Album · 2012
What We Saw From the Cheap Seats
What We Saw From the Cheap Seats is a 2012 indie rock album by Regina Spektor. It runs 11 tracks across 37 minutes on Sire Records.
Indie Rock · Rock · Anti-Folk
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- 75 /100
- 8 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 37 min
- Runtime
- 123 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
- Key
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- Sputnikmusic5/5
- AllMusic4/5
- NME8/10
- Slant Magazine4/5
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- Consequence of Sound3.5/5
- Pitchfork6.3/10
- Paste Magazine6/10
- Metacriticaggregate73/100
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What We Saw From the Cheap Seats album cover

The What We Saw From the Cheap Seats cover was designed by Stephen Walker, photographed by Shervin Lainez, and art-directed by Stephen Walker.
- Design
- Stephen Walker
- Photography
- Shervin Lainez
- Art direction
- Stephen Walker
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 37 min
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What We Saw from the Cheap Seats is the sixth studio album by American alternative singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. On November 21, 2011, Spektor posted on her Facebook page that the album had been recorded with Mike Elizondo in Los Angeles during the summer of 2011. It was released on May 29, 2012. The album is a collection of new material along with the very first studio recordings of several of Spektor's older live songs. At the time of the album's release, "Jessica" was the only entirely new song. "How" and "The Party" had been debuted only weeks before during Spektor's headlining tour, "Don't Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas)" had been released in an alternate version on a previous album, Songs, and all others had been performed in past performances.
In brief
- When was What We Saw From the Cheap Seats released?
- What We Saw From the Cheap Seats was released in 2012 on Sire Records.
- How many tracks are on What We Saw From the Cheap Seats?
- What We Saw From the Cheap Seats has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 37 minutes.
- What genre is What We Saw From the Cheap Seats?
- What We Saw From the Cheap Seats is catalogued under Indie Rock, Rock, Anti-Folk.
- What BPM is What We Saw From the Cheap Seats?
- What We Saw From the Cheap Seats runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to What We Saw From the Cheap Seats?
- Listeners of What We Saw From the Cheap Seats also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, Pleasure by Feist, AM by Arctic Monkeys.
What We Saw From the Cheap Seats at a glance
- Label
- Sire
- Produced by
- Mike Elizondo
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