Let It Die

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Let It Die
Studio album by Leslie Feist

Publication
(s)

May 18, 2004

Label (s) Polydor , Arts & Crafts

Genre (s)

pop music

Title (number)

13

running time

45:10 min

production

Renaud Letang

chronology
Monarch (Lay Your Jeweled Head Down)
( 1999 ) 		Let It Die The Reminder
( 2007 )

Let It Die is the second studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Leslie Feist . It was released on May 18, 2004 in Canada and June 12 of the same year in England. "Let It Die" reached number 38 in the French album charts, number 51 in the Austrian and number 47 in the Belgian charts. In 2006 the album went platinum in Canada with 100,000 units sold.

production

In contrast to her subsequent albums, Leslie Feist does not act as the primary songwriter on "Let It Die". The pieces Mushaboom and the eponymous Let It Die come from Feist's pen. Long-time musical companion Chilly Gonzales also played a key role in a number of the other compositions . There are also some cover versions, for example Inside and Out , which originally came from The Bee Gees . The title When I was a Young Girl is an adaptation of a folk song.

Renaud Letang and Gonzales are responsible for the production of the album . "Let It Die" was recorded in Paris between 2002 and 2003.

Track list

The album was published in various editions for the international market. They differ in the number of bonus pieces and the composition of the last titles. Lover's Spit is a hidden track that plays after the twelfth track is over. Here Leslie Feist sings together with the band Broken Social Scene .

  1. Gatekeeper - 2:16
  2. Mushaboom - 3:44
  3. Let It Die - 2:55
  4. One Evening - 3:36
  5. Leisure Suite - 4:07
  6. Lonely Lonely - 4:10
  7. When I Was a Young Girl - 3:08
  8. Secret Heart - 3:49
  9. Inside and Out - 4:07
  10. Tout doucement - 2:31
  11. Now at Last - 3:16
  12. Gatekeeper (full mix) - 2:42
  13. Lover's Spit (hidden)

reception

The music magazine Rolling Stone described Feist's style and production sound as economical but varied. The successful transition between Feist's original compositions, which dominate the first half of the album, and the "well chosen" cover versions of the second halves was emphasized. The combination of their own songs with exclusive cover versions at the end of the album also met with criticism aimed at decreasing quality at the end of the album.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hitparade.ch , accessed on February 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ cria.ca , accessed February 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ laut.de , accessed on February 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Allmusic.com , accessed February 13, 2012.
  5. ↑ cd-lexikon.de , accessed on February 13, 2012.
  6. ^ Rollingstone.com , accessed February 13, 2012.
  7. ↑ plattentests.de , accessed on February 13, 2012.