Almost Alice
| Almost Alice (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) | ||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||
| Released | March 2, 2010 | |
| Recorded | 2009–10 | |
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, alternative rock, pop rock, synthpop | |
| Length | 58:16 | |
| Label | Buena Vista | |
| Singles from Almost Alice | ||
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| Entertainment Weekly | C− |
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Almost Alice is a concept album of various artists' music inspired by Tim Burton's film, Alice in Wonderland. 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. It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 US albums chart. On June 1, 2010, iTunes released a deluxe edition of the album. 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. It premiered on January 27, 2010, on the radio program On Air with Ryan Seacrest. The second single was the song "Tea Party" by Estonian pop singer Kerli. A special edition of the album with three extra songs is exclusive to Hot Topic, though it is also sold online on the Mexican Mixup Music Store site. On June 1, 2010, the special edition was released on iTunes.
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