i like her. i think she just kinda stepped into tori amos' old slot, but shes mostly original, cool, and quirky enough to hold that spot for awhile.

i like her. i think she just kinda stepped into tori amos' old slot, but shes mostly original, cool, and quirky enough to hold that spot for awhile.

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!!