Soviet Kitsch

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| MC = 72/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/soviet-kitsch/regina-spektor|title=Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor|website=Metacritic |access-date=5 October 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r700913|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review], AllMusic

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/regina-spektor-soviet-kitsch-1798200545|title=Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch|website=The A.V. Club |date=5 April 2005|access-date=5 October 2016}}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2669 |title=Blender review |access-date=2007-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184429/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2669 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 6.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7739-soviet-kitsch/|title=Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch Album Review - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork |access-date=5 October 2016}}

| rev5 = PopMatters

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/spektorregina-soviet.shtml|title=Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos |website=Popmatters.com|access-date=5 October 2016}}

| rev6 = Prefix Magazine

| rev6score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/R/Regina-Spektor/Soviet-Kitsch/953|title=Album Review: Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch|website=Prefixmag.com|access-date=5 October 2016}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/reginaspektor/albums/album/6397588/review/7045804/soviet_kitsch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428115712/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/reginaspektor/albums/album/6397588/review/7045804/soviet_kitsch|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-04-28|title=Rolling Stone : Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch : Music Reviews|date=April 28, 2007|access-date=August 17, 2024}}

| rev8 = Stylus

| rev8Score = B−[https://archive.today/20130203042235/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/regina-spektor/soviet-kitsch.htm]

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"I became obsessed with Soviet Kitsch," said British singer Kate Nash. "The songs are so powerful and raw. There's a track called 'Chemo Limo' where she sings about having kids. I was utterly convinced she had children of her own, but it's all made-up. That's one of the great things about her: she has a way of making you believe in what she's singing about."{{cite magazine|title=Women in music|magazine=Q|date=May 2008|issue=262|page=105}}

In 2009, the album was included in NME's list of 100 greatest albums of the decade.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade/158049/page/1|title=The Top 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade|publisher=NME|access-date=July 21, 2012}}

As of 2007 the album had sold 54,000 copies in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/music-spektor-dc/singer-songwriter-regina-spektor-doing-it-her-way-idUKN0511681520070106|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070632/https://uk.reuters.com/article/music-spektor-dc/singer-songwriter-regina-spektor-doing-it-her-way-idUKN0511681520070106|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2018|title=Singer/songwriter Regina Spektor doing it her way|publisher=Reuters|first=Susan|last=Visakowitz|date=21 January 2007|access-date=1 December 2018}}

All songs written by Regina Spektor.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Regina-Spektor-Soviet-Kitsch/release/967201|title=Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch|website=Discogs |date=17 August 2004 |access-date=5 October 2016}}

1. "Ode to Divorce" – 3:42
2. "Poor Little Rich Boy" – 2:27
3. "Carbon Monoxide" – 4:59
4. "The Flowers" – 3:54
5. "Us" – 4:52
6. "Sailor Song" – 3:15
7. "* * *" – 0:44
8. "Your Honor" – 2:10
9. "Ghost of Corporate Future" – 3:21
10. "Chemo Limo" – 6:04
11. "Somedays" – 3:21

;Deluxe version bonus track

12. "Scarecrow and Fungus" – 2:29

;Standard vinyl release

12. "Scarecrow and Fungus" – 2:29
13. "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").

• Regina Spektor - piano, voice, rhodes, drumstick, percussion, producer, songwriter
• Alan Bezozi - producer, drums, percussion, heartbeat
• Oren Bloedow - guitar
• Graham Maby - bass
• Gordon Raphael - percussion
• Bear Spektor - whispers ("***")
• The 4x4 String Quartet - strings ("Us" and "Somedays")
• Kill Kenada - backing punk band ("Your Honor")
• Eric Biondo - songwriter (one lyric and melody sampled in "Somedays")

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