''Transit'' is the second
studio album
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by the
Pinoy rock
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band
Sponge Cola
Sponge Cola (sometimes spelled Spongecola) is a Filipino rock band formed in 2002. The band is composed of Yael Yuzon on vocals and guitars, Gosh Dilay on bass, Armo Armovit on guitars and drummer Tedmark Cruz.
One of the most popular rock bands ...
, released on September 8, 2006, and their first under
Universal Records
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. The album was certified
Platinum
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by the
Philippine Association of the Record Industry
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(PARI) with sales of 40,000 physical
CD copies to date.
''Transit'' spawned a carrier single, "Bitiw", which was released to radio stations on August 23. In 2008, ''Transit'' was re-released as ''Transit Deluxe'', which features additional songs, acoustic versions of songs, a cover song by
APO Hiking Society
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, and a radio edit version, as well as a
Video CD
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(VCD) containing music videos.
In late 2013, ''Transit Deluxe'' was re-issued as part of ''Palabas & Transit Collection'', a release that also includes the standard edition of Sponge Cola's debut album ''
Palabas
''Palabas'' is the debut studio album by Filipino rock band Sponge Cola. It was released on October 18, 2004, undeSony Music Philippines This album contains some songs that the band members made even before the group was officially formed, and ...
''; this release does not include a VCD.
Background
In an interview, Yael Yuzon explained, "I think on the
first record we just wanted to have an album out as a collection of songs written from high school; while on Transit, we wanted to push the limits of our song-writing so we took a creatively different approach for every song."
In popular culture
The single "Bitiw" was used as a theme song for the television series ''
Pedro Penduko
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In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordin ...
''.
It was also performed in
the second season of ''
Your Face Sounds Familiar
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'', when Yael Yuzon dueted with
KZ Tandingan
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, the latter of whom impersonated Yael.
Track listing
Transit Deluxe (VCD)
Transit Deluxe (2008)/Palabas & Transit Collection(2013)
Reference
2006 albums
2008 albums
Sponge Cola albums
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