i gave four stars instead of five. i imagine on a scale of zero to five, zero is supposed to make me want to claw my eyes out and five will make me automatically combust and find myself in a staring contest with St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. This album did neither of these. Which i'm glad for. what this album did do, however, is listen to the beginnings of a great artist/singer/songwriter. "Songs" is pre-over-bearing-I'm-Russian packaging of her first major release, "Soviet Kitsch," and the over-production shot at radio friendly "Begin to Hope." "Songs" is the raw, hearfelt, and ultimately real deal, making some songs charm the pants off the listener and others extremely hard to listen to. The over-all listening experience is akin to that of the everyday of a manic depressive. And what else is life, i think the true and much examined subject of "Songs", than ups and downs? How did she do that? God save the Queen.

Finally now i have all of her CDs I cant stop smiling!!! i havent been this happy in a LONG time, Regina you complete my world!!

I'm so glad I bought this album, it's so wonderfully addictive. I love Regina Spektor anyway and her other albums are equally amazing but there's something quite special about this one. I've been listening to it again and again and it seems to get better each time. Perfect. And a huge thank-you to CD Baby for making it possible for me to own this wonderful CD =D

I love this album. My first copy of the CD was malfunctioning... I wasn't sure if the repetition and skipping were supposed to be on the CD... but the second CD worked great! I especially love Oedipus, this version of Samson, and Ne Me Quitter Pas.