Album Review: Regina Spektor "Far" (Sire)

You'd swear that Regina Spektor [ tickets ] was your wisest storytelling grandparent--based on her detailed observations of mortality, human nature, religion and war. She's more like a best friend when she makes silly dolphin sounds or pounds her keyboard and sings about digital technology and modern sexual liaisons. For her third major-label album, "Far," Spektor plays both roles and comes across more profound, amusing and undeniably brilliant than ever. Guided by lively musical twists and i...

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