The Reminder

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The Reminder
The Reminder cover
Studio album by Feist
Released April 23, 2007 (worldwide)
May 1, 2007 (North America)
Recorded March 2006
Genre pop
Length 50:01
Label Cherrytree/Interscope
Arts & Crafts
Producer Gonzales, Feist, Renaud Letang, Mocky, Ben Mink
Professional reviews
Feist chronology
Open Season
(2006)		 The Reminder
(2007)

The Reminder is the third full-length album by indie rock artist Feist. It was released on 23 April 2007 in countries outside of North America, and 1 May 2007 in the United States and Canada.[1]

Following its release, it debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 16, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week,[2] and debuted at number 2 in Canada, selling just over 18,000 copies.[3] As of May 17, 2008, the album has sold 596,290 copies in the US.[4] The Reminder was also the best selling album of 2007 on the iTunes store. This album was #35 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[5] It won Juno Awards in 2008 for Pop Album of the Year and for Album of the Year.

Contents

[edit] Recording history

In March 2006, Feist rented a 200-year-old manor house outside Paris for two weeks, where the bulk of the album was completed, although some subsequent recording took place in Toronto.[6]

Confirmed singles include "My Moon My Man", "1234", "I Feel It All" and "Honey Honey". The "My Moon My Man" single includes a remix by German electronic musician Boys Noize. Videos were directed by Patrick Daughters, who also directed the video for "Mushaboom".[7]

On 10 July 2007, the shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize was revealed. The Reminder was announced as a finalist, alongside such other acts as The Besnard Lakes, Chad VanGaalen, and eventual winner Patrick Watson.[8][9][10] Track 6 of the album, "Sealion" is an adaptation of a song by singer Nina Simone (Broadway-Blues-Ballads, 1964). The original title was "See Line Woman" (a reference to sealions was never intended), and refers to the life of an upper class prostitute.

During September 2007, the song "1234" was featured in Apple's television advertisement for the third generation iPod nano. The advert caused a sudden increase in the song's popularity, which resulted in a surge in the song's chart position. It reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart on October 7th and number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 13th. The music video was shot in a single unbroken take after two days of rehearsals.[11]Time magazine named "1234" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #2. Writer Josh Tyrangiel called the song a “masterpiece”, praising Feist for singing it “with a mixture of wisdom and exuberance that's all her own."[12][13]

The song "My Moon My Man" was used in a Verizon Wireless commercial, and the "1234" track was also used in Australia’s eBay TV ad.

Less than a year after its release, Blender listed it 80th on their list of The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever.[14]

Feist won the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize for "The Reminder", she is the second woman (after Cat Power) to ever win the award.

After winning her 5 Juno's, In Canada her album shot from #12 to #2, the position her album debut at.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Feist, except where noted.

  1. "So Sorry" (Feist, Dominic "Mocky" Salole) – 3:12
  2. "I Feel It All" – 3:39
  3. "My Moon My Man" (Feist, Jason "Gonzales" Charles Beck) – 3:48
  4. "The Park" – 4:34
  5. "The Water" – 4:46
  6. "Sea Lion Woman" (Feist, Bass, Nina Simone) – 3:39
  7. "Past in Present" – 2:54
  8. "The Limit to Your Love" (Feist, Jason "Gonzales" Charles Beck) – 4:21
  9. "1234" (Seltmann, Feist) – 3:03
  10. "Brandy Alexander" (Feist, Ron Sexsmith) – 3:36
  11. "Intuition" – 4:36
  12. "Honey Honey" – 3:27
  13. "How My Heart Behaves" – 4:26
UK bonus track

14. "Honey Honey" (Live at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall, Oct. 2005) – 4:37

Japanese bonus tracks

14. "Intuition" (Live at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall, Oct. 2005) – 6:14
15. "My Moon My Man" (Video) - 3.41
16. "1234" (Video) - 3.14

iTunes bonus tracks

The following tracks were not on the CD or 12" vinyl formats, but were available for download from iTunes only with the purchase of the album from the iTunes Store or Starbucks.

  1. "Sealion" (Feist, Bass, Simone) (Chromeo remix) – 3:45
  2. "The Water" (Red demos) – 4:13
Best Buy bonus tracks

The following tracks were available as bonus downloads via a code included with initial copies of "The Reminder" in US Best Buy stores. The live versions of Intuition and Honey Honey are the same versions as those found as bonus tracks on the UK and Japanese CDs.

  1. "Honey Honey (Live W/Fade Out)" - 4:34
  2. "Intuition (Live W/Fade Out)" - 6:14
  3. "Fighting Away The Tears (w/ Mocky)" - 3:17

[edit] Singles

Physical Singles

Digital Downloads

[edit] Chart positions

Chart Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 46
Billboard Top Digital Albums (U.S.) 4
Canadian Albums Chart 2
Austrian Albums Chart 4
French Albums Chart 8
Swedish Albums Chart 8
German Albums Chart 11
Swiss Albums Chart 12
The Billboard 200 (U.S.) 16
UK Albums Chart 28
United World Chart 16

[edit] Sales

The album achieved a considerable success around the world, selling 1.2 million copies worldwide and being certified Gold in the United States and Double Platinum in Canada.

[edit] Personnel

  • Feist – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, banjo, vocals
  • Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Mocky – acoustic bass, farfisa, organ
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugel horn, percussion
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jamie Lidell – energy arrangement, vocals
  • Town Hall (Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Bard, Gonzales and Feist) – group percussion and backup vocals
Guests
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – singing on "How My Heart Behaves"
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of "Sea Lion Woman"
  • Kevin Drew – backup singing on "Honey Honey"
  • Brendan Canning – backup singing on "Honey Honey"
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass on "Honey Honey"
  • Ben Mink – strings and rhythm acoustic guitar on "1234"
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the Mystery on the bridge of "My Moon My Man"
  • Charles Spearin – the Mystery on the bridge of "My Moon My Man"
  • Lori Gemmel – harp
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello

[edit] References

  1. ^ Feist Announces New Album. Pitchfork Media (2007-02-07). Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
  2. ^ Katie Hasty, "Ne-Yo Scores Second No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, May 9, 2007.
  3. ^ John Williams, "Buble, Feist, Rush rule charts", Jam! Showbiz, May 9, 2007.
  4. ^ Billboard 200
  5. ^ Robert Christgau, David Fricke Christian Hoard, Rob Sheffield (December 17, 2007), "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
  6. ^ Stren, Olivia (July 2007). "Dream girl". Toronto Life 41 (7): 58–62. 
  7. ^ Indie singer Feist aims "lowbrow" with new album. Reuters (2007-03-07). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  8. ^ Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list. Retrieved on July 10, 2007.
  9. ^ Feist, Fire get Polaris noms. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
  10. ^ Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees. Retrieved on July 11, 2007.
  11. ^ Pareles, Jon (2007-04-15). Just Feist. Just Wait.. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  12. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh; "The Best Top 10 Lists of the Year"; "The 10 Best Songs"; Time magazine; December 24, 2007; Page 39.
  13. ^ Time magazine's Top 10 Songs of 2007 at time.com
  14. ^ The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever — #80 to #71 Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More