''Almost Alice: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture'' is a 2010

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of various artists' music inspired by

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's film, ''

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''. The album is also notable for featuring songs that were inspired from quotes directly from

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's original 1865 novel ''

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''. For example, both " The Lobster Quadrille" (by Franz Ferdinand) and " You Are Old, Father William" (by

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) are both word-for-word performances of poems from the original ''Alice'' as quoted by the Mock Turtle (the former) and

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herself to the

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(the latter). Furthermore, "Very Good Advice" by Robert Smith is a cover of Kathryn Beaumont's "Very Good Advice" from

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'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,

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released a deluxe edition of the album. The

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, "

" by

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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 ''

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''. 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 was also sold online in Mexico by the Mixup Music Store. On June 1, 2010, the special edition was released on

Reception

William Ruhlmann of

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focused part of his review on Lavigne's track, "Alice", describing it as "a typical piece of self-assertive adolescent pop/rock", noting that it was "ideally suited for heavy rotation on

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". Singling out "White Rabbit" and "Very Good Advice" as the album "oddities", Ruhlmann otherwise decided the album was more appealing for children, with nearly all of the songs being "schoolyard chants".

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Reception

Track listing

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See also

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