Home, Before and After

Home, Before and After is the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, released on June 24, 2022, through Sire and Warner Records. It was announced on February 22, 2022, along with the release of its lead single "Becoming All Alone" on streaming platforms.^[1]

Home, Before and After
Studio album by Regina Spektor
Released	June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)
Studio	Dreamland Recording Studios (Hurley, NY) Big Orange Sheep (Brooklyn, NY) FAME Studios (Muscle Shoals, AL) United Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Elmwood West (Los Angeles, CA)
Length	47:20
Label	Sire/Warner
Producer	John Congleton
Regina Spektor chronology
Remember Us to Life (2016) Home, Before and After (2022)
Singles from Home, before and after
"Becoming All Alone" Released: February 22, 2022 "Up the Mountain" Released: April 29, 2022 "Loveology" Released: June 7, 2022

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10[2]
Metacritic	76/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Arts Desk	[5]
Beats Per Minute	78%[6]
Evening Standard	[7]
Gigwise	[8]
The Irish Times	[9]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[10]
NME	[11]
Paste	8.0/10[12]
Pitchfork	6.6/10[13]
Slant Magazine	[14]
Sputnikmusic	4.0/5[15]
The Telegraph	[16]

Home, Before and After received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 77 based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.^[2]

Veteran critic Robert Christgau gave Home, Before and After an A-minus and said that, even though "she's not getting any happier [at 42]", "crafted song follows crafted song and thoughtful lyric enriches thoughtful lyrics", while "her sweet, modest, precise voice" surpasses "her classically trained piano" playing. Christgau also highlighted the cautionary narrative of "One Man's Prayer" and the reassuring one of the album closer "Through a Door".^[17]

Track listing

All tracks written by Regina Spektor.

Home, Before and After track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Becoming All Alone"	4:18
2.	"Up the Mountain"	4:40
3.	"One Man's Prayer"	4:05
4.	"Raindrops"	3:09
5.	"SugarMan"	4:35
6.	"What Might Have Been"	2:44
7.	"Spacetime Fairytale"	8:47
8.	"Coin"	5:23
9.	"Loveology"	5:16
10.	"Through a Door"	4:19
Total length:		47:20

Personnel

Musicians

• Regina Spektor – vocals, piano, co-production (all tracks); keyboards (3, 5, 6, 8)
• John Congleton – synthesizer (all tracks), bass (1–3, 5, 7, 8), drum programming (1–3, 5, 9), percussion (1–3, 6), horns arrangement (2, 5), string arrangement (2, 3, 5), drums (3), electric guitar (3, 5, 7, 8); marimba, vibraphone (5); keyboards (6–8, 10), theremin (6)
• Luke Reynolds – bass (1, 8, 9); horns arrangement, string arrangement (1); electric guitar (3, 5, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (5), synthesizer (6)
• Skopje Studio Orchestra – orchestra (1–5, 7–9)
• Joey Waronker – percussion (1–3), drums (3, 5–9)
• Jherek Bischoff – horns arrangement (2, 4, 5), string arrangement (2, 4, 5, 7–9)
• Caleb Teicher – tap dancing (7)

Technical

• John Congleton – production, mixing, engineering
• Regina Spektor – co-production
• John Davis – mastering
• Ariel Shafir – engineering
• David Turk – engineering (7)

Charts

Chart performance for Home, Before and After

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[18]	16
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19]	59
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	48
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[21]	30
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[22]	26