''The Alternative to Love'' is the third album by American singer-songwriter

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, released in 2005. The song ''Cold Hands (Warm Heart)'' was featured on the ''

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'' episode A Boy in the Tree and the Smallville episode "Exposed". The song "What I'm Looking For" was sampled on an iPod Touch

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, as well as in the film ''Ghost Town''. This is the last solo album Benson released before beginning the project band

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with fellow Detroit native

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. The track "Flesh And Bone" was used in series one of the E4

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'' Skins''.

Track listing

All songs written by

. # "Spit It Out" – 3:20 # "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" – 3:25 # "Feel Like Myself" – 4:16 # "Alternative to Love" – 4:35 # "The Pledge" – 2:55 # "Them and Me" – 4:00 # "Biggest Fan" – 3:45 # "Flesh and Bone" – 2:55 # "Get It Together" – 3:32 # "Gold into Straw" – 3:43 # "What I'm Looking For" – 3:31 # "Between Us" – 3:12

References

Brendan Benson albums 2005 albums Albums produced by Tchad Blake V2 Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub