Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger - Alfie
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Artist: Dave Stewart, Mick JaggerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Music Label: Virgin Records
Soundtracks:
- Old Habits Die Hard - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Blind Leading The Blind - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- New York Hustle - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Let's Make It Up - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Wicked Time - Joss Stone & Nadirah "Nadz" (Featuring Mick Jagger)
- Lonely Without You - Mick Jagger
- Darkness Of Your Love - Gary "Mudbone" Cooper & Dave Stewart
- Jack The Lad - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Nikki - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Blind Leading The Blind - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Standing In The Rain - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Counting The Days - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Old Habits Reprise - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
- Alfie - Joss Stone
- Old Habits Die Hard - Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart (Featuring Sheryl Crow)
Music reviews of Alfie
Music Review: The Way Soundtracks Should Be Made
Rating: 4 Stars
I think anyone comparing this soundtrack to Rolling Stones material-- or even Mick Jagger solo material-- is pretty foolish.
Yes, Mick Jagger wrote and performed almost every song here, but even if this were a Mick Jagger solo album (which it's not... it's a SOUNDTRACK... as well as a COLLABORATION with former Eurythmic Dave Stewart), who ever said that late Jagger solo material stands up to the Stones' work?! It doesn't. This is why you shouldn't hold the Alfie soundtrack up to anything in the Rolling Stones' catalog.
That said, this is a darn good album.
For starters, this Alfie soundtrack has its own voice. I like that a lot. It distinguishes itself from Sonny Rollins' now-classic jazz score to the original film (a tough feat) while maintaining its own musical identity. Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart give us an album full of basic, yet emotionally sophisticated, guitar-driven rock/pop songs. Musically, the songs are simple, but the emotion, the poignancy, and the sentiment are intricate. Songs like "Old Habits Die Hard," "The Blind Leading the Blind," and "Lonely Without You" drip with heartache. Who better to sing/narrate the romantic misadventures of a British playboy than Mick Jagger?!
Also, this IS a soundtrack to a romantic comedy. Keeping that in mind, Alfie does it better than most of today's romantic comedy soundtracks (which tend to overdo it with the sappy love songs). There's fluidity to the album, with enough variety to keep it interesting. Joss Stone's tracks are sprinkled throughout. Her bluesy R&B vocals refresh things quite a bit. And while her gospel-tinged take on the classic Alfie title song is nowhere near as good as the original, she does make it her own. She's such a young singer, but mature and sophisticated enough to fit right in on this album.
Lastly, I like the album's structure. You've got consistency from Jagger and Stewart, which I mentioned before. It's not all over the place like most soundtrack albums. You've also got a few instrumentals, reprises of themes, and different versions of songs, which I really like. And then you've got that touch of variety, by way of Joss Stone's contributions, to cut up the monotony.
I think this Alfie soundtrack is a huge success. Most people think of Sonny Rollins' moody jazz score & Burt Bacharach's lovely theme song when they think of the original 1966 Alfie. Now with Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart's soundtrack to the 2004 film, people will (hopefully) again associate this remake with its strong music.
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