Soviet Kitsch (album)

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Soviet Kitsch
Studio album by Regina Spektor
Released	August 17, 2004
Genre	Rock, Anti-folk
Length	39:00
Label	Sire Records (US)/Shoplifter Records (UK)/WEA (UK)
Producer	Gordon Raphael, Alan Bezozi, Regina Spektor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (6.8/10) link PopMatters (7/10) link Stylus Magazine (B-) link Blender link Prefix Magazine (7/10) link Rolling Stone link
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 vacuous aesthetics of communism, a theme in his book The Unbearable Lightness of Being. One version of the album was released with a bonus DVD, which included a short promotional film titled The Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch and the music video for the song "Us".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ode to Divorce" – 3:42
2. "Poor Little Rich Boy" – 2:27
3. "Carbon Monoxide" – 4:59
4. "The Flowers" – 3:54
5. "Us" – 4:52
6. "Sailor Song" – 3:15
7. "Whisper" – 0:44
8. "Your Honor" – 2:10
9. "Ghost of Corporate Future" – 3:21
10. "Chemo Limo" – 6:04
11. "Somedays" – 3:21

Track 7 is a brief spoken word piece in which Spektor and her brother, Barry (Bear) Spektor, discuss the following song ("Your Honor"). The band backing Spektor on "Your Honor" is Kill Kenada.

[edit] Releases

Year	Label	Format	Catalog no.	Country
2004	Sire	CD	48833	US
2004	Sire	CD/DVD	48890	US
2004	Shoplifter	CD	005	UK
2005	Sire	LP	48953	US
2007	WEA	CD	9362493522	UK

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