Soviet Kitsch

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Released August 17, 2004 Artist Regina Spektor Label Sire Records		Length 38:49 Release date 17 August 2004

Soviet Kitsch(2004) Live at Bull Moose(2005) Genres Rock music, Anti-folk, Alternative rock, Art Pop Producers Gordon Raphael, Alan Bezozi, Regina Spektor Similar Regina Spektor albums, Alternative rock albums

Soviet Kitsch is the major label debut and third album by American singer/songwriter Regina Spektor. 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".

Critical reception

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

Track listing

All songs written by Regina Spektor.

"Ode to Divorce" – 3:42
"Poor Little Rich Boy" – 2:27
"Carbon Monoxide" – 4:59
"The Flowers" – 3:54
"Us" – 4:52
"Sailor Song" – 3:15
"***" – 0:44
"Your Honor" – 2:10
"Ghost of Corporate Future" – 3:21
"Chemo Limo" – 6:04
"Somedays" – 3:21

Deluxe version bonus track

"Scarecrow and Fungus" – 2:29

Standard vinyl release

"Scarecrow and Fungus" – 2:29
"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").