Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

[RJN]

She's someone I've known of, but not really listened to, but this article made me listen to Soviet Kitsch for the first time yesterday and I've now listened to it 3 times. I really enjoy it. It's not as challenging as I thought it might be.

Regina Spektor's 'Soviet Kitsch' Turns 20

Discovery stories don’t get much more indicative of an artist’s talent than the one that producer Gordon Raphael tells about Regina Spektor. Raphael says he first heard Spektor play at a studio in the East Village, after being encouraged to meet up by mutual friend and drummer Alan Bezozi. “I...

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Anyone else like this? Maybe @Building A Mysterious Woman? I can't find any sort of consensus online about what her best albums are, but maybe I'll try Begin to Hope next

 

[RJN]

my favorite

 

[jivafox]

An absolute classic album.

And “Begin To Hope” and “Far” are also great!

 

[jivafox]

My favourite I think, as well as “Us”

 

[GNL]

I love her. One of my favourite artists and this is, I think, her best album.

 

[GNL]

but maybe I'll try Begin to Hope next

I love this one from Begin to Hope.

Summer in the city
I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely
So I went to a protest
Just to rub up against strangers
And I did feel like coming
But I also felt like crying
And it doesn't seem so worth it right now

Her older stuff is more DIY and clattery, and the newer stuff is more polished if that helps you with where to start while delving into her discography.

 

[RJN]

I love this one from Begin to Hope.

Summer in the city
I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely
So I went to a protest
Just to rub up against strangers
And I did feel like coming
But I also felt like crying
And it doesn't seem so worth it right now

Her older stuff is more DIY and clattery, and the newer stuff is more polished if that helps you with where to start while delving into her discography.

Definitely polished is more my thing normally but I think I’m more interested in her older stuff

 

[Suedehead]

She's someone I've known of, but not really listened to, but this article made me listen to Soviet Kitsch for the first time yesterday and I've now listened to it 3 times. I really enjoy it. It's not as challenging as I thought it might be.

Regina Spektor's 'Soviet Kitsch' Turns 20

Discovery stories don’t get much more indicative of an artist’s talent than the one that producer Gordon Raphael tells about Regina Spektor. Raphael says he first heard Spektor play at a studio in the East Village, after being encouraged to meet up by mutual friend and drummer Alan Bezozi. “I...

www.stereogum.com

Anyone else like this? Maybe @Building A Mysterious Woman? I can't find any sort of consensus online about what her best albums are, but maybe I'll try Begin to Hope next

I LOVE her and this album

 

[Suedehead]

Chemo Limo is just

 

[BoysForSeles]

Begin To Hope is where I started with her. I really like a lot of her stuff but she doesn’t hit quite as hard as others of her “ilk” with me personally but there’s loads of great/very good material. I didn’t really bother with her last two albums, I should rectify that.

 

[RJN]

In honor of the people who have replied to this thread, after my 4th listen to this, I’ve moved on to Jenny Lewis

 

[Suedehead]

The vinyl is just *chef's kiss*