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The Alternative to Love

Brendan Benson
3.7 out of 5 stars  (26 customer reviews) | More about this product

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Product Details
  • Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
  • Original Release Date: March 22, 2005
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: V2 North America
  • ASIN: B0007MEYIU
  • Also Available in: LP Record  |  Music Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,975 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Spit It Out
2. Cold Hands (Warm Heart)
3. Feel Like Myself
4. Alternative To Love
5. The Pledge
6. Them And Me
7. Biggest Fan
8. Flesh And Bone
9. Get It Together
10. Gold Into Straw
11. What I'm Looking For
12. Between Us
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Brendan Benson is the kind of guy who still sits by the AM radio late at night, spinning the tuning dial from one end to the other in a hopeless search for the perfect pop song. Little does he know he's considerably helped his own plight by making an album full of them. Unlucky in both love and money, the Detroit singer-songwriter has plenty to chew on with his third disc. Using wistful bubblegum melodies and crisp '60s harmonies, in tunes like "Feel Like Myself" and "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" he lashes out at former lovers and A&R men with equal venom. "I always wind up screwed without a kiss," he hisses on the Phil Spector inspired "The Pledge." But, in the end the man who counts Jack White and Beck as devoted fans, knows impending success is the best payback. "Maybe I've been caught red-handed, making off like a lucky bandit/ This wasn't how I planned it," he gloats on the title track. It's really hard to argue. --Aidin Vaziri

Alternative Press
…there is nothing average about the collection of tracks. It's just really good. No fancy adjectives necessary.

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