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Remind Me Tomorrow
A photograph of two children in a room. On the left, a child in a tiara sits inside a clear plastic box; on the right, a child sits and plays in front of a wooden crib. The room is filled with various other children's items.
Studio album by
Sharon Van Etten
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Studio
  • Sargent Recorders
  • Studio 64
  • Elmwood West
(Los Angeles, California, United States)
Length41:12
LabelJagjaguwar
ProducerJohn Congleton
Sharon Van Etten chronology
Are We There
(2014) 		Remind Me Tomorrow
(2019)

Remind Me Tomorrow is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. It was released on January 18, 2019 on Jagjaguwar. A follow-up to Are We There (2014), the album was written while Van Etten was pregnant with her first child, attending school to obtain a degree in psychology and starring in the Netflix series The OA (2016) and making a cameo in Twin Peaks (2017).[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.2/10[3]
Metacritic86/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The A.V. ClubB+[6]
Chicago Tribune[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Independent[9]
NME[10]
The Observer[11]
Pitchfork8.4/10[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Vice (Expert Witness)A−[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Remind Me Tomorrow has received an average score of 86, based on 34 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[4] At Pitchfork, Laura Snapes mentions how Van Etten "conjures tempests and explores their subsequent calms", remarking how it is "the peak of her songwriting and her most atmospheric, emotionally piercing album to date."[12] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, indicating that Van Etten "plumbs the depths of contentedness, setting her satisfaction to a sound that's nominally dark yet strangely comforting and nourishing."[5]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Consequence of Sound Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
2
[15]
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2019
2
[16]
Exclaim! Top 29 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
1
[17]
Paste Top 25 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
3
[18]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2019
32
[19]
Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 2019 (Mid-Year)
37
[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sharon Van Etten, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Told You Everything" 4:45
2."No One's Easy to Love" 4:34
3."Memorial Day" 4:27
4."Comeback Kid"
3:02
5."Jupiter 4" 5:14
6."Seventeen"
4:25
7."Malibu" 3:23
8."You Shadow" 3:14
9."Hands" 4:08
10."Stay" 4:00
Total length:41:12

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Remind Me Tomorrow's album notes.[21]

Performers
  • Sharon Van Etten – vocals (1–10), piano (1, 6, 7), organ (4, 8, 10)
  • Heather Woods Broderick – backing vocals (1–10), synthesizer (10), electric piano (10)
  • Zachary Dawes – bass (1, 3–9), synthesizer (6)
  • McKenzie Smith – drums (1, 4, 6, 8, 9), percussion (8)
  • Luke Reynolds – lap steel guitar (1, 8), guitar (3, 6–9), tape loops (4), synthesizer (6, 7, 9), keyboards (8), celesta (8), bass (10)
  • John Congleton – synthesizer (1–7, 9, 10), drone (1, 3, 5, 6), drum programming (2, 5, 6), percussion (2, 6, 9), organ (3), tape loops (3), drum machine (4, 5), theremin (5), loops (9), sequencer (10)
  • Jamie Stewart – synthesizer (1, 3, 5), vocals (1, 9), guitar (5, 9), bells (5), percussion (5)
  • Lars Horntveth – guitar (2, 4, 10), synthesizer (2), woodwinds (8), piano (10), celesta (10)
  • Brian Reitzell – drums (2, 7), organ (6), percussion (6), drone (6), cymbal (9)
  • Joey Waronker – drums (3, 5)
  • Stella Mozgawa – drums (10)
Technical personnel
Design personnel
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
  • Katherine Dieckmann – photography (front cover)
  • Rob Houston – photography (inner sleeve)
  • Maya Judd – photography (inner sleeve)
  • Len Prince – photographer (inner sleeve, back cover)

Chart positions

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 131
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24] 88
French Albums (SNEP)[25] 134
Irish Albums (OCC)[26] 49
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[27] 3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[28] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 39
UK Albums (OCC)[31] 30
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[32] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[33] 3
US Billboard 200[34] 94
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[35] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[36] 15

References

  1. ^ "Jagjaguwar JAG331". Jagjaguwar. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Bryant, Kenzie (January 18, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten Finds Peace in Her Messy Album Art". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Remind Me Tomorrow – Sharon Van Etten". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  6. ^ Zaleski, Annie (January 17, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten embraces the here and now on Remind Me Tomorrow". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (January 11, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten enters an unsettling new phase on 'Remind Me Tomorrow'". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  8. ^ Aroesti, Rachel (January 11, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow review – assured, gorgeous electro-tinged progression". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  9. ^ Monroe, Jazz (January 20, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow, album review: Torchbearer of American folk casts a warm glow behind the record's psychic overview". The Independent. Independent Print. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  10. ^ Smith, Thomas (January 18, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten – 'Remind Me Tomorrow' review". NME. TI Media. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  11. ^ Empire, Kitty (January 20, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow review – a consummate surgeon of relationships". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Snapes, Laura (January 18, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow Album Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  13. ^ Dolan, Jon (January 17, 2019). "Sharon Van Etten's 'Remind Me Tomorrow': Pop Songs From the Edge". Rolling Stone. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  14. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 6, 2019). "Robert Christgau on Stella Donnelly's Musical Encyclopedia of Assholes". Vice. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Top 25 Albums of 2019 (So Far)". Consequence of Sound. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  16. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2019". Consequence of Sound. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  17. ^ "Exclaim!'s Top 29 Albums of 2019 So Far". Exclaim!. June 12, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  18. ^ "The 25 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)". Paste. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  19. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Pitchfork. December 10, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  20. ^ "Best 2019 Albums So Far". Stereogum. June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  21. ^ Remind Me Tomorrow (Album notes). Sharon Van Etten. Jagjaguwar. 2019. JAG331.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. ^ "Ultratop.be – Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  23. ^ "Ultratop.be – Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  24. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  25. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  26. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  27. ^ "GFK Chart-Track – Independent Albums: Week 4, 2019". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  28. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  29. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  30. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  31. ^ "Sharon Van Etten | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  32. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  33. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  34. ^ "Sharon Van Etten Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  35. ^ "Sharon Van Etten Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  36. ^ "Sharon Van Etten Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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