It was only released for the UK market at first, because her first three albums weren't released over here at all. Essentially, this was her introduction! Here's its Wikipedia page.
Begin To Hope has my favorite songs by her and this isn't going to replace the special place that album has, but I also think it's an improvement over Far... by far. I didn't really get into Far for whatever reason.
Also, I'm really liking the Regina album. Definitely better than Begin to Hope, and probably better than Far as well... but I need more listens to come to a proper conclusion.