Retro (Regine Velasquez album)

Retro
Studio album by Regine Velasquez
Released	1996
Recorded	1995—1996 (Dragon Recording Studio, Hong Kong)
Genre	Pop, dance, adult contemporary
Length	1:00:49
Language	English
Producer	Alex Chan (executive) Chito Ilagan Regine Velasquez (associate)
Regine Velasquez chronology
My Love Emotion (1995) Retro (1996) Love Was Born On Christmas Day (1996)
Singles from Retro
"Fly" "I Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely" "Bluer Than Blue" "You Were There" "Zoom" "I Can't Help It (Duet with Remus Choy)"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Retro is the eighth studio album of Filipino singer-actress Regine Velasquez, released in 1996 through Polycosmic Records Inc., under MCA-Phil in the Philippines^[2] and through Mercury Records under PolyGram Records as pan-Asian studio album.^[3]

The album contains covers from the 1970s and 1980s such as Andy Gibb's "I Can't Help It", a duet with Remus Choy of Grasshopper, Melissa Manchester's "Through the Eyes of Love" and Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is". Velasquez also did an acoustic version of Orleans's "Dance With Me" which is a duet with her mother, Teresita Velasquez. Even though the majority of the songs recorded are covers, two songs ("Nothing Left for Me" and the lyrics to "Fly") pertain original content throughout the entire album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
1.	"Prologue (Sound of Silence)"	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	0:37
2.	"Hot Stuff (House Mix)"	Pete Bellotte Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey	Donna Summer	4:05
3.	"I Can't Help It" (Duet with Remus Choy)	Barry Gibb	Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John	4:35
4.	"Nothing Left For Me"	Syunichi Tokura Trina Belamide		3:35
5.	"Shake Your Groove Thing"	Dino Fekaris Freddie Perren	Peaches & Herb	5:25
6.	"Looking Through the Eyes of Love"	Marvin Hamlisch Carole Bayer Sager	Melissa Manchester	4:37
7.	"Zoom"	Len Barry Bobby Eli	Fat Larry's Band	4:50
8.	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Mick Jones	Foreigner	4:26
9.	"Fly"	Jungee Marcelo (lyrics) Maurice White Al McKay Allee Willis		7:40
10.	"Dance With Me" (Duet with Mommy V.)	John Hall Johanna Hall	Orleans	3:03
11.	"You Were There"	Phil Buckle	Southern Sons	4:30
12.	"Superstar"	Bonnie Bramlett Delaney Bramlett Leon Russell	Delaney & Bonnie	5:50
13.	"I Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"	Bobby Eli John Freeman Vinnie Barrett	Ronnie Dyson	4:10
14.	"Bluer Than Blue"	Bernice Parks Randy Goodrum	Michael Johnson	3:00
15.	"Epilogue (Sound Of Silence)"	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	0:35
Total length:				1:00:49

Notes

• "Fly" contains samples from "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
• "Mommy V." is a stage name for Teresita Velasquez (Regine's mother).
• "Bluer Than Blue" is not included on early pressings of the album.
• "Sound of Silence" (Prologue/Epilogue), "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" and "I Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" are originally titled "The Sounds of Silence", "Through the Eyes of Love" and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" from their original artists, respectively.

Album credits

Production

• Ronnie Ng – arranger (tracks 1 & 15)
• Beta Soul – arranger (track 2)
• Don Manalang – arranger (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 & 14)
• Jeffrey Felix – arranger (tracks 5, 7, 8, 13 & 14)
• Jerry Joanino – arranger (tracks 6 & 10)
• Simon Chan – arranger (track 9)
• Dindo Aldecoa – arranger (tracks 10 & 12)

See also

Regine Velasquez discography

References

1. Album Review, "", AllMusic.com, Retrieved 2011-08-05
2. Polycosmic MCA
3. Mercury PolyGram