Sarah releases Great Unknown

MANILA, Philippines – Sarah Geronimo (photo) continues with her amazing musical reinvention with the release of her 12th and brand-new album titled The Great Unknown, and here, she takes the best bits from her two previous hit albums and expands on it further.

An even mix of ballads, mid-tempo numbers and upbeat tracks, the album starts off with the piano-driven ballad Unbroken. Written by Philpop finalist Melvin Morallos, Unbroken finds Sarah Geronimo on a romantic yet somewhat pensive mood. Those strong emotions only serve to beautify the songs of course, and you can hear them on the singer’s execution all throughout, especially on The Great Unknown, the title track that Sarah collaborated with alt-pop band Hale.

The laidback feel continues on romantic songs such as Ako’y Para Lamang Sa’Yo, a track composed by hitmaker/singer-songwriter Totop Suzara formerly of Freestyle. Picking up the tempo a bit, Sarah takes on the R&B tinged pop hitmaker/singer-songwriter by Geraldine Lim titled Baby You’re the Reason. Also making a first time appearance in an SG album is Sarah’s close friend, pop-rock singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino who contributes a song in and is featured in Kaibigan Mo.

Once more, The Great Unknown is exclusively an all-original affair, and Sarah meticulously picked the best songs from the most promising of songwriters — from next-gen tunesmiths like Thyro Alfaro, Yumi Lacsamana, Nica del Rosario, Emmanuel Sambayan and those in between, such as Edmund Perlas, who wrote the endearing Only For You and Hale’s Roll Martinez in the alt-pop flavored Kapit.

Highlighting The Great Unknown is a triple threat of catchy, upbeat modern pop tunes: Starting with the subtle, electro flavored Sabi Mo sa Akin (written by Mark Villar). Sarah works anew with beats-meister Jumbo “Bojam”  de Belen who whipped up a smorgasbord of beats with Nica and Emmanuel in the dubstep fringed Tala. Closing the album with a bang is the Thyro-Yumi track Misteryo.

The Great Unknown is produced by Civ Fontanilla and Sarah and released by Viva Records. The album was released Dec. 4 and is now available on iTunes for download and can be listened to on music services like Spotify, Deezer, Rdio and Guvera.

The Great Unknown CDs are available at Odyssey branches in SM Fairview, North EDSA, Megamall, MOA, Farmers Plaza, Alimall, Glorietta, Greenbelt, Festival Mall, Alabang Town Center and Market Market. Provincial branches of Odyssey in SM Cauayan, Clark, Calamba, Batangas, Olongapo, Pampanga, Baguio, Dasmariñas, Rosario, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Ayala Cebu, Limketkai CDO, Citymall Dagupan, Citymall La Union, NE Pacific Mall and Island Citymall Bohol will also sell the new SG album.