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Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist first gained prominence working with the Montreal shock-rapper Peaches and later the Toronto-based collective Broken Social Scene, but with the release of 2004's masterful LET IT DIE, she embarked on a ... Full Descriptionsolo career that quickly eclipsed her previous work. Following the pleasant but inessential remix album OPEN SEASON, 2007's THE REMINDER is Feist's true follow-up to LET IT DIE, and it deepens and solidifies that album's strengths. Combining jazzy torch songs with acoustic, folkish ballads, THE REMINDER is as quietly powerful as her Broken Social Scene bandmate Emily Haines's equally subdued solo debut, KNIVES DON'T HAVE YOUR BACK, but with a jazzy edge that recalls Nina Simone on tunes like "Sea Lion" (a standard also recorded by Simone) and the lush single "My Moon, My Man."
Recording information: 2006.
Personnel include: Feist (acoustic guitar); Bryden Baird (flugelhorn); Mocky (acoustic bass); Julian Brown (electric bass); Jesse Baird, Gonzales (drums); Jamie Lidell (unknown instrument); Town Hall (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Eirik Glambek Boe (vocals); Afie Jurvanen (guitar); Lori Gemmel (harp); Sandra Baron (violin); Mary Stein (cello); Pierre Luc Jamain (organ); Ohad Benchetrit, Charles Spearin (unknown instrument); Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (p.114) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "Feist reaches out with gorgeously lovelorn ballads..."
Spin (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[L]isten through headphones and the album offers up bits of subdermal weirdness, as in 'Honey, Honey,' where luscious harmony vocals tangle with field-recording white noise."
Magnet (p.96) - "Even from a secular point of view, it's difficult to characterize Leslie Feist's voice as anything but a divine gift." Hide Description The Reminder Music | List Price | $13.95 (You save $2.06) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop | | Label | Interscope | | Orig Year | 2007 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1060  | | CD Universe Part number | 7406469 | | Catalog number | 000881902 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 01, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Renaud Letang; Feist; Gonales | | Engineer | Renaud Letang | | Recording Time | 50 minutes | | Personnel | Jamie Lidell - unknown instrument
Feist - acoustic guitar
Bryden Baird - flugelhorn
Gonzales - drums
Mocky - acoustic bass
Jesse Baird
Julian Brown - electric bass
Town Hall - background vocals
Also: Brendan Canning, Eirik Glambek Boe, Kevin Drew, Charles Spearin, Afie Jurvanen, Ohad Benchetrit, Lori Gemmel, Mary Stein, Pierre Luc Jamain, Sandra Baron |
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Jazz-influenced and classically schooled, Feist possesses a voice with a distinctive intimacy often lacking in trained singers. This warmth complements the well-orchestrated compositions on LET IT DIE with an almost voyeuristic atmosphere, akin to hearing someone singing herself to sleep. On the bluesy spiritual "Lonely Lonely," rhythmic ...
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The Reminder Music Review Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)  Exquisite, perfect record for any season.
Personally I found "Let It Die", Feist's first album, quite pleasant yet utterly unremarkable. So fans of that album, and pop music in general, will be excited to discover that this record is leaps and bounds ahead of it's predecessor. Every track is well crafted, with a dizzying number of truly exceptional songs. First track "So Sorry" sets the tone for the album - beautiful and thoughtful. "1234" begins with soft guitar and ends amid a gorgeous harmony of brass. One of the few must-buy albums of this year!
Submitted by Justin (Jackson, TN, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.  Not bad!!!!!
Has good songs, but most songs are boring and slow.... most of it, are good, and contains such beautiful lyrics....
Submitted by mike (Toronto)
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Good, good, good
I love Feist, with a very suggestive sound and an exquisite voice.
I'd like that CDUniverse was selling the first disc: "Monarch", a 'rara avis' album but a jewel also.
Submitted by Clopsan (Barcelona (Spain))
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Listen to Mike!
Mike from Knoxville (how's the Wig Sphere doing buddy?) is on the money. This album sums up the entire Faux-ternative (copyright Paul from Sydney 2007) movement of horrible but pretty little bands with zero to offer the world clogging up the airwaves with swill for people too stupid to hear the difference between the Pixies and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (or No No Nos as I like to call them) 5 Stars outta a possible 500. Drivel, plain and simple. But at least she LOOKS cool and indie... And that's what matters, right kids?
Submitted by Paul (Sydney, Australia.)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 3 found this helpful.  Contrived Garbage Music
I bought this album on a recommendation from a friend and was horrified at what I heard. This singer vocalizes in a completely unnatural voice to try to sound like someone from the 40s? as part of some sort of pretentious indie movement. A few of the songs are catchy, but the voice irritates me to death. It's like if you had an American friend who decided to always speak with a British accent to attract attention. I'm certain you would discard that friend, as I will this album.
Submitted by Mark (Knoxville, TN)
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