Carbon Stereoxide

Carbon Stereoxide is the Eraserheads' seventh and final studio album^[1][2][3]. It featured a theme darker than previous albums. Released in March 2001 by Sony BMG Music Philippines, Inc. (Formerly BMG Records Pilipinas, Inc.), it was to be the last album featuring Ely Buendia as the band's lead singer. It contains 18 tracks and was released in both CD and cassette formats came with a free VCD featuring the making of the "Maskara" video, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.

Initial copies of the album came with a promotional Eraserheads "masks" set^[1].

Reception

David Gonzales of AllMusic described the album as "another bewildering mess", referring to the band's previous release. He considered the album's first two opening tracks (Ultrasound and Maskara) as "good alternative rock songs" although he noted that "these songs won't appeal to a wide range of listeners, which, perhaps, is no longer a matter of concern for the Eraserheads.", and criticized most of the album as "pointless and meandering".^[5]

The Philippine edition of FHM ranked the album in its 100th issue special in a selection of albums released during the magazine's first publishing in 2002 until 2008.

Track listing

1. "Ultrasound" – 4:21
2. "Maskara" ("Mask") – 4:11
3. "How Far Will U Go" – 3:05
4. "Bloodtest" – 0:43
5. "Wala" ("Nothing")– 7:14
6. "Hula" ("Guess") – 3:06
7. "Photo Synth" – 0:32
8. "Palamig" ("Coolant") – 4:22
9. "Out Of Sight" – 3:09
10. "Super Vision" – 0:18
11. "Paint Stripper" – 3:28
12. "Escalator Alligator" – 1:14
13. "Playground" – 4:12
14. "Omnesia" – 4:14
15. "OK Comprende" – 0:27
16. "Pula" ("Red") – 5:26
17. "Outside" – 5:32
18. "Acid Eyes" – 0:19

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