The Reminder | ||||
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Released | April 23, 2007 | |||
Recorded | March 2006 | |||
Genre | Indie pop [1] | |||
Length | 50:01 | |||
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The Reminder is the third studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Feist. It was released on April 23, 2007 in countries outside of North America, and May 1, 2007 in the United States and Canada. [2]
Following its release, it debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 16, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week, [3] and debuted at number 2 in Canada, selling just over 18,000 copies. [4] As of July 25, 2011, the album has sold 729,000 copies in the US. [5] The Reminder was also the best-selling album of 2007 on the iTunes Store. [6]
On November 25, 2008, a deluxe edition of the album was released as a two-disc package featuring nine bonus tracks on the second disc. [7] [1]
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 sex worker. [8]
The Reminder was supported by four singles: "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". [9]
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 7 and number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 13. The music video was shot in a single unbroken take after two days of rehearsals. [10]
eBay also used the song in Australian advertisements. Another single, "My Moon My Man", was used in a Verizon Wireless commercial.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100 [11] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [12] |
The A.V. Club | A− [13] |
Blender | [14] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [15] |
The Guardian | [16] |
The Irish Times | [17] |
Pitchfork | 8.8/10 [18] |
Rolling Stone | [19] |
Spin | [20] |
Uncut | [21] |
This album was No. 35 on Rolling Stone 's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. [22]
On July 10, 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. [23] [24] [25]
Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times ranked The Reminder at #1, [26] and Jon Pareles ranked it at No. 2 on list of the 10 Best Albums of 2007. [27]
Time magazine named "1234" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #2. The song was written by Australian artist Sally Seltmann (a.k.a. New Buffalo). 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." [28] [29]
Less than a year after its release, Blender listed the album 80th on their list of The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever. [30] Online music magazine Pitchfork placed The Reminder at number 112 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. [31]
Feist won the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize for The Reminder; she is the second woman (after Cat Power) to ever win the award. [32]
It won Juno Awards in 2008 for Pop Album of the Year and for Album of the Year. After winning her 5 Junos, [33] in Canada her album sales shot back up the chart from No. 12 to No. 2, the position her album debuted at. [34] It was also nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. [35]
Publisher | Accolade | Rank |
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Amazon.com | Best of 2007: Top 100 Editors' Picks [36] | 1 |
Best of 2007: Top 100 Customer Favorites [37] | 11 | |
National Public Radio | Listeners' Picks [38] | 3 |
No Ripcord | Top 50 Albums of 2007 [39] | 11 |
Pitchfork | Top 50 Albums of 2007 [40] | 19 |
PopMatters | The Best Albums of 2007 [41] | 26 |
Rolling Stone | The Best Albums of 2007 [42] | 35 |
Spin | The 40 Best Albums of 2007 [43] | 18 |
Time | Top 10 Albums [44] | 3 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "So Sorry" | 3:12 | |
2. | "I Feel It All" | Feist | 3:39 |
3. | "My Moon My Man" |
| 3:48 |
4. | "The Park" | Feist | 4:34 |
5. | "The Water" |
| 4:34 |
6. | "Sealion" |
| 3:51 |
7. | "Past in Present" | Feist | 2:54 |
8. | "The Limit to Your Love" |
| 4:21 |
9. | "1234" |
| 3:03 |
10. | "Brandy Alexander" |
| 3:36 |
11. | "Intuition" | Feist | 4:36 |
12. | "Honey Honey" | Feist | 3:27 |
13. | "How My Heart Behaves" |
| 4:26 |
Total length: | 53:41 |
Physical Singles
Digital Downloads
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [66] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [67] | Gold | 10,000* |
Canada (Music Canada) [68] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
France (SNEP) [69] | Gold | 75,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [70] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [71] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [72] | Gold | 729,000 [5] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 1,500,000 [73] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
(Expressions in italics taken from the album credits)
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