Far is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, released on June 23, 2009, through Sire Records. Spektor decided to work with multiple producers on the album. She has compared composing an album to taking a class, and said she wanted to have "multiple professors". She also felt that having multiple producers would help each to not worry what the single or big hit would be. The tracks produced by David Kahne, who produced Spektor's previous studio album, Begin to Hope, and by Mike Elizondo, who produced her next studio album, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, credit Spektor as "co-producer", whereas those produced by Jacknife Lee and Jeff Lynne do not. Although Lynne, as founder of Electric Light Orchestra and co-founder of The Traveling Wilburys, has an expansive musical background, Spektor did not know of his work when she originally met him. "Regina's songs are like literature", said Lynne, who doesn't usually work with new artists, but said that Spektor's demo tapes blew him away. "It hits you right in the face how brilliant it is", he said. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.