Album: What We Saw From the Cheap Seats by Regina Spektor (2012)
Genre: Folk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Happy
Record Label: Sire Records
Format: Album

Description: What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album by American alternative singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. On November 21, 2011, Spektor posted on her Facebook page that the album had been recorded with Mike Elizondo in Los Angeles during the summer of 2011. It was released on May 29, 2012. The album is a collection of new material along with the very first studio recordings of several of Spektor's older live songs.
At the time of the album's release, "Jessica" was the only entirely new song. "How" and "The Party" had been debuted only weeks before during Spektor's headlining tour, "Don't Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas)" had been released in an alternate version on a previous album, Songs, and all others had been performed in past performances.

Artist Background: Spektor was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, in 1980 to a musical Russian Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York. She has a brother Boruch (Bear), who was featured in track 7, "* * *", or "Whisper", of her 2004 album, Soviet Kitsch. Growing up in Moscow, Regina learned how to play the piano by practicing on a ... Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Associated with Folk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Tori Amos, Ingrid Michaelson, Kate Nash, Sara Bareilles

Music Scene: Part of the New York City, USA music scene. Associated with Folk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Folk, Rock/Pop, Happy, 2010s, Album, Sire Records

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What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album by American alternative singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. On November 21, 2011, Spektor posted on her Facebook page that the album had been recorded with Mike Elizondo in Los Angeles during the summer of 2011. It was released on May 29, 2012. The album is a collection of new material along with the very first studio recordings of several of Spektor's older live songs.
At the time of the album's release, "Jessica" was the only entirely new song. "How" and "The Party" had been debuted only weeks before during Spektor's headlining tour, "Don't Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas)" had been released in an alternate version on a previous album, Songs, and all others had been performed in past performances.

What We Saw From the Cheap Seats

Regina Spektor

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