Album · Regina Spektor
Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor
Begin to Hope is an album by Regina Spektor, released in 2006. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 37 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Fidelity”, on 26 lists with a best position of #4.
Begin to Hope, Regina Spektor's fourth album, came out on Sire on June 13, 2006, and it finds the Russian-born songwriter carrying her anti-folk quirks into a bigger, brighter room without sanding off any of the oddness. Her voice swoops, hiccups and whispers its way through "Fidelity", "On the Radio" and "Better", and the whole thing feels like a diary left open on purpose.
It started quietly, entering the Billboard 200 at number 70, but "Fidelity" caught on and hauled the record up to number 20, and in time it went platinum in the US. It was nominated for the 2006 Shortlist Music Prize, and a few years on, Peter Gabriel covered "Après Moi" on his orchestral album Scratch My Back.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Begin to Hope on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fidelity | 26 | #4 | – | 2006–2025 | |
| 2 | On the Radio | 7 | #48 | – | 2006–2025 | |
| 3 | Better | 3 | #36 | – | 2007–2022 | |
| 4 | That Time | 1 | #566 | – | 2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.