Soviet Kitsch
Studio album by Regina Spektor
Released	August 17, 2004
Recorded
Genre	Rock, Anti-folk
Length	39:00
Label	Sire Records/London Records/Rhino Records
Producer(s)	Gordon Raphael, Alan Bezozi, Regina Spektor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (6.8/10) link PopMatters (7/10) link
Regina Spektor chronology
Songs (2002)	Soviet Kitsch (2004)	Live at Bull Moose (2005)

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Track listing

1. "Ode to Divorce" – 3:42
2. "Poor Little Rich Boy" – 2:27
3. "Carbon Monoxide" – 4:59
4. "The Flowers" – 3:54
5. "Us" – 4:52
6. "Sailor Song" – 3:15
7. "Whisper" – 0:44 (Also known as ***)
8. "Your Honor" – 2:10
9. "Ghost of Corporate Future" – 3:21
10. "Chemo Limo" – 6:04
11. "Somedays" – 3:21

Track 7, entitled "Whisper" is a brief spoken word piece in which Spektor and her brother, Bear (Barry) Spektor, discuss the following song ("Your Honor").

An alternate version of the album was also released that included a second disc, a DVD, which included a short film by Spektor entitled The Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch and the music video for "Us".

External links

• NME review of Your Honor