Carbon Stereoxide

Carbon Stereoxide (stylized as CarbonStereoxide) is the Eraserheads' seventh and final studio album.[1][2][3] It featured a theme darker than previous albums. Released in March 2001 by BMG Records (Pilipinas), Inc., it was to be the last album featuring Ely Buendia as the band's lead singer. It contains 18 tracks and was released in both CD and cassette formats came with a free VCD featuring the making of the "Maskara" video, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.

Carbon Stereoxide
Studio album by
The Eraserheads
ReleasedMarch 10, 2001 (Cassette Tape)
March 15, 2001 (CD/VCD)
Recorded2000–2001
StudioTRACKS Studios
Squid 16
Squid Crib
Bombshelter Records
Genre
Length55:53
Label
Producer
  • Robin Rivera
  • Eraserheads
The Eraserheads chronology
Eraserheads: The Singles
(2000)		 Carbon Stereoxide
(2001)		 Please Transpose EP
(2003)

Unlike previous releases, Carbon Stereoxide featured a heavier and more experimental rock sound. Lyrically, the album incorporates much darker lyrics and a more serious and mature style than the band's previous albums.

Initial copies of the album came with a promotional Eraserheads "masks" set.[1]

Background

Following several performances and shows across Asia to promote the compilation album Aloha Milkyway (1998), the Eraserheads released the more experimental Natin99 (1999), which was created through a non-linear recording approach, as most of the tracks on the album were recorded separately by the band's four members and sequenced with help from longtime producer Robin Rivera and mixing engineer Angee Rozul.[4] Natin99 only managed to sell 20,000 copies across the Philippines, earning a gold certification from the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI).

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

The album was poorly received by critics upon release. In their review, Baby Gil of The Philippine Star wrote, "Carbon Stereoxide finds the Eraserheads at the crossroads." They added that the album's guitar and drums, "get too loud in the wrong places at times, but take note, they are real",[6] in comparison to band's style from the preceding album, Natin99.

David Gonzales of AllMusic negatively criticized the follow up to the band's previous album Natin99 as "another bewildering mess". While he considered the album's first two opening tracks ("Ultrasound" and "Maskara") as "good alternative rock songs", he pointed out that these songs will fail to appeal to a wide range of listeners. Gonzales dismissed most of the album as "pointless and meandering".[7]

Commercial performance

Carbon Stereoxide was a commercial disappointment, selling only 12,000 copies in the Philippines, making it the least-successful album by the band in terms of sales.

Track listing
  1. "Ultrasound" – 4:21
  2. "Maskara" ("Mask") – 4:11
  3. "How Far Will U Go" – 3:05
  4. "Bloodtest" – 0:43
  5. "Wala" ("Nothing")– 7:14
  6. "Hula" ("Guess") – 3:06
  7. "Photo Synth" – 0:32
  8. "Palamig" ("Cool off") – 4:22
  9. "Out Of Sight" – 3:09
  10. "Super Vision" – 0:18
  11. "Paint Stripper" – 3:28
  12. "Escalator Alligator" – 1:14
  13. "Playground" – 4:12
  14. "Omnesia" – 4:14
  15. "OK Comprende" – 0:27
  16. "Pula" ("Red") – 5:26
  17. "Outside" – 5:32
  18. "Acid Eyes" – 0:19

References
  1. Album Stereoxide Profile on Eraserheads Archives Archived October 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Carbon Stereoxide on Filipino Music Lyrics Archived August 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Carbon Stereoxide album profile on Titik Pilipino Archived September 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Every album by the Eraserheads, ranked". bandwagon.asia. April 7, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  5. Allmusic review
  6. "Eraserheads rock harder with Carbon Stereoxide | Philstar.com". philstar.com. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  7. c Carbon Stereoxide - The Eraserheads | AllMusic
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