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Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories (CD & Region 2 DVD)
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | Mary Ann Meets The Gravediggers And Other Short Stories is a 2-disc CD/DVD (PAL/Region 0) album set comprising a 12-track CD album compiling the highlights of the entire recording-output thus far from one of the most enticingly eclectic & classically confounding artistes to still reside amidst her mid-twenties; drawing together songs from her long out-of-print debut album 11:11, tracks from the follow-up Songs and highlights from her magical breakthrough Soviet Kitsch and including the single 'Us'. Also includes a bonus DVD featuring the 'Survival Guide To Soviet Kitsch' and the music video for 'Us'. *Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view. Sire. 2006. | |
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| | This is a surprisingly good compilation album. A good sample of the works on both 11:11 and SK. One thing that stands out, is that the best of both of these albums causes for a distinct lack of drag-which is a good thing. The only miss for me that really stands out is Pavlov's Daughter. Some of the other tracks are very charming, other are infectious. I would suggest getting this album as a starter, and then finding the album that it came from and then pursue the albums as a whole.
| | | Very good transaction. Good price. Shipped quickly. Product new and in great condition after shipping.
Overall a Great sale and I would buy again.
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| | Regina Spektor is a great artist because she seems to do just whatever the hell she wants with her music. Fortunately it is almost always beautiful, entertaining, poignant, etc. This album has a rawer sound than Far, definitely, and plenty of cussing...which could be a higher level of honesty, or just spite towards the editors. The songs are more creative than I could ever hope to be, so I enjoy them for their genius. They have a lot of classical-sounding patterns and progressions in them, combined with that layer of whatever-the-hell-she-wants and it makes for a surprising listen all the way through. Sweet, sweet music.
| | Regina sings her oldies but very goodies. | |
| | I'm so happy that Regina Spektor came out with this album! Regina plies her quirky and disarming vocal "anti-folk" stylings to wonderfully literate and visual stories she has written for us. In this way, Regina capably and meaningfully twists yarns of truth, beauty, freedom, and love to us honestly and without pretense or any shred of self-righteousness, because she always makes us laugh in the middle of it all. In "Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers", Regina offers a renditional compilation of favorite songs from her first three albums: Soviet Kitsch(3rd), Songs(2nd), and 11:11(1st).
Since Regina Spektor self-published her first two albums, 11:11 and Songs, getting much of this music in a bonafide tactile album is difficult (i.e. Songs) to impossible (i.e. 11:11)... I've been looking for a non-.mp3, non-bootleg copy of 11:11 for more than 4 years, so if you find one, either let me know or hold onto it dearly. Back to the point, though, for those who love Regina Spektor's music, this is a don't miss album as it offers high quality recordings of songs we all know and love but may have come by in a lower format and through less than honorable means. ;)
BTW, a DVD accompanies the CD that offers "The Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch", which also came with some Soviet Kitsch CDs, and features a personal fav of mine, "Ghost of Corporate Future". The music video for "Us" is another bonus found on the DVD.
On the downside, Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers leaves Reginaphiles still leaning out for "Back of a Truck", "2.99 Cent Blues", and other creative importances from Regina Spektor's pre-catalogue catalogue of songs. If left up to me, I'd have made the album entirely a compilation from Songs and 11:11. Make no mistake, I love Soviet Kitsch utterly, but anyone buying this CD already has those songs, which is probably why songs original to Begin to Hope weren't included here. And on the note of "this CD", it's not on vinyl... yet. Hopefully, we'll still get that favor, like we did with Soviet Kitsch and the release of singles like "Fidelity", "Carbon Monoxide", "Better", and "On the Radio"(twice with different art and B sides).
Now having complained about something I totally love and enjoy... so typical... I'll just give a shout out to Regina Spektor: "Thank you for this record!" and then shut up.
| | | This is an entirely unnecessary release. A compilation album, however well-done, is not the proper venue for Regina's work, even as an introduction. Her albums each have a great degree of individual character, and in this compilation lose so much in context. I know a lot of people are anxious to jump on the Spektor bandwagon right now, but it's worth tracking down the individual albums. Begin to Hope and Soviet Kitsch are of course widely available, and can be found right on this site. The other two do take some work to track down, but can both be found at various independent music stores, and 11:11 can also be easily purchased digitally. I understand why a retrospektive like this might be attractive to a new fan, but it really isn't the best way to meet Regina's earlier work, espescially at this price.
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