Far (Bonus Track Version)
Regina Spektor
Open iTunes to preview, buy and download music.
| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
The Calculation | Regina Spektor | 3:11 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
2 |
Eet | Regina Spektor | 3:50 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
3 |
Blue Lips | Regina Spektor | 3:31 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
4 |
Folding Chair | Regina Spektor | 3:33 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
5 |
Machine | Regina Spektor | 3:51 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
6 |
Laughing With | Regina Spektor | 3:14 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
7 |
Human of the Year | Regina Spektor | 4:07 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
8 |
Two Birds | Regina Spektor | 3:15 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
9 |
Dance Anthem of the 80's | Regina Spektor | 3:41 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
10 |
Genius Next Door | Regina Spektor | 5:05 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
11 |
Wallet | Regina Spektor | 2:26 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
12 |
One More Time With Feeling | Regina Spektor | 3:57 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
13 |
Man of a Thousand Faces | Regina Spektor | 3:11 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
14 |
Time Is All Around (Bonus Track) | Regina Spektor | 3:04 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
15 |
The Sword & the Pen (Bonus Track) | Regina Spektor | 3:48 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
16 |
Riot Gear (Bonus Track) | Regina Spektor | 2:06 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Songs |
iTunes Review
When two creative individuals come together to work, the results can be either inspired or implosive. The singular singer/songwriter/pianist/arranger Regina Spektor collaborated with not one but four different producers on her fifth studio album, Far, and the result fortifies the Russian-American’s already impressive body of work. Traveling Wilbury Jeff Lynne (E.L.O., Paul McCartney), Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Fiona Apple), Garrett Lee (U2), and David Kahne (Sugar Ray, Matthew Sweet) all worked with Spektor, who delves largely into the grand theme of religion. “Laughing With”, the haunting lead-off single, might have its analog in the saying “there are no atheists in foxholes”. “The Calculation” is pure joy, while “Blue Lips” evolves from a cinematically reflective introduction to an actively explorative cadence.
Customer Reviews
Magical, but slightly overproduced.
I adore Regina, I really do. I just love everything about her music, I just find her hypnotising and so original, quirky and unique, but talented as well. But in a strange way that's the point - it's her quirky, unique music that makes her so appealing and, well, Far, like Begin To Hope before it, doesn't represent that side to her very well. Sure there are moments, flashes of the real Regina, such as 'Dance Anthem' and 'Wallet', but new versions of live songs such as 'Folding Chair' just seem a tad too glossy for me. Don't get me wrong, those songs, and this album in general, is still fantastic, and I genuinly adore every song, it's just that I feel it comes across a bit too comercial, a bit too glossy, not allowing for some of Regina's edgy, perhaps less-comercial but still widely loved, vocals. It seems to like, and I might be wrong here in which case I'm sorry, that Regina or at least her label, are trying to market her at a wider audience. If this is the case then I think that in doing so there's a risk of losing some of those original fans, who love Regina for who she is. In general, a wonderful album that I'll no doubt be playing for months to come, but I'm going to see her in Hyde Park on 29th June and I hope she'll be performing some of her older music as well as songs from this album. Still, this is an amazing collection of songs it really is, and well, well worth the money.
why why why?
some may say progressed, id say sold out a little. the magic of soviet kitch, 11:11 and all her earlier works has pretty much vanished beneath, in my opinion, needless other instruments and a more popular sound. it makes me sad
Beautiful....
There is not a song on this album which I don't get excited about. Like the artist herself, Regina's songs are enchanting, refreshing, and just downright beautiful. Fans of her earlier work will probably say it's "over-produced" (after all, just give Regina a piano and magic will happen) but I would argue that some of the tracks really benefit from the resultant epic sound. "The Wallet" is reserved for those who crave the cutesy Regina who earlier brought us such songs as "Ghost of Corporate Future." For anyone wondering whether to get the bonus tracks I say DO IT! "The Sword and the Pen" is one of my early favourites.
Biography
Born: 19 February 1980 in Moscow, Russia
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Regina Spektor
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Fidelity | Begin to Hope (Bonus Track Version) | 3:46 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
2 |
Samson | Begin to Hope (Bonus Track Version) | 3:09 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
3 |
Us (Remastered) | (500) Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture) | 4:48 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
4 |
Us (Remastered Album Version) | Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories By Regina Spektor | 4:48 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
5 |
Eet | Far (Bonus Track Version) | 3:50 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
6 |
On the Radio | Begin to Hope (Bonus Track Version) | 3:20 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
7 |
Us | Soviet Kitsch | 4:52 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
8 |
The Call (Live In London) | Live In London | 3:09 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
9 |
All the Rowboats | All the Rowboats - Single | 3:36 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
10 |
Laughing With | Far (Bonus Track Version) | 3:14 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
- £8.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music
- Released: 09 June 2009
- ℗ 2009 Sire Records for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., A Warner Music Group Company.
