Regina Spektor Begin To Hope 05/14/2012 and/or keep up with

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TracksCredits - Disc 1 - 1 Doo Rags 2 My Way 3 U Gotta Love It 4 Nothing Lasts Forever 5 No Idea's Original 6 Blaze a 50 - Disc 2 - 1 Everybody's Crazy 2 Purple 3 Drunk By Myself 4 Black Zombie 5 Poppa Was a Playa 6 Fetus Internal ID: JIT

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Regina Spektor Begin To Hope 05/14/2012 and/or keep up withBEGIN TO HOPE finds anti folk chanteuse Regina Spektor taking a small step away from piano balladry into the brave new world of the pop song. And what pop songs they are. Spektor's voice takes the foreground over sparse arrangements of guitars, strings, some electronic beats, and yes, piano. Her singing, if you can believe it, is even better than it was on SOVIET KITSCH: intimate, playful, and full of jazzy phrasings. She slips effortlessly into