Song · Regina Spektor
“The Calculation” by Regina Spektor
From the album Far (2009)
“The Calculation” by Regina Spektor appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2009. It was first released in 2009 on the album Far. Its best result is #76 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #378 indie & aaa song of 2009.
"The Calculation" turned up on June 9, 2009, a couple of weeks before Regina Spektor's fifth studio album, Far, reached the shops through Sire. For that record Spektor split the job among several producers, likening album-making to a class where she wanted more than one professor, and this track went to Mike Elizondo, who would go on to produce her next one, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.
Elizondo plays bass on it too, with Matt Chamberlain on drums and percussion, while Spektor sits at the piano and keyboards, sings, and takes a co-producer credit. Michael Brauer mixed it and Adam Hawkins engineered. Piano, bass and drums carry the load, which leaves that elastic, restless voice all the room it could want.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 76 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
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