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Alfie Boe’s Guide to Romance

Or rather, Alfie Boe’s Guide to Romance envisaged by thoughtsofjustafan!  Seriously though, as Alfie’s new album, Serenata, is marketed as his “most romantic album yet”, this is the perfect opportunity to check out Alfie Boe’s most romantic songs to date.

When polled, most fans were happy to go with My Heart is Yours as the most romantic song Alfie has yet recorded but what about before Serenata?  A good proportion of Alfie’s songs can be categorised as romantic and the songs nominated included:

  • I can’t help falling in love
  • Dimming of the Day
  • If I go away
  • First time ever I saw your face
  • When I fall in love
  • You are my heart’s delight

Now, in the name of extensive research, I listened to all of these (it’s a hard job but someone’s gotta do it) and I do have my favourite.  That favourite is I Can’t Help Falling in Love, just to die for.  However, if I had to choose a whole album being the most romantic, I would choose Love Was A Dream.  Not only does it ooze romance but the sound of Alfie’s soaring vocals, recorded right in the middle of the orchestra, has rarely been bettered.

The song chosen by you the fans as being Alfie’s most romantic is When I Fall in Love, from the Alfie album.  This is not a song we have heard Alfie sing often but he did perform this in Seoul earlier this year:

In his autobiography, Alfie mentions that just before he recorded this, he found out he was to be a Dad again so a perfect choice for his most romantic song.

If you need a bit of romance before Serenata is released, click here for thoughtsofjustafan’s very own Romance with Alfie Boe playlist on Spotify – and maybe we’ll revisit this subject for Valentine’s Day next year!  If you think I’ve missed anything out – please tell me via the comments box below!

Alfie and Love Was a Dream are available from Amazon:

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Serenata can now be pre-ordered – order the deluxe MP3 version and download Luna Malincolia and Addio Sogni now!

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Alfie Boe Wows Korea

When Alfie was announced as a guest at a concert in Seoul, Korea, just a few weeks ago, fans everywhere were keen to know the repertoire.  Would it be classical, musical theatre, songs from Trust and Storyteller or a combination of all?  We didn’t have to long to wait and it is an understatement to say that those of us who weren’t able to hop on a plane to Seoul (let’s face it, most of us!) were green with envy to see Granada, When I fall in Love and Music of the Night and Who Am I on the set list.

Judging from twitter, the concert seems to have been very well received, not least by the British Ambassador to Korea, Scott Wightman.  Both Mr Wightman and his wife, Anne, tweeted several times that they loved Alfie’s voice and were proud to have him singing in Korea.

As always, in this age of technology, us fans were wondering if any videos would be taken and uploaded to YouTube – luckily for us, the answer is yes! Many thanks to Kyoko for uploading so quickly; the video is tantalisingly labelled as 1/4, dare we hope for another 3 videos? In the meantime, here is a jazzed up version of When I Fall in Love. Enjoy!