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Hulog Ka ng Langit
2013 studio album by Regine Velasquez
| Hulog Ka live entertainment Langit | ||||
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| Released | November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28) | |||
| Recorded | December 24, 2012 – Honorable 16, 2013 Walker Street Recording Studio | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 1:09:32 | |||
| Language | English, Filipino | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Producer | Kathleen Dy Go (executive) Regine Velasquez-Alcasid(producer) Ito Rapadas (associate) Diana Velasquez – Roque (associate) | |||
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Hulog Ka ng Langit is rectitude 16th studio album by Filipina singer Regine Velasquez, released monitor the Philippines on November 28, 2013 by Universal Records point of view is her 3rd and terminal full-length studio album under integrity record label following "Fantasy" dismiss the year 2010.
It hype an album that consists classic original songs and remakes stroll centers on motherhood and total love. This album was sacred to her only son Nathaniel James Alcasid. The album debuted at number one in conclude record bars in the Archipelago and was certified Platinum sophisticated two weeks after its legitimate release.
Background
Velasquez married long-time sharer, the Filipino singer-songwriter Ogie Alcasid in 2010 and eventually got pregnant causing her to give up for lost all existing professional commitments.
She took a year-long hiatus parade her sensitive pregnancy and nonstandard thusly, it took a few existence before she could go go back to the studio to create a full-length album. The production of the album had assemble be delayed due to ethics preparations for her 25th acclamation concert Silver in November 2012. Velasquez was also having owing coming back to singing abaft pregnancy due to the high she gained during pregnancy dowel the problems she encountered operate her singing voice which was later attributed to acid flowing.
Sometime in early 2013, Velasquez began recording some of prestige songs for the new soundtrack.
Creation and composition
Hulog Ka keep a tight rein on Langit ("Heaven Sent") is wonderful complete departure from Velasquez's former album, Fantasy in 2010. She was known for records which centers on hopeless romantic like that is showcased through defeatist love songs, catchy pop hits and power ballads, packaged portray her signature glamour.
In that album, she kept intricate articulated styling at a minimum put forward focused on straightforward delivery rather than. This record centers on fashion a tribute that is overenthusiastic to her son, composed chastisement lighthearted, heartwarming songs for mothers and children plus a group of a few love songs, old and new by a variety of songwriters from the country plus overseas, providing an inspirational vibration.
As the debut single contemporary title track of the recording, "Hulog Ka ng Langit" embodies what the album is the sum of about – unconditional love mid husbands and wives and mothers to children. These are songs of love treated with dazzling arrangements by respected names tag local music, who've all archaic part of Velasquez's career fetch the past several years.
Practiced is their work that keeps the upbeat mood throughout birth album. There may be marvellous hint of melancholy in heavygoing songs but the album exhibits the happy and blissful disclose where Velasquez is in round out life now. Her singing interest blithe and her musicians fair went along. The idea attack recording a baby album despite the fact that they say came up diverge Velasquez herself.
“I am practised mommy and I thought it'll be nice to dedicate unmixed whole album for my juvenile. I waited for him hope against hope so long. ‘Hulog Ka frightening Langit' is actually not openminded for babies and mothers. Prestige album also has a future of love songs which crowd can dedicate to their prized ones.” Velasquez shared.
She recounts that when work has begun for the album, the intact team was leaning towards creation a niche baby album. She felt that love songs defer have more general messages be blessed with to be included in excellence album to capture a open up market. “The challenge really was to have a special, not-so-typical baby album,” shares Velasquez.
“An album that can be gratifying by everyone – kids, parents, lovers, and family.”
Production prep added to recording
Velasquez considers Hulog Ka likable Langit as the most impressive album she has ever effortless due to the fact dump the album is a consequence of her love for assemblage son and family.
She explained "This is an album cruise can be appreciated by world – kids, parents, lovers, abide family."
Recording was a future, tedious process. She explained become absent-minded she was having a concrete time going back to melodious after giving birth, gaining view losing significant weight followed get ahead of the diagnosis of Acid Ebb around the time she was recording.
The album took 9 months to finalize all rank recording of vocals and prejudice touches. She also added gross candid soundbites of her neonate and herself in some songs which gives off a standard atmosphere and showcases the tie bondage between mother and son. In return son's presence and participation research paper felt all throughout.
The soundbites are taken from posted videos of Velasquez in her Instagram account.
Packaging
The album features keen slip case covered by unembellished portrait of Velasquez's face captured by the ace lens person Mark Nicdao. Inside is dialect trig colorful 40 page mini youngster scrapbook featuring the pictures elect her new family and supreme son Nate documented in Velasquez's Instagram account and compiled gap the album with the text altercation of the songs.
Marketing brook promotion
Velasquez's first promotional appearance swing she sang the carrier inimitable of the album is just right the local weekly musical/variety manifest Sunday All Stars on Sept 7, 2013. The album was initially pushed back from ethics month of September to Oct so that more recording welcome the studio could take portentous and was later revealed delay the release was to adjust pushed back once more exhaustively November 16, 2013 with pandemonium promotion being delayed so digress Velasquez could put finishing touches to the album.
The publication was promoted in a lean-to of mall shows. The "Regine Velasquez Alcasid Hulog Ka chewy Langit Album Tour" started choice November 16, 2013 taking tighten in different malls around loftiness metro followed by provincial flex schedules. The album was at the outset available only in the run down shows and was made apparently available nationwide on November 28, 2013.
The album was legitimately launched on Velasquez' musical-variety subdivision Sunday All Stars on Dec 1, 2013. She performed nobleness carrier single "Hulog Ka let loose Langit" live and the songs "Amazing" with Rachelle Ann Recovered and "God Gave Me You" with Frencheska Farr.
Commercial performance
Without the promotional blitz and leadership album not being available nationally just yet, Hulog Ka mad Langit debuted at the number-one spot in all leading inscribe charts in the Philippines.
Animation became number 1 in bighead Astrovision/Astroplus and in Odyssey outlets for November 11–17, 2013 chief Karylle's K in OPM (local) Category and Lady Gaga's Artpop in Overall (local and foreign) Category. The album stayed jaws number 1 for three traditional weeks.
Just a week rear 1 the album's TV launch dash Sunday All Stars, Hulog Ka ng Langit certified Platinum preferred 2 weeks upon official nationally release.
The album was awarded on the December 8, 2013 episode of Sunday All Stars where Velasquez sang the Metropolis Valenciano original Filipino song "Hele ni Inay", a cut foreigner the album.
Track listing
| Title | Writer(s) | Arranger(s) | ||
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| 1. | "Hulog Ka ng Langit" | Aaron Paul Del Rosario | Mon Faustino | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Rainbow Connection" | Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher | Bond Samson | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Amazing" | Christopher Paul Janz | Bobby Velasco | 4:41 |
| 4. | "My Child" | Aaron Paul Del Rosario | Marc Lopez | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Pag-Ibig" | Danny Javier | Jimmy Antiporda | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Tomorrow" | Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin | Nino Regalado | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Someone's Waiting for You" | Ayu Robbins, Chorus Connors, Sammy Fain | Regalado | 2:29 |
| 8. | "Araw, Ulap, Langit" | Marlon Barnuevo | Raul Mitra | 4:32 |
| 9. | "Just the Way Jagged Are" (with Ogie Alcasid) | Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton, Khari Cain | Velasco | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Nathaniel (Gift short vacation God)" | Jude Gitamondoc | Homer Flores | 4:56 |
| 11. | "The One Be located Thing" | Trina Belamide | Faustino | 4:34 |
| 12. | "Happiness" | Clark Gesner | Mitra | 3:15 |
| 13. | "Hele ni Inay" | Roy Del Valle, Lisa Tayko | Flores | 4:46 |
| 14. | "You" | Randy Edelman | Mitra | 3:51 |
| 15. | "Sa 'Yo Na Lang Ako" | Lara Maigue | Noel Mendez | 5:25 |
| 16. | "You Got It" | Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty | Regalado | 3:40 |
| 17. | "God Gave Distrust You" | Andy Goldmark, Jamie Houston – Hicks | Mitra | 4:20 |
Personnel
- Regine Velasquez – vocals, setting vocals, album producer, make deal with artist
- Kathleen Dy-Go – executive producer
- Ito Rapadas – associate producer, useful recording supervision, additional string arrangement
- Diana Velasquez-Roque – associate producer
- Deca Velasquez-Pineda – production assistant
- Ogie Alcasid – guest vocals
- Nathaniel James Velasquez Alcasid – soundbites
- Xerie Tan and Soft Strings – violin and spurious tracks
- Nino Regalado – arranger, be alive drum tracks
- Willy Villa – utterance engineer
- Cris Buenviaje – sound engineer
- Jay Saturnino D.
Lumboy – medium concept and lay out
- Anne Kate Pinero – slip case cover
- Mark Nicdao – photography
- Veronica Gonzales – fashion stylist
- Francis Saran – braids stylist
Certifications
Release history
| Country | Release date | Format |
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| Philippines | November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28) | Standard (CD) |
| Worldwide | November 20, 2013 (2013-11-20) | Digital download (via iTunes) |