Rowjielogy 2k10

I’ve been a regular visitor of record bars recently because I am wondering if the special limited edition of Jason Mraz’s “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” will be released here in the Philippines. The special edition includes a CD of a compilation of We Sing EP, We Dance EP, and We Steal Things EP, and a DVD of Jason Mraz’s concert. OMG, I am mrazmerized again. I want to get a copy of the limited edition.

As I said, I’ve been regularly in record bars lately and I noticed that the number of newly released and soon to be released albums this holiday season is overwhelming. (Correct my grammar if I am wrong!)

Let’s start with Christmas albums… Sitti has released her Christmas album entitled “Ngayong Pasko”. In my opinion, she has released this album a little late because it seems like Bossa Nova wasn’t a big hit this 2008, unlike 2006 and 2007.

A Christmas version of Cool Sexy Jazz has been released too – it’s Cool Sexy Christmas. And if we are familiar with this Jazz series, we will know at first that this album contains “jazz” Christmas songs. They also have a special edition of Cool Sexy Jazz 1 & 2 with a planner for 2009. Quite interesting but I will not buy it.

If there are two Christmas albums this year that I might suggest, these are Lani Misalucha’s “The Gift of Christmas”, and Jay-R’s “Holiday Of Love”. I like Lani’s renditions of “Merry Christmas Darling”, and “When A Child Was Born”. I can say that Jay-R made the right choice when he did “Soul In Love”. Yeah, he is the RnB prince of the Philippines, but he is good in singing soul… with a twist of RnB. Well, at least he found his edge again. Holiday of Love contains Christmas songs with soul and RnB beat.

Regine Velasquez finally returned with a brand new album called “Low Key”. As the name suggests these are songs that “do not require Regine to put much effort.” Haha. Well, it’s quite interesting to hear these kinds of songs from Regine. Some of us might not like her when she’s hosting or acting, but many of us will agree that you won’t miss to watch her sing. Regine is Regine. I am not her fan but I do listen to her songs. Obviously, with the packaging of her album, she is still there on the top. I hope she will have good albums too, like Lani Misalucha, after she made an album under Universal Records. My favorite from the album is the song “Never Be The Same”.

Kyla has a new album again called, “Heart To Heart”.

If there is one OPM album I am really waiting for right now, it is The CompanY’s “Group Hug”, set to be released this December. It is a revival album, and I am sure that The CompanY will put a different style with the songs in the album which are good to the ears. I am really excited for this one.

Sony Music has a big line up of new albums this season. Some of them are new albums from Beyonce and Britney Spears. Christina Aguilera has released a greatest hits album. And I would agree that Christina really made hits in the last decade. American Idol Season 7’s final 2 contestants David Archuleta and David Cook both released their debut albums recently.

Woah, it is really an interesting sound tripping season! Go ahead and pick your choices and have a happy holidays with these music!