The Alternative to Love
| The Alternative to Love | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 14, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Le Grand Studio, Detroit, MI | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:18 | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Producer | Brendan Benson, Tchad Blake | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | B− |
| Uncut | |
The Alternative to Love is the third album by American singer-songwriter Brendan Benson, released in 2005. The song Cold Hands (Warm Heart) was featured on the Bones episode A Boy in the Tree and the Smallville episode "Exposed". The song "What I'm Looking For" was sampled on an iPod Touch commercial, as well as in the film Ghost Town. This is the last solo album Benson released before beginning the project band The Raconteurs with fellow Detroit native Jack White of The White Stripes.
The track "Flesh And Bone" was used in series one of the E4 drama Skins.