Covers (Regine Velasquez album)

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Covers, Vol. 1
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 10, 2004 (2004-10-10)
Recorded2003 – September 2004
Genre Pop
Length1:19:54
LanguageEnglish, Tagalog
Label Viva Records
Producer Vic del Rosario, Jr.(executive)
Vicente del Rosario(executive)
Regine Velasquez-Alcasid
Baby Gil(supervising)
Alwyn B. Cruz(supervising)
Regine Velasquez chronology
Viva Platinum Collection
(2004)
Covers, Vol. 1
(2004)
Two Of A Kind
(2004)
Singles from Covers
  1. "Forevermore"
    Released: August 2004
  2. "Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin"
    Released: October 2004
  3. "Say That You Love Me"
    Released: October 2004
  4. "Araw-Gabi"
    Released: August 2005

Covers (also known as Covers, Vol. 1) is the twelfth studio album by Filipino singer Regine Velasquez, released in the Philippines on October 20, 2004, by Viva Records. It is a cover album that consists of love songs, originally recorded by male OPM acts from the 80's and 90's. It turned Platinum three days after its official release. [1]

Contents

The album was released on digital download through iTunes on August 1, 2004, with a slightly different cover. [2] To date, the album has sold over 160,000 copies in the country, certified Quadruple Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. [1]

Background

Early in 2004, Velasquez has not yet released any studio album since Reigne (2001), which was released four years before. She has only released a few soundtracks from her hit movies and compilations of her past songs. This was the reason Viva Recording Management decided for Velasquez to record another full studio album. Like R2K (2000), her last all-remake album, Covers consists of revivals hence the title of the album. [3]

Concept

Covers, from the title itself, is a revival album. The idea of doing renditions of all-male OPM classics came up from Velasquez herself. According to her, it is a compilation of most of her favorite OPM songs rendered by mostly male artists. On an interview, she said This is my way of introducing the young set of listeners to the beauty of OPM past. She said that she decided to come out with another revival album because "these songs are really beautiful and it will be a good idea to re-introduce them to the younger crowd". She further stated that she did not have a love life during that time, that is why the concept of the album is songs by male singers. [3] [4]

Production and recording

Velasquez considers Covers as the most expensive album she has ever made, due to the fact that the original composers of the songs secure the rights of their materials, that her record company had to pull some strings just get their permission. She explained "On my part, I wouldn't have persisted on getting the songs if I felt I wouldn't be able to add something new to these. I'm not the type who'd remake something that's already perfect the first time around". Although, she just mentioned updating the arrangement and not revising too much of the materials, out of respect for the works. [3] [4]

She stated "I gave VIVA a list of my favorite songs and let them take care of it. Some songs in the list had to go for two reasonsone is because VIVA can't get the rights for the song, and two, because the original version is much too beautiful already to be altered". Each of the album's tracks was recorded for no more than forty-five minutes. Velasquez stated that if the time reaches above that limit, she begins to go deaf. She also admitted that as her study, she recorded the instrumental versions of all the tracks on a cassette tape, and played it in her car over and over again to know how she will perform the back-up vocals. [3] [4]

Songs

"Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin" has personal resonance to both Velasquez and her former boyfriend Ariel Rivera, but she explains "that's not the reason why I chose the song". She stated that since the first she heard the song (from Rivera's album Simple Lang ), it became her favorite. She also considers the album to be Rivera's best so far. However, she did not have to get his permission to allow her to revive the song, saying "I didn't have to because it wasn't Ariel who wrote the song. I did mention it to him casually during one taping for Forever in My Heart and he just said, 'That's nice'". "Say That You Love Me" has a significance in Velasquez's life. She expressed falling in love with the song, when Louie Ocampo re-arranged it during her tenth anniversary concert held at University of the Philippines Diliman. "Di Bale Na Lang" marks the first time in her career that she has done some rap verses. She was mentored by Filipino rapper-composer Andrew E., saying "it was fun doing the song, fun working with Andrew. He wrote the verses when he was in the studio na lang. Such an intelligent guy...". "Pangarap Ko'y Ikaw" is the only original song in the album. It was originally written for a male singer, but when Velasquez heard the song and got interested to it, she asked the composers, Raul Mitra and her sister Cacai, to lend it to her. The song "Dadalhin" originally included in her album Reigne, was re-recorded in an acoustic version and was put in the album as a hidden track. [3] [4]

Track listing

#TitleFeatured guest(s)Writer(s) [5] Original artist(s)Length
1"Ako'y Iyong-Iyo" Ogie Alcasid Alcasid5:31
2"Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin"Aarol Paul del Rosario Ariel Rivera 3:39
3"Forevermore"Joey BeninSide A5:12
4"Araw-Gabi" Ryan Cayabyab Nonoy Zuñiga 4:38
5"Say That You Love Me" Louie Ocampo, Allan Ayque Basil Valdez 5:46
6"Di Bale na Lang"
  • "Dadalhin" (acoustic version) (hidden track)
Andrew E. Gary Valenciano Valenciano4:04
7"Each Day with You"Franklink Kleiner, Benedict Say Martin Nievera 4:09
8"Pangarap Ko'y Ikaw" Raul Mitra, Cacai Velasquez-Mitra3:36
9"Perfect"Medwin Marfil of True Faith Medwin MarfilTrue Faith4:20
10"Paalam"
  • "Ang Aking Awitin" (hidden track)
Jay Durias of South Border Ocampo, Rowena ArietaValdez4:16
11"Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin"Cecile Azarcon-PicazoNievera5:21
12"Hang On" Tats Faustino Valenciano4:30
13"Mahal na Mahal Kita"Archie DairocasArchie D.5:26
14"Only You"Naldy Gonzales of Side ABeninSide A4:12
15"Kailan"Fred ArezaValdez5:00

Notes:

Personnel

Certifications

CountryProviderCertificationSales
Philippines PARI 4× Platinum [1] 160,000+ [1]

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormat
PhilippinesOctober 10, 2004standard (CD & cassette)
United StatesAugust 1, 2004standard (digital download)

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