Let It Die

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This article is about the Leslie Feist album. For the Foo Fighters song, see Let It Die (song).
Let It Die
Let It Die cover
Studio album by Feist
Released May 18, 2004 (CAN)
July 12, 2004 (U.K.)[1]
Recorded 2003–2004
Genre Indie rock, baroque pop
Length 45:10
Label Universal, Polydor, Arts & Crafts
Producer Renaud Letang
Professional reviews
Feist chronology
Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)
(1999)		 Let It Die
(2004)		 Open Season
(2006)

Let It Die is the second album by Canadian singer-songwriter Feist. It was recorded in Paris during 2002 and 2003 and released in 2004. The album is considered a combination of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock.

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[edit] Background

Let It Die was hailed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004, and garnered three Juno Award nominations in 2005—winning Best Alternative Album and Best New Artist. Let It Die was nominated once again in the 2006 Juno Awards; this time for "Inside and Out" as Single of the Year.

Let It Die has attracted a significant international audience. The album was originally divided into original compositions on the first half and cover versions on the second, though a reissue later in 2004 added a further original composition as the penultimate track.

The single "Mushaboom" is a pun on sh-boom as a refrain, and the Canadian coastal community east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the province where Feist was born. The song was used in a Lacoste commercial.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Gatekeeper" (Feist, Gonzales) – 2:16
  2. "Mushaboom" (Feist) – 3:44
  3. "Let It Die" (Feist) – 2:55
  4. "One Evening" (Feist, Gonzales) – 3:36
  5. "Leisure Suite" (Feist, Gonzales) – 4:07
  6. "Lonely Lonely" (music by Tony Scherr, lyrics by Feist) – 4:10
  7. "When I Was a Young Girl" (traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden) – 3:08
  8. "Secret Heart" (Ron Sexsmith) – 3:49
  9. "Inside and Out" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 4:17
  10. "Tout doucement" (Clausier, Mercadier) – 2:31
  11. "Now at Last" (Bob Haymes) – 3:16
  12. "Amourissima" (Gonzales, Feist, Pierre Grillet) (bonus track on 2004 reissue)
  13. "L'Amour ne dure pas toujours" (Françoise Hardy) (bonus track on 2004 reissue)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Album

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 Top Heatseekers 36
French Album Charts 38
Belgian Album Charts (Wallonia) 47
Austrian Album Charts 51
Country Certification Sales/shipments
Canada 1x Platinum[2] 100,000

[edit] References

  1. ^ hmv.com: albums: Let It Die (2004)
  2. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for December 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
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