Becoming (Sarah Geronimo album)
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Becoming is the third studio album by Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo, released on July 20, 2006 under VIVA Records. The album is Geronimo's first international release, produced by Christian de Walden and Carlo Nasi. To date, the album has reached Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry, selling 30,000 units in the Philippines.
Singles
Becoming's carrier single, "I Still Believe in Loving You", was written by Christian de Walden. The album went gold on its first week of release, with sales of 15,000 units. The second single is the powerful ballad "Carry My Love", translated by Lori Barth, an English adaptation of the original Spanish song "Amor Cobarde" by Marta Sanchez and written by Vito Mastrofancesco, Alberto Mastrofancesco and Carlos Toro. The third and final single of the album, "Iingatan Ko (Ang Pag-ibig Mo)", was also an English adaptation of a song originally sung Betzaida. It was originally titled "Aluciname", written by Steve Singer and Claudia Brant and was translated to Tagalog by Jimmy Antiporda.
"Magliliwanag Rin... Muli" was also an adaption from another Marta Sanchez's single called "Lejos de aquella noche". The seventh and fourteenth tracks of the album are the same songs. "Ala-Ala Mo" was written by Dennis Clark and Steve Singer with Cecile Azarcon. While "So Heartbroken" is the English version of "Ala-Ala Mo", translated by Dennis Clark and Steve Singer.
Track listing
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Title |
Writer(s) |
Length |
| 1 |
"I Still Believe in Loving You" |
Lori Barth, Jimmy Borja, Ralph Stemmann |
4:32 |
| 2 |
"Iingatan Ko (Ang Pag-ibig Mo)" |
Borja, Claudia Brant, Steve Singer |
3:52 |
| 3 |
"You Mean the World to Me" |
Ann Marie Bush, Singer, Carlos Toro Montoro |
3:47 |
| 4 |
"Carry My Love" |
Alberto Mastrofrancesco, Vito Mastrofrancesco, Montoro |
4:03 |
| 5 |
"After Love" |
Christian De Walden, Mike Shepstone, Stemmann |
3:57 |
| 6 |
"Baby Blue" |
Bush, Singer |
3:57 |
| 7 |
"Ala-Ala Mo" |
Cecile Azarcon, Dennis Clarke, Singer |
3:34 |
| 8 |
"And I'm in Love Again" |
John O'Flynn, Montoro, Alfons Weindorf |
3:37 |
| 9 |
"Kaibigan" |
Azarcon, Clark, Singer |
3:45 |
| 10 |
"Don't You Worry" |
Barth, Vanni Giorgilli, Luigi Rana, Roberto Santini, Montoro |
3:05 |
| 11 |
"Magliliwanag Rin... Muli" |
Azarcon, Warren Ham, Singer |
3:30 |
| 12 |
"Is This Love?" |
Fabio Angelini, Barth, Clark, Nick Howard |
3:09 |
| 13 |
"Peace Is All We Know" |
David Bacon, Barth, Giorgilli, Stemmann |
3:16 |
| 14 |
"So Heartbroken" |
Clark, Singer |
3:33 |
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Personnel
Credits were taken from Allmusic.[2]
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Production
- David Bacon - engineer
- Lori Barth - English translations
- Dennis Clark - background vocals
- Walter Clissen - engineer
- Vincent Del Rosario - executive producer
- Christian De Walden - producer, vocal arrangement
- Vanni G. - arranger
- Bambi Jones - background vocals
- Brandy Jones - background vocals
- George Landress - engineer
- Sylvia Macaraeg - background vocals
- Paul Mirkovich - arranger
- Michael Mishaw - background vocals, vocal arrangement
- Carlo Nasi - producer
- Moy Ortiz - background vocals
- Tony Peluso - engineer
- Romer Rosellon - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Ronnie Salvacion - photography
- Ralph Stemmann - arranger, programming
- Luca Vittori - engineer, mixing
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Musicians
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Certifications
Release history
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Release date |
Format |
| Philippines |
July 20, 2006 |
Standard (CD) |
| United States |
May 1, 2006 |
Standard (digital download) |
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