The Reminder

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The Reminder is the third full-length album by indie rock artist Feist.

The album was released on 23 April 2007 in countries outside of North America, and 1 May 2007 in the United States and Canada. Following its release, it debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 16, selling about 31,000 copies in its first week, and debuted at number 2 in Canada, selling just over 18,000 copies. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 134,420 copies in the US.

In March 2006, Feist rented a 200-year-old manor house outside of Paris for two weeks, where the bulk of the album was completed, although some subsequent recording took place in Toronto.

Confirmed singles include "My Moon My Man" and "1234". 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".

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 Patrick Watson. The winner will be announced at a gala ceremony on September 24, 2007. 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.

In September 2007, the song 1234 was used in the video ad for the new iPod nano. This then caused a sudden increase in its popularity, even reaching as high the Top 20 in the US iTunes store.

Track listing

All songs written by Feist, except where noted.

1. "So Sorry" (Feist, Dominic "Mocky" Salole) – 3:12
2. "I Feel It All" – 3:39
3. "My Moon My Man" (Feist, Jason "Gonzales" Charles Beck) – 3:48
4. "The Park" – 4:34
5. "The Water" – 4:46
6. "Sealion" (Feist, Bass, Nina Simone) – 3:39
7. "Past in Present" – 2:54
8. "The Limit to Your Love" (Feist, Beck) – 4:21
9. "1234" (Seltmann, Feist) – 3:03
10. "Brandy Alexander" (Feist, Ron Sexsmith) – 3:36
11. "Intuition" – 4:36
12. "Honey Honey" – 3:27
13. "How My Heart Behaves" – 4:26
14. "Honey Honey" (live in Toronto, Japanese bonus track) – 4:37

iTunes bonus tracks

The following tracks were not on the CD or 12" vinyl formats, but were available for download from iTunes only with the purchase of the album from the iTunes Store or Starbucks.

14. "Sealion" (Feist, Bass, Simone) (Chromeo remix) – 3:45
15. "The Water" (Red demos) – 4:13

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
The Billboard 200 (U.S.)	16
Billboard Top Digital Albums (U.S.)	4
Canadian Albums Chart	2
Austrian Albums Chart	4
French Albums Chart	8
Swedish Albums Chart	8
German Albums Chart	11
Swiss Albums Chart	12
United World Chart	16

Personnel

• Feist – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, banjo, vocals
• Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
• Jesse Baird – drums
• Mocky – acoustic bass, farfisa, organ
• Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugel horn, percussion
• Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
• Jamie Lidell – energy arrangement, vocals
• Town Hall (Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Bard, Gonzales and Feist) – group percussion and backup vocals

Guests

• Eirik Glambek Bøe – singing on "How My Heart Behaves"
• Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of "Sealion"
• Kevin Drew – backup singing on "Honey Honey"
• Brendan Canning – backup singing on "Honey Honey"
• Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass on "Honey Honey"
• Ben Mink – strings and rhythm acoustic guitar on "1234"
• Ohad Benchetrit – the Mystery on the bridge of "My Moon My Man"
• Charles Spearin – the Mystery on the bridge of "My Moon My Man"
• Lori Gemmel – harp
• Sandra Baron – violin
• Mary Stein – cello