Buddy Zabala – bass, keyboards
Raymund Marasigan – drums, vocals (tracks 7, 9–10)

Additional musicians

Carmina Villarroel – vocals (track 17)

Production

Robin Rivera – production, mixing (tracks 5, 15, 17)
Lito Palco – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–14, 16, 18), engineering
Dindo Aldecoa – engineering
Buddy Medina – executive production
Rudy Tee – executive production
Vic Valenciano – A&R

Design

Mark Justiniani – cover painting
Mario Joson – art direction, design
Grace Torres – art direction, design

References

^ Fallore, Renuel (November 15, 2019). "Lift Your Head! Eraserheads' 'Circus' Album Gets Remastered For 25th Anniversary". Myx. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
^ Malig, Kaela (November 8, 2019). "Remastered Eraserheads classic 'Circus' to stream starting Nov. 15". GMA Integrated News. Archived from the original on September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
^ "WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS 🎪". Facebook. March 12, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ "Allmusic review".
^ Circus (album liner notes). Eraserheads. BMG. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

v t e Eraserheads
Ely Buendia Buddy Zabala Marcus Adoro Raimund Marasigan
Studio albums	Ultraelectromagneticpop! Circus Cutterpillow Fruitcake Sticker Happy Natin99 Carbon Stereoxide
EPs and demos	Fruitcake Bananatype Please Transpose EP
Live albums	Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08
Compilations	Aloha Milkyway Eraserheads: The Singles Eraserheads Anthology Eraserheads Anthology Two
Singles	"Ligaya" "Toyang" "Pare Ko" "Alapaap" "With a Smile" "Magasin" "Superproxy" "Ang Huling El Bimbo"
Films	Run Barbi Run Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert
Related articles	Discography Pupil Francis M. Michael V. The Oktaves Sandwich Pedicab Cambio The Dawn Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album

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