In 2002, Regina Spektor was in the midst of a creative explosion. She found herself writing so many songs that she was unable to keep track of them. Her friend Joe Mendelson noticed she was forgetting some entirely, and offered to archive everything she had written that year. After Regina recorded dozens of songs, one take each, they decided to pick 12 and make them into an album. And so, Songs was born. The record includes the original versions of “Samson” and “Ne Me Quitte Pas”, later re-recorded on Begin to Hope and What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, respectively.
These early recordings have now been expertly remastered by Bob Ludwig right in time for their 22nd birthday!
Tracklist
Samson
Oedipus
Prisoners
Reading Time with Pickle
Consequence of Sounds
Aching to Pupate
Daniel Cowman
Bon Idee
Lounge
Lacrimosa
Lulliby
Ne Me Quitte Pas
