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Begin To Hope (CD)

By: Regina Spektor (Artist)

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Regina Spektor Artist Snapshot:

Although Regina Spektor got her start in the defiantly uncommercial "anti-folk" scene in New York City, the singer-songwriter and pianist has become an unlikely breakout star due to her quirky melodic and lyrical gifts. Born in Moscow on February 18, 1980, Spektor emigrated to New York with her family in 1989, during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Already a prodigy on the piano, Spektor graduated from music school in 2001 and self-released two albums before 2004's breakthrough SOVIET KITSCH brought her to greater public attention, followed by 2006's Top 20 hit BEGIN TO HOPE.

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DISC 1 for Begin To Hope (CD) Album By Regina Spektor (Artist)
1   Fidelity
2   Better
3   Samson
4   On The Radio
5   Field Below
6   Hotel Song
7   Apres Moi
8   20 Years Of Snow
9   That Time
10   Edit
11   Lady
12   Summer In The City
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Spektor shows off her gorgeous, fluttery voice, her burgeoning writer chops and her God-given quirks..."
Rolling Stone (p.104) - Ranked #21 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "Her vocals are intense..."
Spin (p.88) - 4 star out of 5 -- "Funnier than Fiona Apple and sexier than Nellie McKay, she gets freakier with her classical training than Alicia Keys."
Q (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he 25-year-old remains comically kooky..."
Q (p.116) - Ranked #82 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006."
Alternative Press (p.224) - 4 out of 5 -- "BEGIN TO HOPE finds Spektor still enjoying the ride, this time with better production, and flittering along with stream-of-consciousness tunes..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Spektor has finally embraced her pop roots and it's the knowing details that resonate..."

Title Note

Personnel: Regina Spektor; Nick Valensi.

Recording information: 2006.

BEGIN TO HOPE finds anti-folk chanteuse Regina Spektor taking a small step away from piano balladry into the brave new world of the pop song. And what pop songs they are. Spektor's voice takes the foreground over sparse arrangements of guitars, strings, some electronic beats, and yes, piano. Her singing, if you can believe it, is even better than it was on SOVIET KITSCH: intimate, playful, and full of jazzy phrasings. She slips effortlessly into falsetto and scat in a manner reminiscent of Joni Mitchell. "Hotel Song" finds Spektor singing whispery and smooth over humming organs and a muted snare drum. In "On The Radio," she sings about hearing G'N'R's "November Rain" while plucked strings and synth arpeggios go noodling on behind her. This is an album full of surprises, not the least of which is how lovely the effect is overall.

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