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 twelve 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' (2006) and 'What We Saw From the Cheap Seats' (2012), respectively. These early recordings have now been expertly remastered by Bob Ludwig right in time for their 22nd birthday, playable for the time ever outside of a handmade CD-R.
Track Listing:
1. Samson - Regina Spektor
2. Oedipus - Regina Spektor
3. Prisoners - Regina Spektor
4. Reading Time With Pickle - Regina Spektor
5. Consequence of Sounds - Regina Spektor
6. Aching to Pupate - Regina Spektor
7. Daniel Cowman - Regina Spektor
8. Bon Idee - Regina Spektor
9. Lounge - Regina Spektor
10. Lacrimosa - Regina Spektor
11. Lullaby - Regina Spektor
12. Ne Me Quitte Pas - Regina Spektor
Year of Production: 2002
