Circus (Eraserheads album)

Circus
(Clockwise from top) Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro, Buddy Zabala and Raimund Marasigan
Studio album by Eraserheads
Released	October 1994 (1994-10)
Recorded	JR Recording Studios (all tracks except 11 & 18) and Cinema Audio (tracks 11 & 18)1993-1994
Genre	OPM, Rock
Length	59:55
Label	Musiko Records & BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.
Producer	Robin Rivera
Eraserheads chronology
Ultraelectromagneticpop! (1993)Ultraelectromagneticpop!1993 Circus (1994) Cutterpillow (1995)Cutterpillow1995

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 to come in vinyl record format.

The album was reissued by Sony-BMG Entertainment in 2006. This is the first album that uses a sidely inverted letter e, a notable trademark of the band. The album cover was created by visual artist Mark Justiniani. The original artwork is now in a private collection of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

"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.

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.

CD tracks listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Title	Composer(s)	Length/Notes
Bato	Marcus Adoro	4:05 The title is Tagalog for "stone" but in the song's case, it is a slang for methamphetamine.
Sembreak	Raimund Marasigan	4:02
Alapaap	Ely Buendia	4:22
Hey Jay	Buendia	4:38
Minsan	Buendia	4:14
Punk Zappa	Adoro	0:10 Short comments from Marcus Adoro who's credited in the album as "Nito." The title is a word play of Frank Zappa, guitarist for The Mothers of Invention.
Insomya	Adoro and Marasigan	2:01
With A Smile	Buendia	4:37 The band's first-ever music video.
Alkohol	Marasigan	2:53
Wishing Wells	Marasigan	3:32
Kailan	Karing Evangelista, Auraeus Solito, Annie Angala, Buendia, Adoro, Hector Zabala & Marasigan	3:18
No Royalty Album Filler No. 9	Adoro	1:02 Second comments from Adoro.
Magasin	Buendia	4:08 Once featured in a 7-inch vinyl.
Butterscotch	Buendia	4:36 Second and final reference about Buendia going flower power, first said in the fourth song of the Eraserheads' debut album.
Sa Wakas	Buendia	2:35
Prof. Banlaoi's Transcendental Medication After Every Six Months Or Punk Zappa Three	Adoro	1:51 Last set of comments by Adoro.
Wating (**)	Buendia	4:13 Not included in the album's initial release. Added years later.
Kailan Lounge (*)	Evangelista, Solito, Angala, Buendia, Adoro, Zabala & Marasigan	3:19 A lounge version of Kailan.

• CD only bonus track; the theme from the 1994 movie of the same title starring Richard Gomez & Carmina Villaroel; the last part of the song features Carmina Villaroel on vocals
• Hidden track on cassette release

References

• Allmusic Review
• schizo-archives.com

Awards
Preceded by "Ultraelectromagneticpop!" Eraserheads	NU Rock Awards Album of the Year 1995	Succeeded by "Cutterpillow" Eraserheads