Remember Us to Life

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{{Infobox album

| name = Remember Us to Life

| type = studio

| artist = Regina Spektor

| cover = RememberUsToLife.png

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2016|9|30}}

| recorded = 2015–2016

| studio = The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA)
Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA)
4th Street Recording (Santa Monica, CA)
Smecky Music Studios (Prague, Czech Republic)

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Anti-folk
• baroque pop
• indie pop

}}

| length = 46:29

| label = Warner Bros., Sire

| producer = Leo Abrahams, Regina Spektor

| prev_title = What We Saw from the Cheap Seats

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Home, Before and After

| next_year = 2022

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Remember Us to Life

| type = Studio

| single1 = Bleeding Heart

| single1date = July 22, 2016

| single2 = Small Bill$

| single2date = August 11, 2016

| single3 = Black and White

| single3date = September 8, 2016

| single4 = Older and Taller

| single4date = September 22, 2016

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 70/100{{cite web|title=Remember Us to Life by Regina Spektor|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/remember-us-to-life/regina-spektor|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=October 6, 2016|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223083920/https://www.metacritic.com/music/remember-us-to-life/regina-spektor|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Donelson|first1=Marcy|title=Regina Spektor Remember Us to Life review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/remember-us-to-life-mw0002968733|website=Allmusic|accessdate=24 November 2016|archive-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113150141/http://www.allmusic.com/album/remember-us-to-life-mw0002968733|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = Consequence of Sound

| rev2score = B{{cite web | url=https://consequence.net/2016/09/album-review-regina-spektor-remember-us-to-life/ | title=Remember Us To Life | work=Consequence of Sound | date=29 September 2016 | accessdate=4 November 2016 | author=Brooks, Sarah | archive-date=23 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223083917/https://consequence.net/2016/09/album-review-regina-spektor-remember-us-to-life/ | url-status=live }}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 6.6/10{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22499-remember-us-to-life/ | title=Remember Us to Life Review | work=Pitchfork | date=18 October 2016 | accessdate=4 November 2016 | author=St. Asaph, Katherine | archive-date=5 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033020/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22499-remember-us-to-life/ | url-status=live }}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-regina-spektor-remember-us-to-life-w442035 | title=Regina Spektor's 'Remember Us to Life' Has Brilliant Underdog Songs | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=29 September 2016 | accessdate=4 November 2016 | author=Hermes, Will | author-link=Will Hermes | archive-date=5 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105094427/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-regina-spektor-remember-us-to-life-w442035 | url-status=live }}

| rev5 = Vice (Expert Witness)

| rev5score = A−{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/reinvention-response-and-redemption-song-expert-witness-with-robert-christgau/ | title=Reinvention, Response, and "Redemption Song" | publisher=Vice | work=Noisey | date=4 November 2016 | access-date=4 November 2016 | author=Christgau, Robert | author-link=Robert Christgau | archive-date=5 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033023/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/reinvention-response-and-redemption-song-expert-witness-with-robert-christgau | url-status=live }}

}}

Remember Us to Life is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. Spektor announced that it would be released on September 30, 2016, on July 22, 2016. The lead single of the album is "Bleeding Heart", which is available to listen in full via SoundCloud via Spektor herself.{{cite web |last=Geslani |first=Michelle |url=https://consequence.net/2016/07/regina-spektor-announces-new-album-remember-us-to-life-shares-bleeding-heart-listen/ |title=Regina Spektor announces new album, Remember Us to Life, shares "Bleeding Heart" — listen |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=July 22, 2016 |accessdate=July 28, 2016 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219114411/https://consequence.net/2016/07/regina-spektor-announces-new-album-remember-us-to-life-shares-bleeding-heart-listen/ |url-status=live }}

The title is a translation of {{Langx|he|זכרינו לחיים}}, a phrase from the High Holy Days liturgy. Spektor encountered the phrase in her prayer book on Yom Kippur while pregnant.{{Cite web |last=_ReginaSpektor_ |date=2016-10-05 |title=I’m Regina Spektor! Ask me anything! |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5600u0/im_regina_spektor_ask_me_anything/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=r/IAmA}}