The Reminder is the third full-length album by indie rock artist Feist. It was released on 23 April 2007 in countries outside of North America, and 1 May 2007 in the United States and Canada.[1]
Following its release, it debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 16, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week,[2] and debuted at number PAYMENT REMINDER 2 in Canada, selling just over 18,000 copies.[3] As of May 17, 2008, the album has sold 596,290 copies in the US.[4] The Reminder was also the best selling album of 2007 on the iTunes store. This album was #35 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[5] It won Juno Awards in 2008 for PAYMENT REMINDER Pop Album of the Year and for Album of the Year. It was also nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the 50th Grammy Awards.
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* 1 Recording history
* 2 Track listing
* 3 Singles
* 4 Chart positions
* 5 PAYMENT REMINDER Sales
* 6 Personnel
* 7 References
[edit] Recording history
In March 2006, Feist rented a 200-year-old manor house outside Paris for two weeks, where the bulk of the album was completed, although some subsequent recording took place in Toronto.[6]
Confirmed singles include "My Moon My Man", "1234", "I Feel It All" and "Honey Honey". PAYMENT REMINDER 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".[7]
On 10 July 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 PAYMENT REMINDER eventual winner Patrick Watson.[8][9][10] 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 prostitute.
During September 2007, the song "1234" was featured in Apple's television advertisement for PAYMENT REMINDER 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 7th and number 8 in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending October 13th. The music video was shot in a PAYMENT REMINDER single unbroken take after two days of rehearsals.[11]Time magazine named "1234" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #2. 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."[12][13]
The song "My Moon My Man" was used in a Verizon Wireless PAYMENT REMINDER commercial, and the "1234" track was also used in Australia’s eBay TV ad.
Less than a year after its release, Blender listed it 80th on their list of The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever.[14]
Feist won the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize for "The Reminder", she is the second woman (after Cat Power) to ever win the award.
After winning her 5 Juno's, In Canada her album shot from #12 to #2, the position her album debut at.
