Almost Alice

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Almost Alice (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture)
The mad hatter staring directly at the viewer holding up a cup of tea.
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released March 2, 2010
Recorded 2009–2010
Genre Psychedelic rock, alternative rock, pop rock, synthpop
Length 58:16
Label Buena Vista[1]
Singles from Almost Alice
  1. "Alice"
    Released: January 27, 2010
  2. "Tea Party"
    Released: March 2, 2010
  3. "Follow Me Down"
    Released: March 2, 2010
Deluxe Edition

Almost Alice is a concept album of various artists' music inspired by Tim Burton's film, Alice in Wonderland.[1][2][3] The album is also notable for featuring songs that were inspired from quotes directly from Lewis Carroll's original novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. For example, both "The Lobster Quadrille" (by Franz Ferdinand) and "You Are Old, Father William" (by They Might Be Giants) are both word-for-word performances of poems from the original Alice as quoted by The Mock-Turtle (the former) and Alice herself to the Caterpillar (the latter). Furthermore, "Very Good Advice" by Robert Smith is a cover of Kathryn Beaumont's "Very Good Advice" from Disney's 1951 animated adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.

The album was released by Buena Vista Records on March 2, 2010.[1] It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 US albums chart. On June 1, 2010, iTunes released a deluxe edition of the album.[4] The lead single, "Alice" by Avril Lavigne is played during the end credits of Alice in Wonderland and is the only song of the album featured in the film.[1] It premiered on January 27, 2010, on the radio program On Air with Ryan Seacrest.[5] The second single was the song "Tea Party" by Estonian pop singer Kerli. "Follow Me Down", a track from the album by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch, has also been released as a single.[6] A special edition of the album with three extra songs is exclusive to Hot Topic,[7] though it is also sold online on the Mexican Mixup Music Store site.[8] On June 1, 2010, the special edition was released on iTunes.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[9]
Entertainment Weekly C−[10]
Blogeroni 4/5 stars

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic focused part of his review on Lavigne's track, "Alice", describing it as "a typical piece of self-assertive adolescent pop/rock", noting that it was "ideally suited for heavy rotation on Radio Disney". Singling out "White Rabbit" and "Very Good Advice" as the album "oddities", Ruhlmann otherwise decided the album was more appealing for children, with nearly all of the songs being "schoolyard chants".[9]

Track listing

No. Title Artist Length
1. "Alice"   Avril Lavigne 3:35
2. "The Poison"   The All-American Rejects 3:53
3. "The Technicolor Phase"   Owl City 4:27
4. "Her Name Is Alice"   Shinedown 3:38
5. "Painting Flowers"   All Time Low 3:25
6. "Where's My Angel"   Metro Station 3:39
7. "Strange"   Tokio Hotel and Kerli 3:51
8. "Follow Me Down"   3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch 3:23
9. "Very Good Advice"   Robert Smith 2:58
10. "In Transit"   Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz 4:02
11. "Welcome to Mystery"   Plain White T's 4:28
12. "Tea Party"   Kerli 3:29
13. "The Lobster Quadrille"   Franz Ferdinand 2:08
14. "Always Running Out of Time"   Motion City Soundtrack 3:00
15. "Fell Down a Hole"   Wolfmother 5:04
16. "White Rabbit"   Grace Potter and the Nocturnals 3:21

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[13] 32
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 35
Canadian Albums Chart[15] 5
Mexican Albums Chart[16] 16
Spanish Albums Chart[17] 74
U.S. Billboard 200[18] 5
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums[19] 1
U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums[20] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks[21] 1

See also

References

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