Soviet Kitsch (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Soviet Kitsch
Type = Album
Artist = Regina Spektor


Released = August 17, 2004
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, Anti-folk
Length = 39:00
Label = Sire Records (US)/Shoplifter Records (UK)/WEA (UK)
Producer = Gordon Raphael, Alan Bezozi, Regina Spektor
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:excm96oo0ep5 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22272/Regina_Spektor_Soviet_Kitsch link]
*PopMatters (7/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/spektorregina-soviet.shtml link]
*Stylus Magazine (B-) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/regina-spektor/soviet-kitsch.htm link]
*Blender Rating|4|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2669 link]
*Prefix (7/10) [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/R/Regina-Spektor/Soviet-Kitsch/953 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/reginaspektor/albums/album/6397588/review/7045804/soviet_kitsch link]
Last album = "Songs"
(2002)
This album = "Soviet Kitsch"
(2004)
Next album = "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".

The songs Carbon Monoxide, The Ghost of Corporate Future, and Chemo Limo were all featured on her Demo Cassette.

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 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.

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