The country’s celebrated singer and iconic diva, Zsa Zsa Padilla returns to the recording studio. The result is Beginnings, a new album. This is her first after three years.
Beginnings has several standout tracks among the album released in the Polyeast Records label.
front with a new album that evokes the
current state of affairs of her heart
Dubbed as Divine Diva, Padilla’s music has evolved since her debut as an artist in the PolyEast Records label. The new album contains ‘70s and ‘80s covers that evoke inspirational warmth, honest talent and humble grace of a woman. It is also her expression of love for the man from whom she finds happiness with the second time around.
It is easy to see why she is thrilled about this album. Zsa Zsa takes notes, “The last studio album I did was personal to me. Although it was filled with original OPM songs, I had just lost a great love so when I listen to it now; I find it a bit sad and yes, at times angry. I was still grieving and never I though it (was) possible to love again.”
Her last album was 2013’s Palagi, which includes eight lushly orchestrated numbers like a duet with Martin Nievera (“Maging Sino Ka Man”) and her version of Joey Albert’s “Palagi. It was released months after Dolphy, the man of her life previously, passed on.
As a follow up to her Gold album Unchanging Love (2008) and Palagi, Beginnings, her third offering with PolyEast Records, brings out a new energy from Zsa Zsa— capturing her period of transition, from experiencing the loss to opening a new chapter in her life. “Never stop believing in the power of second chances. Thank you for being with me in this new chapter of my life,” she shares.
The new album opens with the “Just a Love Song,” a cover of the 70s’ pop ballad of singer-songwriter Walter Murphy—a proof that when it comes to shiny, multipurpose pop, nobody does it better than the Divine Diva. Other songs also include remakes from Bee Gees, Carpenters, and Chicago among others.
“PolyEast Records and I were urged to come up with an album that I hope everyone would enjoy, and we picked those that make up the 10 tracks of some of my favorite music from the 70s and one song from the 80s which recently became the theme of my concert and appropriately the title of this album,” she says referring to her Valentine concert Beginnings at the Music Museum and the upcoming show on July 31 at the Resorts World in which she will perform the newly recorded songs.
The songs both parties came up with veered away from the high notes that marked ZsaZsa’s recording yet maintaining the vocal timbre that is the signature of her being the Divine Dive.
Other song in the album include “I Love You More Today Than Yesterday” (Spiral Staircase); “I Just Want to be your Everything” (Andy Gibb); “How Deep Is Your Love” (Bee Gees); “Rainy Days and Mondays” (Tony Bennett): “If You Leave Me Now” (Chicago); “Alone Again Naturally” (Gilbert O’Sullivan), which she says is one of her favorite tracks in the album; “One Hello” (Randy Crawford); and “I Got Caught Dancing Again” (Hues Corporation).
Zsa Zsa debuted as a recording artist in 1983 and has had a long string of hits that have become important marks in many people’s lives, like “Hiram,” “Mambobola,” and “Ikaw Lamang,” to name a few. With a voice that is distinct and only she can claim it’s hers in Pinoy music, small wonder Zsa Zsa still remains in a firmament above all others.
Zsa Zsa Padilla’s new album Beginnings is now available in stores (PolyEast Records) for only P300.00.
It is also available downloadable from iTunes, SpinnrPh and Deezer.
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