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>Martin’s new album eclipsed by word war >MovieGoer ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=26830">http: >//www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=26830</a> > > >THE NOISE AND HOOPLA created by another round of word >war between ex-couple Martin Nievera and Pops >Fernandez has conveniently sidelined the beauty and >wonder of Martin’s latest recording. > >Entitled Awit ng Puso, the album is much more pleasing >to the ear than any of those angst-filled interviews >combined granted by both Martin and Pops. After nearly >two decades, the country needs a rest from all that >badmouthing that has now become a landmark in the >ex-couple’s relationship. Enough said. > >I find Martin’s new EMI album a special treat to >lovers of OPM, especially at a time when OPM has been >reduced to band songs without rhyme or reason or >melody. The 14-track collection offers sheer pleasure >as it brings back listeners to landmark songs of the >70s and 80s rendered in that distinct, elegant voice >by Mr. Nievera. > >Who can’t fall in love with Martin’s versions of such >modern Pinoy classics as When I Met You, Kahit Na, May >Minamahal, Sana’y Maghintay ang Walang Hanggan, and >Kailangan Kita? > >Here’s more: Without You, I Think I’m in Love, Love >Without Time, Sinasamba Kita, Closer You and I, >Kailangan Ko, Kailangan Mo. > >These songs were recorded and popularized by such OPM >icons as The Apo, Kuh Ledesma, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Hajji >Ale-jandro, Nonoy Zu-niga, Richard Tann, Gino Padilla, >and Basil Valdez. They had been given a new life by >Martin, whose singing has given these songs an even >more exquisite touch. > >Producer Chito Ilacad says they had been careful in >remaining faithful to the songs’ essence even as they >had been re-arranged somewhat. ‘We didn’t want to >divert completely from the original,’ Ilacad said >during a recent meet-up. The result is pure beauty. > >Before Awit ng Puso, Martin had released the albums, >Best Wishes and When Love is Gone. The first was a >collection of wedding songs; the second, of break-up >songs. Both turned out to be bestsellers, the same >route Awit ng Puso is bound to take given its very >strong line-up and carrier, the Apo original, When I >Met You. > >Martin is back in Las Vegas to be with his girlfriend, >Katrina Ojeda, who’s due to give birth in early >November. They will call their firstborn Santino, >meaning little saint in Italian.

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