Kitsch [Import]

Kitsch [Import]

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Chelsea Kids

3. From Heaven to Hell and Back Again

4. Cry for Me

5. She's No Angel

6. Jackie the Lad

7. Docking In

8. Squalliday Inn

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
First Time CD Release for this Wonderful Record, the Band's Third and Final Release from 1977. Produced by Mikkie Most. Digitally Remastered with Original Artwork.

Tracks:

Ode to Divorce
Poor Little Rich Boy
Carbon Monoxide
Flowers
Us
Sailor Song
***
Your Honor
Ghost of Corporate Future
Chemo Limo
Somedays

Customer Reviews:

Excellent CD.......2007-07-31

I bought this CD after having purchased "Begin to Hope" and seeing Regina in concert. This CD has a good collection of Regina's early songs...favorites include "Us", "The Flowers", and the "Salior Song". While her most recent CD "Begin to Hope" is much better and features a more mature sound and improved song writing, this CD still offers a nice collection of songs. Regina's songs and sound are unique and the powerful piano playing set her apart.

soviet kitsch album.......2007-07-30

received in a timely fashion, great condition, thought it was going to be in a hard case, but the soft envelope works fine too

shut up and play.......2007-07-26

I bought it after seeing cbs sunday morning program highlighting her career. Hopefully it was repeat, her repeated use of profanity is disappointing. The CD needs a label warning about the lyrics. I played it for a week in the car during my daily commute to work, hoping I would find something worth keeping. Her piano playing is very good.

Great CD.......2007-07-19

This is a grat CD for New or existing Regina Spektor fans, the only thing I do recomend that you check is if the cd come in a cd case, or one of those flimsy cardboard sleves, it may or may not cost you more, but if you are an avid CD colector such as myself, I sujest taking the time to make that specification.

The girl can sing!!.......2007-07-05

This is, as far as I know, her first recordings, and the songs deal with many not so pleasant topics, but she has a way of pulling the matter together which is unique and surprising interesting to listen to and not depressing in the least. Also she is not your typical singer songwriter in that the tempo and phrasing of her songs change in ways that could be very distressing but she is able to make it work.

Average customer rating:

regina is a amazing.
Getting there
Interesting songs
They made a statue of us
Regina is the best!

Soviet Kitsch
Regina Spektor
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Songs

ASIN: B0007NBAMW
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

Ode to Divorce
Poor Little Rich Boy
Carbon Monoxide
Flowers
Us
Sailor Song
Your Honor
Ghost of Corporate Future
Chemo Limo
Somedays

Album Description

Imagine a female singer-songwriter pianist for The Strokes generation. Imagine Regina Spektor, who has not only opened for The Strokes but whose major label debut album, Soviet Kitsch, was co-produced by one of that band's producers. Imagine a driven, complex and endearing new artist with a sense of pop melody and clever songwriting, and with charisma to spare. Imagine no more.

Customer Reviews:

regina is a amazing........2007-07-16

i absolutely love this album. definitely not for everyone, but if you appreciate her offbeat style and lyrics, this is maybe her best album.

Getting there.......2006-07-31

Every time a decent female singer-songwriter appears on the scene, she *has* to be compared to a score of old ones. As for Regina Spektor, I have heard the names of Joni Michell, Tori Amos, Bjork, Fiona Apple (as in "Mary Ann's a bitch" in "Sailor Song") but then also Nellie McKay, Pj Harvey (who could have sun the chorus "c'mon, daddy" in "Carbon Monoxide"), and then even Ani diFranco, and for a grand finale, echoes of the Beatles and the Smiths. For sure, Spektor has heard and digested them all, but she is her own singer. This album features far better songs than the previous ones. the songwriting is much tighter, and is unoriginal only in rare places ("somedays"). Her style is much better defined than before. What can be said about it? It would most often be filed under the condescending and limiting label of "quirky", which is unfair, as the woman is honest, with a knack for catchy melodies, and with original lyrics; and she does not limit herself to celebrations of love, or curses of failed lovers. She can sing about anyone and anything, with tones ranging from cabaret to punk. She is ironic, but not detached. In the near future, she might become a real innovator, or just a half-sellout trite and self-referential singer-songwriter, a la Tori Amos. For the time being,my main criticism is with the production values of the album, which I found to be underproduced; her voice is kept a bit too flat and distant from the piano.

Interesting songs.......2006-05-19

Some interesting songs and lyrics, but not enough of that to make it a really good album. I like the piano and the violins arrangements, but the singing is often plain irritating, nasal and forced. Not quite Brittney Spears, but not good.
I would like to hear Regina when she is singing something that does not sound so "quirky" vocally- she can write good or even great songs. But this album is an aquired taste.

They made a statue of us.......2006-05-16

Singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen. And even among the good ones, it takes something special to stand out.

And Regina Spektor stands far above your typical singer/musician, with her quirky antifolk and her eccentric songwriting. In her third album, "Soviet Kitsch," Spektor does it all her own way, as if there had never been music before, and she's just inventing her own styles.

Unlike a lot of albums, it doesn't start off with the catchiest song. Instead, it's the melancholy violin and piano of "Ode to Divorce," with Spektor singing meditatively, "So break me to small parts/Let go in small doses/But spare some for spare parts/You might make a dollar..." She sounds like the indie cousin of Fiona Apple in such songs, as well as in the cancer-themed "Chemo Limo."

But it doesn't stay bittersweet all the time. She dabbles in punk rock in the colourful "Your Honour," commiserates with a literate "poor little rich boy" who doesn't love his mom or his girlfriend, and finishes with a quiet little song about love, loneliness and sorrow. The highlight of it all is "Us," a fast-paced, rippling piano tune that is just catchy enough to catch your notice, but not enough to be annoying or poppy.

Listening to Regina Spektor is a bit like listening to a kaleidoscope -- every time you hear her, her music sounds a little different. That's not something that can be said of many artists, and it only underscores the oddball, quirky sound. You definitely won't be able to forget this, once you've got "Us" stuck in your head.

Spektor is often compared to Tori Amos and Fiona Apple, for her use of piano and some violins. Honestly, she sounds too weird to be either. But she puts that piano and those violins to good use, creating everything from jagged folksongs to shimmering ballads. The piano tinkles along unpredictably, in a manner that simply follows the song, rather than the other way around.

And Spektor's singing is even better, since she uses her voice the same way she does her music. She even changes tempo in mid-line: "You don't love your giiiirlfriend/And you think... that you should... but shethinksthatshe'sfat/Butsheisn'tbutyoudon'tloveheranyway!" She does little jabbers, snarls, trills and squawks, as well as the more typical soaring and crooning.

Regina Spektor's "Soviet Kitsch" breaks all the pop rules, and makes beautiful little songs that are as alluring as they are disturbing. It's contagious!

Regina is the best!.......2006-02-01

I first heard Regina Spektor a few months ago while I was browsing through the iTunes music video section. I came across the "Us" video. I dug the song and checked out her Soviet Kitsch album. I dug every song on the album - something I've not done in a while. It's so full of life and talent. I bought the album there. Then I checked out her 11:11 album. Dug every song on that album too. Bought that one on the spot as well. I've never come across ANY artist that I've enjoyed EVERY song on EVERY album. Not even the Beatles. I did want the "Us" video - so I bought the physical CD/DVD from Amazon. I also found her "Songs" and "Live at Bullmoose" excellent as well. You can hunt down some of her bootlegs online, too. I am going to watch out if/when she comes into town. Regina is awesome. Support talented artists!

Average customer rating:

The sound of piano and its depth.

Pourquoi je suis si sentimental

Manufacturer: Bis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000016M0
Release Date: 1995-03-28

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Musique Triste, Parfois Tragique
Var Zur Gesundung Von Arinuschka
Fur Alina
Jaungada Muzika (Neujahrsmusik)
Nostalgia
I. Allegro Vivavce
II. Moderato
III. Allegretto
IV. Moderato
V. Allegretto
Pourquoi Je Suis Si Sentimental

Customer Reviews:

The sound of piano and its depth........2000-04-26

Interest in unknown Russian modern composers must be deepened by this album.Lubimov plays delicate melody sometimes passionetely , intellectual composed.

In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster

Average customer rating:

"ExperiMENTAL"
.5 stars
Highly involving Norwegian JazzRockMetalAmbientProg

In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster
Shining
Manufacturer: Rune Grammaphon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007MAPMY
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

Goretex Weather Report
Redrum
Romani
Perdurabo
Aleister Esplains Everything
31=300=20 (It Is by Will Alone I Set My Mind in Motion)
Where Death Comes to Cry
Smoking Dog
Magazine RWRK
You Can Try the Best You Can

Customer Reviews:

"ExperiMENTAL".......2005-06-22

source: www.alternativemalta.com

I have just heard the greatest album opener in the
history of album openers. An eerie clanking, a
saxophone disturbingly creeping its way through the
noise. Some hands clapping, a guitar bumbling through,
making a tense buildup and BAM! the
song elevates itself ten feet into the air and then
calms down with some panpipes, lulling you into a trance,
suddenly WHAM! you're elevated out of your seat . Now
THAT is how to make an entrance! Even the title of
this track is amazing: 'Goretex Weather Report'.

Shining are from Norway, and this, their third album
is quite unlike anything I've ever heard. Jazz, Prog,
Goth and Metal all collide into one holy almighty
mess, albeit a very listenable one (not surprisingly
there are two members from Ninja Tune group Jaga
Jazzist in the band - a band that has always
positively surprised). Never once does the pace
falter. In fact its a very exciting ride with new
discoveries at every turn. Yes and its very brainy as
well. This is purely music for the mind and brain.
Even the song titles refer to movies, such as
Kubrick's 'The Shining' or to books such as Herbert's
Dune (31=300=20 (it is by will alone I set my mind in
Motion)). On first listening I was flabbergasted,
salivating with my eyes wide open. On my 200^th
listening I'm wreck(ed?) and STILL discovering new
things in this literally amazing album.

I have a feeling that Shining have set a new template
for music with '... Kingdom of Kitsch ...', and new
standards too. Although some imitators will be spawned
in the near or even late future I'm sure they can't
top this awesome bombastic instant classic.
Recommended for those who thought "Kid A" was
revolutionary!

.5 stars.......2005-05-17

In the kingdom is Shining's third album and their first on the rune grammofon label. They contain some past members of Norway's current headline grabbing act, Jaga, or Jaga Jazzist as was their previous title. Jorgen Munkeby who was involved in Jaga's Stix album, is Shining's key man playing at a vast array of instruments (church organ, mellotron, piano etc...) some of which I didn't know existed. Can anyone tell me what an akai ewi is? A couple of reviews have stated that Jorgen likes some pretty hard music, Pantera for instance, and that he picked up the saxophone at age 9. Consequently this album is a bit like jazz played over the top some rough metal/ prog. In some instances this is pretty apt description.

Gortex weather report opens the album with a twisted harmonic tune with a light child-like bass line underneath...before launching into a doomsday prog metal riff. It calms done before reappearing at a frantic pace. "Romani" is a mellow jazz piece with a saxophone guiding you through peaks and toughs and some vocal harmonies . "Aleister explains everything" is one of the more rocky tracks, a saxophone over the top of fast prog beat before mutating into a hip-hoppy rhythm, then fading out into what sounds like a sound check, before coming back even harder. About a third through "Magazine RWRK" trumpets blow and the emperor/ gladiator enters the Colosseum ready for the fight to an appreciative crowd.

In the kingdom is one strange album. It's a mixture of some strange styles with very strong jazz influences. I guess through the more crazy, unstructured moments of jazz improv go well with the apparently care free drumming and programming. This album feels like it's going to fall to pieces which will put allot of people off. If you like some more extreme jazz/ electronic stuff, maybe your into squarepusher, then check this out.

Highly involving Norwegian JazzRockMetalAmbientProg.......2005-03-04

Leave it to the Rune Grammofon label to release such an inspired piece of musical madness that mixes up prog, rock, jazz, ambient electronics, and just about everything else. Featuring two former members of the sprawling Jaga Jazzist, Shining is a young quartet of musicians who seem very unafraid of mashing genres together in an effort to create something wholly unique. Imagine if Jaga Jazzist let their hair down a bit more and simply freaked-out once in awhile (in several different ways), and you're getting somewhere close to the sort of thing that Shining does.

The opening track of "Goretex Weather Report" sets the bar pretty darn high as strummed, loose-string guitars and horns line up in a building riff before the track unleashes with a blast of heavy prog metal before the track collapses into an organ-grinding soundtrack motif that further evolves into one last blast of shredding guitars pyrotechnics. "REDRUM" follows it up with a short blast of live and programmed drums mingling with stuttering waves of horns, shouts and hollers, and an absolutely romping midsection that doesn't last long enough. The whole thing is over in under 2 minutes and the group is of course quickly on to other things.

In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster is literally all over the place, yet it somehow ties itself together with horns. On the quiet, soundtrack-esque "Where Death Comes To Cry," soft moans of horns play out alongside some more wheezy organ for a brief respite in the middle of the album where tracks seem to burst at the seams with ideas. "The Smoking Dog" blends touches of Ennio Morricone soundtracks into a glitchy, carnival-ride of a track that is alternately blasting forth with hyperspeed programmed drums and dropping off into weird melodies (played on a variety of instruments and synths) that could easily accompany stalker-scenes in a horror movie.

If my descriptions above make the album seem a bit hodge-podge, be assured that it most definitely is. At the same time, though, this is one of those releases that you'll want to sit down with and listen to many, many times in order to hear all the different parts so you can air-drum, air-guitar, and air-whatever to them later. In the course of ten tracks and just about forty minutes, four people cram scores of catchy riffs, some seriously thunderous moments, as well as some nice ambience into a short, but definitely not lacking release. In interviews I've read with bands over the years, one thing that seems to come out once in awhile is that all the different bandmembers like different music and the resulting band music is the pulling of all those parts into an overall sound. If that's the case with Shining, I'm glad that they somehow found a way to get everything jammed in here without everything completely falling off the rails. Occasionally mindblowing, and very entertaining.

(from almost cool music reviews)

Average customer rating:

Sentimental Jamboree
Tommy Keenum
Manufacturer: TOMMY KEENUM
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA9F72
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

Whatever It Takes
Vienna
Jericho
For the Love of You
Some Folk's Lives Roll Easy
River Man
Creepin'
Just My Baby
Harpo's Blues
Your Good Thing
Song for You
Do What You Gotta Do
Junk
Everybody Hurts (Bonus)

Average customer rating:

Burning Ground

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B2WK6Y
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Average customer rating:

Kitsch Lounge Riot
Various Artists
Manufacturer: BMG UK & Ireland Ltd.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008UVCB
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

Wonderwell
Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer & His Orchestra
Secret Agent Man - Mel Torm
Wild Elephants - James Clarke
Theme [From They Call Me Mr Tibbs]
Avenues and Alleyways - Tony Christie
James Bond Theme - Leroy Hadidi
Oye Como Va - Tito Puente
Pink Panther Theme - Hollywood Studio Orchestra
Downtown - Petula Clark
Sweeney - Simon Brint, Simon Wallace
Mini Skirt - Skeewiff
Venus - Tom Jones, Tom Jones

Tracks:

Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Mr Bojangles - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Something - Shirley Bassey
From Here to Eternity - Engelbert Humperdinck, Engelbert Humperdinck
Speak Softly Love [Love Theme from The Godfather] - Andy Williams
Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett
Light My Fire - Joseliciano
Teach My Tiger - April Stevens
Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg
Boy from Ipanema - Peggy Lee
I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
Daydream

Tracks:

Reach Out (I'll Be There) - The Four Tops
Do You Love Me - The Contours
I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson
Rescue Me - Oliver Darley
Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone
War - Edwin Starr
Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle, LaBelle
Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
20th Century Boy - T. Rex
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Call Me - Blondie
Little Less Conversation - JXL

Album Description

Subtitled - 40 Suave & Sophisticated Tracks. UK compilation featuring one disc apiece of 'kitsch' (The Mike Flowers Pop & Tom Jones), 'lounge' (Sammy Davis Jr. & Aretha Franklin), & 'riot' (Elvis Vs JXL & Blondie). Copy control CDs. 40 tracks. Three slimline jewel cases housed together in a slipcase. BMG. 2003.

Album Details

Three CD Collection to Accompany the London Club Night. One CD of 'kitsch' from Mike Flowers, Tony Christie, Petula Clark and Others. One CD of 'lounge' from Nina Simone, Jose Feliciano, Peggy Lee and Others. One CD of 'riot' from T Rex, Kinks, Blondie, Elvis Vs Jxl and Others.

Average customer rating:

Kitsch Christmas

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JU7MJ8
Release Date: 2007-08-07

Average customer rating:

Kitsch Lounge Riot
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Motown | R&B | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000093FKL
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

Wonderwell
Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer & His Orchestra
Secret Agent Man - Mel Torm
Wild Elephants - James Clarke
Theme [From They Call Me Mr Tibbs]
Avenues and Alleyways - Tony Christie
James Bond Theme - Leroy Hadidi
Oye Como Va - Tito Puente
Pink Panther Theme - Hollywood Studio Orchestra
Downtown - Petula Clark
Sweeney - Simon Brint, Simon Wallace
Mini Skirt - Skeewiff
Venus - Tom Jones, Tom Jones

Tracks:

Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Mr Bojangles - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Something - Shirley Bassey
From Here to Eternity - Engelbert Humperdinck, Engelbert Humperdinck
Speak Softly Love [Love Theme from The Godfather] - Andy Williams
Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett
Light My Fire - Joseliciano
Teach My Tiger - April Stevens
Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg
Boy from Ipanema - Peggy Lee
I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
Daydream

Tracks:

Reach Out (I'll Be There) - The Four Tops
Do You Love Me - The Contours
I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson
Rescue Me - Oliver Darley
Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone
War - Edwin Starr
Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle, LaBelle
Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
20th Century Boy - T. Rex
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Call Me - Blondie
Little Less Conversation - JXL

Average customer rating:

Impressive Music!

Soviet Kitsch
Regina Spektor
Manufacturer: Wea/Warner
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NQR8HE
Release Date: 2007-03-26

Tracks:

Ode to Divorce
Poor Little Rich Boy
Carbon Monoxide
Flowers
Us
Sailor Song
***
Your Honor
Ghost of Corporate Future
Chemo Limo
Somedays

Tracks:

Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch [A Short Film][Multimedia Track]
Us [DVD]

Album Details

Since Emerging on the Nyc Caf Circuit in 2001, Regina Spektor Has Been Hailed as a Truly Special Talent. Soviet Kitsch Offers Ample Proof of the Russian-born, Bronx-bred Musician's Many Remarkable Gifts, from her Unique and Provocative Vocal Style - which Can Change in the Blink of an Eye - to Prodigious Piano Skills Garnered Through Years of Classical Training. In Addition, Spektor is an Enormously Idiosyncratic Composer and Lyricist, Combining Eclectic and Evocative Melodies with Intricately Structured Character Studies that Owe More to Chekhov and Gogol Than to Most Modern Songwriters. With Soviet Kitsch, Regina Spektor Establishes Herself as Something Genuinely Rare and Refreshing - an Unadulterated, Unanticipated Original. The Dvd Runs for 20 Mins and features a Short Film, Animation as Well as the Video Clip for "us".

Customer Reviews:

Impressive Music!.......2007-07-27

Regina Spektor came to the US via Russia, but you'd never know it by her music.

The music is an interesting pop blend of current sounds and Regina's classic piano background.

As they said in the Alka-Seltzer commercial: "Try it you'll like it!"

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