Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories is a compilation album by Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor

Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.-Early life:...

, released in 2006 for the UK

United Kingdom

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 market, where it reached #185 on the UK Albums Chart

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. It features songs from her three previous albums, 11:11, Songs

Songs (Regina Spektor album)

Songs is the second album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. The album was recorded in its entirety on Christmas Day of 2001; all songs were recorded in one take. Self-released copies of the album were sold at Spektor's early live shows, but the album is now available for purchase periodically at...

, and Soviet Kitsch. The CD comes packaged with a bonus DVD (Region 2

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) featuring the short promo film "Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch" and the music video for the song "Us". (These are the same materials found on the DVD that accompanied some US and Australian editions of Soviet Kitsch.)

The title comes from the fact that two of the songs chosen for the compilation mention a character named "Mary Ann", and the word "gravediggers" is also found on two tracks.

The cover art was drawn by Julie Morstad and done in the style of Edward Gorey

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Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.-Early life:...

. Morstad has also done artwork for Neko Case

Neko Case

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Track listing

1. "Oedipus" (Songs)
2. "Love Affair" (11:11)
3. "Poor Little Rich Boy" (Soviet Kitsch)
4. "Sailor Song" (Soviet Kitsch)
5. "Mary Ann" (11:11)
6. "Prisoners" (Songs)
7. "Consequence of Sounds" (Songs)
8. "Daniel Cowman" (Songs)
9. "Lacrimosa" (Songs)
10. "Pavlov’s Daughter" (11:11)
11. "Chemo Limo" (Soviet Kitsch)
12. "Us
    Us (Regina Spektor song)
    "Us" is the second single from Regina Spektor's UK compilation album Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories, although it was originally released on her 2004 album Soviet Kitsch. The song is notable for its use of a string quartet in addition to Spektor's usual piano and vocals. The...
    
    " (Soviet Kitsch)

The cover and booklet in the CD contains art work by artist Julie Morstad.