Bananatype

Bananatype
EP by Eraserheads
Released	June 1997
Recorded	1997 1995 ("Police Woman")
Studio	Tracks, Pasig JR, Makati ("Police Woman") EJL, Quezon City ("Tikman")
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 in 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

1. Gil, Baby A. "The Eraserheads go bananas (The Philippine Star, July 2, 1997)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
2. Lampano Jr., Reynaldo. "Eraserheads' intelligence needs no further proof (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 1997)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
3. Bananatype (EP liner notes). Eraserheads. BMG. 1997.