The events are still fresh in my mind as the news about the Rivermaya’s “disbandment” issue came into view months ago. Rico Blanco left the band and the ones remaining continued on the promise to their fans and supporters. Mike Elgar, Mark Escueta and Japs Sergio created a new 12 track album entitled “Bagong Liwanag” which highlights the previous ups and downs of the band as well as the current issue they were facing in. Six of the tracks contains vocals while the rest are all instrumental. Who wouldn’t thought of creating a new album out from Rivermaya without Rico. The three gentlemen are also backup vocalists and composers and this won’t hinder them from creating and producing such album.

I love the cover of the album as well as the CD cover of Rivermaya’s Bagong Liwanag album. The design was superb, kinda unique and the artworks are splendid. Pictures of the cover and the CD below at the end of this post.

For just P200 I only got to have this 11 track CD in which half of it contains vocals and the rest are instrumental. I wish they added 4 more original songs to this album. It is few actually but I won’t blame them. Maybe if they have a new vocalist in their band, the next album will surely fire up and be a hit in the airwaves during its release.

Bagong Liwanag Tracklist

1.Banda Ng Bayan
2.Sumigaw
3.Nawawala
4.Olats
5.Sayang
6.High Speed Audio Message
7.Banda Ng Bayan Instrumental
8.Sumigaw Instrumental
9.Nawawala Instrumental
10.Olats Instrumental
11.Sayang Instrumental

I love the song “Olats” by Mark Escueta. It brings fun and humor despite the struggles their facing right now. A must song for the ones who lost from a game. Haha. The rest of the songs are okay.

Some of the snapshots from the album:

This is part of my back-to-back post for this day. Read my entry on Nina’s Special Limited Edition Album.

UPDATE: 10/29/07: Jayson Fernandez is the new vocalist of Rivermaya.

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