Alfie (Carmen McRae album)

Some of the songs had previously been released on the album Second to None (1964) and Haven't We Met? (1965). The new song on the album was "Alfie", it was recorded in 1965. It was also released as a single with the non-album song "Modesty" (written by Benny Green and John Dankworth) from the movie Modesty Blaise on the b-side.^[2] The single was able to enter the Billboard magazine Top 40 Easy Listening chart at the 29th position.^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Billboard	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]

The review of Cash Box magazine noted that "the warm, tender highly pleasing song stylings of sweet voiced Carmen McRae make this set of top recent tunes an apt item for inclusion in a good music collection."^[7] A reviewer for Record World magazine stated that When Carmen does sing something, "it becomes the definitive version more likely than not."^[8]

1. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:43
2. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:00
3. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) — 2:50
4. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" (The Music That Makes Me Dance, Jule Styne) – 2:37
5. "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:37
6. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) – 3:09
7. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Michel Legrand, Eddie Barclay, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) – 3:20
8. "And I Love Him" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:12
9. "He Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:07
10. "The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) — 2:01