Fruitcake (album)

Fruitcake
Studio album by Eraserheads
Released 1996
Recorded Tracks Studio
Cinema Audio (string section on Track 13)
Genre Rock, OPM
Length 73:27
Label Greater East Asia Music
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BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc.
Producer Rudy Tee (exec.), Robin Rivera
Eraserheads chronology
Fruitcake EP
(1996)		 Fruitcake
(1996)		 Bananatype
(1997)

Fruitcake is the fourth commercial and only concept album of the Filipino band Eraserheads, released in 1996 by Sony BMG Music Philippines Inc. (formerly BMG Records Pilipinas, Inc.) It is also the official Christmas album and was accompanied by a separate storybook, also called Fruitcake. It can be categorized as a musical itself and to date, there has only been one theater musical adaptation of it - the Eraserheads' Fruitcake Musical 2010.

The release of Fruitcake is preceded by the release of a limited cassette EP version which was later released as a CD, also called Fruitcake. The cassette and 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. The album is the band's longest in terms of duration, lasting 73 minutes.

Track listing

Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]
# Title Writer/s Notes Length
1. Fruitcake Ely Buendia The song starts with the album's final track played in backwards masking. Fruitcake comes in two versions; the album version and the standard version The standard version, which is slightly shorter, is what's used in the band's compilations, radio broadcasts, and videoke entrees 5:00
2. Shadow E. Buendia 2:37
3. Flat Tire Raimund Marasigan, Jeng Tan 4:10
4. Shadow Boxes Accountants Hector Zabala Piano instrumental by Buddy Zabala 1:02
5. Gatekeeper R. Marasigan 2:43
6. Old Fashioned Christmas Carol E. Buendia Some lyrics borrowed from "Silver Bells", "Jingle Bells", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Joy to the World", "Silent Night", "Whispering Hope" and "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" 4:38
7. Styrosnow E. Buendia 2:15
8. Trip to Jerusalem E. Buendia In Philippine culture, "Trip to Jerusalem" is an alternative name to musical chairs.

This song has a music video

 6:15
9. Shadow Reads the News Today, Oh Boy H. Zabala Second piano solo by Zabala. The title is a reference to a line from the Beatles song "A Day in the Life" 0:27
10. Fruit Fairy H. Zabala, Earnest Mangulabnan, R. Marasigan 2:49
11. The Fabulous Baker Boy H. Zabala 5:00
12. Lord of the Rhum Marcus Adoro The only song on the album written by Marcus Adoro. 4:02
13. Lightyears E. Buendia The words "north of nowhere" and "south of somewhere" in the lyrics are the names for the sides of the album's cassette 4:18
14. Christmas Ball R. Marasigan, J. Tan 3:19
15. Mono Virus R. Marasigan 4:28
16. shadow@buttholesurfs.com H. Zabala Third and last piano solo by Zabala. The melody was also used for the album filler "Small Room" in "Aloha Milkyway" 1:04
17. Rise and Shine E. Buendia 3:32
18. Santa Ain't Comin' No Mo' E. Buendia The idea of using "mo'" instead of "more" was probably inspired by "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'", a 1930s American song 2:53
19. Christmas Party E. Buendia 4:04
20. Hitchin' a Ride R. Marasigan, J. Tan Contains a slight sample of Fruitcake near the end 3:38
21. Christmas Morning E. Buendia 4:06
22. Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too E. Buendia The album's closing track. Its title is also the chorus of the sixth track 0:57

Personnel

Eraserheads
Additional musicians

In order of appearance

Production staff

References

  1. ↑ Fruitcake (album) at AllMusic

External links

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