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Universal acclaim- based on 109 Ratings
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Positive: 92 out of 109
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Mixed: 5 out of 109
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Negative: 12 out of 109
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RonnieMMay 7, 2007A wondeful album!
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Jan 19, 2013A positive, bubbly, almost childish personality coupled with a great voice and spectacular song-writing skills make Regina Spektor one of the greatest musicians of our generation.
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Oct 2, 2010The Mellow sounds of Regina Spektor are enough for anyone to instantaneously fall in love with, beware, once you've heard it you wouldn't dare listen to anything else from the same genre
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CarynMJun 19, 2006I love this girl. Her personality just shines through her music and she's amazing. I do miss her anti-Indie stuff but she is amazing at the anti-pop. I will always love her music.
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AndyRJul 26, 2006It may take some getting used to for extreme "Soviet Kitsch" fans, but it's still worthwhile to give this fantasic album a listen. It's inspiring and has also many "piano and vocal only" songs too for you purists.
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YamabushiJun 15, 2006This girl from Leninsky Prospect in Moscow is simply fantastic! Bravo! The Album is wonderful, especially when she sings lyrics by Pasternak!
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brettsJan 2, 2007it was emotionally evoking, well done and intelligent. i really enjoyed it
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ChadSFeb 14, 2007
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EpicApr 29, 2007The best record of 06! I love this album!
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DBagApr 9, 2007Such a lovely, wonderful album by Regina. Beautiful gem and one of the best all around records of 2006. This is a must buy!!
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CorenDOct 19, 2006Regina remains one of the most talented artists working today.
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stevenbOct 29, 2006An extraordinary work, lavish and sparse in equal measure. An exquisite voice and wonderfully devilish sense of humour. The best thing I have heard since Jane Siberry's 'When I was A Boy'.
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AlexYJun 13, 2006Best album of the year! Hopefully her career explodes this year.
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JayBJun 15, 2006Fantastic Album!
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AustinAJul 13, 2006Amazingly beautiful.
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JeremiahWJul 18, 2006All her disconcerted critics can fuck right off.
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EricW.Jan 18, 2007A truly manificent work. Combine Miss Spektor's pitch-perfect vocals, her fascinating lyrics, and her superb piano-playing talent, and you have "Begin to Hope," an album that is one the greatest collections ever recorded. Call me crazy, but Regina Spektor just might become the most influential act in music since The Beatles.
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DontrelleMApr 20, 2007One of my personal favorites. Gets better and better the more you listen to it.
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RocoApr 29, 2007A brilliant musical achievement. Beautiful songwriting and great, great songs. One of the best albums of 06, by far!
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SlayDApr 29, 2007A fine album, wonderfully put together. Regina is one of the best musicians right now in music.
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JPApr 5, 2007One of my favorite albums of the year. There's only one song that I skip over "Field Below"- it's not that it's a bad song, it just gets repetitive. I was worried that the transition from piano to pop would be awkward, but she pulled it off with charm! I like this album just as much as I liked Soviet Kitsch, maybe even better.
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GustavoPDec 29, 2006Best album of the year. Talented, criative, inventive and truly beautiful work.
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MattD.Jun 14, 2006Very quirky but accessible effort. Starts with 3 lovely pop songs, and the rest might satisfy those who don't like Liz Phair's new direction.
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MattyCJun 15, 2006Simply Amazing. Regina's new album retains everything that makes her unique but it has expanded the style and really redefined a genre.
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ElliottJul 14, 2006I actually think that the production makes it a more expansive and equally pretty, catchy and fun (if not spectacular) album as the rest of her pretty, catchy and quirky work.
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AlexWJul 25, 2006She's friggen rad.
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ReubenFDec 18, 2006
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timothysDec 29, 2006amazing vocal quality and diversity. many songs i just feel compelled to play over and over. fabulous!
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Jan 23, 2013Begin to Hope is easily Spektor's best album. In it she covers all that is classically influenced, using her own odd vocal techniques and oral sounds to make a completely abnormal, yet entrancing piece of music.
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Aug 22, 2018Like the minimalism in the stories of Raymond Carver, the precision in the lyrics and cleanliness makes us see the simplicity of the human soul through their loving or humanitarian actions. A very spiritual album.
Awards & Rankings
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Entertainment WeeklyShe displays a range fans old and new will find intoxicating. [16 Jun 2006, p.75]
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It's a consistently intelligent and daring record, yet remains enormously listenable.
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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.