[TR24][OF] Regina Spektor - What We Saw from the Cheap Seats - 2012 (Rock, Alternative)

Since emerging on the NYC café circuit in 2001, this Russian-born, Bronx-bred artist has been hailed as a truly special talent. With an uninhibited imagination and acute sense of detail both in music and words, Regina Spektor has gone from practicing on an out of tune piano in the basement of her local synagogue to hypnotizing small crowds in NYC's lower East Side to selling out venues like New York's Radio City Music Hall worldwide.

Spektor recently released her latest album Far, to an overwhelming response from both fans and critics and it debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200. The New York Times raves Far is "[Spektor's] most ambitious work sonically and her storytelling is as elliptical as ever" while The UK Sunday Times agrees this is "her most accomplished, mystifying, eclectic and beautiful release to date. It doesn't just fly, it soars." Far is the follow up to Spektor's breakthrough album Begin To Hope which spent 5 weeks in a row at #1 on the Billboard new artists chart before moving to #20 on the Billboard Top 100 and selling 1 million copies worldwide (Gold or Platinum in 7 countries).

* Album includes three bonus tracks not listed in the liner notes.

Pop songstress Regina Spektor dazzles with her sixth full-length recording, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, an album that was captured over eight weeks in L.A. Spektor has enjoyed overwhelming praise for her quirky pop hits and Platinum selling releases. The album is a showcase of her immaculate songwriting talents and unparalleled musicianship. Anchored by her piano, Spektor fleshes out this fourteen-track masterpiece with a variety of instrumentation. Included is the funky “Small Town Moon” and the emotion provoking “How,” every track is a sonic accomplishment.
Reviews
"Spiking piano-driven songs of heartbreak with comic turns of phrase, cartoon voices and beatboxing outbursts, Regina Spektor has become her generation's Joni Mitchell – a singer-songwriter who nail-guns emotional truths between wisecracks." - Will Hermes, Rolling Stone

"...What We Saw From the Cheap Seats is nevertheless a signal achievement, a set of beguiling originals abounding with hooks, humanity and endearing quirks." - Bill Friskics-Warren, The Washington Post

4 out of 5 stars - Baltimore Post Examiner

8 out of 10 - "Simple ballads of unforced emotion and true romance." - NME