Just a Love Song... Christian Bautista Live!

Just a Love Song... Christian Bautista Live! is the first live album by Filipino singer Christian Bautista, released on January 24, 2007 in the Philippines by Warner Music Philippines. The album is composed of nineteen revival tracks from the 70's up to the 90's. It was recorded overnight at Teatrino, Greenhills, backed by basic rhythm section, a grand piano and a string section, while being watched by an audience composing of specially invited fans. It was released both in the Philippines and Indonesia in CD and DVD formats.^[1] To date, the album has been certified Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

A Special Christmas Edition of the album was released in October 2007, with a new track list. Five additional Christmas songs were included plus the standard edition of the album.^[2]

Background

Initially, Bautista refused to create a whole revival album, saying "I (Bautista) didn’t want to seem to be jumping on the bandwagon [...] it was time for me to offer something new at this point (for his fans)".^[3]

A brainstorming session was then made between him, his managers and his record label, after which the final list of tracks for the album was made.^[3]

Reception

Commercially, Just a Love Song... Christian Bautista Live! is the weakest-selling album by Bautista. Although, it still managed to reach Platinum status by the PARI. On March 11, 2007, the album was given a gold record award on ASAP '07 for selling more than 15,000 units in the Philippines.^[4]

Critically, the album received favorable reviews. Resty Odon of Titik Pilipino gave the album four out of five stars, stating "In this live recording, he works on romantic tunes and tries earnestly to tug at the memory's heartstrings". However, he disliked the fourth song, "Beautiful in My Eyes", and thought it was out of Bautista's upper register range. The review ended up with Odon, saying " All in all, though, this is a memorable recording for this artist and especially his fans.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Neil C. Gregorio.

Standard edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trying to Get the Feeling Again"	4:23
2.	"More Than You'll Ever Know"	4:53
3.	"Only Reminds Me of You"	3:47
4.	"Beautiful in My Eyes"	4:13
5.	"Make It with You"	3:30
6.	"Got to Believe in Magic"	3:52
7.	"Fixing a Broken Heart"	3:30
8.	"I Could Not Ask for More"	3:51
9.	"Of All the Things"	2:46
10.	"Nothing Can Stop Us Now"	3:33
11.	"Be My Number Two"	4:19
12.	"Finding Out the Hard Way"	3:31
13.	"Blue Eyes Blue"	4:33
14.	"Cry for Help"	4:58
15.	"Heaven Help"	3:02
16.	"I Won't Hold You Back"	4:43
17.	"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"	4:06
18.	"You"	4:06
19.	"Just a Love Song"	4:25

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Titik Pilipino	^[6]
OPMusikahan.com	^[7]

Disc 1: Special Christmas edition^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pasko na Sinta Ko"
2.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
3.	"Grown-Up Christmas List"
4.	"You're All I Want for Christmas"
5.	"An Evening in December"

Disc 2: Just a Love Song... Christian Bautista Live!
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trying to Get the Feeling Again"	4:23
2.	"More Than You'll Ever Know"	4:53
3.	"Only Reminds Me of You"	3:47
4.	"Beautiful in My Eyes"	4:13
5.	"Make It with You"	3:30
6.	"Got to Believe in Magic"	3:52
7.	"Fixing a Broken Heart"	3:30
8.	"I Could Not Ask for More"	3:51
9.	"Of All the Things"	2:46
10.	"Nothing Can Stop Us Now"	3:33
11.	"Be My Number Two"	4:19
12.	"Finding Out the Hard Way"	3:31
13.	"Blue Eyes Blue"	4:33
14.	"Cry for Help"	4:58
15.	"Heaven Help"	3:02
16.	"I Won't Hold You Back"	4:43
17.	"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"	4:06
18.	"You"	4:06
19.	"Just a Love Song"	4:25

Personnel

Credits were taken from Titik Pilipino.^[9]

Production

Jesy Alto - hair and make-up
Jim Baluyut - executive producer, A&R administration
Christian Bautista - additional song line-up
Lachmi Baviera - additional song line-up
Rey Cortez - album cover concept and layout
Flerry De Leon - additional song line-up
Dunkin' Donuts - food and drinks
Gian Espiritu (of Essensuals) - grooming
Audie Gemora - additional song line-up
Neil C. Gregorio - album producer, A&R administration, mastering and sequencing
Greenwich - food and drinks
Mark Laccay - live recording
Carlo Orosa - additional song line-up, creative consultant
Steve Pagsanjan (of The Make up Studio) - hair and make-up
Anne Poblador - additional song line-up
Daniel Tan - photography
Dante Tanedo - mixing
Ymaha - concert grand piano
Frey Zambrano - additional song line-up, production coordinator

Musicians

Pam Arrieta - cello
Dexter Ayala - electric/fretless Bbass, back-up vocals
Christian Bautista - lead vocals
Hanche Bobis - grand piano
Criss Buenviaje - acoustic/electric guitars, back-up vocals
Marianne Ciervo - violin
Leo Espocia - drums, back-up vocals
Renee Francesca - violin
Aldwin Perez - violin
Mary Ann Policarpio - viola
Rico Sobrevinas - saxophone, flute, back-up vocals

Recording locations

Teatrino (Greenhills, Manila, Philippines) - live recording
Chili Red Studio - mastering and sequencing

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certification	Sales
Philippines	PARI	Platinum	30,000+

References

↑ Warner Music Group, "Christian Bautista Live!", Titik Pilipino, January 24, 2007
↑ "Christian Bautista Discography Forum". Christianbautistaonline.com. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
1 2 Jojo P. Panaligan (2007-02-04). "Christian Bautista woos CD buyers back with ‘Love Song’". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
↑ Jocelyn Dimaculangan, Entertainment Guide/Music, "Christian Bautista receives a gold record award for his live album", PEP, March 9, 2007
↑ Resty Odon, Album review, "Just a Love Song... Live! - Christian Bautista", Titik Pilipino, Retrieved 2010-09-10
↑ Titik Pilipino review
↑ "review". Opmusikahan.com. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
↑ Album information, "Christian Bautista Live! (Special Christmas Edition) - Christian Bautista", Titik Pilipino, Retrieved 2010-09-10
↑ Album information, "Just a Love Song... Live! - Christian Bautista", Titik Pilipino, Retrieved 010-09-10

Christian Bautista

Studio albums	Christian Bautista Completely Captured Romance Revisited: The Love Songs of Jose Mari Chan

Live albums	Just A Love Song...Live!

Other albums	Star In A Million (2003) Return Of The Champions (2004) All Star Christmas Collection (2004) Hotsilog (2006)

Singles	Dreamboy OST (2005) Nasaan Ka Man OST (2005)

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