The Reminder
Studio album by
Feist
ReleasedApril 23, 2007
RecordedMarch 2006
GenreIndie pop[1]
Length50:01
Label
Producer
Feist chronology
Open Season
(2006) 		The Reminder
(2007) 		Metals
(2011)
Singles from The Reminder
  1. "My Moon My Man"
    Released: March 6, 2007
  2. "1234"
    Released: September 5, 2007
  3. "I Feel It All"
    Released: May 26, 2008
  4. "Sealion" / "Sea Lion Woman"
    Released: 2008
  5. "Honey, Honey"
    Released: 2008

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]

Composition

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]

Promotion

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The A.V. ClubA−[13]
Blender[14]
Entertainment WeeklyA[15]
The Guardian[16]
The Irish Times[17]
Pitchfork8.8/10[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]

Best of the year (2007) lists
Publisher Accolade Rank
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

Track listing

The Reminder – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So Sorry"
3:12
2."I Feel It All"Feist3:39
3."My Moon My Man"
3:48
4."The Park"Feist4:34
5."The Water"
4:34
6."Sealion"
3:51
7."Past in Present"Feist2:54
8."The Limit to Your Love"
  • Feist
  • Beck
4:21
9."1234"
3:03
10."Brandy Alexander"
3:36
11."Intuition"Feist4:36
12."Honey Honey"Feist3:27
13."How My Heart Behaves"
  • Feist
  • Andrew Whiteman
4:26
Total length:53:41
UK bonus track
  2. "Honey Honey" (Live at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall) – 4:37
Japanese bonus tracks
  2. "Intuition" (Live at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall) – 6:14
  3. "My Moon My Man" (video) – 3:41
  4. "1234" (video) – 3:14
iTunes Store bonus tracks
  2. "Sealion" (Feist, Bass, Simone) (Chromeo remix) – 3:45
  3. "The Water" (Red demos) – 4:13
Best Buy bonus tracks
  1. "Honey Honey" (live with fade out) – 4:34
  2. "Intuition" (live with fade out) – 6:14
  3. "Fighting Away the Tears" (with Mocky) – 3:17
Deluxe edition second disc bonus tracks
  1. "I Feel It All" (Escort Remix)
  2. "Sealion" (Chromeo Remix)
  3. "My Moon My Man" (Boys Noize Classic Mix)
  4. "1234" (Van She Remix)
  5. "Fightin' Away the Tears" [with Mocky]
  6. "So Sorry" (One Mic Mix)
  7. "My Moon My Man" (Grizzly Bear Remix)
  8. Broken Social Scene: "Lover's Spit" (Redux)
  9. "Islands in the Stream" (with The Constantines)
  10. "My Moon My Man" [video]
  11. "1234" (Director's Cut) [video]
  12. "I Feel It All" [video]
  13. "Honey Honey" [video]

Singles

Physical Singles

Digital Downloads

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
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.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

(Expressions in italics taken from the album credits)

Guests

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