Begin To Hope
by Regina Spektor
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Begin To Hope is ranked as the best album by Regina Spektor.
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Begin To Hope track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Begin To Hope rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 69 Music Albums of 2006 | 60/69 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2401-2500* | 44/79 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 19 Music Albums of 2006 | 17/19 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2001-2100 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 56 Music Albums of 2006 | 8/56 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 182 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 856 | |||
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Begin To Hope ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 15:05 | araidernomore | 502 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2026 03:36 | martintho | 4,734 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2026 18:02 | RemainInLight | 3,848 | 36/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Begin To Hope forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2023 17:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2023View latest topic →
Romanelli 07/10/2023 12:52 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Way I ShouldView all forum mentions
Begin To Hope comments
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Lovely voice and lovely lyrics. I really liked this album.
Still my favorite after all these years. This is definitely the album that anyone seeking to explore regina's vast discography should start with. I don't disagree with anyone who says that the first half is superior to the second, but an album really doesn't get better, more memorable, or more personally significant than this for me.
The first half is fantastic. The second half not so much.
Quite the artist with a unique sound. My favourite is That Time which is Spektor at here quirky best. Other songs sound much sweeter and are very catchy. Soviet Kitsch is a good album too.
I can appreciate all of Regina's material. Some of her best songs are unreleased and she'll play them live every few years. I encourage everyone to check them out too!
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