Sunday, May 6, 2012

Popstar: A Dream Come True


Popstar: A Dream Come True is the debut album by Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo, released on September 11, 2003, in the Philippines by VIVA Records. It was produced by Vincent del Rosario. After winning the grand champion title on Star for a Night, she signed a recording contract with the label and immediately recorded and released her first album. The album was a collaboration of the most respected composers, namely, Vehnee Saturno, Ogie Alcasid, George Canseco, Wency Cornejo and Jun Murillo. The album includes her winning piece "To Love You More", which was also released as the first single. It was the 2003's best selling album in the Philippines. As of December 2008, the album has sold 296,800 units certifying 9x Platinum by the Philipine Association of the Record Industry. It is considered as the best-selling debut album of all time by a Filipino Artist selling more than 210,000 units which was certified 7x Platinum on 2006.

Background

In 2002, the financial problems of Geronimo's family inspired her to compete in the Star for a Night competition, hosted by Regine Velasquez. At the age of fourteen she won the competition, which included a PHP 1 million cash prize and a managerial contract to Vicente Del Rosario, owner of Viva Entertainment. She was also given the title of "Popstar Princess". Her mother said, "Her cash prize in Star For a Night was a big help. This school year, we don't need to borrow money from other people for my children's tuition fees".

Reception

Popstar: A Dream Come True has performed well commercially and critically. On the 2004 Awit Awards, it received four nominations (Best Female, Best New Female, Best Dance for "Sa Iyo" and Song of the Year for "Forever's Not Enough"). She won two of the four categories, namely Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist and Best Dance Song. She lost the Best Female award to Lani Misalucha and the Song of the Year award to Parokya ni Edgar's "Mr. Suave".

Track listing

"Just Believe" (Dennis Garcia) — 4:34

Here you go again ready to give up,
Feeling so pressure again. enough is enough,
believe me or not you're not alone
Evryone's hope is running thin
but it's never as bad as it seems
Chorus:Just believe, things can do get better,
just believe, your spirit can sow higher,
just believe, tomorrow can shine brighter,
all you got to do is just believe

Every now and then, nothing turns out right, you will feel
so unlove as you cry through the night
Believe me or not, you're not alone

Evryone's hope is running thin
but it's ever as bad as it seems.

(rep chorus)
Sad moments so bad to make us appreciate the happy times,
we aslways seem to take for granted
Always taken for granted
oh oh oh oh

Just believe, things can do get better,
just believe, your spirit can sow higher,
just believe, tomorrow can shine brighter,

No need to feel down, turn face around,
all you got to do is just believe
no need to feel down
you can turn face around,
you can do it if you just believe
just believe
"If Only" (Ogie Alcasid) — 3:53

You came into my life and made me see
That I could learn to breath and live again
But it seems that you've had a change of heart
And everything we have, you're willing to throw away
Did you ever feel that I can ever love you for real
Why did you have to go
Baby I need you so

ChorusIf only I can be back in your arms again
Then I can make you feel the love we knew back then
Maybe you and I would see forever
If only I can be back in your arms again

Oh how can I ever make you know
That you're simply everything to me
And how can I make you believe
That I would truly live and die for you
I can't understand how you can ever break my heart
Why did you have to go
Baby I need you so

Chorus


"Ibulong Sa Hangin" (Emil Pama) — 4:14

Halata ba sa ‘king mga mata
Na ako ay may nais ipadama
Ngunit ako ay nangangamba
Baka may masaktang iba

Halata ba sa kilos ko't galaw
Puso ko'y may nais isigaw
Ngunit ‘di mabigkas ng labi
Nag-aalangan kung tama o mali

Chorus:Ano bang dapat kong gawin
Sa magulong isip at damdamin
Di ko yata kayang sabihin
Wala na ‘kong magagawa kung di
Ibulong sa Hangin

Halata ko sa ‘yong mga mata na
Mayroon kang nais pabatid
Sana'y hanggang dito na lamang
Pagkat ayaw ko rin masaktan

Chorus
Sa hangin kita hahagkan at yayakapin
Wag kang mag-alala di to malalaman ng iba

Chorus
"Forever's Not Enough"
(Vehnee Saturno, Doris Saturno) — 4:28

If I would have to live my life again
I'd stay in love with you the way I've been
Your love is something no one ever can replace
I can't imagine life with someone else
I promise, I will share my life with you
Forever may not be enough it's true
My heart is filled with so much love
I feel for you
No words can say how much I love you so

CHORUS: And if forever's not enough for me to love you I'd spent another lifetime baby,
If you ask me to
There's nothing I won't do
Forever's not enough to love you so

They say tomorrow seems so far away,
And now we see that everything can change
My love for you gets stronger as tomorrow comes
I know this love will stand
In the test of time

Chorus

Coda:
For you, there's nothing I can't do
And never will I ever go
Forever's not enough to love you so
But if forever is one day
I promise you I'll stay to show you
That my love for you will never end...

Repeat Chorus Twice..

"It's All Coming Back To Me Now"
(Jim Steinman) — 5:15

There were nights when the wind was so cold
That my body froze in bed
If I just listened to it
Right outside my window
There were days when the sun was so cruel
That all the tears turned to dust
And I just knew my eyes were
Drying up forever

I finished crying in the instant
that you left
And I can't remember where
or when or how
And I vanished every memory
you and I had ever made

But when you touch me like this
And you hold me like that
I just have to admit
That it's all coming back to me

When I touch you like this
And I hold you like that
It's so hard to believe but
It's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)

There were moments of gold
And there were flashes of light
There were things I'd never do again
But then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than any laws allow
Baby baby

If I kiss you like this
And if you whisper like that
It was lost long ago
But it's all coming back to me
If you want me like this
And if you need me like that
It was dead long ago
But it's all coming back to me
It's so hard to resist
And it's all coming back to me
I can barely recall
But it's all coming back to me now
But it's all coming back

There were those empty threats and hollow lies
And whenever you tried to hurt me
I just hurt you even worse
And so much deeper

There were hours that just went on for days
When alone at last we'd count up
all the chances
That were lost to us forever

But you were history with the slamming of the door
And I made myself so strong again somehow
And I never wasted any of my time on you since then

But if I touch you like this
And if you kiss me like that
It was so long ago
But it's all coming back to me
If you touch me like this
And if I kiss you like that
It was gone with the wind
But it's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)

There were moments of gold
And there were flashes of light
There were things we'd never do again
But then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than all your laws allow
Baby, Baby, Baby

When you touch me like this
And when you hold me like that
It was gone with the wind
But it's all coming back to me
When you see me like this
And when I see you like that
Then we see what we want to see
All coming back to me
The flesh and the fantasies
All coming back to me
I can barely recall
But it's all coming back to me now

If you forvive me all this
If I forgive you all that
We forgive and forget
And it's all coming back to me
When you see me like this
And when I see you like that
We see just want we want to see
All coming back to me
The flesh and the fantasies
All coming back to me
I can barely recall but it's all coming
back to me now

(It's all coming back to me now)
And when you kiss me like this
(It's all coming back to me now)
And when I touch you like that
(It's all coming back to me now)
If you do it like this
(It's all coming back to me now)
And if we.
"Sa Iyo" (Jun Murillo) — 3:36

Hindi ko inisip ako'y magmamahal pa
Ikaw lamang sinta
Sa akin ang magbabago pala

Refrain:Wala nang mahihiling pa
Wala nang hihigit pa

Chorus:Sa iyo ang pag-ibig ko
Sa iyo napako ang puso
Sa iyo parang langit ang paligid ko
Sa iyo alay ang awit ko

Chorus II:Sa iyo ang pag-ibig ko
Sa iyo napako ang puso
Sa iyo parang langit ang paligid ko
Sa iyo sana ay ibigin mo

Hindi ko akalang sa buhay ko
Darating ka
Hindi ko ninais na ako'y
Muling iibig pa

Refrain

Chorus

Chorus II

Refrain

Chorus

Chorus II

Sana ay ibigin mo
Sana ay ibigin mo

"Narito" (Alcasid) — 3:36

Narito ako ngayon
Naghihintay na bigyan mo ng pansin
Pagmamahal na sa'yo lang ibibigay
'Wag mo sanang limutin
Ako'y sa 'yo habang buhay

At kahit hindi mo pa kayang buksan ang iyong puso'y
Hindi maglalaho itong pag-ibig ko

Pagkat narito ang puso kong nagmamahal
Maghihintay kahit gaano katagal
Ikaw lamang ang nagbigay ng pag-asa
Narito ang puso ko

Nang makilala ka'y hindi lang nagkataon
Pagkat alam kong ikaw ang makakasama
Sa habang panahon

Pagkat narito ang puso kong nagmamahal
Maghihintay kahit gaano katagal
Ikaw lamang ang tunay kong ligaya
Narito ang puso ko

(narito ang puso kong nagmamahal)
(maghihintay)Maghihihtay
(kahit gaano katagal)
(ikaw lamang)Ikaw lamang
(ang nagibgay ng pag-asa)Pag-asa
(narito)Narito, narito, narito
(narito)
Ang puso ko
"I Will Do Anything for Love"
(Steinman) — 5:19

And I would do anyhting for love
I’d run right into hell and back
I woul do anything for love
I’ll never lie to you and that’s a fact
But I’ll never forget the way you feel right now
Oh no no way


Chorus:I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won’t do that

Refrain:Some days, It don’t come easy
Some days, It don’t come hard
Some days, It don’t come at all
And these are the days that never end

Refrain2:Some nights you’re breathing fire
Some nights you’re cold as ice
Some nights you’re like nothing
I’ve ever seen before
Or will again
Maybe I’m crazy
Oh crazy
But it’s crazy
And It’s true
I know you can save me
No one else can save but you
As long as the planets are turning
As long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true
You better believe it

ChorusBut I won’t do that
Refrain and Refrain 2
Maybe I’m lonely
But it’s all that I glorify to be
That’s just one and only
The one and only promise I can keep
As long as the wheels are turning
As long as the fire are burning
As long as the prayers are coming true
You better believe it

ChorusOh no

Chorus
But I won’t do that
But I won’t do that

"Twin Hearts" (featuring Devotion)
(Wency Cornejo) — 3:39

Tulad ng mga bituin at langit
(Our love will stand the test of time)
Kailan man tayo'y 'di maghihiwalay
(I will stay here right by your side)
Pagkat tayong dalawa...
(You will always be in my arms...
...pintig ng puso'y iisa
... all my life)

Chorus
Twin hearts we will never be apart
I will love you for the rest of my life
Twin hearts just like the heavens and the stars
We will always be together
Till the end of time

Like lovers dancing an endless dance for love
(Buong puso ko'y para sa iyo)
Your sweet music fill my heart with joy
(Aawitin ko ang himig mo)
You will always be my music...
(Kahit umabot sa dulo...
...and forever be my joy
...ng mundo)

Chorus 2x

"When I Met You"
(Jim Paredes) — 4:30

IThere I was, an empty piece of a shell
Just minding my own world
Without even known, what love and life were all about
Then you came,
You've brought me out of the shell
You gave me the world to me, and before
I knew, there I was so inlove with you
ChorusYou gave me a reason for my being
And I love what I'm feeling
You gave me a meaning to my life
Yes, I've gone beyond existent
And it all began, when I met you

III love the touch of your hand
And when I look in your eyes, I just know
I know, I wanted something good
And I'm sure, my love for you will endure
Your love light up my world and take all my cares
Away where they've be part of me

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
You taught me how to love
You showed me how tomorrow and today
My love, is different from the yesterday
I knew, you taught me to love
And darling, I will always cherish you!
Today, tomorrow and forever...

And I'm sure, our evening will come around
I know, we'll be making love, like never before
My love, who could asked for more

(Repeat Chorus)When I met you...(When I met you)
"Broken Vow"
(with Mark Bautista)
(Walter Afanasieff, Lara Sofie Katy Crokart) — 4:32

Verse 1:Tell me her name
I want to know
The way she looks
And where you go
I need to see her face
I need to understand
Why you and I came to an end

Verse 2:Tell me again
I want to hear
Who broke my faith in all these years
Who lays with you at night
When I'm here all alone
Remembering when I was your own

Chorus:I'll let you go
I'll let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I'll let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

Verse 3:Tell me the words I never said
Show me the tears you never shed
Give me the touch
That one you promised to be mine
Or has it vanished for all timeChorus:I'll let you go
I'll let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I'll let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow
Verse 4:I close my eyes
And dream of you and I
And then I realize
There's more to life than only bitterness and lies
I close my eyes
Verse 5:Tell me again
I want to hear
Who broke my faith
In all these years
I'd give away my soul
To hold you once again
And never let this promise end
Chorus:I'll let you go
I'll let you fly
Now that I know I'm asking why
I'll let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

"Nananaginip ng Gising"
(Jonathan Florido) — 4:21

HIndi karapatdapat ang isang katulad ko
Na umibig at mangarap
Na ako rin ay mahalin mo
tanngap ko na magkaiba
ang ating mga mundo
Kasalanan bang umibig
Sa isang katulad mo
Kalimutan ko na lamang ba
Dahil di ko dapat na ibigin ka

[Chorus:]Oh bakit ba ka'y hirap tanggapin
Na ang katulad mo ay
Di ko kayang abutin
Tila binibiro ko lang
Ang aking damdamin
At para bang ako'y
Nananaginip na gising

Pinilit kong magbago
Ang nararamdaman ko
Inalis kita sa isipan ko
At ako ay nabigo
Pagkasama ka nabubuhay
Ang pag-ibig ko sayo
Pinipigilan ko ngunit
Nangungulit ang puso ko
Kalimutan ko na lamang ba
Dahil di o dapat na ibigin ka

[Chorus:]Oh bakit ba ka'y hirap tanggapin
Na ang katulad mo ay
Di ko kayang abutin
Tila binibiro ko lang
Ang aking damdamin
At para bang ako'y
Nananaginip na gising

"We Are Tomorrow" (Cornejo) — 4:02

What do we have to do?
To make our dreams come true
Where do we have to go?
To find the chosen notes
We can make it if we try
Without anger without pride
How do we find the sight?
To see what’s wrong or right
When will we see the day?
When peace on earth forever reigns
We can make it if we try
No more sorrows no more lies


Chorus:We are tomorrow
We are the hope for a better day
We are the future
If stand strong and find a way
We can make a brighter sunshine through
This darkness of our lives

Why do we have to fight?
If people say that love is might
Can’t we forget the hate?
And together march to heaven’s gate
We can make it if we try
No more sorrows no more lies

Repeat Chorus

If every body can see
If every body can see
If every body can believe
If every body can believe
Repeat Chorus

"Paano Kita Mapasasalamatan"
(George Canseco) — 4:15

Paano kita mapasasalamatan
Sa puso mong sa’kin ibinigay
Ngayon lamang ako nag mahal ng tunay
Sa tanang aking buhay
Sapat na ban a ako ay mangako
Mananatili ka dito sa’king puso
Paano kita mapasasalamatan
Sapat naba mahalin lang kita
Mag pakailan pa man
Ngayon lamang ako nag mahal ng tunay
Sa tanang aking buhay
Sapat naba ang akoy mangako
Mananatili ka dito sa aking puso
Paano kita mapasasalamatan
Sapat na bang mahalin lang kita
Sapat nabang mahalin lang kita (4x)
Magpakailan man

"To Love You More"
(Junior Miles, David Foster) — 4:38

Take me back in the arms I love
Need me like you did before
Touch me once again
And remember when
There was no one that you wanted more

Don't go you know you will break my heart
She won't love you like I will
I'm the one who'll stay
When she walks away
And you know I'll be standing here still

I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants
to love you moreYou will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one
to love you moreSee me as if you never knew
Hold me so you can't let go
Just believe in me
I will make you see
All the things that your heart needs to know

I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants
to love you moreYou will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one
to love you moreAnd some way all the love that we had can be saved
Whatever it takes we'll find a way

I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants
to love you moreCan't yousee I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one
to love you more

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