Wanted: Bedspacer is the debut solo album by Filipino musician Ely Buendia, released on December 21, 2000 by BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.
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| Released | December 21, 2000 | |||
| Studio | Suite 16 Studios (Buendia's home studio), Quezon City | |||
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| Length | 38:10 | |||
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Recording
editBuendia started working on material for Wanted: Bedspacer in September 1999, initially writing them for Rico J. Puno.[2] He recorded demos with a Roland VS-1680 multitrack recorder at his home studio in Quezon City (credited as Suite 16 Studios in the album liner notes).[2] Buendia co-produced the album with his friend and housemate Romel “Sancho” Sanchez.
The album’s electronica sound expands on Eraserheads’s previous album Natin99 (1999), with tracks such as “Kakaiba” and “Hotchik” using synthesizers and drum machine beats with fuzz guitars.[2] Buendia stated that he wanted a “dreamy” sound for the album, listening to electronic acts such as Cassius and Massive Attack during production.[2] He wrote the track "Acid Tongue" about his father.[3]
BMG reissued Wanted: Bedspacer in 2009.[4]
In a 2024 interview with Daily Tribune promoting his second solo album Method Adaptor, Buendia said that he did not consider Wanted: Bedspacer to be an official release since "parang laro-laro lang ‘yun, nag-experiment lang ako sa kuwarto ko (because I was just playing around then, I just experimented a bit in the my room) and I decided to release it," he continued.[5] He added in an interview with Rappler: “I didn’t really think about marketing it; it wasn’t promoted, and I didn’t want to.”[6]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [7] |
Mon Castro of Manila Standard describes Wanted: Bedspacer as a wonderful experimental album.[8] Poch Concepcion of Philippine Daily Inquirer noted that the album tries to sound different from Eraserheads which may elicit negative reactions among the band's fans.[9] The album's experiments on electronica and studio effects were not warmly met by its audience.[10]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Ely Buendia
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Wanted: Bedspacer" | 6:15 |
| 2. | "Monday Mundane" | 2:49 |
| 3. | "Kakaiba" | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Santo" | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Over 18" | 3:45 |
| 6. | "Tapos Na" | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Acid Tongue" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Oras" | 3:33 |
| 9. | "Shallow Breathing" | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Hotchik" | 4:07 |
| Total length: | 38:10 | |
- The cassette release of the album features a hidden track titled "In the Midnight".
Personnel
edit- Ely Buendia - vocals, guitar, bass, synths, drum machine[9]
- Romel "Sancho" Sanchez - guitar, bass[8]
- Dex Aguila - drums[2]
References
edit- ^ Saulog, Gabriel. "Ely Buendia On Stepping Out Of The Shadows For 'Method Adaptor':". Billboard Philippines. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Ely Buendia: The Wanted Bedspacer Interview". Philmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Romulo, Erwin. "Ely Buendia on Existence, Loneliness, and the Songs That Matter". Esquire Philippines. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Ely Buendia - Wanted Bedspacer (CD, 2009)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Fernando, Jefferson. "How Ely Buendia conquered writer's block". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Santos, Aldus. "Ely Buendia via 'Method Adaptor': For your consideration, yet again but also for the first time". Rappler. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Castro, Mon (25 October 2000). "Ely Buendia's Love Shack". Manila Standard. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b Concepcion, Poch (16 September 2000). "Ely Buendia finds a new love". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Caruncho, Eric S (10 June 2001). "Fathers, Fenders and Feeding Bottles". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 7 January 2023.