Nievera released his first LP, Martin.Take One, in June 1982 the album went platinum in five months.
Inspired by his father's talent and success, Nievera returned to the Philippines to pursue his own musical career in 1982. Nievera spent most of his childhood in Hawaii as his father sang for the group S.O.S. The son of Filipino balladeer Bert Nievera, Nievera was born on February 5, 1962, in Manila, Philippines.
Martin Nievera has been quoted as saying he wants to reach an international audience and realizes he needs original and more upbeat material to achieve that goal.Crooner Martin Nievera is often called the "Concert King" of the Philippines. However, while Return to Forever is the best in the series, it's time to try something else other than singing remakes of American love songs. Nonetheless, Martin Nievera possesses a strong and versatile voice, and his performances here are excellent. The placement of the spirited songs seems careless, and they do not cohere with the rest of the album. After Martin Nievera's exciting version of "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," for example, the listener is ready for more excitement, but is instead met by another slow love song, "The Gift of Time." After that, the album ends. The 12 slow love songs, which include "Someone That I Used to Know" and "The Greatest Love Affair," can be too much. The American remakes include such songs as Barry Manilow's "Weekend in New England," Phil Collins' "Against All Odds," and Stevie Wonder's "Too Shy to Say." Twelve of the album's 15 songs are slow love songs and three songs have some spirit these include David Gates' "Goodbye Girl," Bill Medley's "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," and an upbeat version of Tower of Power's early-'70s hit "So Very Hard to Go," which is markedly different from the original. Of the album's 15 tracks, 13 are remakes of American songs and two are remakes of Philippine songs. As with the first two albums in the series, Return to Forever is dominated by remakes of American middle-of-the-road love songs. The album is the third in a series that started with 1998's Forever and 1999's Forever, Forever. In 1999, Philippine male singer Martin Nievera released his second album of the year, Return to Forever.
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