Soviet Kitsch

Soviet Kitsch is the third album by Regina Spektor. The title is drawn from Milan Kundera's expression for the vacuous aesthetics of 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". All songs written by Regina Spektor. Track 7, or "Whisper", is a brief sp... more

Soviet Kitsch is the third album by Regina Spektor. The title is drawn from Milan Kundera's expression for the vacuous aesthetics of 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". All songs written by Regina Spektor. Track 7, or "Whisper", is a brief spoken word piece in which Spektor and her brother, Barry (Bear) Spektor, discuss the following song ("Your Honor"). The band backing Spektor on "Your Honor" is Kill Kenada. Jay-Z is sampling Regina's track "Chemo Limo" on his own track "Crispy Benjamins." less