''Christian Bautista'' is the debut album by Filipino singer

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, released in the Philippines on March 26, 2004, by

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.Christian Bautista album profile on TitikPilipino.com
Its singles include "The Way You Look at Me", "

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", "Colour Everywhere", "Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw" and "Kelan Kaya". To date, the album has reached 4× Platinum status by the

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, selling over 120,000 units in the country.Christian Bautista Profile
It has also been certified in other

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n countries, such as Indonesia and Thailand. The album was released on digital download through

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and

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on 25 September 2004.Album information,
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, Retrieved 2010-09-08 It has sold more than 400,000 copies all over

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Background

After his stint as a contestant on

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's ''

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'' talent contest where he became the fourth runner-up, Bautista signed an album contract with

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", ''Titik Pilipino'', November 02, 2004 He, then, released his self-titled debut album, with "The Way You Look at Me" as its first single, written by Andrew Fromm and Keith Follese. The album had significant radio airplay in other

n countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

Reception

The album sold overwhelmingly well. It was 4× platinum in the Philippines and 2× platinum in Indonesia. Furthermore, it became popular in other parts of Southeast Asia, namely Thailand and Malaysia. Despite of over-performing commercially, the album received mixed reviews from OPM critics. Ginnie Faustino-Galgana of ''Titik Pilipino'' gave the album three out of five stars, stating "He is a face with a voice. It's easy to imagine girls swooning over Christian. If he could act, he can do a

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". However, she felt the lack of heart on Bautista's deliverance, saying "He can hit the notes and his delivery is pretty clear, but more emotion is needed ..He may want to croon, rather than just sing the words". She ended the review unsatisfied, saying "A little more practice will get him that ''oomph''".Ginnie Faustino-Galgana, Album review,
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Re-release

A limited edition of the album was released, consisting of a two-CD set package. The first disc consists of the original tracks from the original edition of the album plus four additional songs—"You and Me (We Wanted It All)" with

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, "So It's You", "Say That You Love Me", and "I Will Be What I Believe". The second disc is in

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format, consisting of six

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Critical response

''Titik Pilipino'' gave another review for the re-release of ''Christian Bautista''. Resty Odon gave the album a perfect rating (five out of five stars), stating "The good news is, the addition of these four numbers gives Christian the chance to further prove that he can hold his own in the ballads department". He compared Bautista as better than

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, when it comes to pop numbers. He also praised the vocal performance of Bautista on the four new songs, saying "Fans of Christian Bautista ..will be thrilled just the same to find Christian belting it out in four new songs in his own unique style, including a duet with the golden-voiced

.Resty Odon, Album review,
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Track listing

All tracks were produced by Neil C. Gregorio.

Standard edition

# "The Way You Look at Me" (Keith Follese, Andrew Fromm) – 3:27 # "Colour Everywhere" (Guy Roche,

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) – 4:12 # "Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw" (Tito C. Cayamada) – 3:58 # "Away from You" (Boy Katindig) – 4:18 # "Kelan Kaya" (Emil Pama) – 4:32 # "

" (David Glasper, Marcus Lilington) – 4:07 # "Ang Tangi Kong Kasama" (Cayamada, Jerry Butiong) – 4:09 # "Miracle" (featuring

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) ( Mike Luis) – 4:06 # "The Way You Look at Me" (Acoustic) (Follese, Fromm) – 3:27 # "I Don't Want to See You Cry Again" (Jungee Marcelo, Soc Villanueva) – 5:31

Limited edition

Bonus tracks # "You and Me (We Wanted It All)" (with

) ( Peter Allen,

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) – 4:32 # "So It's You" (Cecille Azarcon) – 3:42 # "Say That You Love Me" (

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, Alan Ayque) – 4:51 # "I Will Be What I Believe" (Ferdinand Dimadura) – 3:32 Bonus VCD # "The Way You Look at Me" (music video) # "Hands to Heaven" (music video) # "Colour Everywhere" (music video) # "Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw" (music video) # "You and Me (We Wanted It All)" (with Rachelle Ann Go) (music video) # "So It's You" (music video) OTHERS # "To Have and to Hold" (with Sitti) (Claudine Barreto and Raymart Santiago's Wedding)

Personnel

Credits were taken from ''Titik Pilipino''.Album information,
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- lead vocals, back-up vocals * Rey Cortez (of WMP Creative) - album cover art * Tom Epperson - photography * Mon Faustino - arranger * Keith Follese - arranger * Andrew Fromm - arranger * Chris Genuino (of WMP Creative) - album cover art * Neil C. Gregorio - album producer, A&R administration, mastering and sequencing * Ricky R. Ilacad - executive producer, A&R administration * Mike Luis - vocal coach, arranger * Ferdie Marquez - arranger *

- lead vocals (track 8) * Alvin Nunez - arranger * Anne Poblador - styling * Frey Zambrano - production coordinator * Paolo Zarate - arranger * Zeebedee Zuniga - vocal coach ** Mastering and sequencing at Warner Chili Red Studio

Certifications

Release history

References

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