2007-11-18 Charleston, WV | Mountain Stage (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)

Available to stream from npr.org

Ain't No Cover
On the Radio
Man of a Thousand Faces
Better
Ghost of Corporate Future
Fidelity
Summer in the City
Real Love
Samson

Also from this performance, but not broadcast:

Sailor Song

Better

Better (Radio Recut)
Better (Piano & Voice)

Released in July 2007 on 7" vinyl, this single features a new recording of the song (not the Begin to Hope version); the "Piano & Voice" cut is the same new recording, but stripped of all other instruments and effects. Individual promo CDs for each track were also produced.

Artists Den, Volume III: Hudson St. Recordings

Better

Released in December 2006, this compilation features a song recorded live on June 1, 2006 at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York, NY.

2006-10-03 Washington, DC | All Songs Considered (NPR)

Recorded live at the 9:30 Club, available to stream from npr.org:

Ain't No Cover
Pound of Flesh
Music Box
Baby Jesus
The Flowers
Poor Little Rich Boy
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
On the Radio
Sailor Song
Apres Moi
Better
Edit
Carbon Monoxide
Fidelity
Your Honor
Uh-merica
Ghost of Corporate Future
Us
Samson
Hotel Song

Begin to Hope

Fidelity
Better
Samson
On The Radio
Field Below
Hotel Song
Après Moi
20 Years Of Snow
That Time
Edit
Lady
Summer in the City

Special Edition-only bonus tracks:

Another Town
Uh-merica
Baobabs
Düsseldorf
Music Box

Online/Vinyl-only bonus tracks:

Hero
Bartender

Vinyl-only bonus tracks:

Better (piano and voice)
Better (radio recut)

Regina's 4th LP was released in June 2006 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and eventually climbing as high as #20 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Initial shipments came bundled with a copy of the 6-track "Side 1" promo CD (ostensibly for buyers to share with a friend) and four 1" buttons.

A 2-disc "Special Edition" digipack featuring 5 bonus tracks and an expanded booklet was released simultaneously. The downloadable version (via iTunes, Rhapsody, and other outlets) featured 2 additional bonus tracks.

In April 2009, a vinyl Special Edition was issued to coincide with Record Store Day, including the 5 Special Edition bonus tracks, along with the 2 previously online-only bonus tracks, and 2 additional versions of "Better" previously issued as a 7" single.

Special Edition

Special Edition vinyl

6-track promo CD

2006-06-01 New York, NY | Angel Orensanz Center

photo by Kristina (with a k)

This was a "secret" show where a limited number of free tickets were made available to members of Regina's email list. The show was staged by the Artists Den at a beautiful converted synagogue on The Lower East Side and, although the entire show was professionally filmed, only "Eli, Eli" and "Better" have been released (watch here). Regina's performance of "Better" was also included on the compilation album Artists Den, Volume III: Hudson St. Recordings.

On the opening track, Regina is introduced by journalist Alan Light.

Recorded by pattivill:

01)
02) Halikha LeKasariya (Eli, Eli), covering Hannah Szenes
03)
04) Ain't No Cover
05)
06) Carbon Monoxide
07)
08) Pound of Flesh
09)
10) Better
11)
12) Small Town Moon
13)
14) Baby Jesus
15)
16) Field Below
17)
18) Prisoners
19)
20) On the Radio
21)
22) Bobbing for Apples
23)
24) That Time
25)
26) Après Moi
27)
28) Fidelity
29)
30) Genius Next Door
31)
32) 20 Years of Snow
33)
34) Human of the Year
35)
36) Ghost of Corporate Future
37)
38) Us
39)
40) 8th Floor
41)
42) Music Box
43)
44) Samson
45)
46) Summer in the City
47)
48) Baobabs
49)
50) Blue Lips
51)
52) Poor Little Rich Boy

2006-05-07 Seattle, WA | Chop Suey

Taper: Jarod Watson (alienbobz@gmail.com)

Source: MBHO 603/KA200N > Busman Mod Edirol R-4 (24/96)

Location: DIN, FOB, 25' from stage, stand at 7'

Conversion/Editing: R4 > Soundforge 6.0 > r8brain v1.9 > CD Wave v1.94.5 > FLAC

FLAC version

Regina Spektor 2006-05-07 Seattle, WA | Chop Suey (FLAC)

MP3 version

Intro 

Ain't No Cover

Carbon Monoxide 

Pound of Flesh 

Prisoners 

Sailor Song 

Baby Jesus 

Fidelity 

Small Town Moon 

Twenty Years of Snow 

Bobbing for Apples 

That Time 

On the Radio 

Human of the Year 

Better 

Poor Little Rich Boy 

Ode to Divorce 

Us 

Ghost of Corporate Future 

Samson 

Baobabs 

Music Box 

Summer in the City

2006-05-02 St. Paul, MN | 89.3 The Current (Minnesota Public Radio)

Available to stream from Minnesota Public Radio:

Fidelity
Better
Samson

2003-05-11 Brooklyn, NY | Barbès

Recorded by pattivill:

opening
Paris
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
'woolen gloves'
interlude
One-String Blues
interlude
Happy Hooker
interlude
Dusseldorf
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
The Bronx
interlude
'dust to dust'
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Better
interlude
'be like a cloud'
interlude
Aching to Pupate
interlude
Music Box
interlude
Your Honor
interlude
Silly Eye Color Generalizations
closing

2003-05-01 New York, NY | Tonic

Recorded by pattivill:

01)
02) Paris
03)
04) Ghost of Corporate Future
05)
06) Carbon Monoxide
07)
08) Making Records
09)
10) Poor Little Rich Boy
11)
12) Ode to Divorce
13)
14) The Soup
15)
16) Prisoners
17)
18) Your Honor
19)
20) The Flowers
21)
22) Better
23)
24) Dance Anthem of the 80s
25)
26) Silly Eye Color Generalizations
27)
28) Samson
29)

2003-02-15 New York, NY | C-Note

Recorded by pattivill:

opening
Dusseldorf
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Oh, Marcello!
interlude
Ave Maria
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Better
interlude
Your Honor
interlude
'the floor heard everything'
interlude
Sailor Song
interlude
Us
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Samson
closing

2003-02-09 Hoboken, NJ | Maxwell's

Recorded by pattivill:

opening
Dusseldorf
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Poor Little Rich Boy
interlude
Better
interlude
The Bronx
interlude
Samson
closing

Better

Written by: regina spektor

Available Recordings: Click to view

Lyrics (from the Begin to Hope liner notes):

If I kiss you where it’s sore
If I kiss you where it’s sore
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all

Born like sisters to this world
In a town where blood ties are only blood
If you never say your name out loud to anyone
They can never ever call you by it

If I kiss you where it’s sore
If I kiss you where it’s sore
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all

You’re getting sad, you're getting sad
You're getting sad, you're getting sadder
And I don’t understand and I don’t understand

But if I kiss you where it’s sore
If I kiss you where it’s sore
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all
Will you feel better, better, better
Will you feel anything at all