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Regina Spektor - Far
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The only bad thing about Far is that it took too long to make. Three years? Come on. Especially considering the fact that she's been playing some of these songs live for a few years now. "Blue Lips" was my favorite Regina song even before I knew it was going to be on this album. Regina, it's okay, but please don't do it again. Nevertheless, Far is worth the wait, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a Spektor fan who won't love it. Yes, even the ones who hated Begin To Hope because their favorite "anti-folk" hero stopped banging on chairs and was suddenly certified gold and getting played on VH1. ("You've only heard 'Fidelity'? Oh my god you've got to hear 'Pavlov's Daughter,' it's so much better!") Here's the bottom line: Far is her second best album, and it is so close to being as good as (or better than) Soviet Kitsch that it's almost scary. The easiest way to describe this album is simply to say that it's basically a combination of all the things that made her past work so good. Do you miss that quirky crap she used to do on 11:11 and Songs? Well, you should listen to "Dance Anthem Of The 80s," complete with her trademark staccato piano-and-voice combination. And, like some of the tracks on 11:11 and Songs, it's got just the right combination of sweet sections ("Been a long time since I was touched, now I'm getting touched all the time") and parts that are actually slightly annoying, like the aforementioned staccato, but as before, things like that only serve to make her listeners love her more. She is arguably the most endearing performer around right now; those who love her, love her dearly....full text |
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Of all the lines an artist can spend her life crossing, the one between "cute" and "cutesy" is one of the riskiest. Seriousness attaches itself to explicit violence or sexuality -- think of Eminem and Madonna, discussed in the halls of church and state. Going deep into the realm of childlike wonder and whimsicality has the opposite effect. People smile at art rendered in pretty colors and a sunny voice, but they don't think about it too hard; doing so might result in sugar shock. Regina Spektor traffics in cuteness as a form of alienation, a way of distinguishing her perceptions from the "normal" way of viewing things. The 29-year-old Jewish "anti-folk" star is a classic outsider: She emigrated from Moscow to the Bronx as a child, and from concert piano to pop during high school. Now a cult performer whose songs frequently turn up in the background of prime-time television dramas, Spektor is a more daring artist than her quirky surfaces indicate. Her approach seems guileless and folk-artsy at first, but behind her odd vocal effects is the desire to break through the bonds of any one language, as her magic-realist lyrics seek to comprehend the human condition of not fitting in....full text |
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| On a quirkiness scale, Regina Spektor ranks just above rainbow suspenders. It's her jaunty piano rags, which beg someone to dance the Charleston. Or perhaps it's that, on Far's ''Folding Chair,'' she literally sings like a dolphin. But playing the freak also makes her blissfully unself-conscious, and that can be contagious. Nothing's more heartfelt than ''Wallet,'' an ode to a stranger who lost his. Simple and elegant, it's the best song ever inspired by a Blockbuster card. B+...full text |
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