Begin To Hope
by Regina Spektor
  • Record Label: Sire
  • Release Date: Jun 13, 2006
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 109 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 92 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 109
  3. Negative: 12 out of 109

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  1. DH
    Feb 27, 2007
    2
    Oy! This passes for intelligent music? Banging out piano chords, sliding your voice up and down hardly qualify as music. The lyrics are uninspiring; well, if you like unicorns and collect candles maybe they will speak to you. Shallow, dumbed down music suitable for anyone who wishes George Winston would sing. Regina Skeptor is the paradigm of faux indie music. On the plus side: your Oy! This passes for intelligent music? Banging out piano chords, sliding your voice up and down hardly qualify as music. The lyrics are uninspiring; well, if you like unicorns and collect candles maybe they will speak to you. Shallow, dumbed down music suitable for anyone who wishes George Winston would sing. Regina Skeptor is the paradigm of faux indie music. On the plus side: your mother probably loves her music.… Collapse
  2. JohnathanE
    Jan 22, 2007
    3
    She annoys me...Her personality and voice are both highly irritating.

Awards & Rankings

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#68 Best Album of 2006
78
#78 Most Discussed Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    She displays a range fans old and new will find intoxicating. [16 Jun 2006, p.75]
  2. Amazon.com
    80
    It's a consistently intelligent and daring record, yet remains enormously listenable.
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  3. Pitchfork
    75
    On the whole her performance throughout Begin to Hope exhibits new levels of control and direction, reaching a point where the song and the singing are inseparable.
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