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Regina Spektor previews "Far" LP at Beacon Theater (Setlist)

Let's just get this out of the way: Regina Spektor's new album, Far, is one of the best albums of the year. It's a more mature version of Begin to Hope, with more grandious melodies and much deeper lyrics.

She's already released videos for three tracks from the album ("Laughing With", "Eet" and "Dance Anthem of the 80's") and not one of them is the best track on the album; that would be "Human of the Year," with its "Hallelujah" bridge that just melts your heart.

I've listened to the album straight through numerous times and it works as a complete set, each song perfectly leading into the next track, each song's theme meshing into the next song's theme, and each melody growing more intense (and often more quirky) than the last one. The songs and lyrics never go in the direction you'd expect them to go in, leaving you surprised by her risks and entranced by her decisions. It's a strong album all-around with not a weak track among the album's thirteen tracks.

So with her excellent new album out next week and an upcoming appearance at the Glastonbury Festival, Regina opted to debut material from Far at hometown show at the Beacon Theater. The show focused almost exclusively on Far with her opting not to play some of her better known songs, like "Better" or "Hotel Song."

REGINA SPEKTOR | BEACON THEATER | JUNE 17, 2009
Folding Chair / Lucky Penny / Time is All Around / Eet / The Calculation / Machine / One More Time with Feeling / On the Radio / Blue Lips / Riot Gear / Laughing With / Bobbing for Apples / That Time / Apres Moi / Human of the Year / Poor Little Rich Boy / Holocaust / Consequence of Sound / Man of a Thousand Faces // Samson // Us // Fidelity

Posted by Jason on 06.18.09 1:54 PM to Music /
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