# Ordinary Alien

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Ordinary Alien
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Boy George](/source/Boy_George)
| cover      = Ordinary Alien.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 2010
| recorded   = 2001–2009
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[House](/source/House_music)|[dance-pop](/source/dance-pop)}}
| length     = 60:20
| label      = Decode Records
| producer   = {{hlist|Boy George|Kinky Roland}}
| prev_title = [U Can Never B2 Straight](/source/U_Can_Never_B2_Straight)
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [This Is What I Do](/source/This_Is_What_I_Do_(Boy_George_album))
| next_year  = 2013
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Ordinary Alien
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = Amazing Grace
 | single1date = January 25, 2011
 | single2     = Turn 2 Dust
 | single2date = 2011
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ordinary-alien-mw0002103917|title=Ordinary Alien - Boy George - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref>}}

'''''Ordinary Alien – The Kinky Roland Files''''' is an [album](/source/album) by [Boy George](/source/Boy_George), featuring a collection of his dance recordings made between 2001 and 2009. It was produced by Boy George himself and [German](/source/Germany) [record producer](/source/record_producer) Kinky Roland.

==Background==
Some of the album's tracks, such as "Don't Wanna See Myself", "Look Pon U", and "Kill the A&R", had been shared by George via [YouTube](/source/YouTube) and [MySpace](/source/MySpace) around 2006–2007. "After Dark" and "Human Racing" (the latter in an alternate version) were featured on George's alter ego The Twin's 2004 album ''[Yum Yum](/source/Yum_Yum_(album))''. "If I Were You" was included in his band [Culture Club](/source/Culture_Club)'s [2002 box set](/source/Culture_Club_(box_set)). "Yes We Can" and "Amazing Grace" were released as singles in 2008 and 2009 respectively. "Turn 2 Dust" was released in [dance](/source/Dance_music) and also [reggae](/source/reggae) versions at the end of 2011.

The album contains two cover versions: [Fleetwood Mac](/source/Fleetwood_Mac)'s "[Go Your Own Way](/source/Go_Your_Own_Way)" and soul-folk songwriter [Terry Callier](/source/Terry_Callier)'s "I Don't Want to See Myself (Without You)".

==Track listing==
===Standard version===
{{Track listing
| title1          = Turn 2 Dust
| writer1         = {{hlist|[George O'Dowd](/source/Boy_George)|[Kevan Frost](/source/Kevan_Frost)}}
| length1         = 5:46

| title2          = Yes We Can
| writer2         = {{hlist|O'Dowd|[John Themis](/source/John_Themis)}}
| length2         = 6:47

| title3          = Brand New
| writer3         = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Frost|Kinky Roland}}
| length3         = 5:34

| title4          = Amazing Grace
| note4           = featuring [fado](/source/fado) singer [Ana Laíns](/source/Ana_La%C3%ADns)
| writer4         = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Themis|Kinky Roland}}
| length4         = 5:21

| title5          = Don't Wanna See Myself
| writer5         = {{hlist|Eric Hocheert|[Terry Callier](/source/Terry_Callier)|Larry Wade|Pennington McGee}}
| length5         = 5:48

| title6          = If I Were You
| writer6         = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Themis}}
| length6         = 5:46

| title7          = [Go Your Own Way](/source/Go_Your_Own_Way)
| writer7         = [Lindsey Buckingham](/source/Lindsey_Buckingham)
| length7         = 5:46

| title8          = Here Come the Girls
| note8           = featuring [Ave D](/source/Avenue_D_(band))
| writer8         = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Kinky Roland}}
| length8         = 5:47

| title9          = Seconds
| note9           = featuring Phiiilip Something
| writer9         = Phiiilip Something
| length9         = 6:26

| title10         = After Dark
| writer10        = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Frost}}
| length10        = 6:18

| title11         = Kill the A&R
| writer11        = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Kinky Roland|Cheska Grover}}
| length11        = 5:10

| title12         = "Human Racing
| writer12        = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Frost}}
| length12        = 5:59

| title13         = Look Pon U
| writer13        = {{hlist|O'Dowd|Kinky Roland}}
| length13        = 4:17
}}

===Taiwan 2 CD edition===

'''CD 2:'''

#"Out of Fashion"
#"Sanitized"
#"Time Machine"
#"Psychology of the Dreamer"
#"Ragga Music"

===Argentina 2 CD edition===

'''CD 1:'''

#"Turn 2 Dust"
#"Yes We Can"
#"Brand New"
#"Amazing Grace"
#"Don't Wanna See Myself"
#"If I Were You"
#"Go Your Own Way"
#"Time Machine"
#"Seconds" (featuring Phiiilip Something)
#"Psychology of the Dreamer"
#"After Dark"
#"Human Racing"

'''CD 2:'''

#"Amazing Grace" (Original mix)
#"Here Come the Girls" (feat. Ave D)
#"Sanitized"
#"Kill the A&R"
#"Look Pon U"

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.discogs.com/release/2724286-Boy-George-Ordinary-Alien-The-Kinky-Roland-Files ''Ordinary Alien''] at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

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