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Soviet Kitsch (CD)

By: Regina Spektor

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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 Soviet Kitsch (CD) Album By Regina Spektor
1   Ode To Divorce
2   Poor Little Rich Boy
3   Carbon Monoxide
4   Flowers, The
5   Us
6   Sailor Song
7   ***
8   Your Honor - (featuring Kill Kenada)
9   Ghost of Corporate Future
10   Chemo Limo
11   Somedays
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (No. 969, p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[Spektor] has a winsome voice that brings to mind a more tuneful Bjork, and she plays the piano with some of Tori Amos' virtuosic intensity..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Hers is a romantic, skewy world that takes its cues from Joni Mitchell's BLUE, Rachmaninov's 2nd and the theme from Hill Street Blues."

Title Note

Recording information: The Garden Studios, London; TMF Studios, NYC.

Regina Spektor's major-label debut, SOVIET KITSCH, presents the singer/songwriter's unique music in all its quirkiness and glory. Spare, piano-dominated arrangements frame Spektor's wispy singing, which at times is bold and theatrical in a manner that recalls Bjork, at others shy and fragile like Chan Marshall (AKA Cat Power). Except for the ragged punk rock of "Your Honor," the album is dominated by acoustic piano, allowing Spektor's unique songs--with their blend of storytelling, lyrical association, whimsy, satire, and heartfelt confession--to shine through.

The music is sometimes willfully primitive, as on "Poor Little Rich Boy," with its sing-song melodies, tumbling lyrics, and countertop percussion. Although Spektor can verge on being cloyingly child-like, she also delivers meticulously crafted, detail-packed songs of great intensity and passion ("The Flowers") and sketches sweepingly beautiful metaphors ("Us"). Spektor effaces seriousness and self-importance with her endearing sense of humor, relishing silliness and absurdity that is nevertheless rooted in emotional truth (particularly on "Chemo Limo"). The mixture of irreverence and sincerity, of traditional songcraft and indie sensibility, is mighty appealing, making SOVIET KITSCH a debut to note.

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