Let It Die

Let It Die
Studio album by Feist
Released	May 18, 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Genre	Indie rock, baroque pop
Length	45:10
Label	Universal, Polydor, Arts & Crafts
Producer	Renaud Letang
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (8.1/10) 7/14/2004 PrefixMag (8.0/10) link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 7/28/2005
Feist chronology
Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down) (1999) Let It Die (2004) Open Season (2006)

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. A combination of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock, Let It Die was hailed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004, and garnered 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 Canadian coastal community east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the province where Feist was born. The song was used in a Lacoste commercial.

Track listing

1. "Gatekeeper" (Feist, Gonzales) – 2:16
2. "Mushaboom" (Feist) – 3:44
3. "Let It Die" (Feist) – 2:55
4. "One Evening" (Feist, Gonzales) – 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" (Clausier, Mercadier) – 2:31
11. "Now at Last" (Bob Haymes) – 3:16
12. "Amourissima" (Gonzales, Feist, Pierre Grillet) (bonus track on 2004 reissue)
13. "L'amour ne dure pas toujours" (Françoise Hardy) (bonus track on 2004 reissue)

Personnel

• Gonzales – piano, various instruments
• Feist – guitars
• Julien Chirol – trombone
• Frédéric Coudere – saxophone

Charts and certifications

Album

References

1. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for December 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2007.