Soviet Kitsch (album)
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Soviet Kitsch | ||
Studio album by Regina Spektor | ||
Released | August 17, 2004 | |
Recorded | ||
Genre | Rock, Anti-folk | |
Length | 39:00 | |
Label | Sire Records/London Records/Rhino Records | |
Producer(s) | Gordon Raphael, Alan Bezozi, Regina Spektor | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Regina Spektor chronology | ||
Songs (2002) |
Soviet Kitsch (2004) |
Live at Bull Moose (2005) |
Soviet Kitsch is the third album by Regina Spektor. The title is drawn from Milan Kundera's expression for the impractical romantic ideals of communism, a theme in his book The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ode to Divorce" – 3:42
- "Poor Little Rich Boy" – 2:27
- "Carbon Monoxide" – 4:59
- "The Flowers" – 3:54
- "Us" – 4:52
- "Sailor Song" – 3:15
- "***" – 0:44
- "Your Honor" – 2:10
- "Ghost of Corporate Future" – 3:21
- "Chemo Limo" – 6:04
- "Somedays" – 3:21
Track 7, entitled "***" is a brief spoken word piece in which Spektor and her brother, Bear (Barry) Spektor, discuss the following song ("Your Honor").
An alternate version of the album was also released that included a second disc, a DVD, which included a short film by Spektor entitled The Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch and the music video for "Us".