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Track Listings
| 1. Ode to Divorce |
| 2. Poor Little Rich Boy |
| 3. Carbon Monoxide |
| 4. Flowers |
| 5. Us |
| 6. Sailor Song |
| 7. Your Honor |
| 8. Ghost of Corporate Future |
| 9. Chemo Limo |
| 10. Somedays |
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Since Emerging on the Nyc Caf Circuit in 2001, Regina Spektor Has Been Hailed as a Truly Special Talent. Soviet Kitsch Offers Ample Proof of the Russian-born, Bronx-bred Musician's Many Remarkable Gifts, from her Unique and Provocative Vocal Style - which Can Change in the Blink of an Eye - to Prodigious Piano Skills Garnered Through Years of Classical Training. In Addition, Spektor is an Enormously Idiosyncratic Composer and Lyricist, Combining Eclectic and Evocative Melodies with Intricately Structured Character Studies that Owe More to Chekhov and Gogol Than to Most Modern Songwriters. With Soviet Kitsch, Regina Spektor Establishes Herself as Something Genuinely Rare and Refreshing - an Unadulterated, Unanticipated Original. The Dvd Runs for 20 Mins and features a Short Film, Animation as Well as the Video Clip for "us".
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5.0 out of 5 stars
And you don't love your mother,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Soviet Kitsch (Audio CD)
Singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen. And even among the good ones, it takes something special to stand out.And Regina Spektor stands far above your typical singer/musician, with her quirky antifolk and her eccentric songwriting. In her third album, "Soviet Kitsch," Spektor does it all her own way, as if there had never been music before, and she's just inventing her own styles. Unlike a lot of albums, it doesn't start off with the catchiest song. Instead, it's the melancholy violin and piano of "Ode to Divorce," with Spektor singing meditatively, "So break me to small parts/Let go in small doses/But spare some for spare parts/You might make a dollar..." She sounds like the indie cousin of Fiona Apple in such songs, as well as in the cancer-themed "Chemo Limo." But it doesn't stay bittersweet all the time. She dabbles in punk rock in the colourful "Your Honour," commiserates with a literate "poor little rich boy" who doesn't love his mom or his girlfriend, and finishes with a quiet little song about love, loneliness and sorrow. The highlight of it all is "Us," a fast-paced, rippling piano tune that is just catchy enough to catch your notice, but not enough to be annoying or poppy. Listening to Regina Spektor is a bit like listening to a kaleidoscope -- every time you hear her, her music sounds a little different. That's not something that can be said of many artists, and it only underscores the oddball, quirky sound. You definitely won't be able to forget this, once you've got "Us" stuck in your head. Spektor is often compared to Tori Amos and Fiona Apple, for her use of piano and some violins. Honestly, she sounds too weird to be either. But she puts that piano and those violins to good use, creating everything from jagged folksongs to shimmering ballads. The piano tinkles along unpredictably, in a manner that simply follows the song, rather than the other way around. And Spektor's singing is even better, since she uses her voice the same way she does her music. She even changes tempo in mid-line: "You don't love your giiiirlfriend/And you think... that you should... but shethinksthatshe'sfat/Butsheisn'tbutyoudon'tloveheranyway!" She does little jabbers, snarls, trills and squawks, as well as the more typical soaring and crooning. Regina Spektor's "Soviet Kitsch" breaks all the pop rules, and makes beautiful little songs that are as alluring as they are disturbing. It's contagious!
5.0 out of 5 stars
You Just Can't Stop Listening....,
This review is from: Soviet Kitsch (Audio CD)
I first bought this CD because I heard some of regina's music on the T.V. show Grey's Anatomy I would have to say it is my current favourite CD. All of her songs have someting unique about them that I can't quite place my finger on and her voice gives you the chills.This is how I would rate each song out of 5: 1. Ode To Divorce...3/5 2. Poor Little Rich Boy...5/5 3. Carbon Monoxide...5/5 4. The Flowers...3/5 5. Us...5/5 6. Sailor Song...4/5 7. *** aka whisper (not actually a song) 8. Your Honor...3/5 9. Ghost Of Corporate Future...5/5 10.Chemo Limo...5/5 11.Somedays...3/5
5.0 out of 5 stars
They made a statue of us,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Soviet Kitsch (CD+DVD) (Audio CD)
Singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen. And even among the good ones, it takes something special to stand out.And Regina Spektor stands far above your typical singer/musician, with her quirky antifolk and her eccentric songwriting. In her third album, "Soviet Kitsch," Spektor does it all her own way, as if there had never been music before, and she's just inventing her own styles. Unlike a lot of albums, it doesn't start off with the catchiest song. Instead, it's the melancholy violin and piano of "Ode to Divorce," with Spektor singing meditatively, "So break me to small parts/Let go in small doses/But spare some for spare parts/You might make a dollar..." She sounds like the indie cousin of Fiona Apple in such songs, as well as in the cancer-themed "Chemo Limo." But it doesn't stay bittersweet all the time. She dabbles in punk rock in the colourful "Your Honour," commiserates with a literate "poor little rich boy" who doesn't love his mom or his girlfriend, and finishes with a quiet little song about love, loneliness and sorrow. The highlight of it all is "Us," a fast-paced, rippling piano tune that is just catchy enough to catch your notice, but not enough to be annoying or poppy. Listening to Regina Spektor is a bit like listening to a kaleidoscope -- every time you hear her, her music sounds a little different. That's not something that can be said of many artists, and it only underscores the oddball, quirky sound. You definitely won't be able to forget this, once you've got "Us" stuck in your head. Spektor is often compared to Tori Amos and Fiona Apple, for her use of piano and some violins. Honestly, she sounds too weird to be either. But she puts that piano and those violins to good use, creating everything from jagged folksongs to shimmering ballads. The piano tinkles along unpredictably, in a manner that simply follows the song, rather than the other way around. And Spektor's singing is even better, since she uses her voice the same way she does her music. She even changes tempo in mid-line: "You don't love your giiiirlfriend/And you think... that you should... but shethinksthatshe'sfat/Butsheisn'tbutyoudon'tloveheranyway!" She does little jabbers, snarls, trills and squawks, as well as the more typical soaring and crooning. Regina Spektor's "Soviet Kitsch" breaks all the pop rules, and makes beautiful little songs that are as alluring as they are disturbing. It's contagious!
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