Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories


Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories is a compilation album by Regina Spektor, released in 2006 for the UK market, where it reached #185 on the UK Albums Chart. It features songs from her three previous albums, , Songs, and Soviet Kitsch. The CD comes packaged with a bonus DVD featuring the short promo film "Survival Guide to Soviet Kitsch" and the music video for the song "Us".
The title comes from two tracks on the compilation that mention a character named Mary Ann and two tracks that mention gravediggers.
The cover art was drawn by Julie Morstad and is done in the style of Edward Gorey.

Track listing

  1. "Oedipus"
  2. "Love Affair"
  3. "Poor Little Rich Boy"
  4. "Sailor Song"
  5. "Mary Ann"
  6. "Prisoners"
  7. "Consequence of Sounds"
  8. "Daniel Cowman"
  9. "Lacrimosa"
  10. "Pavlov’s Daughter"
  11. "Chemo Limo"
  12. "Us"
The cover and booklet in the CD contains art work by artist Julie Morstad.