Alan Cumming's I Bought a Blue Car Today Hits Shelves

Tony-winning actor Alan Cumming releases his debut solo album, I Bought a Blue Car Today. 

“The album title comes from the naturalization test I took to become a citizen of the U S of A,” says Cumming. “In the test, there is a bit where the man says a sentence and you have to write it down to prove your prowess in English. My sentence was ‘I bought a blue car today,’ which initially I thought was really sweet and childlike, but on closer examination I realized that it’s all about consumerism and gas guzzling, which rather brilliantly encapsulates America’s financial and energy crises in one fell swoop. [The album is] made up of songs and stories about my ten years living in the states culminating in my becoming a citizen.”

A complete track listing for I Bought a Blue Car Today (with songwriters indicated) follows:

1. “Shine” - Cyndi Lauper
2. “Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile” - Dory Previn
3. “That’s Life” - Dean Kay & Kelly Gordon
4. “Wig in a Box/Wicked Little Town” - Stephen Trask
5. “Don’t Tell Me” - Lance Horne
6. “Here You Come Again/My Interpretation” - Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Mika, Jodie Marr & Richie Supa
7. “Next to Me” - Lance Horne & Alan Cumming
8. “Unexpressed” - John Bucchino
9. “Where I Want to Be” - Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Tim Rice
10. “Thinking of You” - Victoria Wood
11. “What More Can I Say” - William Finn
12. “Mein Herr” - John Kander/Fred Ebb
13. “All I Know” - Jimmy Webb

The album is being released by Yellow Sound Label.