I've just been searching for a thread on Alfie - could not find one (sure some kind soul will now point out the endless threads of times gone by, so here goes:

Just got it in the mail yesterday so only on my third run-through - "Raising Sand" keeps pushing it out of the player - but it's actually better than I thought it would be.

Not a classic by any means - but not a "dud", either IMHO ;-)

What's it all about?

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> What's it all about?


What do you mean?

What's it all about, Alfie?

the song....never mind

Its actually a really nice album.

I do find it amazing that on the European release of the CD they didnt include the duet with Sheryl Crow of "old Habits Die Hard". Considering that Sheryl still manages to have chart success with her singles and the film had got a lot of attention in the UK, I would have thought that it would have been Mick's best chance of a successful solo single since 'Dancing in The Streets'.

Bizarre.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-11-06 22:11 by Gazza.

Sheryl Crow on "Old Habit's Die Hard". What a truly horrible idea. Shame on you Gazza!

What - maximise the album's sales by releasing as a single the song on the album which had the most commercial appeal instead of leaving it off the European version of the CD altogether?

Makes no sense, right enough.....

I also like the Alfie soundtrack. (And I chuckled at the "what's it all about?" line above.)

After Mick and Dave Stewart won a Golden Globe for "Old Habits Die Hard," I saw an Oscar in their future. They didn't even get nominated!

It was at that moment I realized that the universe is guided by a malevolent diety.

These are the songs that got nominated for the 2004 Best Song Oscar:
“Accidentally In Love” from “Shrek 2”
“Al Otro Lado Del Río” from “The Motorcycle Diaries”
“Believe” from “The Polar Express”
“Learn To Be Lonely” from “The Phantom of the Opera”
“Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)” from “The Chorus (Les Choristes)”

I know, Monkeylad, you're right! Alfie blew away the Oscar-nominated competition! I love this soundtrack!

"Old Habits Die Hard" is great. "The Blind Leading the Blind" is very good. "Let's Make It Up" is filler. "Lonely Without You" is a poor rewrite of "Merry Christmas, Baby." The instrumentals are crap. He should have stuck "Deep Down Under" and "Stomp" on there instead.

see the thread I had started about this great CD

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When the Alfie soundtrack came out, the European version had EMI's silly copyright protection software in the place where the American version had the Sheryl Crow duet. Of course, I ordered the US version.

I guess the album is among Dave Stewart's best productions. As for the songs, I especially like New York Hustle.

Man I just found out that Mick did an instrumental track for this film and called it "Oh Nikki" It sounds vaguely like Not Fade Away with that Diddley riffing. I can get into it. Is the movie worth the while?

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Most enjoyable album (not least because of Joss Stone's great singing). Never knew about the Crow collaboration (it's not on my copy).