Fruitcake (Eraserheads album)

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Fruitcake
Fruitcake cover
Studio album by The Eraserheads
Released 1996
Genre Alternative rock/pop
Label BMG Records
Producer Robin Rivera
The Eraserheads chronology
Cutterpillow
(1995)
Fruitcake
(1996)
Sticker Happy
(1997)

Fruitcake is the fourth commercial album of the Eraserheads, released in 1996 by BMG Records (Pilipinas). It is also the official Christmas album and accompanied by a separate storybook, also called Fruitcake.

The release of Fruitcake is preceded by the release of a limited cassette/ cd single version, also called Fruitcake. The cassette/cd single version contains three songs, including a different version of the song Fruitcake and another song called Christmas Alphabet which is not found in the official Fruitcake album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Fruitcake
  2. Shadow
  3. Flat Tire
  4. Shadow Boxes Accountants
  5. Gatekeeper
  6. Old Fashioned Christmas Carol
  7. Styrosnow
  8. Trip to Jerusalem
  9. Shadow Reads The News Today, Oh Boy
  10. Fruit Fairy
  11. The Fabulous Baker Boy
  12. Lord Of The Rhum
  13. Lightyears
  14. Christmas Ball
  15. Mono Virus
  16. shadow@buttholesurfs.com
  17. Rise and Shine
  18. Santa Ain't Comin' No Mo'
  19. Christmas Party
  20. Hitchin' A Ride
  21. Christmas Morning
  22. Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too

[edit] Trivia

  1. Prior to the song Fruit Cake, the first song, the album starts with a seemingly gibberish opening theme. But it's actually Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too played in reverse.
  2. This is the only album of the Eraserheads that doesn't contain songs sang in Tagalog.
  3. Shadow Boxes Accountants, Shadow Reads The News Today, Oh Boy and shadow@buttholesurfs.com are piano instrumentals by Buddy Zabala.
  4. Among the albums of the Eraserheads, this one has the most songs.

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