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Soviet Kitsch is the major label debut and third album by American singer/songwriter Regina Spektor. It was originally released on Shoplifter Records in May 2003 but was reissued in August 2004 when Spektor signed with Sire Records. The title is drawn from Milan Kundera's expression for the vacuous aesthetics of Stalinist-style 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".

Soviet Kitsch
Studio album by Regina Spektor
Released	May 2, 2003 (Shoplifter Records) August 17, 2004 (reissue)
Recorded	TMF in NYC and The Garden in London
Genre	Art pop[1]
Length	38:49
Label	Sire
Producer	Gordon Raphael Alan Bezozi Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor chronology
Songs (2002) Soviet Kitsch (2003) Live at Bull Moose (2005)
Singles from Soviet Kitsch
"Carbon Monoxide" Released: 2003 "Your Honor / The Flowers" Released: 2004 "Us" Released: 2006

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	favorable[4]
Blender	[5]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[6]
PopMatters	7/10[7]
Prefix Magazine	7/10[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Stylus	B−[10]

"I became obsessed with Soviet Kitsch," said British singer Kate Nash. "The songs are so powerful and raw. There's a track called 'Chemo Limo' where she sings about having kids. I was utterly convinced she had children of her own, but it's all made-up. That's one of the great things about her: she has a way of making you believe in what she's singing about."[11]

In 2009, the album was included in NME's list of 100 greatest albums of the decade.[12]

Commercial performance

As of 2007 the album has sold 54,000 copies in the United States.[13]

Track listing

All songs written by Regina Spektor.[14]

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. "* * *" – 0:44
8. "Your Honor" – 2:10
9. "Ghost of Corporate Future" – 3:21
10. "Chemo Limo" – 6:04
11. "Somedays" – 3:21

Deluxe version bonus track

12. "Scarecrow and Fungus" – 2:29

Standard vinyl release

12. "Scarecrow and Fungus" – 2:29
13. "December" – 2:10

Track 7 is titled "Whisper" on digital versions of the album. It is a brief spoken word piece in which Spektor and her brother, Barry "Bear" Spektor, discuss the following song ("Your Honor").

Personnel

• Regina Spektor - piano, voice, rhodes, drumstick, percussion, producer, songwriter
• Alan Bezozi - producer, drums, percussion, heartbeat
• Oren Bloedow - guitar
• Graham Maby - bass
• Gordon Raphael - percussion
• Bear Spektor - whispers ("***")
• The 4x4 String Quartet - strings ("Us" and "Somedays")
• Kill Kenada - backing punk band ("Your Honor")
• Eric Biondo - songwriter (one lyric and melody sampled in "Somedays")

Releases

Year	Label	Format	Catalog no.	Country
2004	Sire	CD	48833	US
		CD/DVD	48890	US
	Shoplifter	CD	005	UK
2005	Sire	LP	48953	US
2007	WEA	CD	9362493522	UK
2016	Sire	Red LP	549811-1	US

References

На других языках

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- [en] Soviet Kitsch

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[es] Soviet Kitsch

Soviet Kitsch es el tercer álbum de estudio de la cantautora ruso-estadounidense Regina Spektor. Editado primero en 2002 de manera independiente, luego mediante Shoplifter Records en 2003 para el Reino Unido, fue relanzado oficialmente el 17 de agosto de 2004 por Sire Records en Estados Unidos, convirtiéndose así en el primer trabajo de Spektor en ser publicado por una casa discográfica. Gordon Raphael, Alan Bezozi y la propia Spektor estuvieron a cargo de la producción. El título Soviet Kitsch es un guiño directo a las raíces rusas y judías de la cantante.[7] La mayoría de las canciones cuentan con una presencia de voz y piano,[8] y la banda de rock Kill Kenada participa en la canción «Your Honor».[4] En 2004 salió a la venta DVD promocional The Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch mediante Warner Bros. Records. Incluyó el videoclip de la canción Us y un documental.[9] En el arte de tapa, el sombrero que utilizó Spektor para la sesión pertenecía a su abuelo, un oficial de navegación que trabajó en un barco desminador durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.[10]

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