Ultraelectromagneticpop!

Though Ultraelectromagneticpop! was their debut album, most of the songs were recycled from original compositions that were written since their college days in 1989. Hoping to have their songs published, the band recorded a demo tape in 1991 and shopped around record labels and radio stations, only to be rejected at every turn. A friend-professor, Robin Rivera, from their school, UP Diliman, helped them record an improved version of the demo tape which was named Pop U!, a play on the invective "fuck you," in response to the people who turned them down. After a year of being passed around the underground music scene, the demo tape made its way to the hands of BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc., who signed a three-year contract with the band.

The title of the album is a pun on ultraelectromagnetic tops, a fictional weapon from the anime serial Voltes V, which was immensely popular in the Philippines.

Recordings of Ultraelectromagneticpop! started in July 1992 until April 1993, at JR Recording Studio and Ad & Ad Recording Studio.[2] For production duties, the Eraserheads worked with Ed Formoso. The group found it hard to record the album due to multiple reasons, such as the master recording machine kept breaking, brownouts, and other factors. Midway through a session, Formoso abruptly left the studio for undisclosed reasons. This decision made the band furious, and prompted them to insert a backmasked message ("Formoso sucks!") onto the last track of the album, "Combo on the Run".[3]

Due to Formoso's departure, the Eraserheads were forced to produce the other songs intended for the record.

The album was released by BMG Records (Philippines) under the label's local division, Musiko Records in July 1993. The album was originally issued on both compact disc and cassette tape formats with the respective catalog numbers: MRCD-032 and MRMC-032. Original issue cassettes featured full-color sticker labels on both sides.

In 2008, the album was re-released together with the band's other albums.

• On the 25th anniversary remastered edition, "Walang Hiyang Pare Ko" is excluded from the track listing.

Credits for Ultraelectromagneticpop! adapted from liner notes.[6] Track numbers noted in parentheses below are based on track numbering.

• Ely Buendia – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (4), lead guitar (6)
• Buddy Zabala – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar (4)
• Marcus Adoro – lead guitar, backing vocals, hand claps (4), tambourine (8), lead vocals (9)
• Raimund Marasigan – drums, backing vocals, melodica (2), tambourine (4), hand claps (4), lead guitar (6), piano (10)

Additional personnel

• Dem (Eraserheads)[lower-alpha 1] – production (2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12)
• Ed Formoso – producer (1, 3–4, 7–8, 11)
• Willie Munji – mixer, recording
• Jojo Bacasmas – lead vocals (5), backing vocals (6–7)
• Maryana Arinez – saxophone (3)
• Boy Tanquinitic – recording
• Jhoffer Aquino – recording
• Ronnie Soriano – recording
• Annie Angala – management
• Buddy Medina – executive producer
• Rudy Tee – executive producer
• Dodong Viray – production coordinator
• Vic Valenciano – artists and repertoire
• Mario Joson – art direction, design
• Chitty Ramirez – art execution
• Mitch Amurao – photography

The release of Ultraelectromagneticpop! gave way to other Filipino bands to splash onto the Philippine Alternative Music Scene and also saw the emergence of the so-called "90's Rock Revolution" in the Philippines.

The album name inspired the tribute album Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads, which featured covers and arrangements of 17 of Eraserheads' most popular songs.

• Allmusic Review
• schizo-archives.com
• ultraelectromagneticpop! Cassette Inlay