''13 Seconds to Love'' is the third album by

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rock band,

Kjwan Kjwan is a Filipino hard rock band formed in 2003 by former Sandwich guitarist and lead vocalist Marc Abaya and Dicta License bassist Kelley Mangahas. History Long-time friends and former high school bandmates Marc Abaya (vocals) and Kelley Mang ...

. It was first launched on digital format on 6 February 2009 at A. Venue Mall (Makati), preloaded on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic cellphones. Although the album was released around 21 July 2009 through MCA Music Philippines, it was only until exactly a month later that the CD was officially launched at Saguijo (Makati).

Album information

A Malaysian DJ/producer once told Kjwan that he can tell whether a song will be a hit within the first thirteen seconds. It stuck with the band and brought this along with their song writing with love as the common theme. Kjwan focused mainly on the album's songwriting and put flashy guitar solos, drum fills, and complicated odd-time bits on the backseat resulting to a different sound from the band's two previous albums. ''13 Seconds to Love'' also marks Jorel's break with the band to pursue his studies at

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Track listing

Personnel

Marc Abaya Ramon Marcelino Diaz Abaya (born November 6, 1979), known professionally as Marc Abaya, is a Filipino singer, actor, musician, TV host, and VJ. He appeared in the 2009 Philippine release of ''Tinker Bell''. He is the son of actor/director Mano ...

– vocals / guitar *Kelley Mangahas – bass *Boogie Romero – guitar / vocals *Jorel Corpus – guitar /

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*J-Hoon Balbuena – drum / vocals

Credits

*"13 Seconds to Love", "What About Us", "Pause", "Meron Ba", "Lifeline", "Sunny Weather", "Dance on the Floor", and "One Life" was recorded at Kerplunk! Studios by Pat Jalbuena *"Complicated", "Drowning", and "Nasilayan" was recorded at Circus Studios by Niño Avenido. *Additional Production by Niño Avenido *Mixed and Mastered in Kerplunk! Studios by Pat Jalbuena *Keys in "Pause" by Dan Gil and Inky De Dios *Keys in "Dance on the Floor" by Inky De Dios *Sax and Flute on "Dance on the Floor" by Alvin Cornista *String Arrangement on "Meron Ba" by Rico Ledesma *Shaker on "Sunny Weather" by Luis Rodriguez *Additional Vocals on "13 Seconds to Love" by the Kjwan Kids *Cover artwork by Rom Villaseran *Technical layout by Kelvin Uy *Band photo by Jose Quintas-Primero

Reference

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