Pleasure (Feist album)

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Pleasure
Pleasure - Feist.png
Studio album by
Feist
Released28 April 2017
RecordedEarly 2016 [1]
Length53:28
Label Universal
Producer
  • Leslie Feist
  • Mocky
  • Renaud LeTang
Feist chronology
Metals
(2011)		Pleasure
(2017)		 Multitudes
(2023)
Singles from Pleasure
  1. "Pleasure"
    Released: 17 March 2017
  2. "Century"

Pleasure is the fifth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Feist, released on 28 April 2017, through Universal Music Canada. Thematically, the album is said to explore "emotional limits ... loneliness, private ritual, secrets, shame, mounting pressures, disconnect, tenderness, rejection, care and the lack thereof." [2] All of the songs on the album are actually raw takes, as Feist explained on her Twitter: "Our desire was to record that state without guile or go-to's and to pin the songs down with conviction and our straight up human bodies." [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.6/10 [3]
Metacritic 80/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club A− [6]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [7]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Uncut 9/10 [14]

Accolades

Semester-end lists

Pleasure on semester-end best-of lists
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
The A.V. Club The Best Albums of 2017 So Far
*
Consequence of Sound Top 25 Albums of 2017 (So Far)
13
Exclaim! Top 29 Albums of 2017 So Far
3
Spin 50 Best Albums of 2017 So Far
24
Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2017 So Far
19
Under the Radar Top 50 Albums of 2017 So Far
13

Year-end lists

Pleasure on year-end best-of lists
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 2017
8
Drowned in Sound Favourite Albums of 2017
7
Exclaim Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2017
2
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2017
65
The Ringer The Best Albums of 2017
10
The Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2017
27
Spin 50 Best Albums of 2017
42
Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2017
40
Uncut Albums of the Year 2017
74
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2017
30
Uproxx 50 Best Albums of 2017
26

Track listing

Pleasure track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pleasure"
4:45
2."I Wish I Didn't Miss You"Feist4:18
3."Get Not High, Get Not Low"Feist4:57
4."Lost Dreams"Feist5:18
5."Any Party"
  • Feist
  • Salole
5:22
6."A Man Is Not His Song"Feist4:41
7."The Wind"Feist4:35
8."Century" (featuring Jarvis Cocker)
5:53
9."Baby Be Simple"
  • Feist
  • Salole
6:21
10."I'm Not Running Away"
  • Feist
  • Salole
3:24
11."Young Up"
  • Feist
  • Salole
3:54
Total length:53:28

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Pleasure
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [32] 69
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [33] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [34] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [35] 38
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [36] 7
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [37] 70
French Albums (SNEP) [38] 52
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [39] 12
Irish Albums (IRMA) [40] 41
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [41] 3
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [42] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC) [43] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [44] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [45] 48
US Billboard 200 [46] 91

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