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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. The album combines jazz, bossa nova and indie rock.

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Let It Die
Studio album by Feist
Released	May 18, 2004 (Canada) July 12, 2004 (UK)[1]
Length	45:10
Label	Arts & Crafts Cherrytree Polydor
Producer	Renaud Letang
Feist chronology
Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down) (1999) Let It Die (2004) Open Season (2006)
Canadian cover

Background

Let It Die was welcomed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004. It was nominated for three Juno Awards in 2005, and won two: Best Alternative Album and Best New Artist. A track from the album, "Inside and Out", was nominated as Single of the Year in the 2006 Juno Awards. In 2012, NOW Magazine ranked Let It Die at No. 4 on list of The 50 Best Toronto Albums Ever.[2]

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 Mushaboom, the Canadian coastal community east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the province where Feist was born. The song was used in a Lacoste commercial.^{[citation needed]}

Composition

Music and lyrics

Barry Walters of Rolling Stone likened Feist's vocals on the album to "the jazz tingle of Peggy Lee", and her melodicism to Tin Pan Alley.[3] Walters also believed Let It Die to draw influence from chamber pop, chill-out, postmodern folk, and Burt Bacharach, and described the album as "indie lounge pop".[3]

Let It Die contains elements of folk, bossa nova, and indie rock.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Austin Chronicle	[6]
The Boston Phoenix	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[8]
The Guardian	[9]
The Irish Times	[10]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[11]
PopMatters	8/10[12]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Uncut	8/10[13]

MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic gave praise to the various production choices on the tracks and the vocal work over it, saying that "[S]he's playful with her design and the overall composition flows nicely. Feist has varied styles and sounds just right, and that's what makes Let It Die the secret treasure that it is."[5] Barry Walters, writing for Rolling Stone, also lauded praise for the album's eclectic genre and vocal dynamics, saying that "Feist proves she's a modern gal with a sparse yet varied sound that draws from chamber pop, chill-out, postmodern folk, Burt Bacharach and beyond."[3]

At the 2017 Polaris Music Prize, the album won the public vote for the Heritage Prize in the 1996–2005 category.[14]

Track listing

Personnel

• Gonzales – piano, various instruments
• Feist – guitar, vocals
• Julien Chirol – trombone
• Frédéric Couderc – saxophone

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart	51
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	47
French Albums Chart	38
German Albums Chart	92
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	36

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15]	Platinum	115,000[16]
France (SNEP)[17]	Gold	100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Silver	60,000
United States	—	190,000[16]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	500,000[19]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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[de] Let It Die

Let It Die ist das zweite Studioalbum der kanadischen Sängerin und Songschreiberin Leslie Feist. Es erschien am 18. Mai 2004 in Kanada und am 12. Juni desselben Jahres in England. "Let It Die" erreichte Platz 38 der französischen Albumcharts, Platz 51 der österreichischen sowie Platz 47 in den belgischen Charts.[1] Im Jahr 2006 erlangte das Album in Kanada mit 100.000 verkauften Einheiten Platin-Status.[2]

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- [en] Let It Die (album)

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