- anti-folk, alternative and punk, pop, folk
- 62 min
- 17 tracks
- Sire Records
Begin to Hope is the fourth album by Russian-born American singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. It was released June 13, 2006. The album debuted at number 70 on the Billboard 200, but due to the popularity of the single "Fidelity", it peaked at number 20 and was labeled a "pace setter" by Billboard. Rolling Stone named it the 21st-best album of 2006. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments to U.S. retailers of 1,000,000 units.
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemporary and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 80/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.5/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Fidelity3:47
- 2Better3:10
- 3Samson3:09
- 4On the Radio3:20
- 5Field Below5:18
- 6Hotel Song3:28
- 7Après moi5:08
- 820 Years of Snow3:30
- 9That Time2:37
- 10Edit4:51
- 11Lady4:42
- 12Summer in the City3:50
- 13Another Town4:07
- 14Uh‐merica3:16
- 15Baobabs2:02
- 16Düsseldorf3:09
- 17Music Box2:06
17 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Regina Spektor
- Label
- Sire Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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