REGINA SPEKTOR**FAR**CD - eBay (item 290359359268 end time Nov-12-09 05:27:18 PST)


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Artist:	Regina Spektor	Release Date:	Jun 23, 2009
Format:	CD	Record Label:	Sire Records (USA)
UPC:	093624976455	Genre:	Rock
Duration:	Album or EP	Sub-Genre:	--
Condition:	Brand new	Special Attributes:	--

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Track listing
1. Calculation, The 2. Eet 3. Blue Lips 4. Folding Chair 5. Machine 6. Laughing With 7. Human of the Year 8. Two Birds 9. Dance Anthem of the 80's 10. Genius Next Door 11. Wallet 12. One More Time With Feeling 13. Man of a Thousand Faces
Details
Producer:	David Kahne, Jacknife Lee, Jeff Lynne, Mike Elizondo
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording type:	Studio
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album notes
Regina Spektor worked with no less than four big-name producers on FAR, all of them with very different backgrounds: David Kahne was her collaborator on 2006's BEGIN TO HOPE; Garret "Jacknife" Lee counts R.E.M. and U2 among his credits; Jeff Lynne's lavish sound is famous on ELO's albums; and Mike Elizondo has worked with Fiona Apple and Maroon 5. It's something of a surprise, then, that FAR sounds so homogenized. On SOVIET KITSCH and BEGIN TO HOPE, Spektor's wide-eyed moments were balanced with darker, knowing songs that kept her music grounded. Here, almost all of the rough or unpredictable edges have been smoothed away, and all that's left is Spektor's sweet, quirky side. At times, FAR gets close to being too precious, whether it's putting Spektor's name in all lowercase letters in the liner notes, her dolphin on the otherwise charming "Folding Chair," or lyrics like "We made our own computer out of macaroni pieces" on the chirpy opener, "The Calculation." Even the album's darker tracks, such as the percussion-heavy "Machine," are surprisingly sugary compared to her previous work. However, Spektor's guileless voice and delivery allow her to get away with sounds and ideas that would be cloying in the hands of almost any other artist. She manages to make a song with the chorus "Eet, eet, eet" catchy and affecting, and fashions an observant and witty story out of returning a wallet to Blockbuster Video. Still, FAR's best moments occur when Spektor turns down the whimsy a few notches
Editorial reviews
[I]t's 'Folding Chair,' which refines Spektor's blend of classicist flourish and pure pop sense, that best encapsulates her talents and gnarly eccentricities. Spin 4 stars out of 5 -- FAR matches KITSCH's rococo flow with the follow-up's pop smarts....'Laughing With' begins as a meditation on God's wicked sense of humor and end collapsing in an existential freakout over a soft beat and weeping cello... Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- Darker themes are explored...delivered in a a deceptively sweet voice that sugar-coats the sinister heart of her subject matter. Record Collector With her third Sire album, FAR, Spektor again shows how original she is, finding the gleam in modern life with its contradictions and confusion in a uniquely colloquial manner. Billboard

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