''Sticker Happy'' (stylized in lowercase as ''sticker happy'') is the fifth studio album of the

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rock band

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. It was released under BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. on September 11, 1997. Produced by longtime collaborator Robin Rivera, the album contains eighteen tracks with a 67-minute runtime. The album cover generated controversy due to its content, which features a nude woman playing a

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while holding a red

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in an open grass field. The woman was later revealed to be

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television personality

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. While still retaining their classic

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sound, the band infused elements from

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and

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music, leading to sonically different and expansive themes compared to their previous efforts. Additionally, the band had taken a different approach to their composition, incorporating a wider range of instruments,

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, and cryptic lyrics. ''Sticker Happy'' was moderately successful in the

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, it has sold 55,000 copies nationwide. The album received a platinum certification from the

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(PARI).

Track listing

Personnel

Ely Buendia Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970), popularly known as Ely Buendia, is a Filipino musician, singer, songwriter, author and film director who gained fame as the guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the famed Fil ...

– lead vocals (tracks 1–5, 7–9, 11–12, 14–16), rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (track 16) *

Buddy Zabala Hector Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971), popularly known as Buddy Zabala, is a Filipino musician and producer. He is currently the bassist of Filipino pop band Moonstar88 and indie band Cambio, and widely known as the bassist and bac ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals, piano (track 16), lead vocals (track 1), spoken word outro (track 18) *

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– lead guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar (track 16), lead vocals (tracks 1) * Raimund Marasigan – drums, lead vocals (tracks 1, 6, 10, 13, 17), percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *Robin Rivera – producer, mastering *Angee Rozul – mixer, recording *Eric Lava – mixer, recording, mastering *Dindo Aldecoa – recording *Binary Soup (Dino Ignacio) – layout, design *Francis Reyes – art direction *Ogrudek (John Tronco) – photography *

– cover model

Reception

David Gonzales of

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gave Sticker Happy three out of five stars and wrote that "While the album is not as enjoyable nor the melodies as uniformly strong as on

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, which remains the band's best album, Sticker Happy has its fine moments."

In popular culture

An urban legend popular among fans alleges that the song Spoliarium, one of the album's tracks, is a reference to the Pepsi Paloma rape case. In 2021, Buendia later revealed in an interview that the song is all about a drunken session with the band's roadies in a condominium in San Juan.

References

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