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Regina Spektor: What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
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Artist
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Regina Spektor, piano & vocals. John Daversa, trumpet. Mike Elizondo, guitar & bass. Aaron Sterling, percussion, & others.
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Label
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Sire Records
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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37'18/2012
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Label Number
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530373
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Daedalus Item Code
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29327
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List Price:
$19.00
Sale Price:
$12.95
You Save:
$6.05
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Description
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The slightly off-kilter approach that makes the songs of this Russian-American musician so piquant pervades her new release (e.g., "Oh, Marcello" blends the refrain from the Animals' "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" into an inventive, pseudo-classical format). Along with her "trademark vocal curlicues and contagious piano melodies" (NPR), honest sentiment abounds in superb songs like "Small Town Moon," "Firewood," "Patron Saint," "All the Rowboats," and a version of the Nina Simone classic "Don't Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas)." "A signal achievement, a set of beguiling originals abounding with hooks, humanity and endearing quirks…. Spektor's fetching eccentricities aside, there's at least a handful of radio-ready singles here…. 'The Party' is just what it says, and then some. 'May I propose a little toast for all of the ones who hurt the most / For all the friends that we have lost,' Spektor urges over a stately brass arrangement. Rich in empathy, her sentiment is anything but cheap, despite the vantage point invoked in her album's title."—Washington Post "From the opening moment … Spektor enchants. On the first song, 'Small Town Moon,' her beautiful vocal range is buoyed by rock-heavy interludes and coupled with uplifting lyrics that give the song a surprising amount of depth…. 'Firewood' is a piano-based, love-soaked ballad where Regina really shows her strength, pulling at the heartstrings."—Sian Watson, Associated Press
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