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│ Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope Bonus EP
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│ artist ........ Regina Spektor
│ title ......... Begin To Hope Bonus EP
│ release date .. 2006
│ label ......... Sire
│ cat. no ....... 44315-2
│ url ........... http://www.reginaspektor.com
│
│ rip date ...... 28-06-2006
│ genre ......... Rock
│ quality ....... 161 kbps (average) / 4410Hz
│ time .......... 14:50
│ size .......... 18,06 MB
│ source ........ CD EP
│
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│ release info │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ A veteran of New York's anti-folk scene, Regina Spektor makes │
│ quirky, highly eclectic, but always personal music. Born and │
│ raised in Moscow until age nine, Spektor listened to her │
│ father's bootleg tapes of Western pop and rock as a young child │
│ and also learned to play piano. She and her family moved from │
│ Russia to the Bronx, where she was immersed in American culture │
│ (at the time, hers was the first Russian family in the borough │
│ in 20 years). Eventually, Spektor and her family became part of │
│ a community that balanced her Russian Jewish roots with her new │
│ home's culture. She continued to practice piano anywhere she │
│ could, including at her synagogue, until her family got a piano │
│ of their own. Spektor further developed her classical piano │
│ training by attending the SUNY Purchase Music Conservatory. │
│ During her studies, she was exposed to blues and jazz artists, │
│ including Billie Holiday, for the first time; these sounds made │
│ such an impact on Spektor that they became a big part of her │
│ self-released 2001 debut album, 11:11. At the same time, she │
│ was also playing gigs anywhere she could in the city, in venues │
│ ranging from basements to parties to comedy clubs. With her │
│ frequent performances and another self-released album, 2002's │
│ Songs, Spektor developed a following that included Alan Bezozi, │
│ They Might Be Giants' drummer; he introduced Spektor to the │
│ Strokes' producer, Gordon Raphael. Raphael and Bezozi worked │
│ with Spektor on her third album, Soviet Kitsch, in New York and │
│ London (where she collaborated with the band Kill Kenada). │
│ Soviet Kitsch was initially self-released like her other work, │
│ but it eventually found a wider release with Sire Records. │
│ Tours with the Strokes, Kings of Leon, Mates of State, and the │
│ Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson further raised Spektor's profile. │
│ Tours of the U.K. and the success of "Us" as a single there led │
│ to the release of the CD/DVD retrospective Mary Ann Meets the │
│ Gravediggers and Other Short Stories early in 2006; that │
│ summer, Begin to Hope, her first album of original material for │
│ Sire, arrived. │
│ │
│ On Begin to Hope, Regina Spektor treads a delicate balance │
│ between her anti-folk past and her present home on Sire │
│ Records. Though the label re-released Soviet Kitsch in 2004, │
│ Begin to Hope is Spektor's first original material for Sire, │
│ and it feels more like a major-label debut than Soviet Kitsch │
│ ever did. The album's big, glossy production and preponderance │
│ of drum machines and keyboards inches Spektor toward territory │
│ that isn't exactly mainstream, but is closer to a more │
│ conventional adult alternative singer/songwriter sound. Her │
│ songwriting mirrors this, too: "Field Below," which finds her │
│ wishing for the countryside while living in the city, has a │
│ mellow, appealingly rambling vibe that grows from the │
│ traditional singer/songwriter roots of Joni and Carole; │
│ "Better" takes the breathy, literate, pretty side of Spektor's │
│ music and tailors it into a radio-friendly single. "On the │
│ Radio" takes it a step further and becomes a smart, funny, and │
│ sad meta-single, with lyrics like "We listened to it │
│ twice/Because the DJ was asleep" backed by poppy synths and │
│ beats. │
│ │
│ But even though Begin to Hope's first few songs might suggest │
│ otherwise, Spektor is much too freewheeling and quirky a talent │
│ to stick to the straight and narrow for the entirety. Show │
│ tunes, classic soul, the Bible, and the backs of cereal boxes │
│ are all inspirations for the album. And whether she quotes the │
│ melody from Doris Payne's "Just One Look" and pairs it with │
│ lyrics about orca whales on "Hotel Song," or begins the lovely, │
│ confessional closing track, "Summer in the City," with the line │
│ "summer in the city means cleavage," Spektor uses them in │
│ unexpected ways. She also places some truly surreal, heady │
│ tracks toward Begin to Hope's end: "Lady" is a torchy number │
│ arranged for piano, saxophone, and typewriter, while "20 Years │
│ of Snow" is buoyed along by impressionistic keyboards that │
│ twinkle and tumble like a just-shaken snow globe. "Apres Moi," │
│ one of the album's most impressive tracks, showcases her │
│ classical piano training, her Russian heritage, and those │
│ biblical influences to ominous, paranoid effect. Leaving the │
│ more unique, quintessentially Regina Spektor-esque tracks at │
│ the end of Begin to Hope isn't so much a bait-and-switch as is │
│ a clever way to lure in and loosen the inhibitions of new fans. │
│ The album feels like getting to really know someone: at first, │
│ it's polite and a little restrained, but then its real │
│ personality, with all of its charming idiosyncrasies, finally │
│ reveals itself. [Hardcore Regina fans will want to get the │
│ version of Begin to Hope that comes with a bonus CD of tracks │
│ from her U.K. EPs and studio versions of songs like "Uh-Merica" │
│ and "Dusseldorf."] │
│ │
│ This is CD2 of the special edition. Word to Regina. Us, Sailor │
│ Song, Your Honor. │
│ │
│ │
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│ track list │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│ 1. Another Town 4:09 │
│ 2. Uh-merica 3:19 │
│ 3. Baobabs 2:04 │
│ 4. Dusseldorf 3:12 │
│ 5. Music Box 2:06 │
│ │
│ │
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│ eac log │
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