Let It Die

Artist: Feist
Label: Universal Japan
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988005391704
ASIN: B00092QRH4

Release Date: 2005-06-02

Let It Die

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Tracks:

Gatekeeper
Mushaboom
Let It Die
One Evening
Leisure Suite
Lonely Lonely
When I Was a Young Girl
Secret Heart
Inside and Out
Tout Doucement
Now at Last
Gatekeeper
Lover's Spit

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Album Description

Japanese pressing features five bonus tracks over the US edition: 'One Evening' (Remixed By Vv), 'One Evening' (Solo Piano Version), 'Inside And Out' (Pearson And Usher Vocal Version), 'Amourissima' and 'L`amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours'. Feist is a Canadian songstress, hailing from Toronto. Her first album, Let It Die, is produced by Renaud Letang & Gonzales. Part of the Canadian collective band, Broken Social Scene, Gonzales convinced her to come to Paris to record this first album. Lush grooves are offset by a thoroughly enjoyable live performance, with members of the Germany-via-Toronto Kitty-Yo crew such as Peaches, Gonzales, & Taylor Savvy. Universal. 2005.

Album Details

The Japanese Edition of the Debut from the Canadian Singer Includes Five Tracks Not Found on the USA Equivalent: Two Extra, Different Versions of "One Evening", a Remix of "Inside and Out" and Two Tracks the Appeared on the UK Edition, "Amourissima" and "l'amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours". "Let it Die" Landed on Numerous Critic's "Best of 2004" and for Very Good Reason: This Album is a Marvel to Behold. Feist's Roots Lie in Punk (In High School, in a Band Called Placebo...no, Not that One) and Hard Rock (Afterwards, in the Canadian Band by Divine Right), but She Decided to Take an Artistic 180 Degree Turn and Mellowed her Platform. Add Expertly Crafted, Thoughtful Songs with a Great Sense of Humour and Melancholy) and by Highlight her Remarkably Emotive Voice in the Mix and You have a True Artist with a Long Career Ahead of Her.

Customer Reviews:

Let it live.......2005-11-23

Does Leslie Feist sound familiar?

If she does, it's because of her musical resume, which includes Canadian indie-popsters Broken Social Scene, rapper Peaches and the Kings of Convenience. That sort of resume also makes you wonder: what will her second solo album, "Let It Die," sound like?

Well, this is what it sounds like: Stripped down, sensual pop music, with a little bit of jazz and trip-hop around the edges. It kicks off with only an acoustic guitar, before Feist jumps in like an orphaned torch singer who wants you to hear her. "Well it's time to begin/as the summer sets in/It's the scene you set for new lovers," she croons.

From there on, Feist doesn't even slow down. She ventures into cheery, catchy pop like "Mushaboom," sensual slow ballads, rippling trippy songs, and smooth torch songs. There's even -- surprisingly -- a cover of the Bee Gees' "Inside And Out," which she gives a funky spin, and a delicately catchy cover of Ron Sexsmith's underrated "Secret Heart."

Additionally, there are several bonus tracks, including a remix and a piano version of one song. But these aren't quite up to the level of the main body of music here. Pretty, yes, but not outstanding.

Feist's music isn't the sort that sets off fireworks and sets you raving about how much fun it is, quality be damned. "Let It Die" is the sort of album that is periodically hailed as being the real deal -- no studio tricks, only a dab of musical polish, and strong reliance on good songwriting and tunes rather than hooks. In other words, this is not a studio creation, but pure music.

But if the music is lovely, Feist is even better. Her vocals are front-and-center, and she makes good use of them. No "American Idol" vocal explosions, no hyperdramatics. Instead, Feist uses her vocals in all sorts of different ways -- breathy, husky, ethereal and coy, and and perfectly in sync with the music.

Not that Feist's voice doesn't mean that the music isn't also good. Because it is -- very good. Most of the instrumentation piano and acoustic guitar, with some additional touches -- snapping fingers, cowbells, a hint of synth and handclaps thrown in. It's very simple and pretty, no matter the style. Only a few songs, like the clunky "Lonely Lonely," fail to be captivating.

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