Aloha Milkyway

1998 compilation album by Eraserheads

Aloha Milkyway

Compilation album by

Eraserheads

Released

August 8, 1998

Recorded

1994–1998

Studio

Tracks Studios
JR Recording Studios (tracks 13, 14)

Genre

Alternative rock
indie rock
pop rock

Length

66:47

Label

Greater East Asia Music
BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.

Producer

Robin Rivera

Eraserheads chronology

Sticker Happy
(1997)

Aloha Milkyway
(1998)

Natin99
(1999)

Singles from Aloha Milkyway

"Julie Tearjerky"
Released: August 1998
"Tamagotchi Baby"
Released: February 1999
"With a Smile"
Released: May 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Aloha Milkyway is a compilation album by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads. It was released on August 12, 1998 under BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. in Southeast Asian territories and in the Philippines on October 14.

The album features the promotional singles “Julie Tearjerky”, “Tamagotchi Baby”, and "With a Smile" from the band's 1994 album Circus.

Content

The album contains five new tracks. Lead single “Julie Tearjerky” charted at number one in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia.^[2] Oh, Flamingo! later covered the song in 2019 for Pop Machine the Album.^[3] The band first performed “Tamagotchi Baby” at the Asia Live Dream '98 for NHK in Tokyo, Japan, where they sang it as “Tama Sushi Baby” to avoid broadcasting issues with the Tamagotchi digital pet brand.^[4] "Scorpio Rising" was re-recorded from the Pop-U! demo tape.

Aloha Milkyway also features select English language tracks from the band's previous albums Fruitcake (1996) and Sticker Happy (1997) as well as "With a Smile" from Circus (1994), which was also released as a single. It also includes "Ang Huling El Bimbo" from Cutterpillow (1995), the only song in Tagalog, due to the band having won the MTV Asia's Viewers Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards for its music video the previous year.^[5]

Release and promotion

The initial pressing for Aloha Milkyway in Singapore at 400 copies sold out on its first day of release.^[6] It went on to sell 1,000 copies there and in Indonesia.^[5] The band later toured at Singapore in September to promote the album.^[7]

In the Philippines, the album sold 20,000 copies on its first day of release in October.^[5]

In 2008, BMG reissued Eraserheads's back catalogue, including Aloha Milkyway.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Julie Tearjerky"	Ely Buendia	3:37
2.	"Tamagotchi Baby"	Buendia Raimund Marasigan	4:40
3.	"Saturn Return"	Buendia Marasigan	5:06
4.	"Scorpio Rising"	Buendia	5:10
5.	"Milk And Money" (from Sticker Happy, 1997)	Buendia	4:42
6.	"Downtown" (from Sticker Happy, 1997)	Marasigan	4:30
7.	"Trip to Jerusalem" (from Fruitcake, 1996)	Buendia	5:30
8.	"Andalusian Dog" (from Sticker Happy, 1997)	Buendia	5:05
9.	"Hard to Believe" (edited version from the Electric City Mixes promotional single, 1997;^[9] original from Sticker Happy, 1997)	Buendia	3:24
10.	"Fruitcake" (single version from Fruitcake (EP), 1996)	Buendia	4:38
11.	"Small Room"	Marasigan	3:15
12.	"Ambi Dextrose" (from Sticker Happy, 1997)	Buendia	4:55
13.	"With a Smile" (from Circus, 1995)	Buendia	4:41
14.	"Ang Huling El Bimbo" (from Cutterpillow, 1995)	Buendia	7:27
Total length:			66:47

Notes

"Downtown", "Trip to Jerusalem", and "Ambi Dextrose" are edited from their album versions.

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes.^[10]

Eraserheads

Ely Buendia - vocals, guitars
Buddy Zabala - bass, back-up vocals
Marcus Adoro - lead guitar
Raimund Marasigan - drums, vocals (tracks 2, 3)

Production

Robin Rivera - production
Angee Rozul - recording, mixing
Lito Palco - recording, mixing (tracks 13, 14)
Rudy Tee - executive production
Vic Valenciano - A&R
Romel Sanchez - A&R

Design

Cynthia Bauzon - sleeve design
Dino Ignacio - art direction

References

^ Gonzales, David. "Aloha Milkyway - The Eraserheads | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
^ Moya, Jove. "Eraserheads and the songs their fans sing forever". Tatler Asia. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ Caña, Paul John. "Reese Lansangan and Tarsius Add Tracks to Eraserheads Tribute Album Pop Machine". Esquire Philippines. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
^ Lo, Ricky. "10 songs that mean so much to Ely Buendia". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gonzales, David (November 14, 1998). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. p. 63. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
^ "The Eraserheads saga: The making and unmaking of a rock n' roll dream". PEP.ph. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
^ "Trippin' down the Milkyway (Happening, September 1998)". Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "Eraserheads - Aloha Milkyway (CD, 2010)". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ "Eraserheads [Promotional CD Single]". schizo's ERASERHEADS DATABASE.
^ Aloha Milkyway (album liner notes). Eraserheads. BMG. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)