[2009-06-23] Regina Spektor "Far" produced by Jeff Lynne, others (Sire)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:28 am

[bigred]Standard Edition[/bigred]

Product Description
Regina Spektor's gold album Begin To Hope was honored as one of Rolling Stone's Top 50 albums of 2006. Far, her much anticipated follow-up, once again spotlights Spektor's daring piano pop, vocal acrobatics and offbeat wit. Utilizing four esteemed producers - Jeff Lynne (ELO, The Traveling Wilburys), Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem), David Kahne (Paul McCartney, The Strokes) and Garret 'Jacknife' Lee (Weezer, R.E.M.) - Spektor combines rich soundscapes with evocative and intricately structured melodies and a remarkable gift for crafting intelligent, refreshingly honest odes to life. With Far, major stardom draws near for Regina Spektor.

1. The Calculation
2. Eet
3. Blue Lips
4. Folding Chair
5. Machine
6. Laughing With
7. Human of the Year
8. Two Birds
9. Dance Anthem of the 80's
10. Genius Next Door
11. Wallet
12. One More Time with Feeling
13. Man of a Thousand Faces

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00204AA0O/?tag=imwan-20

[bigred]Special Edition[/bigred]

Product Description
Special Edition features two additional audio tracks and a bonus DVD with four music videos.

CD
1. The Calculation
2. Eet
3. Blue Lips
4. Folding Chair
5. Machine
6. Laughing With
7. Human Of The Year
8. Two Birds
9. Dance Anthem Of The 80's
10. Genius Next Door
11. Wallet
12. One More Time With Feeling
13. Man Of A Thousand Faces
14. Time Is All Around (Bonus Track)
15. The Sword & The Pen (Bonus Track)

Bonus DVD
1. Laughing With (music video)
2. Dance Anthem Of The 80's (music video)
3. Eet (music video)
4. Man Of A Thousand Faces (music video)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00278U1WA/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:29 am

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... rs_for_far

Regina Spektor Finds Strength in Numbers for “Far”

Posted Mar 20, 2009 11:10 AM

When Regina Spektor approached Jeff Lynne to produce her third major label release, Far, she wasn't familiar with his résumé.

"I loved Tom Petty's last record," she says. "Everyone was like, 'He's done some other things.'" Those "other things," of course, include work with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and, of course, E.L.O.

For the follow up to 2006's Begin to Hope, Spektor recruited Lynne and three other producers — Mike Elizondo, David Kahne and Garret "Jacknife" Lee — to corral her next collection of eccentric piano pop. The New Yorker's Björk-style vocal acrobatics and offbeat wit are all over tunes like the spiritual plea "Laughing With" and "The Wallet," about a lost billfold. But the collaborators add cool layers and textures, like Lynne's ELO-style strings on "Blue Lips" and the rockabilly groove of "Folding Chair."

"I wanted to learn from as many people as I could," Spektor says. "If I had more time, I probably would have used six more producers."

She may have needed the reinforcements in facing the daunting task of following up the acclaimed Begin to Hope, an album that drew praise for Spektor's "gorgeous, fluttery voice, her burgeoning writer chops and her God-given quirks" and earned it a spot among our top 50 albums of 2006. And as she prepares to follow up that success, Spektor is almost giddy, blogging, "I'm amazingly excited... it's starting to sink in that this is really happening... wow... wow. Wow! The feeling of being on a roller coaster and looking down at the plummet... Both exciting and terrifying. More exciting though... much more."

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:34 am

Already available is the MP3 single of "Laughing With":

1. Laughing With 3:14
2. Blue Lips 3:32

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0029ONNSG/?tag=imwan-20

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

"Laughing With" is also available as a 4-song CD EP. Track list:

Laughing With
Folding Chair
The Call (from Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
The Noise

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BEXESS/?tag=imwan-20

Rawburn · 24 Sep 2004

I really like Regina Spektor, but 'Laughing With' just seems to easy. I'm not believing it.

[2009-06-23] Regina Spektor "Far" produced by Jeff Lynne, others (Sire)

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