- Let It Die
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Let It Die 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 & CraftsProducer Renaud Letang Feist chronology Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)
(1999)Let It Die
(2004)Open Season
(2006)Canadian cover Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] Pitchfork Media (8.1/10)[3] Rolling Stone [4] 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 by many fans and critics alike to be a combination of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock.
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Background
Let It Die was welcomed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004, and collected 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 Mushaboom, the Canadian coastal community east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the province where Feist was born. The song was used in a Lacoste commercial.
Track listing
Canadian version on Arts & Crafts No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Gatekeeper" Feist, Gonzales 2:16 2. "Mushaboom" Feist 3:44 3. "Let It Die" Feist 2:55 4. "One Evening" Feist 3:36 5. "Leisure Suite" Feist, Gonzales 4:07 6. "L'amour ne dure pas toujours" Françoise Hardy 3:16 7. "Lonely Lonely" music by Tony Scherr, lyrics by Feist 4:10 8. "When I Was a Young Girl" traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden 3:08 9. "Secret Heart" Ron Sexsmith 3:49 10. "Inside and Out" Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb 4:17 11. "Now at Last" Bob Haymes 3:16 US/UK version on Interscope No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Gatekeeper" Feist, Gonzales 2:16 2. "Mushaboom" Feist 3:44 3. "Let It Die" Feist 2:55 4. "One Evening" Feist 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" Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier 2:31 11. "Now at Last" Bob Haymes 3:16 Australian version on Interscope No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Gatekeeper" Feist, Gonzales 2:16 2. "Mushaboom" Feist 3:44 3. "Let It Die" Feist 2:55 4. "One Evening" Feist 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" Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier 2:31 11. "Now at Last" Bob Haymes 3:16 12. "Gatekeeper (full mix)" Feist 2:42 13. "Lover's Spit" (live on XFM) Broken Social Scene Interscope deluxe edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Gatekeeper" Feist, Gonzales 2:16 2. "Mushaboom" Feist 3:44 3. "Let It Die" Feist 2:55 4. "One Evening" Feist 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" Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier 2:31 11. "Now at Last" Bob Haymes 3:16 12. "Amourissima" Gonzales, Feist, Pierre Grillet 13. "L'Amour ne dure pas toujours" Françoise Hardy Personnel
- Gonzales – piano, various instruments
- Feist – guitar, vocals
- Julien Chirol – trombone
- Frédéric Coudere – saxophone
Charts and certifications
Album
Chart Peak
positionAustrian Album Charts 51 Belgian Album Charts (Wallonia) 47 French Album Charts 38 German Albums Chart 92 U.S. Billboard 200 Top Heatseekers 36 Country Certification Sales/shipments Canada Platinum[5] 100,000 References
Feist Studio albums Remix albums Singles "Mushaboom" · "One Evening" · "Inside and Out" · "Secret Heart" · "My Moon My Man" · "1234" · "I Feel It All" · "How Come You Never Go There"Related articles Categories:- 2004 albums
- Feist albums
- Arts & Crafts (record label) albums
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