Bananatype

1997 EP by Eraserheads

Bananatype

EP by

Eraserheads

Released

June 1997

Recorded

1997

Studio

Tracks Studio
JR Recording Studios
EJL Recording Studios

Genre

Pinoy rock
alternative rock

Length

20:36

Label

Greater East Asia Music
BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.

Producer

Robin Rivera
Eraserheads

Eraserheads chronology

Fruitcake
(1996)

Bananatype
(1997)

Sticker Happy
(1997)

Bananatype is the second extended play by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads, released on June 1997 through BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc. It serves as promotional material for the band’s fifth album Sticker Happy, which was released three months later.

Composition

The promotional EP contains three new songs not included in Sticker Happy. Its lead single “Harana” is a psychedelic, “modernist take” on the titular Philippine serenade. The title track, written by Ely Buendia and his friend Romel “Sancho” Sanchez, has hip-hop and funk elements and segues into “I Can’t Remember You”, which was inspired by a nursery rhyme made up by Buendia’s younger sisters Lally and Elyra.^[1]

Bananatype also features two previously unreleased songs. “Police Woman” was originally written by drummer Raimund Marasigan for the 1995 film Run Barbi Run, along with the title track (which was used in the final film) and the still unreleased “Bootleg”. “Tikman” was written in 1994 as a commercial jingle for Burger Machine, with its lyrics containing sexual innuendo.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Harana"	Ely Buendia	6:05
2.	"Police Woman"	Buendia Raimund Marasigan Marcus Adoro Buddy Zabala	5:06
3.	"Bananatype"	Buendia Romel Sanchez	3:30
4.	"I Can't Remember You"	Buendia	3:04
5.	"Tikman"	Buendia Marasigan	2:54
Total length:			20:36

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes.^[3]

Eraserheads

Ely Buendia - vocals, guitars
Buddy Zabala - bass, vocals (track 2, 5), keyboards (track 2)
Marcus Adoro - guitars, vocals (track 2-4)
Raimund Marasigan - drums, vocals (track 2), drum machine (track 5)

Additional musicians

Noel Garcia - keyboards (tracks 1, 3-4)

Production

Robin Rivera - production
Eraserheads - production (track 5)
Angee Rozul - mixing, engineering (tracks 1, 3-4)
Lito Palco - mixing, engineering (track 2)
Mark Laccay - mixing, engineering (track 5)
Rudy Tee - executive production
Vic Valenciano - A&R
Sancho - additional subtraction

Design

Day Cabuhat - design, layout (Fractal Cow Studio)
Dino Ignacio - design, layout (Fractal Cow Studio)

References

^ Gil, Baby A. "The Eraserheads go bananas (The Philippine Star, July 2, 1997)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ Lampano Jr., Reynaldo. "Eraserheads' intelligence needs no further proof (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 1997)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ Bananatype (EP liner notes). Eraserheads. BMG. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)